Weather Records on 7 April 1960

532 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 April 1960. Highest significance: Tenkasi, IN.

Key Facts for 7 April 1960

On 7 April 1960, 532 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
364 were record highs and 46 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 528 daily.
Tenkasi set a daily record precipitation of 90.4 mm (3.6 in) on 7 April 1960.
Across 165 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 479 records.

Record Map

532 stations

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

Weather records on 7 April 1960: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tenkasi	India	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sankarankoil	India	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Magnet	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Aachen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Almaty	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sunnyside	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Uccle	Belgium	Record high minimum temperature	10.8 C (51.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Taio (Pcd)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.7 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	23.7 C (74.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Astrakan	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-6.4 C (20.5 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ganca	Azerbaijan	Record low maximum temperature	4.7 C (40.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lowestoft	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Regensburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	21.5 C (70.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ernakulam	India	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Independence	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mina	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Roswell Muni AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Paul Is AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Golconda	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Dayville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Garland 1 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Le Bourget	France	Record high maximum temperature	22.0 C (71.6 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kaiserslautern	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	22.0 C (71.6 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Astana	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	-19.5 C (-3.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Piaxtla	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Naretha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Nhill	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	31.6 C (88.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Powell River	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Steveston	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Geisenheim	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	23.2 C (73.8 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tarnaby	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	2.0 C (35.6 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Council	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hood Rvr Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Vardoe	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	1.5 C (34.7 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Healdsburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Carmel	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kleve	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	23.5 C (74.3 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
De Bilt	Netherlands	Record high minimum temperature	10.9 C (51.6 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Dividalen	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	4.5 C (40.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Storlien	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	-0.4 C (31.3 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mackay Lost Rvr Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Riggins	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Pioche	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Nhill	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kleve	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ponnani	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Karkaralinsk	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tepeaca	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Soledad de Doblado	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Collbran	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Rupert 3 WSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Estancia 4N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Truchas	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
McKenzie Rvr Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Quesnel	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Celaya (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
De Bilt	Netherlands	Record high maximum temperature	20.3 C (68.5 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

532 records

Records set or tied on 7 April 1960 by type: Highest daily maximum 214, Lowest daily maximum 22, Highest daily minimum 150, Lowest daily minimum 24, Heaviest daily rainfall 111, Heaviest daily snowfall 8, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 7 April 1960 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	214
Lowest daily maximum	22
Highest daily minimum	150
Lowest daily minimum	24
Heaviest daily rainfall	111
Heaviest daily snowfall	8
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 7 April 1960 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 528.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

402 broken records

Margins by which the 402 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 51.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 April 1960

Top 20 records on 7 April 1960 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 April 1960	Tenkasi, IN	daily rain	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	49 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 1960	Oran-Hopital Militaire, DZ	daily high max	30.0 C (86.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	46 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 1960	Sankarankoil, IN	daily rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	26 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 1960	Mount Magnet, AU	monthly rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	36 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
7 April 1960	Aachen, DE	daily high min	12.8 C (55.0 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	65 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
7 April 1960	Almaty, KZ	daily rain	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	21 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
7 April 1960	Sunnyside, US	daily high min	12.8 C (55.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	54 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
7 April 1960	Uccle, BE	daily high min	10.8 C (51.4 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	65 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
7 April 1960	Taio (Pcd), BR	daily rain	50.7 mm (2.0 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	18 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
7 April 1960	Freiburg, DE	daily high max	23.7 C (74.7 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	67 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
7 April 1960	Astrakan, RU	daily low min	-6.4 C (20.5 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	67 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
7 April 1960	Ganca, AZ	daily low max	4.7 C (40.5 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	77 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
7 April 1960	Jokkmokk, SE	daily high min	3.0 C (37.4 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	66 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
7 April 1960	Lowestoft, GB	daily high min	8.9 C (48.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	56 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
7 April 1960	Regensburg, DE	daily high max	21.5 C (70.7 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	67 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
7 April 1960	Ernakulam, IN	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	51 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
7 April 1960	Independence, US	daily high min	12.2 C (54.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	60 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
7 April 1960	Mina, US	daily high max	29.4 C (84.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	60 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
7 April 1960	Roswell Muni AP, US	daily high max	33.3 C (91.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	66 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
7 April 1960	Saint Paul Is AP, US	monthly low min	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	44 years	28 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

1800 to 1960

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 1960. 1960 had 532 records.

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

Records on 04-07 in each year
Year	Records
1800	1
1808	1
1809	3
1811	1
1815	2
1839	1
1844	1
1851	1
1854	2
1858	2
1859	1
1863	1
1864	4
1865	1
1866	2
1868	1
1870	1
1871	1
1872	1
1875	2
1876	2
1880	1
1881	3
1882	1
1883	2
1884	1
1885	2
1886	2
1887	1
1888	1
1890	3
1891	2
1893	3
1894	3
1895	2
1896	3
1897	7
1898	3
1899	8
1900	5
1901	6
1902	14
1903	10
1904	11
1905	12
1906	2
1907	33
1908	20
1909	33
1910	24
1911	24
1912	59
1913	55
1914	23
1915	33
1916	62
1917	83
1918	37
1919	157
1920	63
1921	319
1922	57
1923	83
1924	138
1925	152
1926	343
1927	99
1928	378
1929	835
1930	327
1931	406
1932	132
1933	174
1934	230
1935	381
1936	1,184
1937	170
1938	803
1939	956
1940	294
1941	258
1942	420
1943	720
1944	166
1945	356
1946	397
1947	278
1948	734
1949	237
1950	1,030
1951	311
1952	491
1953	425
1954	514
1955	198
1956	458
1957	293
1958	358
1959	384
1960	532
1961	665
1962	572
1963	630
1964	457
1965	342
1966	302
1967	569
1968	302
1969	449
1970	494
1971	1,260
1972	1,290
1973	722
1974	576
1975	1,305
1976	329
1977	1,050
1978	686
1979	691
1980	497
1981	353
1982	3,747
1983	1,517
1984	583
1985	599
1986	901
1987	724
1988	1,402
1989	1,386
1990	813
1991	2,007
1992	693
1993	590
1994	1,144
1995	897
1996	1,112
1997	1,996
1998	1,231
1999	898
2000	634
2001	1,556
2002	755
2003	2,205
2004	554
2005	1,002
2006	856
2007	2,249
2008	807
2009	1,183
2010	1,691
2011	1,187
2012	514
2013	693
2014	936
2015	658
2016	793
2017	692
2018	1,980
2019	604
2020	529
2021	758
2022	818
2023	844
2024	1,360
2025	645
2026	381

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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).