Weather Records on 7 September 1960

763 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 September 1960. Highest significance: Quorn (Round Hill), AU.

Key Facts for 7 September 1960

On 7 September 1960, 763 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
219 were record highs and 100 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 20 monthly and 742 daily.
Quorn (Round Hill) set a daily record precipitation of 30.0 mm (1.2 in) on 7 September 1960.
Across 165 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 449 records.

Record Map

763 stations

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

Weather records on 7 September 1960: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Quorn (Round Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Adelaide (Morphett Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Kisinev	Moldova	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Jamkhandi	India	Record daily precipitation	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Normanville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Adelaide (Salisbury Bowling Cl	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Penong (Penalumba)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Whyalla (Norrie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Bruce	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Happy Valley Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hickory	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Magill Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Maitland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide (Thorndon Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Victor Harbor (Rivington Grang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Yankalilla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Venukonda	India	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide West Terrace	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Uman	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Port Germein (Baroota Reservoi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Second Valley (Spring Grove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Belair (State Flora Nursery)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ceduna (Goode)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Maitland (Woodburlie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lower Light	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide (Port Dock Railway St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Macharla	India	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Shirol	India	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Quorn (Olive Grove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Booleroo Centre (Willowie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide (Seaton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Aldinga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hesso	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hiltaba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Owen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mahbubnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Jefferson 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cradock (Kanyaka)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hammond	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Belair (Kalyra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Blackwood Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgewater	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Clarendon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide (Brighton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mitcham Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Stonyfell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Yeltacowie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Boree	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Port Augusta (Yarley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kamalapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	59.8 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tada	India	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hoyleton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
St Peters Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Karad	India	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mhaswad	India	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bradenton Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ceduna (Koonibba Reserve)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Orroroo (Kylmorn)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mundoora	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sullurpet	India	Record daily precipitation	70.2 mm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

763 records

Records set or tied on 7 September 1960 by type: Highest daily maximum 101, Lowest daily maximum 31, Highest daily minimum 118, Lowest daily minimum 69, Heaviest daily rainfall 444.

Records on 7 September 1960 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	101
Lowest daily maximum	31
Highest daily minimum	118
Lowest daily minimum	69
Heaviest daily rainfall	444
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 7 September 1960 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 20, daily 742.

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 88.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 September 1960

Top 20 records on 7 September 1960 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 September 1960	Quorn (Round Hill), AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	66 years	67 of 100 (Major)
7 September 1960	Adelaide (Morphett Vale), AU	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	66 years	67 of 100 (Major)
7 September 1960	Kisinev, MD	daily rain	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	65 years	66 of 100 (Major)
7 September 1960	Jamkhandi, IN	all-time rain	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	45 years	64 of 100 (Major)
7 September 1960	Normanville, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	41 years	61 of 100 (Major)
7 September 1960	Adelaide (Salisbury Bowling Cl, AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	41 years	60 of 100 (Major)
7 September 1960	Penong (Penalumba), AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	39 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1960	Whyalla (Norrie), AU	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1960	Bruce, AU	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	41 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1960	Happy Valley Reservoir, AU	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	41 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1960	Hickory, US	daily rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	42 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1960	Magill Post Office, AU	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	41 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1960	Maitland, AU	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	41 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1960	Adelaide (Thorndon Park), AU	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	41 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1960	Victor Harbor (Rivington Grang, AU	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	19 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1960	Yankalilla, AU	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	41 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1960	Venukonda, IN	daily rain	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	15 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1960	Adelaide West Terrace, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	41 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1960	Uman, UA	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1960	Port Germein (Baroota Reservoi, AU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	19 years	47 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

1802 to 1960

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1960. 1960 had 763 records.

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

Records on 09-07 in each year
Year	Records
1802	2
1814	2
1816	1
1833	1
1845	2
1847	1
1848	1
1850	1
1852	1
1856	1
1859	1
1860	2
1861	1
1864	2
1865	3
1868	1
1870	1
1871	4
1872	3
1873	1
1877	4
1878	1
1879	1
1881	2
1882	1
1883	2
1886	1
1887	3
1888	1
1889	1
1890	2
1891	7
1892	3
1894	8
1895	7
1896	1
1897	2
1898	8
1899	3
1900	1
1901	6
1902	3
1903	7
1904	8
1905	20
1906	8
1907	5
1908	26
1909	11
1910	15
1911	20
1912	39
1913	20
1914	29
1915	28
1916	39
1917	44
1918	35
1919	184
1920	375
1921	80
1922	98
1923	125
1924	232
1925	303
1926	117
1927	147
1928	130
1929	355
1930	108
1931	400
1932	478
1933	287
1934	566
1935	275
1936	370
1937	260
1938	348
1939	634
1940	226
1941	451
1942	415
1943	591
1944	519
1945	482
1946	356
1947	625
1948	353
1949	705
1950	704
1951	342
1952	301
1953	446
1954	390
1955	405
1956	752
1957	498
1958	570
1959	583
1960	763
1961	312
1962	729
1963	448
1964	463
1965	672
1966	365
1967	535
1968	417
1969	696
1970	917
1971	648
1972	534
1973	674
1974	709
1975	423
1976	763
1977	674
1978	1,165
1979	583
1980	613
1981	622
1982	684
1983	1,235
1984	1,396
1985	1,459
1986	1,062
1987	956
1988	1,266
1989	553
1990	900
1991	957
1992	1,257
1993	720
1994	523
1995	1,093
1996	982
1997	799
1998	1,262
1999	1,087
2000	1,320
2001	1,068
2002	1,169
2003	768
2004	865
2005	708
2006	1,105
2007	1,171
2008	1,210
2009	713
2010	1,147
2011	1,452
2012	699
2013	981
2014	491
2015	637
2016	868
2017	966
2018	723
2019	743
2020	1,352
2021	794
2022	2,096
2023	1,116
2024	1,216
2025	711
2026	760

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Data for records on 1960-09-07: 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 20	581
20 to 40	49
40 to 60	9
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1