Weather Records on 1 May 1960

737 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 May 1960. Highest significance: Burrabogie, AU.

Key Facts for 1 May 1960

On 1 May 1960, 737 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
42 were record highs and 179 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 60 monthly and 677 daily.
Burrabogie set a daily record precipitation of 45.7 mm (1.8 in) on 1 May 1960.
Across 165 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 441 records.

Record Map

737 stations

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

Weather records on 1 May 1960: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Burrabogie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Carrathool (Gum Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Kamilaroi Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Maude (Nap Nap)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Hatfield (Benilkie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Currawinya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Hay (Miller Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Cerro	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Canary Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Hay (Corrong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Conargo (Willurah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Augustus Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Uardry (Oolambeyan)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Caniambo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Merrigum	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Manfred	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Pemblegong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Miepoll South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Canary Island South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Katandra West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Colebrook (the Meadows)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hawker (Warcowie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Oxley (Tupra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Wanganella General Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cornelia Creek Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kerang (Meran Downs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Deniliquin (Wilkinson St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Patho West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Irish Lords	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ivanhoe (Wokabity)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wakool (Barratta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Carandotta Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Booligal (Mycumbene)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Barham 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wakool (Calimo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Charm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Molka (Lowana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Moira Lower	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tandarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Oxley (Walmer Downs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mayrung (Malvern)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Groongal (Groongal Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dingee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Second Valley (Poolamacca)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tennyson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mooroopna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hay (Eurolie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hay (Illilawa)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cohuna (Goulburn Murray)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Trida (Cogie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Groongal (Gundaline)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Romsey	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tuscaloosa Oliver Dam	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ivanhoe Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Drummartin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Burra (Poonunda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Trida (Murrumbong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cramenton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nathalia (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Avenel (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

737 records

Records set or tied on 1 May 1960 by type: Highest daily maximum 14, Lowest daily maximum 52, Highest daily minimum 28, Lowest daily minimum 127, Heaviest daily rainfall 507, Heaviest daily snowfall 8, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 1 May 1960 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	14
Lowest daily maximum	52
Highest daily minimum	28
Lowest daily minimum	127
Heaviest daily rainfall	507
Heaviest daily snowfall	8
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 1 May 1960 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 60, daily 677.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

654 broken records

Margins by which the 654 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

1 May 1960

Top 20 records on 1 May 1960 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 May 1960	Burrabogie, AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	66 years	68 of 100 (Major)
1 May 1960	Carrathool (Gum Creek), AU	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	66 years	66 of 100 (Major)
1 May 1960	Kamilaroi Station, AU	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	61 years	64 of 100 (Major)
1 May 1960	Maude (Nap Nap), AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	66 years	64 of 100 (Major)
1 May 1960	Hatfield (Benilkie), AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	66 years	63 of 100 (Major)
1 May 1960	Currawinya, AU	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	69 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1960	Hay (Miller Street), AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	77 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1960	Cerro, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	46 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1960	Canary Island, AU	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	66 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1960	Hay (Corrong), AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	29 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1960	Conargo (Willurah), AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	29 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1960	Augustus Downs Station, AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	67 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1960	Uardry (Oolambeyan), AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	29 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1960	Caniambo, AU	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	29 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1960	Merrigum, AU	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1960	Manfred, AU	monthly rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	53 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1960	Pemblegong, AU	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	29 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1960	Miepoll South, AU	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	20 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1960	Canary Island South, AU	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	67 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1960	Katandra West, AU	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	29 years	51 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

1795 to 1960

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1960. 1960 had 737 records.

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

Records on 05-01 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1802	1
1804	1
1814	1
1818	1
1835	1
1836	1
1840	1
1846	2
1847	1
1850	1
1851	1
1857	1
1860	1
1861	1
1864	2
1865	1
1868	2
1872	1
1875	4
1878	2
1879	2
1880	3
1881	2
1884	1
1885	1
1886	2
1887	2
1888	2
1889	3
1890	2
1891	5
1892	6
1893	2
1894	5
1896	1
1897	4
1898	1
1899	8
1900	1
1901	5
1902	7
1903	9
1904	9
1905	13
1906	12
1907	31
1908	20
1909	49
1910	13
1911	22
1912	18
1913	54
1914	23
1915	27
1916	27
1917	37
1918	34
1919	150
1920	186
1921	41
1922	92
1923	64
1924	63
1925	118
1926	500
1927	125
1928	190
1929	142
1930	263
1931	537
1932	220
1933	706
1934	305
1935	276
1936	368
1937	218
1938	304
1939	227
1940	731
1941	333
1942	1,036
1943	526
1944	229
1945	350
1946	415
1947	655
1948	774
1949	405
1950	439
1951	894
1952	557
1953	917
1954	1,506
1955	772
1956	1,106
1957	359
1958	448
1959	764
1960	737
1961	588
1962	615
1963	704
1964	312
1965	360
1966	707
1967	948
1968	426
1969	429
1970	1,075
1971	444
1972	562
1973	841
1974	589
1975	286
1976	673
1977	545
1978	1,202
1979	612
1980	507
1981	1,265
1982	508
1983	1,423
1984	640
1985	789
1986	512
1987	1,098
1988	1,058
1989	949
1990	922
1991	633
1992	1,201
1993	1,101
1994	1,210
1995	1,365
1996	1,439
1997	804
1998	951
1999	932
2000	809
2001	1,106
2002	1,221
2003	964
2004	887
2005	1,320
2006	734
2007	857
2008	979
2009	679
2010	1,151
2011	716
2012	796
2013	976
2014	941
2015	550
2016	844
2017	1,163
2018	519
2019	788
2020	1,099
2021	834
2022	319
2023	912
2024	458
2025	430
2026	623

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Data for records on 1960-05-01: 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	652
50 to 100	1
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1