Weather Records on 26 January 1962

860 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 January 1962. Highest significance: Maharajganj, IN.

Key Facts for 26 January 1962

On 26 January 1962, 860 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
237 were record highs and 24 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 34 monthly and 825 daily.
Maharajganj set a daily record precipitation of 44.6 mm (1.8 in) on 26 January 1962.
Across 152 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 519 records.

Record Map

860 stations

860 station records on 26 January 1962 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 January 1962: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Maharajganj	India	Record daily precipitation	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Kanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Khajwa	India	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Palwal	India	Record daily precipitation	69.4 mm (2.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Jagraon	India	Record daily precipitation	79.6 mm (3.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hathras	India	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bulandshahr	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Rae Bareli	India	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bhognipur	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Sadabad	India	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Narkatiyaganj	India	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Saharanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hosdurg	India	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Nowgong	India	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ghatampur	India	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Punahana	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Nagina	India	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Dalmau	India	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sikandarabad	India	Record daily precipitation	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Springerville	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Pailani	India	Record daily precipitation	82.5 mm (3.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hamirpur	India	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Harpur	India	Record daily precipitation	65.4 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Naya Shahr	India	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Girwan Naraini	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bareilly Sadar	India	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Fatehpur	India	Record daily precipitation	64.1 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sardhana	India	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Khairagarh	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Agra	India	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Guntersville	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Guararema	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	161.5 mm (6.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nuh	India	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Khurai	India	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Jeoli Jansath	India	Record daily precipitation	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Uccle	Belgium	Record high minimum temperature	6.9 C (44.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	4.5 C (40.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Aligarh	India	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bareilly	India	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ocean Falls	Canada	Record daily precipitation	215.4 mm (8.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Elk Point	Canada	Record daily snowfall	13.7 cm (5.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Krishnarajnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kairana	India	Record daily precipitation	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Salon	India	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Grand View 4 NW	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pichhore	India	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ayodhya Ajobhy	India	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mohanlalganj	India	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sultanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Unnao	India	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Safipur	India	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sohana	India	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Panipat	India	Record daily precipitation	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mahroni	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nanaimo	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Reit Im Winkl	Germany	Record daily precipitation	59.8 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Chatarpur	India	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Batala	India	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Haidargarh	India	Record daily precipitation	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hasanganj	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

860 records

Records set or tied on 26 January 1962 by type: Highest daily maximum 52, Lowest daily maximum 14, Highest daily minimum 185, Lowest daily minimum 10, Heaviest daily rainfall 543, Heaviest daily snowfall 31, Deepest snow cover 25.

Records on 26 January 1962 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	52
Lowest daily maximum	14
Highest daily minimum	185
Lowest daily minimum	10
Heaviest daily rainfall	543
Heaviest daily snowfall	31
Deepest snow cover	25

Records on 26 January 1962 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 34, daily 825.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

759 broken records

Margins by which the 759 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 261.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 January 1962

Top 20 records on 26 January 1962 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 January 1962	Maharajganj, IN	daily rain	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	59 years	61 of 100 (Major)
26 January 1962	Kanpur, IN	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	47 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1962	Khajwa, IN	monthly rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	2 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1962	Palwal, IN	monthly rain	69.4 mm (2.7 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	42 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1962	Jagraon, IN	daily rain	79.6 mm (3.1 in)	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	24 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1962	Hathras, IN	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	24 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1962	Bulandshahr, IN	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	24 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1962	Rae Bareli, IN	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1962	Bhognipur, IN	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1962	Sadabad, IN	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	19 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1962	Narkatiyaganj, IN	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	55 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1962	Saharanpur, IN	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	51 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1962	Hosdurg, IN	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	60 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1962	Nowgong, IN	monthly rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	41 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1962	Ghatampur, IN	daily rain	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	12 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1962	Punahana, IN	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	22 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1962	Nagina, IN	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	34 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1962	Dalmau, IN	monthly rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	32 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1962	Sikandarabad, IN	monthly rain	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	51 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1962	Springerville, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	47 years	46 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

1795 to 1962

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1962. 1962 had 860 records.

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

Records on 01-26 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1804	1
1822	1
1823	2
1834	1
1846	3
1851	1
1858	2
1865	1
1867	1
1870	1
1871	1
1873	1
1875	1
1879	1
1880	2
1881	4
1882	1
1884	2
1887	2
1888	3
1890	4
1894	3
1895	8
1896	1
1897	5
1900	3
1901	5
1902	5
1903	3
1904	20
1905	34
1906	4
1907	24
1908	11
1909	11
1910	43
1911	33
1912	43
1913	23
1914	100
1915	21
1916	139
1917	27
1918	65
1919	31
1920	59
1921	42
1922	58
1923	154
1924	141
1925	74
1926	41
1927	185
1928	75
1929	187
1930	227
1931	373
1932	299
1933	318
1934	398
1935	181
1936	569
1937	601
1938	441
1939	321
1940	1,113
1941	1,120
1942	618
1943	503
1944	1,707
1945	249
1946	168
1947	747
1948	596
1949	1,359
1950	2,369
1951	526
1952	630
1953	394
1954	449
1955	389
1956	505
1957	791
1958	404
1959	495
1960	197
1961	1,051
1962	860
1963	626
1964	226
1965	434
1966	606
1967	958
1968	376
1969	1,242
1970	470
1971	979
1972	968
1973	584
1974	784
1975	748
1976	849
1977	935
1978	1,674
1979	1,691
1980	651
1981	688
1982	1,223
1983	1,062
1984	844
1985	920
1986	770
1987	1,034
1988	955
1989	769
1990	920
1991	758
1992	942
1993	940
1994	1,018
1995	1,260
1996	1,031
1997	1,071
1998	650
1999	992
2000	1,202
2001	672
2002	1,474
2003	1,174
2004	1,454
2005	910
2006	998
2007	1,086
2008	821
2009	818
2010	748
2011	623
2012	757
2013	936
2014	624
2015	988
2016	903
2017	789
2018	470
2019	518
2020	466
2021	1,417
2022	322
2023	488
2024	1,282
2025	582
2026	1,904

Download the Data

Data for records on 1962-01-26: 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 50	732
50 to 100	18
100 to 150	6
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1