Weather Records on 1 December 1960

258 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 December 1960. Highest significance: Virden, CA.

Key Facts for 1 December 1960

On 1 December 1960, 258 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
55 were record highs and 130 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 254 daily.
Virden set a daily record low minimum temperature of -34.4 C (-29.9 F) on 1 December 1960.
Across 162 earlier years (1797 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 485 records.

Record Map

258 stations

258 station records on 1 December 1960 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 December 1960: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Virden	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-34.4 C (-29.9 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Priest Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Faulkton	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gann Valley 4NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-28.3 C (-18.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Binghamton Wb City	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Morro Do Chapeu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Franklinville	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Rio Grande (Smn)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Viljujsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-54.0 C (-65.2 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Griggsville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Canning Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Wooster Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville 2 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mayaguez City	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Redding Fire STN 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Volta Ph	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Du Quoin 4 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
La Harpe	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Pleasant 1 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Dickinson Exp STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-26.7 C (-16.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Portsmouth-Sciotoville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Red Bluff Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Seward AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Fauquier	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ostrov Sosnovez	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-20.1 C (-4.2 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ai-Petri	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Union Springs 9 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Wingate	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Everett	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Jakutsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-49.6 C (-57.3 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Orland	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Galesburg	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Campbell	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Edgerton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Academy 2NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Quincy	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Newman	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Madison	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Marianna Sch For Boys	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Blackfoot Fire Dept	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Clark	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-23.9 C (-11.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Elatma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	22.5 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Atyrau	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Karasjok	Norway	Record daily precipitation	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Niznij Novgorod	Russia	Record daily precipitation	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Abisko	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cadelga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Barguzin	Russia	Record daily precipitation	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Teziutlan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Imlay	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ankenes	Norway	Record daily precipitation	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Montpelier	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Riksgransen	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cordillo Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fauquier	Canada	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Deer Park	Canada	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nogliki	Russia	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bones I Bardu	Norway	Record daily precipitation	11.3 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

258 records

Records set or tied on 1 December 1960 by type: Highest daily maximum 26, Lowest daily maximum 45, Highest daily minimum 29, Lowest daily minimum 85, Heaviest daily rainfall 55, Heaviest daily snowfall 14, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 1 December 1960 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	26
Lowest daily maximum	45
Highest daily minimum	29
Lowest daily minimum	85
Heaviest daily rainfall	55
Heaviest daily snowfall	14
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 1 December 1960 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 254.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

193 broken records

Margins by which the 193 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 178.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 December 1960

Top 20 records on 1 December 1960 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 December 1960	Virden, CA	daily low min	-34.4 C (-29.9 F)	16.1 C (29.0 F)	69 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1960	Ponce 4 E, PR	daily low max	25.6 C (78.1 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	61 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1960	Priest Valley, US	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	46 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1960	Faulkton, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	56 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
1 December 1960	Gann Valley 4NW, US	daily low min	-28.3 C (-18.9 F)	6.6 C (11.9 F)	62 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
1 December 1960	Binghamton Wb City, US	daily snowfall	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	3.1 cm (1.2 in)	66 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
1 December 1960	Morro Do Chapeu, BR	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	31 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
1 December 1960	Franklinville, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	5 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
1 December 1960	Rio Grande (Smn), MX	monthly high max	33.9 C (93.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	34 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
1 December 1960	Viljujsk, RU	daily low min	-54.0 C (-65.2 F)	3.1 C (5.6 F)	60 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
1 December 1960	Griggsville, US	daily low min	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	66 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
1 December 1960	Canning Downs, AU	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	45 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
1 December 1960	Wooster Exp STN, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	45 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
1 December 1960	Greenville 2 NE, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	4.4 cm (1.7 in)	33 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
1 December 1960	Mayaguez City, PR	daily low max	27.2 C (81.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	51 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
1 December 1960	Redding Fire STN 2, US	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	9 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
1 December 1960	Volta Ph, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	9 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
1 December 1960	Du Quoin 4 SE, US	daily low min	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	57 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
1 December 1960	La Harpe, US	daily low min	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	63 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
1 December 1960	Mt Pleasant 1 SW, US	daily low min	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	57 years	25 of 100 (Routine)

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

1797 to 1960

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1960. 1960 had 258 records.

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

Records on 12-01 in each year
Year	Records
1797	1
1805	1
1807	2
1810	1
1817	2
1821	1
1823	2
1831	1
1849	1
1856	3
1857	1
1858	1
1861	1
1863	1
1869	2
1871	1
1872	3
1873	6
1875	8
1876	4
1877	1
1879	7
1884	3
1885	3
1886	1
1887	2
1888	3
1889	2
1890	6
1891	1
1892	2
1893	1
1894	1
1895	4
1896	4
1897	10
1898	5
1899	4
1901	5
1902	7
1903	13
1904	4
1905	11
1906	3
1907	8
1908	40
1909	64
1910	39
1911	45
1912	37
1913	53
1914	142
1915	23
1916	29
1917	52
1918	32
1919	78
1920	192
1921	55
1922	85
1923	70
1924	135
1925	145
1926	115
1927	271
1928	85
1929	515
1930	128
1931	337
1932	383
1933	656
1934	667
1935	164
1936	433
1937	238
1938	159
1939	346
1940	300
1941	391
1942	424
1943	93
1944	478
1945	259
1946	224
1947	392
1948	252
1949	313
1950	437
1951	585
1952	762
1953	283
1954	308
1955	624
1956	338
1957	295
1958	531
1959	355
1960	258
1961	373
1962	1,073
1963	282
1964	1,181
1965	598
1966	995
1967	601
1968	883
1969	673
1970	1,299
1971	574
1972	843
1973	888
1974	1,339
1975	1,007
1976	1,294
1977	1,166
1978	777
1979	874
1980	1,019
1981	1,320
1982	1,759
1983	1,275
1984	513
1985	3,874
1986	803
1987	1,020
1988	538
1989	822
1990	514
1991	2,124
1992	552
1993	597
1994	717
1995	1,386
1996	1,448
1997	736
1998	1,698
1999	790
2000	777
2001	1,211
2002	637
2003	627
2004	1,033
2005	815
2006	2,866
2007	1,427
2008	879
2009	927
2010	1,991
2011	947
2012	1,027
2013	400
2014	677
2015	850
2016	384
2017	496
2018	807
2019	803
2020	567
2021	2,030
2022	584
2023	609
2024	636
2025	679

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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 25	180
25 to 50	8
50 to 75	1
75 to 100	0
100 to 125	3
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1