Weather Records on 25 September 1960

694 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 25 September 1960. Highest significance: Ormley, AU.

Key Facts for 25 September 1960

On 25 September 1960, 694 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
85 were record highs and 33 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 676 daily.
Ormley set a daily record precipitation of 33.5 mm (1.3 in) on 25 September 1960.
Across 163 earlier years (1825 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 424 records.

Record Map

694 stations

694 station records on 25 September 1960 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 25 September 1960: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ormley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Hot Springs 1 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	136.1 mm (5.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Woomargama Estate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Cape Grim (Woolnorth)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Swansea Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
St Marys (Cullenswood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Lake Leake (Elizabeth River)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Bendigo Channel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Westbury (Valley View)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Keith	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Carrick (Oaks Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Low Head (Comparison)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Waranga Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Mathinna (Fingal Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Port Arthur	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Pilliga (Nirvana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Tangambalanga NE Dairy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Avenel (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Kinglake West (Wallaby Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Buckland (Brockley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Tower Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Triabunna (3 Boyle Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Karnak (Rosedale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Tullaroop Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Apslawn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bream Creek (Stroud)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Pitea	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Trangie Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Fort William	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Selbourne (Kirnbrae)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Beaconsfield (Mine & Heritage	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Swansea (Kelvedon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Little Swanport (Lisdillon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Wartook Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Dunalley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mundulla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Loch	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Biscuit Flat (Woolmit)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wallan (Walnarring)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Launceston (Pumping Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Musselboro (Applico)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Windermere (Acacia House)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Stanhope	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Newnham (Rocherlea)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Devgad	India	Record daily precipitation	172.0 mm (6.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Holbrook (Annandayle)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Goroke (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tongala (Peppertree Grove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Shepparton East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Marrar (Centenary Drive)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Fish Creek (Hoddle Range)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Avoca (Railway House)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Nugent	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Boggabri (Ghoolendaadi)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tongala	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Moorabool Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
St Marys (Clive Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bundabaroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

694 records

Records set or tied on 25 September 1960 by type: Highest daily maximum 43, Lowest daily maximum 17, Highest daily minimum 42, Lowest daily minimum 16, Heaviest daily rainfall 576.

Records on 25 September 1960 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	43
Lowest daily maximum	17
Highest daily minimum	42
Lowest daily minimum	16
Heaviest daily rainfall	576
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 25 September 1960 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 18, daily 676.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

634 broken records

Margins by which the 634 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 133.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

25 September 1960

Top 20 records on 25 September 1960 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
25 September 1960	Ormley, AU	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	66 years	67 of 100 (Major)
25 September 1960	Hot Springs 1 NNE, US	daily rain	136.1 mm (5.4 in)	86.8 mm (3.4 in)	54 years	64 of 100 (Major)
25 September 1960	Woomargama Estate, AU	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	53 years	63 of 100 (Major)
25 September 1960	Cape Grim (Woolnorth), AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	66 years	62 of 100 (Major)
25 September 1960	Swansea Post Office, AU	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	51 years	62 of 100 (Major)
25 September 1960	St Marys (Cullenswood), AU	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	54.3 mm (2.1 in)	49 years	60 of 100 (Major)
25 September 1960	Lake Leake (Elizabeth River), AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	51 years	60 of 100 (Major)
25 September 1960	Bendigo Channel, AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	44 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
25 September 1960	Westbury (Valley View), AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	45 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
25 September 1960	Keith, AU	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
25 September 1960	Carrick (Oaks Road), AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	45 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
25 September 1960	Low Head (Comparison), AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
25 September 1960	Waranga Reservoir, AU	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
25 September 1960	Mathinna (Fingal Road), AU	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	36 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
25 September 1960	Port Arthur, AU	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	46 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
25 September 1960	Pilliga (Nirvana), AU	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	57 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
25 September 1960	Tangambalanga NE Dairy, AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	47 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
25 September 1960	Avenel (Post Office), AU	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	51 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
25 September 1960	Kinglake West (Wallaby Creek), AU	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	66 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
25 September 1960	Buckland (Brockley), AU	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	51 years	55 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

1825 to 1960

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1825 to 1960. 1960 had 694 records.

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

Records on 09-25 in each year
Year	Records
1825	1
1834	1
1836	1
1842	1
1843	1
1847	1
1851	1
1852	1
1855	1
1857	2
1859	1
1860	1
1863	1
1865	1
1866	2
1867	2
1868	1
1871	2
1872	1
1874	1
1875	1
1877	3
1879	2
1881	3
1884	3
1885	6
1886	1
1887	3
1889	7
1891	3
1893	7
1894	3
1895	5
1896	5
1897	2
1898	1
1899	2
1900	7
1901	6
1902	11
1903	4
1904	10
1905	16
1906	7
1907	35
1908	20
1909	22
1910	5
1911	9
1912	63
1913	13
1914	15
1915	43
1916	139
1917	138
1918	16
1919	20
1920	75
1921	32
1922	47
1923	68
1924	157
1925	141
1926	740
1927	166
1928	480
1929	158
1930	489
1931	500
1932	260
1933	542
1934	394
1935	258
1936	274
1937	190
1938	335
1939	454
1940	517
1941	269
1942	970
1943	488
1944	246
1945	514
1946	292
1947	666
1948	501
1949	479
1950	1,163
1951	639
1952	515
1953	242
1954	292
1955	546
1956	503
1957	231
1958	454
1959	396
1960	694
1961	530
1962	305
1963	602
1964	403
1965	690
1966	334
1967	428
1968	300
1969	196
1970	783
1971	323
1972	706
1973	650
1974	995
1975	1,166
1976	541
1977	875
1978	462
1979	719
1980	687
1981	669
1982	759
1983	647
1984	1,305
1985	446
1986	1,766
1987	560
1988	571
1989	1,367
1990	875
1991	1,243
1992	1,346
1993	1,015
1994	666
1995	1,013
1996	648
1997	1,278
1998	1,346
1999	804
2000	1,536
2001	1,536
2002	876
2003	758
2004	519
2005	1,484
2006	767
2007	1,284
2008	766
2009	854
2010	1,125
2011	763
2012	505
2013	615
2014	800
2015	868
2016	781
2017	1,253
2018	648
2019	530
2020	1,089
2021	355
2022	301
2023	580
2024	1,120
2025	569
2026	473

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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 20	540
20 to 40	81
40 to 60	10
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1