Weather Records on 25 January 1962

492 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 25 January 1962. Highest significance: Pachwara, IN.

Key Facts for 25 January 1962

On 25 January 1962, 492 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
147 were record highs and 34 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 486 daily.
Pachwara set a daily record precipitation of 25.4 mm (1.0 in) on 25 January 1962.
Across 154 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 518 records.

Record Map

492 stations

492 station records on 25 January 1962 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 25 January 1962: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Pachwara	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Tiruvangadi	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Meerut Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Vayittiri	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
The Pas	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	7.3 C (45.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	6.4 C (43.5 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Praha-Klementinum	Czech Republic	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Quanbun Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cibecue	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Galva	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jainagar	India	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Munnar	India	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Saentis	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	66.4 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Musafir Khana	India	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Island Falls	Canada	Record daily snowfall	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Virden	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hamirpur	India	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Newton	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Red Lodge	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bryson City 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Banff	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Regensburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	9.2 C (48.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tullaroop Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Thuckalay	India	Record daily precipitation	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Buxton	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
McGill	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bandelier Nm	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.2 cm (4.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomfield 3 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Murphy 4ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Eberys	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Talbot (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Astrakan	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	1.5 C (34.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lowestoft	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Springerville	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gatlinburg 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Murrindindi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Orenburg	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-3.1 C (26.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tejon Rancho	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lumpkin 2 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
San Fidel 2 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Regina Int'l A	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	6.2 C (43.2 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	5.9 C (42.6 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Uralsk	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	-2.3 C (27.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
El Dorado	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Andrews	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Zerbst	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	7.5 C (45.5 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gila Bend 2SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sao Benedito	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	121.0 mm (4.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Los Alamos	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Saluda	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Campbelltown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lyndon	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.9 cm (3.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	4.8 C (40.6 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sherthala	India	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

492 records

Records set or tied on 25 January 1962 by type: Highest daily maximum 51, Lowest daily maximum 23, Highest daily minimum 96, Lowest daily minimum 11, Heaviest daily rainfall 252, Heaviest daily snowfall 26, Deepest snow cover 33.

Records on 25 January 1962 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	51
Lowest daily maximum	23
Highest daily minimum	96
Lowest daily minimum	11
Heaviest daily rainfall	252
Heaviest daily snowfall	26
Deepest snow cover	33

Records on 25 January 1962 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 486.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

417 broken records

Margins by which the 417 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 152.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

25 January 1962

Top 20 records on 25 January 1962 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
25 January 1962	Pachwara, IN	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	47 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1962	Tiruvangadi, IN	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1962	Meerut Obsy, IN	daily rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	7 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1962	Hillsboro, US	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	18 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1962	Vayittiri, IN	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1962	The Pas, CA	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	36 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1962	Leipzig-Holzhausen, DE	daily high min	7.3 C (45.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	95 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1962	Lichtentanne, DE	daily high min	6.4 C (43.5 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	94 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1962	Praha-Klementinum, CZ	daily high min	6.7 C (44.1 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	127 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1962	Quanbun Downs, AU	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	15 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1962	Cibecue, US	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1962	Galva, US	daily snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	63 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1962	Jainagar, IN	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	12 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
25 January 1962	Munnar, IN	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	43 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
25 January 1962	Saentis, CH	daily rain	66.4 mm (2.6 in)	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	56 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
25 January 1962	Kremsmuenster, AT	daily high min	5.0 C (41.0 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	73 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
25 January 1962	Musafir Khana, IN	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	12 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
25 January 1962	Island Falls, CA	daily snowfall	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	5.3 cm (2.1 in)	28 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
25 January 1962	Virden, CA	daily high max	1.7 C (35.1 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	70 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
25 January 1962	Hamirpur, IN	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	32 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

1795 to 1962

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1962. 1962 had 492 records.

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

Records on 01-25 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1800	2
1813	1
1823	3
1834	2
1845	1
1846	2
1849	2
1853	1
1855	1
1858	1
1867	1
1868	2
1871	3
1880	1
1881	6
1882	1
1883	1
1884	3
1887	2
1890	8
1891	2
1893	2
1895	2
1896	3
1897	4
1898	4
1899	1
1900	4
1901	6
1902	3
1903	12
1904	17
1905	19
1906	7
1907	19
1908	7
1909	43
1910	21
1911	16
1912	20
1913	28
1914	60
1915	65
1916	89
1917	42
1918	53
1919	36
1920	61
1921	34
1922	75
1923	218
1924	118
1925	54
1926	80
1927	88
1928	179
1929	323
1930	317
1931	521
1932	219
1933	513
1934	457
1935	631
1936	429
1937	1,110
1938	665
1939	189
1940	1,215
1941	1,246
1942	683
1943	640
1944	1,344
1945	296
1946	320
1947	796
1948	708
1949	1,337
1950	2,290
1951	557
1952	569
1953	548
1954	373
1955	404
1956	311
1957	493
1958	457
1959	399
1960	263
1961	673
1962	492
1963	990
1964	533
1965	246
1966	541
1967	836
1968	592
1969	953
1970	510
1971	679
1972	737
1973	621
1974	685
1975	888
1976	713
1977	773
1978	1,209
1979	1,356
1980	704
1981	1,042
1982	975
1983	627
1984	758
1985	811
1986	406
1987	833
1988	926
1989	895
1990	1,476
1991	1,018
1992	1,077
1993	851
1994	911
1995	845
1996	1,292
1997	913
1998	488
1999	1,457
2000	1,332
2001	603
2002	1,074
2003	1,242
2004	1,174
2005	929
2006	1,112
2007	1,135
2008	823
2009	849
2010	1,222
2011	664
2012	864
2013	839
2014	1,094
2015	685
2016	974
2017	1,008
2018	613
2019	469
2020	459
2021	1,094
2022	281
2023	941
2024	931
2025	958
2026	2,391

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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	360
20 to 40	29
40 to 60	10
60 to 80	7
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	5
120 to 140	3
140 to 160	1