Weather Records on 22 April 1960

1,107 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 April 1960. Highest significance: Waddamana Field Study Centre, AU.

Key Facts for 22 April 1960

On 22 April 1960, 1,107 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
461 were record highs and 145 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 8 were all-time records, 62 monthly and 1,037 daily.
Waddamana Field Study Centre set an all-time record daily precipitation of 121.9 mm (4.8 in) on 22 April 1960.
Across 164 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 441 records.

Record Map

1,107 stations

1,107 station records on 22 April 1960 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 April 1960: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Waddamana Field Study Centre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Sorell (Whitlea)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Bagdad Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Osterley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Poowong (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Broadmarsh (Corleen)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Stanley Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Caulfield (Racecourse)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
St Marys (Cullenswood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	134.9 mm (5.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Kellevie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	105.9 mm (4.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Koo Wee Rup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Shoreham	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Tower Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	160.5 mm (6.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Moe Gippsland Water	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Ventnor (Oaklands)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Woolmers Settlement	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Maria Island (Darlington)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Little Swanport (Lisdillon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Campbell Town Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Banff	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Banff	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.2 cm (11.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Buckland (Brockley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Lardner (Brandie Braes)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Apslawn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Avoca (Railway House)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bream Creek (Stroud)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Fingal (Legge Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Lymington (Fattys Lane)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Beaconsfield Upper	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Epping Forest (Forton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Triabunna (3 Boyle Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Oatlands Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lunawanna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Clifton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cressy Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Swansea Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart Botanical Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Rokeby (the Mall)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Anderleigh	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
French Island (McLeod Prison)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Swansea (Kelvedon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Woodbury (the Braes)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bellerive (Fort Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart (Waterworks Reserve)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kempton (Oakmore)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lenah Valley (Augusta Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond (Brookbank)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Anglesea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lorne Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Colebrook (the Meadows)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Dunalley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Judbury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tsumeb - Pol	Namibia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Back Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wallabadah (Woodton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Birregurra (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cobden (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,107 records

Records set or tied on 22 April 1960 by type: Highest daily maximum 255, Lowest daily maximum 80, Highest daily minimum 206, Lowest daily minimum 65, Heaviest daily rainfall 461, Heaviest daily snowfall 38, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 22 April 1960 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	255
Lowest daily maximum	80
Highest daily minimum	206
Lowest daily minimum	65
Heaviest daily rainfall	461
Heaviest daily snowfall	38
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 22 April 1960 by timescale: all-time 8, monthly 62, daily 1,037.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

893 broken records

Margins by which the 893 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 229.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 April 1960

Top 20 records on 22 April 1960 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 April 1960	Waddamana Field Study Centre, AU	all-time rain	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 years	72 of 100 (Major)
22 April 1960	Sorell (Whitlea), AU	daily rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	63 years	66 of 100 (Major)
22 April 1960	Bagdad Post Office, AU	all-time rain	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	14 years	64 of 100 (Major)
22 April 1960	Osterley, AU	monthly rain	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	31 years	64 of 100 (Major)
22 April 1960	Poowong (Post Office), AU	daily rain	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	54 years	63 of 100 (Major)
22 April 1960	Broadmarsh (Corleen), AU	all-time rain	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	63 of 100 (Major)
22 April 1960	Stanley Post Office, AU	daily rain	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	46 years	62 of 100 (Major)
22 April 1960	Caulfield (Racecourse), AU	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	63 years	61 of 100 (Major)
22 April 1960	St Marys (Cullenswood), AU	daily rain	134.9 mm (5.3 in)	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	47 years	60 of 100 (Major)
22 April 1960	Kellevie, AU	daily rain	105.9 mm (4.2 in)	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	46 years	60 of 100 (Major)
22 April 1960	Koo Wee Rup, AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	54 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1960	Shoreham, AU	monthly rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	10 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1960	Tower Hill, AU	daily rain	160.5 mm (6.3 in)	103.3 mm (4.1 in)	46 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1960	Moe Gippsland Water, AU	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	53 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1960	Ventnor (Oaklands), AU	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1960	Woolmers Settlement, AU	monthly rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	25 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1960	Maria Island (Darlington), AU	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	46 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1960	Little Swanport (Lisdillon), AU	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	46 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1960	Campbell Town Post Office, AU	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1960	Banff, CA	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	31 years	56 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

1800 to 1960

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 1960. 1960 had 1,107 records.

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

Records on 04-22 in each year
Year	Records
1800	1
1815	1
1817	1
1838	1
1842	1
1846	1
1849	1
1851	1
1852	2
1854	2
1855	2
1857	1
1861	1
1862	1
1864	1
1865	2
1868	1
1872	2
1873	1
1874	2
1875	1
1877	1
1879	1
1880	1
1881	1
1883	1
1884	3
1885	3
1888	4
1890	1
1891	1
1892	2
1893	2
1895	4
1896	1
1897	1
1898	4
1899	3
1900	4
1901	26
1902	13
1903	9
1904	6
1905	8
1906	11
1907	12
1908	14
1909	25
1910	27
1911	29
1912	35
1913	22
1914	79
1915	14
1916	56
1917	29
1918	63
1919	45
1920	55
1921	75
1922	81
1923	119
1924	132
1925	421
1926	148
1927	547
1928	380
1929	194
1930	207
1931	561
1932	266
1933	189
1934	340
1935	298
1936	543
1937	368
1938	243
1939	210
1940	434
1941	287
1942	286
1943	519
1944	565
1945	250
1946	555
1947	552
1948	454
1949	377
1950	584
1951	556
1952	636
1953	384
1954	545
1955	783
1956	249
1957	705
1958	411
1959	412
1960	1,107
1961	492
1962	329
1963	887
1964	1,109
1965	512
1966	534
1967	1,227
1968	870
1969	500
1970	1,048
1971	420
1972	780
1973	850
1974	647
1975	390
1976	363
1977	818
1978	765
1979	430
1980	1,632
1981	959
1982	1,073
1983	938
1984	1,128
1985	1,426
1986	1,381
1987	1,054
1988	971
1989	1,467
1990	815
1991	1,272
1992	1,155
1993	1,327
1994	812
1995	1,129
1996	1,051
1997	975
1998	1,174
1999	941
2000	1,202
2001	1,325
2002	1,406
2003	529
2004	647
2005	666
2006	797
2007	650
2008	844
2009	959
2010	902
2011	1,017
2012	1,212
2013	985
2014	437
2015	529
2016	593
2017	470
2018	688
2019	498
2020	598
2021	1,320
2022	505
2023	539
2024	663
2025	403
2026	727

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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	857
50 to 100	27
100 to 150	7
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	2