Weather Records on 17 December 1960

492 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 December 1960. Highest significance: Millinocket, US.

Key Facts for 17 December 1960

On 17 December 1960, 492 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
59 were record highs and 50 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 487 daily.
Millinocket set a monthly record daily precipitation of 77.5 mm (3.1 in) on 17 December 1960.
Across 160 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 463 records.

Record Map

492 stations

492 station records on 17 December 1960 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 December 1960: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Millinocket	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Albany	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Kuringup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Grassmere	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Vicosa Do Ceara	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
King River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Carmendale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
George Airport	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Woodland	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Brooklyn (Sandbrook Inlet)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Randwick Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Blackdown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Squa Pan Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Moulyinning	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lakeview 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Barker	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sans Souci (Public School)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Gnowanallup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ongerup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Dyliabing	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
White Gums	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Yellanup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gnowangerup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kiama Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hatchville	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pingrup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Audley National Park Bottom St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pembroke	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Nyerilup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Jerramungup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Centennial Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Woogenellup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Brassua Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sutherland Mwsdb	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Albion Park Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Fairfield 5 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nanda Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mvenyane (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bar Harbor 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nyabing	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bloukrans (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hightstown 2 W	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Nerriga Composite	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Flemington 5 NNW	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mosman (Bapaume Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mansfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Freeland	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Carmody	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gosford (Gertrude Place)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Newcastle Nobbys Signal Statio	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Heidelberg Cape (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Houlton	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Spot Pond	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ryde Pumping Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gerringong (Mayflower Village)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bethlehem	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Carmel	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Washago	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Witelsbos (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

492 records

Records set or tied on 17 December 1960 by type: Highest daily maximum 18, Lowest daily maximum 12, Highest daily minimum 41, Lowest daily minimum 38, Heaviest daily rainfall 313, Heaviest daily snowfall 36, Deepest snow cover 34.

Records on 17 December 1960 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	18
Lowest daily maximum	12
Highest daily minimum	41
Lowest daily minimum	38
Heaviest daily rainfall	313
Heaviest daily snowfall	36
Deepest snow cover	34

Records on 17 December 1960 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 487.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

441 broken records

Margins by which the 441 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 279.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 December 1960

Top 20 records on 17 December 1960 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 December 1960	Millinocket, US	monthly rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	49 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1960	Albany, AU	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	26 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1960	Kuringup, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	37 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1960	Grassmere, AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1960	Vicosa Do Ceara, BR	daily rain	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	59.3 mm (2.3 in)	43 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1960	King River, AU	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	26 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1960	Carmendale, AU	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	26 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1960	George Airport, ZA	daily rain	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	48 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1960	Woodland, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1960	Brooklyn (Sandbrook Inlet), AU	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	36 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1960	Randwick Bowling Club, AU	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	67 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1960	Blackdown, ZA	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	23 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1960	Squa Pan Dam, US	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	25 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1960	Moulyinning, AU	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	21 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1960	Lakeview 2 NNW, US	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1960	Mount Barker, AU	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	26 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1960	Sans Souci (Public School), AU	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	45 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1960	Gnowanallup, AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	26 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1960	Ongerup, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	29 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1960	Dyliabing, AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	26 years	45 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

1793 to 1960

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1960. 1960 had 492 records.

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

Records on 12-17 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1796	1
1806	2
1808	2
1814	1
1815	1
1839	1
1845	1
1846	4
1847	1
1848	1
1859	3
1866	1
1867	1
1868	1
1869	2
1873	2
1876	3
1877	2
1878	1
1879	2
1881	2
1885	1
1886	1
1888	2
1889	2
1890	4
1892	4
1893	2
1894	4
1895	3
1896	4
1897	4
1898	2
1899	1
1900	6
1901	5
1902	47
1903	2
1904	14
1905	2
1906	17
1907	9
1908	13
1909	5
1910	37
1911	12
1912	15
1913	21
1914	17
1915	31
1916	21
1917	21
1918	21
1919	109
1920	97
1921	94
1922	120
1923	170
1924	505
1925	79
1926	172
1927	143
1928	359
1929	221
1930	362
1931	217
1932	684
1933	710
1934	200
1935	87
1936	504
1937	379
1938	118
1939	1,126
1940	248
1941	261
1942	507
1943	444
1944	189
1945	621
1946	207
1947	258
1948	316
1949	296
1950	294
1951	773
1952	277
1953	283
1954	409
1955	419
1956	448
1957	686
1958	540
1959	548
1960	492
1961	911
1962	676
1963	531
1964	1,239
1965	482
1966	516
1967	1,121
1968	338
1969	238
1970	820
1971	781
1972	601
1973	1,016
1974	390
1975	474
1976	507
1977	1,024
1978	710
1979	951
1980	1,116
1981	1,354
1982	569
1983	1,264
1984	1,618
1985	1,210
1986	743
1987	1,191
1988	481
1989	2,905
1990	866
1991	577
1992	1,461
1993	761
1994	685
1995	956
1996	1,212
1997	1,279
1998	695
1999	901
2000	1,566
2001	1,262
2002	858
2003	751
2004	554
2005	806
2006	1,307
2007	1,100
2008	1,354
2009	926
2010	1,405
2011	430
2012	942
2013	718
2014	370
2015	1,378
2016	1,521
2017	408
2018	498
2019	917
2020	768
2021	908
2022	595
2023	931
2024	560
2025	1,198

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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 50	413
50 to 100	18
100 to 150	6
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	2
250 to 300	1