Weather Records on 11 December 1960

746 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 December 1960. Highest significance: Minneapolis, US.

Key Facts for 11 December 1960

On 11 December 1960, 746 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
63 were record highs and 136 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 731 daily.
Minneapolis set a daily record precipitation of 34.0 mm (1.3 in) on 11 December 1960.
Across 154 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 471 records.

Record Map

746 stations

746 station records on 11 December 1960 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 11 December 1960: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Minneapolis	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
El Reno 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Lincoln 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Newton	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Fredonia	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Le Roy	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Rockville	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Osage City	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hudson	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lindsborg 3E	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Harrisonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Clarksburg 1	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
McPherson	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Norwich	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Herington	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Hope	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Junction City	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lebo	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ottawa	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Clinton	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hollis 5E	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.3 cm (6.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lebanon 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Salamonia	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ellsworth	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Enterprise	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ness City	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Overbrook 5 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wellington	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Warsaw 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Frankfort Disposal	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cottonwood Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Scott	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Walnut 4S	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Crosbyton	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Quanah 2 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sedgwick	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wakeeney	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lamar 7N	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
El Reno 1 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Supply 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Purcellville	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Wx	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Eskridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Fall Rvr Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Jefferson 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wyandotte 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Neshaminy Falls	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mayaguez City	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mena	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hoxie	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Scott City	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Meeker 5 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fairmont	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Martinsburg E W Virginia Rgnl	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

746 records

Records set or tied on 11 December 1960 by type: Highest daily maximum 18, Lowest daily maximum 67, Highest daily minimum 45, Lowest daily minimum 69, Heaviest daily rainfall 339, Heaviest daily snowfall 154, Deepest snow cover 54.

Records on 11 December 1960 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	18
Lowest daily maximum	67
Highest daily minimum	45
Lowest daily minimum	69
Heaviest daily rainfall	339
Heaviest daily snowfall	154
Deepest snow cover	54

Records on 11 December 1960 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 13, daily 731.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

641 broken records

Margins by which the 641 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 254.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 December 1960

Top 20 records on 11 December 1960 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 December 1960	Minneapolis, US	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	61 years	64 of 100 (Major)
11 December 1960	El Reno 1 N, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	65 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1960	Lincoln 1 SE, US	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1960	Newton, US	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	61 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1960	Fredonia, US	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	33 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1960	Le Roy, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	45 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1960	Rockville, US	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	44 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1960	Osage City, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	60 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1960	Eureka 1E, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	49 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1960	Hudson, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	37 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1960	Lindsborg 3E, US	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	19 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1960	Harrisonville, US	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	65 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1960	Clarksburg 1, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	27 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1960	McPherson, US	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	61 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1960	Fairmont, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	54 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1960	Fairmont, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	23.1 cm (9.1 in)	10 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1960	Norwich, US	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	61 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1960	Herington, US	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	11 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1960	Mt Hope, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	61 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1960	Junction City, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	19 years	46 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

1796 to 1960

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1960. 1960 had 746 records.

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

Records on 12-11 in each year
Year	Records
1796	2
1808	2
1815	2
1825	2
1841	1
1852	1
1855	2
1862	1
1868	1
1869	3
1871	4
1872	1
1876	2
1877	1
1878	2
1879	4
1880	2
1882	3
1886	1
1887	1
1889	1
1891	3
1892	2
1893	3
1894	1
1895	4
1897	2
1898	14
1899	5
1900	4
1901	5
1902	6
1903	2
1904	28
1905	15
1906	12
1907	30
1908	18
1909	7
1910	31
1911	49
1912	36
1913	8
1914	13
1915	93
1916	55
1917	103
1918	32
1919	40
1920	58
1921	49
1922	143
1923	88
1924	84
1925	81
1926	77
1927	232
1928	111
1929	345
1930	72
1931	762
1932	696
1933	260
1934	480
1935	290
1936	357
1937	839
1938	231
1939	626
1940	302
1941	353
1942	263
1943	196
1944	407
1945	234
1946	717
1947	342
1948	153
1949	1,201
1950	463
1951	261
1952	923
1953	157
1954	492
1955	312
1956	300
1957	517
1958	985
1959	322
1960	746
1961	1,300
1962	723
1963	604
1964	542
1965	1,216
1966	525
1967	945
1968	543
1969	587
1970	617
1971	900
1972	1,514
1973	334
1974	313
1975	454
1976	380
1977	1,182
1978	678
1979	847
1980	522
1981	949
1982	657
1983	971
1984	1,013
1985	1,471
1986	561
1987	639
1988	850
1989	584
1990	747
1991	1,102
1992	1,357
1993	749
1994	1,243
1995	1,837
1996	1,307
1997	1,203
1998	1,012
1999	769
2000	1,584
2001	626
2002	1,139
2003	646
2004	1,166
2005	816
2006	858
2007	1,613
2008	1,312
2009	1,091
2010	1,284
2011	416
2012	618
2013	737
2014	893
2015	1,183
2016	489
2017	670
2018	353
2019	442
2020	517
2021	1,175
2022	679
2023	814
2024	539
2025	1,691

Download the Data

Data for records on 1960-12-11: 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 50	545
50 to 100	65
100 to 150	20
150 to 200	8
200 to 250	2
250 to 300	1