Weather Records on 10 February 1962

741 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 10 February 1962. Highest significance: Ojai, US.

Key Facts for 10 February 1962

On 10 February 1962, 741 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
360 were record highs and 62 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 31 monthly and 708 daily.
Ojai set a daily record precipitation of 135.4 mm (5.3 in) on 10 February 1962.
Across 158 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 510 records.

Record Map

741 stations

741 station records on 10 February 1962 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 10 February 1962: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ojai	United States	Record daily precipitation	135.4 mm (5.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Danielskuil	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Big Sur STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	151.9 mm (6.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Dry Canyon Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Colgate Powerhouse	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Quincy	United States	Record daily precipitation	118.9 mm (4.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Los Alamos	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Dandaraga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Maricopa	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Wasco	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Grass Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	162.8 mm (6.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Nevada City	United States	Record daily precipitation	140.5 mm (5.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Modderrivier (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Silverstreams	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tehachapi	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Pattiway	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Qunu (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bethesdaweg (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	5.5 C (41.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Auburn	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ord River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Port Hastings	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lady Frere (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Visalia	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Isleworth	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Red Deer	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mariposa	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Barbara	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
West Yellowstone	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ozena	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ventura	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Los Angeles Downtown/Usc	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lemon Cove	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
San Luis Obispo Poly	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Three Rivers Ed Ph 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wheatlands	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hetch Hetchy	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ogden Pioneer Ph	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Modesto AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Oxnard	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Aliwal North	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Leeuwfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hanford 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Truckee Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Parapeuna	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	76.4 mm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ventnor	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lindsay	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Morgan	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Represa	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Westhaven	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
St George	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ridgetown	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Toronto Agincourt	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Roberval Nord	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Port Hastings	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	1.6 C (34.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Eureka	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

741 records

Records set or tied on 10 February 1962 by type: Highest daily maximum 195, Lowest daily maximum 38, Highest daily minimum 165, Lowest daily minimum 24, Heaviest daily rainfall 262, Heaviest daily snowfall 47, Deepest snow cover 10.

Records on 10 February 1962 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	195
Lowest daily maximum	38
Highest daily minimum	165
Lowest daily minimum	24
Heaviest daily rainfall	262
Heaviest daily snowfall	47
Deepest snow cover	10

Records on 10 February 1962 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 31, daily 708.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

605 broken records

Margins by which the 605 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

10 February 1962

Top 20 records on 10 February 1962 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
10 February 1962	Ojai, US	daily rain	135.4 mm (5.3 in)	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	56 years	61 of 100 (Major)
10 February 1962	Danielskuil, ZA	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
10 February 1962	Big Sur STN, US	daily rain	151.9 mm (6.0 in)	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	40 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
10 February 1962	Dry Canyon Rsvr, US	daily rain	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	40 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
10 February 1962	Colgate Powerhouse, US	daily rain	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
10 February 1962	Quincy, US	daily rain	118.9 mm (4.7 in)	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	40 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
10 February 1962	Los Alamos, US	daily rain	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	47 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
10 February 1962	Dandaraga, AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	50 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
10 February 1962	Maricopa, US	all-time rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	48 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
10 February 1962	Wasco, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	15 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
10 February 1962	Grass Valley, US	daily rain	162.8 mm (6.4 in)	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	43 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
10 February 1962	Nevada City, US	daily rain	140.5 mm (5.5 in)	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	43 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
10 February 1962	Modderrivier (Pol), ZA	daily rain	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	47 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
10 February 1962	Silverstreams, ZA	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	18 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
10 February 1962	Tehachapi, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	67 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
10 February 1962	Pattiway, US	monthly rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	43 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
10 February 1962	Qunu (Bos), ZA	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	22 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
10 February 1962	Bethesdaweg (Sar), ZA	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	47 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
10 February 1962	Uppsala_Aut, SE	daily high max	5.5 C (41.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	112 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
10 February 1962	Auburn, US	daily rain	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	43 years	43 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

1798 to 1962

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1962. 1962 had 741 records.

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

Records on 02-10 in each year
Year	Records
1798	1
1803	2
1829	1
1845	1
1853	1
1856	2
1857	1
1858	1
1862	3
1864	1
1865	1
1869	3
1870	2
1872	1
1873	1
1874	1
1875	4
1876	1
1878	1
1879	3
1881	2
1883	2
1885	1
1887	3
1888	2
1889	1
1890	1
1891	2
1892	1
1893	6
1895	3
1897	1
1898	4
1899	22
1902	3
1903	11
1904	14
1905	7
1906	11
1907	6
1908	9
1909	16
1910	14
1911	105
1912	43
1913	27
1914	52
1915	20
1916	77
1917	28
1918	44
1919	69
1920	62
1921	40
1922	62
1923	107
1924	87
1925	348
1926	142
1927	61
1928	151
1929	456
1930	77
1931	95
1932	1,196
1933	583
1934	369
1935	420
1936	366
1937	401
1938	543
1939	931
1940	560
1941	221
1942	412
1943	286
1944	580
1945	144
1946	398
1947	584
1948	490
1949	396
1950	244
1951	986
1952	538
1953	558
1954	619
1955	836
1956	626
1957	668
1958	527
1959	1,173
1960	683
1961	764
1962	741
1963	625
1964	410
1965	887
1966	1,235
1967	342
1968	345
1969	1,176
1970	698
1971	1,094
1972	240
1973	755
1974	356
1975	585
1976	1,440
1977	639
1978	1,159
1979	1,807
1980	1,054
1981	1,572
1982	1,214
1983	500
1984	435
1985	912
1986	1,140
1987	762
1988	819
1989	729
1990	1,666
1991	584
1992	646
1993	857
1994	1,402
1995	757
1996	1,397
1997	778
1998	1,411
1999	1,912
2000	961
2001	1,102
2002	1,256
2003	859
2004	757
2005	1,058
2006	477
2007	854
2008	915
2009	1,543
2010	1,358
2011	2,103
2012	963
2013	602
2014	824
2015	937
2016	942
2017	1,568
2018	560
2019	973
2020	1,235
2021	837
2022	772
2023	705
2024	1,197
2025	803
2026	636

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Data for records on 1962-02-10: 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	572
50 to 100	24
100 to 150	5
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1