Weather Records on 9 February 1962

546 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 February 1962. Highest significance: San Jose, US.

Key Facts for 9 February 1962

On 9 February 1962, 546 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
200 were record highs and 17 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 534 daily.
San Jose set a daily record precipitation of 53.8 mm (2.1 in) on 9 February 1962.
Across 158 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 516 records.

Record Map

546 stations

546 station records on 9 February 1962 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 February 1962: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
San Jose	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Smith 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Troy	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
New Martinsville 4 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Nququ (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
London State Fish Hatchery	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Los Banos	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Clara UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Jardim de Angicos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Susanville 2SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lumding	India	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
1 N McLeansboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Colfax	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.9 mm (4.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Big Creek Ph 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Berkeley	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Oxnard	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mason City	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
University Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Premer (Eden Moor)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bulken	Norway	Record snow depth	108.0 cm (42.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
King City	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Yosemite Park HQ	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnison 3SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chestertown	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Suldalsvatn	Norway	Record snow depth	105.0 cm (41.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Olyfenfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Denair 3 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Palmas de Monte Alto	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hollister 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
St Charles Elm Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tambo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Laborare	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Los Gatos	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Napa State Hospital	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Oroville Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nashville 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Yerington	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Philo	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Barbara	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Vacaville	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sterkstroom (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chester	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ellery Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Haiwee	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Carson City	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Long Branch-Oakhurst	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Burkes Garden	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Phillip	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bella Coola	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Le Grand	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Orlando Executive AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Texas Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Binthalya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Dunderlandsdalen	Norway	Record daily precipitation	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Avalon Pleasure Pier	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hat Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Porterville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Beeville 5 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

546 records

Records set or tied on 9 February 1962 by type: Highest daily maximum 78, Lowest daily maximum 5, Highest daily minimum 122, Lowest daily minimum 12, Heaviest daily rainfall 264, Heaviest daily snowfall 54, Deepest snow cover 11.

Records on 9 February 1962 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	78
Lowest daily maximum	5
Highest daily minimum	122
Lowest daily minimum	12
Heaviest daily rainfall	264
Heaviest daily snowfall	54
Deepest snow cover	11

Records on 9 February 1962 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 12, daily 534.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

455 broken records

Margins by which the 455 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 260.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 February 1962

Top 20 records on 9 February 1962 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 February 1962	San Jose, US	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	68 years	61 of 100 (Major)
9 February 1962	Smith 1 N, US	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 1962	Sacramento 5 ESE, US	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	82 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 1962	Troy, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 1962	New Martinsville 4 NNE, US	daily snowfall	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	9.2 cm (3.6 in)	66 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 1962	Nququ (Bos), ZA	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	24 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 1962	London State Fish Hatchery, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	40 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 1962	Los Banos, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 1962	Santa Clara UNIV, US	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 1962	Jardim de Angicos, BR	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	28 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 1962	Susanville 2SW, US	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 1962	Lumding, IN	daily rain	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	34 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 1962	1 N McLeansboro, US	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	68 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 1962	Colfax, US	daily rain	103.9 mm (4.1 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	40 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 1962	Big Creek Ph 1, US	daily rain	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	24 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 1962	Berkeley, US	monthly rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	42 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 1962	Oxnard, US	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	24 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 1962	Mason City, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	66 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 1962	University Exp STN, US	daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	5.3 cm (2.1 in)	34 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 1962	Premer (Eden Moor), AU	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	67 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

1798 to 1962

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1962. 1962 had 546 records.

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

Records on 02-09 in each year
Year	Records
1798	1
1803	2
1809	1
1847	1
1849	1
1855	2
1856	5
1857	1
1858	2
1860	1
1867	1
1869	1
1873	1
1874	1
1875	4
1879	1
1881	2
1884	1
1885	1
1886	3
1887	2
1888	1
1889	2
1891	2
1892	1
1893	5
1894	7
1895	5
1896	3
1897	5
1898	3
1899	17
1900	4
1901	3
1902	4
1903	13
1904	22
1905	7
1906	13
1907	9
1908	18
1909	6
1910	9
1911	65
1912	38
1913	27
1914	57
1915	16
1916	53
1917	39
1918	43
1919	59
1920	63
1921	22
1922	43
1923	65
1924	50
1925	642
1926	151
1927	76
1928	176
1929	433
1930	191
1931	205
1932	652
1933	986
1934	618
1935	427
1936	437
1937	638
1938	772
1939	838
1940	380
1941	178
1942	468
1943	438
1944	546
1945	400
1946	337
1947	541
1948	342
1949	467
1950	463
1951	758
1952	334
1953	569
1954	1,034
1955	482
1956	754
1957	1,072
1958	375
1959	578
1960	453
1961	693
1962	546
1963	635
1964	267
1965	677
1966	1,610
1967	362
1968	312
1969	1,116
1970	518
1971	1,015
1972	270
1973	501
1974	425
1975	569
1976	1,406
1977	514
1978	1,274
1979	1,657
1980	1,124
1981	705
1982	1,368
1983	361
1984	559
1985	1,218
1986	1,140
1987	687
1988	786
1989	1,249
1990	1,535
1991	720
1992	844
1993	871
1994	2,208
1995	999
1996	1,781
1997	759
1998	857
1999	1,622
2000	920
2001	2,173
2002	1,390
2003	758
2004	644
2005	1,025
2006	566
2007	703
2008	807
2009	1,354
2010	1,312
2011	1,361
2012	887
2013	598
2014	949
2015	1,228
2016	1,294
2017	1,412
2018	677
2019	871
2020	1,384
2021	826
2022	585
2023	745
2024	1,392
2025	823
2026	660

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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	432
50 to 100	17
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	2
250 to 300	2