Weather Records on 2 January 1962

582 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 January 1962. Highest significance: Dublin Phoenix Park, IE.

Key Facts for 2 January 1962

On 2 January 1962, 582 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
309 were record highs and 48 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 569 daily.
Dublin Phoenix Park set a daily record low minimum temperature of -8.3 C (17.1 F) on 2 January 1962.
Across 166 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 477 records.

Record Map

582 stations

582 station records on 2 January 1962 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 January 1962: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	63 of 100 (Major)
Turallin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	135.4 mm (5.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Vancouver Pmo	Canada	Record daily precipitation	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Freiburg	Germany	Record snow depth	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Estevan Point	Canada	Record daily precipitation	154.4 mm (6.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Burquitlam Vancouver Golf Cour	Canada	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Belleplain STN Forest	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Steveston	Canada	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Nanaimo	Canada	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Newton Rigg	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Roxboro 7 ESE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mocksville 5SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Quambone (Sandy Camp)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Zuerich/Fluntern	Switzerland	Record snow depth	36.0 cm (14.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Shelby 2 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Canna 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Reidsville	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Simpson	Canada	Record daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Randolph 5 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jeogla Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cumberland	Canada	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Chatham	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Yelarbon Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sand I Ryfylke II	Norway	Record snow depth	57.0 cm (22.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Paula	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mbarara	Uganda	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Toms River	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Statesville 2 NNE	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kurrowah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record high minimum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Indian Head Cda	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Virden	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Columbia 2SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Winston Salem Reynolds AP	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sechelt	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
New Westminster	Canada	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Virden	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-8.7 C (16.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Belleplain STN Forest	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Newport 1 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Warsaw 2 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Armidale (Radio Station 2Ad)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Grenfell	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sviland	Norway	Record snow depth	47.0 cm (18.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
N Wilkesboro	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Asheville	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kindon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Whetstone Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wondalli	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ioco Refinery	Canada	Record daily precipitation	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Swan River	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lysebotn	Norway	Record snow depth	26.0 cm (10.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Franklinville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Buntzen Lake	Canada	Record daily precipitation	119.1 mm (4.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hvar	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	14.2 C (57.6 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ljubljana Bezigrad	Slovenia	Record high maximum temperature	13.5 C (56.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Basel Binningen	Switzerland	Record snow depth	41.0 cm (16.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Walnut	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

582 records

Records set or tied on 2 January 1962 by type: Highest daily maximum 156, Lowest daily maximum 26, Highest daily minimum 153, Lowest daily minimum 22, Heaviest daily rainfall 138, Heaviest daily snowfall 41, Deepest snow cover 46.

Records on 2 January 1962 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	156
Lowest daily maximum	26
Highest daily minimum	153
Lowest daily minimum	22
Heaviest daily rainfall	138
Heaviest daily snowfall	41
Deepest snow cover	46

Records on 2 January 1962 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 12, daily 569.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

488 broken records

Margins by which the 488 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 390.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 January 1962

Top 20 records on 2 January 1962 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 January 1962	Dublin Phoenix Park, IE	daily low min	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	7.3 C (13.1 F)	94 years	63 of 100 (Major)
2 January 1962	Turallin, AU	daily rain	135.4 mm (5.3 in)	94.8 mm (3.7 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1962	Vancouver Pmo, CA	daily rain	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	58.1 mm (2.3 in)	39 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1962	Freiburg, DE	daily snow depth	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	52 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1962	Estevan Point, CA	daily rain	154.4 mm (6.1 in)	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	23 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1962	Burquitlam Vancouver Golf Cour, CA	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	34 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1962	Belleplain STN Forest, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	17.5 cm (6.9 in)	38 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1962	Steveston, CA	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	56 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1962	Nanaimo, CA	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	48 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1962	Newton Rigg, GB	daily low min	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	10.6 C (19.1 F)	42 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1962	Roxboro 7 ESE, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	68 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1962	Mocksville 5SE, US	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	67 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1962	Quambone (Sandy Camp), AU	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	14 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1962	Zuerich/Fluntern, CH	daily snow depth	36.0 cm (14.2 in)	22.0 cm (8.7 in)	16 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1962	Shelby 2 NW, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	67 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1962	Canna 1, AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	12 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1962	Reidsville, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	44 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1962	Fort Simpson, CA	daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	4.6 cm (1.8 in)	56 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1962	Randolph 5 NNE, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	56 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1962	Oran-Hopital Militaire, DZ	monthly high min	20.0 C (68.0 F)	4.0 C (7.2 F)	6 years	36 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

1794 to 1962

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1962. 1962 had 582 records.

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

Records on 01-02 in each year
Year	Records
1794	2
1797	1
1800	1
1810	1
1823	1
1825	2
1830	2
1834	1
1840	1
1854	1
1855	1
1860	4
1861	4
1868	1
1869	1
1870	1
1871	4
1873	3
1874	1
1875	3
1876	4
1877	1
1879	3
1880	1
1882	1
1883	4
1886	1
1887	2
1888	1
1889	4
1890	2
1891	2
1892	1
1893	3
1894	2
1895	1
1896	7
1897	1
1898	2
1899	8
1900	7
1901	9
1902	5
1903	6
1904	22
1905	14
1906	8
1907	18
1908	6
1909	26
1910	17
1911	22
1912	53
1913	19
1914	27
1915	22
1916	43
1917	86
1918	114
1919	49
1920	48
1921	265
1922	77
1923	46
1924	165
1925	146
1926	190
1927	241
1928	744
1929	42
1930	264
1931	296
1932	148
1933	107
1934	242
1935	283
1936	460
1937	634
1938	111
1939	633
1940	403
1941	518
1942	619
1943	440
1944	355
1945	327
1946	157
1947	776
1948	967
1949	338
1950	1,253
1951	622
1952	823
1953	281
1954	309
1955	407
1956	179
1957	199
1958	240
1959	391
1960	630
1961	638
1962	582
1963	508
1964	955
1965	638
1966	964
1967	265
1968	807
1969	623
1970	947
1971	624
1972	407
1973	524
1974	1,495
1975	622
1976	653
1977	664
1978	689
1979	3,391
1980	360
1981	989
1982	1,102
1983	690
1984	1,221
1985	860
1986	641
1987	1,083
1988	1,279
1989	584
1990	425
1991	689
1992	947
1993	893
1994	576
1995	570
1996	1,425
1997	3,370
1998	1,108
1999	1,607
2000	1,340
2001	1,410
2002	1,021
2003	1,363
2004	1,212
2005	1,205
2006	1,658
2007	941
2008	843
2009	826
2010	1,304
2011	866
2012	805
2013	548
2014	684
2015	778
2016	603
2017	771
2018	2,183
2019	481
2020	645
2021	495
2022	1,905
2023	1,497
2024	635
2025	566
2026	770

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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	434
50 to 100	35
100 to 150	10
150 to 200	6
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1