Weather Records on 7 December 1960

561 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 December 1960. Highest significance: Menard, US.

Key Facts for 7 December 1960

On 7 December 1960, 561 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
106 were record highs and 168 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 20 monthly and 540 daily.
Menard set a daily record precipitation of 64.8 mm (2.6 in) on 7 December 1960.
Across 157 earlier years (1801 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 493 records.

Record Map

561 stations

561 station records on 7 December 1960 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 December 1960: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Menard	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Barcelona/Aeropuerto	Spain	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Chattanooga	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record daily precipitation	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Holbrook	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tripoli City	Libya	Record daily precipitation	105.8 mm (4.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Fredericksburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Munday	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Corsicana	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Angus	Canada	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Holbrook	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tripoli Sidi El Mesri	Libya	Record daily precipitation	67.5 mm (2.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gatesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Parvatipur	India	Record daily precipitation	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cimarron 4 SW	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sabinal	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Donkerhoek (Skl)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Walters	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Brackettville	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gopalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	69.7 mm (2.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Coleman	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Roby	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Esk Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Race (Aut)	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Salur	India	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tobolsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	0.2 C (32.4 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Encinal	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pearsall	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Petropavlovsk	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mayaguez City	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Clifton 10 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fruitland	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cherdyn'	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	0.3 C (32.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Stratford	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gospic	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	10.2 C (50.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Moreton Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
St Thomas	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Springerville	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Arcadia	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Springer	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Eden	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Waialua 847	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Denver WSO City	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Caboonbah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Szombathely	Hungary	Record high minimum temperature	8.6 C (47.5 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bontfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Johns	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hewitt	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Googa Googa Crk Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kazan	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	1.2 C (34.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bonita	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mountainair	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Obar	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
McGregor	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Carmichael (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Yuma Citrus STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Estes Park	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Dawson	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gage	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Las Vegas 2 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

561 records

Records set or tied on 7 December 1960 by type: Highest daily maximum 57, Lowest daily maximum 93, Highest daily minimum 49, Lowest daily minimum 75, Heaviest daily rainfall 234, Heaviest daily snowfall 38, Deepest snow cover 15.

Records on 7 December 1960 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	57
Lowest daily maximum	93
Highest daily minimum	49
Lowest daily minimum	75
Heaviest daily rainfall	234
Heaviest daily snowfall	38
Deepest snow cover	15

Records on 7 December 1960 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 20, daily 540.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

481 broken records

Margins by which the 481 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 177.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 December 1960

Top 20 records on 7 December 1960 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 December 1960	Menard, US	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	29 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1960	Barcelona/Aeropuerto, ES	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	33 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1960	Chattanooga, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	55 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1960	Innsbruck, AT	daily rain	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	19.7 mm (0.8 in)	31 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1960	Holbrook, US	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	66 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1960	Tripoli City, LY	daily rain	105.8 mm (4.2 in)	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1960	Fredericksburg, US	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	46 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1960	Munday, US	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	45 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1960	Corsicana, US	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	45 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1960	Angus, CA	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	17.7 cm (7.0 in)	11 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1960	Holbrook, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	66 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1960	Tripoli Sidi El Mesri, LY	daily rain	67.5 mm (2.7 in)	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1960	Gatesville, US	daily rain	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	49 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1960	Parvatipur, IN	monthly rain	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	51 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1960	Cimarron 4 SW, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	56 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1960	Sabinal, US	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	29 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1960	Donkerhoek (Skl), ZA	daily rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	17 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1960	Walters, US	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	34 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1960	Brackettville, US	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	34 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1960	Gopalpur, IN	daily rain	69.7 mm (2.7 in)	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	1 year	37 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

1801 to 1960

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1801 to 1960. 1960 had 561 records.

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

Records on 12-07 in each year
Year	Records
1801	1
1805	1
1812	2
1815	1
1825	2
1832	1
1836	1
1839	1
1844	4
1848	3
1852	1
1856	3
1863	1
1866	1
1868	5
1871	5
1875	6
1879	5
1881	1
1884	2
1885	1
1889	1
1890	2
1891	3
1892	1
1893	5
1894	1
1895	1
1896	8
1897	4
1898	10
1899	3
1900	2
1901	9
1902	16
1903	9
1904	7
1905	3
1906	21
1907	4
1908	24
1909	21
1910	26
1911	7
1912	21
1913	19
1914	32
1915	53
1916	36
1917	52
1918	30
1919	38
1920	81
1921	39
1922	272
1923	128
1924	374
1925	119
1926	372
1927	404
1928	105
1929	146
1930	534
1931	180
1932	555
1933	130
1934	274
1935	270
1936	602
1937	890
1938	279
1939	780
1940	145
1941	139
1942	526
1943	199
1944	357
1945	240
1946	855
1947	240
1948	320
1949	187
1950	1,472
1951	1,751
1952	447
1953	673
1954	445
1955	195
1956	1,358
1957	589
1958	831
1959	539
1960	561
1961	206
1962	642
1963	436
1964	467
1965	476
1966	1,047
1967	386
1968	461
1969	952
1970	724
1971	854
1972	2,239
1973	448
1974	508
1975	404
1976	1,037
1977	1,369
1978	1,882
1979	827
1980	1,314
1981	896
1982	542
1983	957
1984	957
1985	922
1986	1,126
1987	866
1988	582
1989	675
1990	744
1991	698
1992	906
1993	544
1994	1,772
1995	912
1996	1,152
1997	818
1998	2,384
1999	674
2000	1,085
2001	743
2002	917
2003	1,184
2004	1,096
2005	1,433
2006	1,246
2007	1,402
2008	833
2009	972
2010	1,405
2011	1,507
2012	643
2013	2,119
2014	479
2015	1,079
2016	389
2017	508
2018	558
2019	447
2020	597
2021	547
2022	579
2023	952
2024	712
2025	665

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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	422
25 to 50	38
50 to 75	8
75 to 100	5
100 to 125	6
125 to 150	1
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1