Weather Records on 24 January 1962

478 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 January 1962. Highest significance: Douglas Smelter, US.

Key Facts for 24 January 1962

On 24 January 1962, 478 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
70 were record highs and 188 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 470 daily.
Douglas Smelter set a daily record precipitation of 28.2 mm (1.1 in) on 24 January 1962.
Across 160 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 484 records.

Record Map

478 stations

478 station records on 24 January 1962 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 January 1962: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Douglas Smelter	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Fairbank 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Waitchie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lebo	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
La Junta	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kew	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Newton	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Chillicothe Radio Kchi	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Simplicio Mendes	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Minas Nuevas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bella Coola	Canada	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cedarville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Red Lodge	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pana	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cowles	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Porto	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Yreka	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Chute Aux Galets	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Braunlage	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Visalia	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Vajda-Guba	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-20.9 C (-5.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mina	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Virden	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Swan River	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Quiriego (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Plymouth Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Safford	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Maricopa	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Springerville	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Deseret	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-31.7 C (-25.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Richfield Radio Ksvc	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-29.4 C (-20.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Virden	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Davis 2 WSW Exp Farm	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Visalia	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Whitefish Pt	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lovelock	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Barkly Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Meanook	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lindsay	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Newman	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Cruz	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
McGill	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-26.1 C (-15.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Fillmore	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Minsk	Belarus	Record high minimum temperature	-1.4 C (29.5 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Fort St James	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Fernandina Beach	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ocala	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Stephens Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Petaluma AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Winfield 3NE	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Deseret	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sehore Qasba	India	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Madera	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Avon Park 2 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Minden	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Gage	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Greeneville Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Morden	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Le Grand	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

478 records

Records set or tied on 24 January 1962 by type: Highest daily maximum 35, Lowest daily maximum 96, Highest daily minimum 35, Lowest daily minimum 92, Heaviest daily rainfall 167, Heaviest daily snowfall 15, Deepest snow cover 38.

Records on 24 January 1962 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	35
Lowest daily maximum	96
Highest daily minimum	35
Lowest daily minimum	92
Heaviest daily rainfall	167
Heaviest daily snowfall	15
Deepest snow cover	38

Records on 24 January 1962 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 6, daily 470.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

400 broken records

Margins by which the 400 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

24 January 1962

Top 20 records on 24 January 1962 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 January 1962	Douglas Smelter, US	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	47 years	60 of 100 (Major)
24 January 1962	Fairbank 1 S, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	52 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1962	Waitchie, AU	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	20 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1962	Lebo, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	63 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1962	La Junta, MX	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1962	Kew, AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	65 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1962	Newton, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	22 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1962	Chillicothe Radio Kchi, US	daily snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1962	Simplicio Mendes, BR	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	46 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1962	Minas Nuevas, MX	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	18 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1962	Bella Coola, CA	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	30 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1962	Cedarville, US	daily low max	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	7.3 C (13.1 F)	63 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1962	Red Lodge, US	daily snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	22.8 cm (9.0 in)	36 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1962	Clausthal-Zellerfeld, DE	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	8.5 mm (0.33 in)	63 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1962	Pana, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	60 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1962	Cowles, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	63 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1962	Porto, BR	daily rain	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	47.9 mm (1.9 in)	14 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1962	Yreka, US	daily low max	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	60 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1962	Chute Aux Galets, CA	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	35 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
24 January 1962	Braunlage, DE	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	23 years	34 of 100 (Routine)

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

1796 to 1962

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1962. 1962 had 478 records.

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

Records on 01-24 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1800	1
1817	1
1823	2
1828	2
1834	2
1845	1
1846	1
1849	1
1855	1
1858	1
1864	1
1866	1
1869	1
1871	1
1872	1
1873	1
1875	1
1879	2
1881	6
1882	2
1883	1
1884	1
1887	1
1888	1
1890	1
1891	4
1892	1
1893	2
1894	3
1895	3
1896	15
1897	2
1899	7
1900	4
1901	2
1902	7
1903	6
1904	11
1905	8
1906	20
1907	24
1908	12
1909	69
1910	20
1911	11
1912	11
1913	27
1914	27
1915	30
1916	28
1917	63
1918	52
1919	55
1920	34
1921	45
1922	89
1923	78
1924	116
1925	67
1926	100
1927	172
1928	215
1929	396
1930	639
1931	436
1932	245
1933	605
1934	361
1935	731
1936	1,085
1937	600
1938	545
1939	198
1940	827
1941	987
1942	634
1943	715
1944	634
1945	130
1946	355
1947	788
1948	1,257
1949	1,123
1950	1,342
1951	466
1952	383
1953	815
1954	368
1955	536
1956	366
1957	305
1958	381
1959	702
1960	348
1961	508
1962	478
1963	1,710
1964	461
1965	537
1966	553
1967	1,249
1968	711
1969	1,049
1970	834
1971	534
1972	756
1973	472
1974	636
1975	523
1976	631
1977	532
1978	1,427
1979	1,436
1980	782
1981	1,324
1982	759
1983	786
1984	677
1985	583
1986	415
1987	842
1988	766
1989	673
1990	929
1991	1,034
1992	894
1993	1,433
1994	634
1995	578
1996	1,150
1997	822
1998	524
1999	1,745
2000	1,135
2001	750
2002	1,724
2003	1,485
2004	719
2005	1,078
2006	928
2007	1,136
2008	973
2009	1,046
2010	1,225
2011	810
2012	503
2013	768
2014	926
2015	617
2016	887
2017	958
2018	721
2019	627
2020	789
2021	517
2022	434
2023	657
2024	1,018
2025	715
2026	1,625

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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	375
50 to 100	15
100 to 150	6
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	2
250 to 300	1