Weather Records on 12 November 1960

629 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 November 1960. Highest significance: Stawell, AU.

Key Facts for 12 November 1960

On 12 November 1960, 629 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
35 were record highs and 54 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 44 monthly and 580 daily.
Stawell set a daily record precipitation of 47.2 mm (1.9 in) on 12 November 1960.
Across 156 earlier years (1802 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 499 records.

Record Map

629 stations

629 station records on 12 November 1960 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 November 1960: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Stawell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Happy Valley Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
North Adelaide	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Adelaide West Terrace	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Adelaide (Thorndon Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Kinnabulla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Murtoa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Stonyfell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Rainbow Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Sheep Hills	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Warracknabeal Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Stockport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Gumeracha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Adelaide (Glen Osmond)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Corny Point	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Murray Bridge (Tepko)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Beulah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Hopetoun	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Kenmare	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Rainbow (Pella)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Warracknabeal (Ailsa)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Bangerang North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Warracknabeal (Earlstan)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Mitcham Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Houghton (Glen Ewin)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Tailem Bend	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Birchip (Marlbed)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Turriff	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Donald Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Minyip (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Mindarie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Sandalwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Glenorchy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Longerenong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Magill Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
St Peters Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide (Seaton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Marrabel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Copeville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Narraport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Woomelang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Bealiba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Echunga Golf Course	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Hahndorf	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Barker	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Stirling	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Morrl Morrl (Valley View)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Spalding	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kapunda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Point Pass	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide (Port Dock Railway St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide (Salisbury Bowling Cl	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Tarlee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lobethal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Baring (Kinta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Carwarp	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Sea Lake (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Litchfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kapunda Water Works	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Golden Grove	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

629 records

Records set or tied on 12 November 1960 by type: Highest daily maximum 9, Lowest daily maximum 21, Highest daily minimum 26, Lowest daily minimum 33, Heaviest daily rainfall 529, Heaviest daily snowfall 11.

Records on 12 November 1960 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	9
Lowest daily maximum	21
Highest daily minimum	26
Lowest daily minimum	33
Heaviest daily rainfall	529
Heaviest daily snowfall	11
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 12 November 1960 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 44, daily 580.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

588 broken records

Margins by which the 588 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 115.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 November 1960

Top 20 records on 12 November 1960 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 November 1960	Stawell, AU	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	88 years	75 of 100 (Major)
12 November 1960	Happy Valley Reservoir, AU	monthly rain	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	53 years	74 of 100 (Major)
12 November 1960	North Adelaide, AU	daily rain	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	66 years	67 of 100 (Major)
12 November 1960	Adelaide West Terrace, AU	monthly rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	26 years	65 of 100 (Major)
12 November 1960	Adelaide (Thorndon Park), AU	monthly rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	53 years	63 of 100 (Major)
12 November 1960	Kinnabulla, AU	monthly rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	56 years	63 of 100 (Major)
12 November 1960	Murtoa, AU	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	55 years	63 of 100 (Major)
12 November 1960	Stonyfell, AU	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	44 years	62 of 100 (Major)
12 November 1960	Rainbow Post Office, AU	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	55 years	62 of 100 (Major)
12 November 1960	Sheep Hills, AU	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	55 years	62 of 100 (Major)
12 November 1960	Warracknabeal Post Office, AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	44 years	62 of 100 (Major)
12 November 1960	Stockport, AU	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	47 years	61 of 100 (Major)
12 November 1960	Gumeracha, AU	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	40 years	61 of 100 (Major)
12 November 1960	Adelaide (Glen Osmond), AU	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	44 years	60 of 100 (Major)
12 November 1960	Corny Point, AU	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	40 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1960	Murray Bridge (Tepko), AU	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	44 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1960	Beulah, AU	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	44 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1960	Hopetoun, AU	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	44 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1960	Kenmare, AU	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	44 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1960	Rainbow (Pella), AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	59 of 100 (Notable)

Significance is a score from 0 to 100 combining margin, the age of the old record and the length of the station's record. How it is computed.

The Same Date in Other Years

1802 to 1960

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1960. 1960 had 629 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 11-12 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1804	1
1823	1
1835	3
1848	1
1849	1
1859	1
1862	2
1864	1
1866	1
1869	1
1870	1
1871	2
1872	1
1876	2
1878	2
1879	2
1881	7
1882	3
1885	1
1886	3
1888	2
1889	2
1890	1
1891	1
1893	2
1894	6
1895	20
1896	1
1897	7
1898	3
1899	1
1901	6
1902	20
1903	7
1904	10
1905	14
1906	15
1907	6
1908	9
1909	30
1910	34
1911	56
1912	21
1913	51
1914	18
1915	20
1916	217
1917	29
1918	16
1919	85
1920	198
1921	141
1922	61
1923	99
1924	355
1925	203
1926	224
1927	193
1928	99
1929	203
1930	191
1931	442
1932	237
1933	267
1934	292
1935	458
1936	418
1937	227
1938	529
1939	171
1940	806
1941	294
1942	173
1943	178
1944	398
1945	500
1946	428
1947	532
1948	156
1949	891
1950	458
1951	489
1952	312
1953	413
1954	393
1955	807
1956	243
1957	282
1958	290
1959	605
1960	629
1961	348
1962	233
1963	273
1964	790
1965	362
1966	517
1967	400
1968	1,185
1969	670
1970	872
1971	566
1972	716
1973	1,029
1974	559
1975	580
1976	1,236
1977	767
1978	1,278
1979	686
1980	860
1981	805
1982	1,338
1983	1,116
1984	738
1985	1,727
1986	1,839
1987	1,480
1988	941
1989	1,385
1990	971
1991	1,150
1992	1,247
1993	1,145
1994	1,025
1995	1,856
1996	1,235
1997	1,334
1998	1,214
1999	1,762
2000	1,796
2001	772
2002	1,057
2003	1,100
2004	847
2005	1,017
2006	827
2007	617
2008	680
2009	1,124
2010	1,229
2011	572
2012	1,008
2013	703
2014	1,192
2015	711
2016	609
2017	446
2018	1,277
2019	2,525
2020	1,086
2021	895
2022	1,516
2023	437
2024	396
2025	734

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Data for records on 1960-11-12: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

Sources: Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Made with Natural Earth. Public domain map data. Borders are Natural Earth's de facto depiction. Data as of 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	483
20 to 40	88
40 to 60	12
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	2