Weather Records on 25 March 1962

330 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 25 March 1962. Highest significance: Ottapalam, IN.

Key Facts for 25 March 1962

On 25 March 1962, 330 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
35 were record highs and 60 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 320 daily.
Ottapalam set a monthly record daily precipitation of 178.3 mm (7.0 in) on 25 March 1962.
Across 164 earlier years (1806 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 471 records.

Record Map

330 stations

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

Weather records on 25 March 1962: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ottapalam	India	Record daily precipitation	178.3 mm (7.0 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Hartington	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
White Cliffs (Yancannia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Tabl.Mtn Molteno Rsv	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Wilo (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	159.0 mm (6.3 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Sebeni (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Ntsubane (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Bushy Vales, Margate	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	165.5 mm (6.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Cengcane (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Etne	Norway	Record snow depth	36.0 cm (14.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Gove 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Boesmansrivier	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Port Shepstone	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	145.0 mm (5.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Karjat	India	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Greatfish-Point Vrt	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hoxie	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Acude Riachao	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	104.0 mm (4.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Suldalsvatn	Norway	Record snow depth	132.0 cm (52.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Silverdales	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hukeri	India	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tiruvangadi	India	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hooker	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lusikisiki (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Zoetendals Vallei	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mqanduli (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Knight L C,Balgowan	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gaspe	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Notinsila (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Canary	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mankayane	Swaziland	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Table.Mtn Platteklip	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fairview	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gammon Ranges (Umberatana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bulken	Norway	Record snow depth	128.0 cm (50.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Umzonia (Rsv)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bucklin 1SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Namdalseid	Norway	Record snow depth	170.0 cm (66.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Avon Park 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Leakesville 6 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Korana "Xorana"	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dulce	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Roldal	Norway	Record snow depth	180.0 cm (70.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bizana (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Eston	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Eskdalemuir	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Perry	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kentani (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tabankulu (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Inchanga (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sublette 7WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Erudina	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Yanco Glen (Corona Homestead)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Dom Mauricio	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Vilnius	Lithuania	Record low minimum temperature	-12.7 C (9.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Port Lavaca 2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Big Bend(Wissel Rode)	Swaziland	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-10.1 C (13.8 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Osijek	Croatia	Record low maximum temperature	1.0 C (33.8 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Saginaw	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

330 records

Records set or tied on 25 March 1962 by type: Highest daily maximum 8, Lowest daily maximum 28, Highest daily minimum 27, Lowest daily minimum 32, Heaviest daily rainfall 199, Heaviest daily snowfall 9, Deepest snow cover 27.

Records on 25 March 1962 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	8
Lowest daily maximum	28
Highest daily minimum	27
Lowest daily minimum	32
Heaviest daily rainfall	199
Heaviest daily snowfall	9
Deepest snow cover	27

Records on 25 March 1962 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 9, daily 320.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

293 broken records

Margins by which the 293 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 680.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

25 March 1962

Top 20 records on 25 March 1962 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
25 March 1962	Ottapalam, IN	monthly rain	178.3 mm (7.0 in)	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	47 years	70 of 100 (Major)
25 March 1962	Hartington, US	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	68 years	67 of 100 (Major)
25 March 1962	White Cliffs (Yancannia), AU	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	62 years	66 of 100 (Major)
25 March 1962	Tabl.Mtn Molteno Rsv, ZA	daily rain	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	61 years	65 of 100 (Major)
25 March 1962	Wilo (Bos), ZA	monthly rain	159.0 mm (6.3 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	35 years	64 of 100 (Major)
25 March 1962	Sebeni (Bos), ZA	daily rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	40 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1962	Ntsubane (Bos), ZA	daily rain	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1962	Bushy Vales, Margate, ZA	daily rain	165.5 mm (6.5 in)	139.6 mm (5.5 in)	31 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1962	Cengcane (Bos), ZA	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	19 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1962	Etne, NO	daily snow depth	36.0 cm (14.2 in)	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	24 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1962	Gove 4W, US	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	60 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1962	Boesmansrivier, ZA	daily rain	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	19 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1962	Port Shepstone, ZA	daily rain	145.0 mm (5.7 in)	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1962	Karjat, IN	monthly rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	23 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1962	Greatfish-Point Vrt, ZA	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	5 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1962	Hoxie, US	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	60 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1962	Acude Riachao, BR	daily rain	104.0 mm (4.1 in)	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	1 year	40 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1962	Suldalsvatn, NO	daily snow depth	132.0 cm (52.0 in)	43.0 cm (16.9 in)	55 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1962	Silverdales, ZA	daily rain	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	49.7 mm (2.0 in)	24 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1962	Hukeri, IN	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	39 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

1806 to 1962

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 1962. 1962 had 330 records.

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

Records on 03-25 in each year
Year	Records
1806	1
1830	1
1837	1
1841	1
1847	1
1850	2
1851	1
1857	1
1861	1
1862	2
1865	2
1867	2
1868	1
1869	1
1870	1
1871	3
1872	1
1873	2
1876	4
1877	1
1878	2
1879	3
1880	1
1882	2
1885	2
1886	3
1887	1
1888	2
1889	4
1890	4
1892	1
1893	2
1894	1
1895	1
1896	10
1897	6
1898	1
1899	6
1900	2
1901	11
1902	13
1903	16
1904	21
1905	22
1906	20
1907	10
1908	8
1909	26
1910	65
1911	14
1912	22
1913	125
1914	68
1915	21
1916	26
1917	33
1918	25
1919	38
1920	82
1921	73
1922	33
1923	80
1924	45
1925	101
1926	289
1927	113
1928	265
1929	473
1930	216
1931	95
1932	283
1933	331
1934	402
1935	377
1936	227
1937	539
1938	427
1939	606
1940	1,544
1941	351
1942	518
1943	227
1944	373
1945	816
1946	528
1947	395
1948	274
1949	421
1950	348
1951	489
1952	429
1953	598
1954	667
1955	1,548
1956	849
1957	534
1958	355
1959	251
1960	1,108
1961	369
1962	330
1963	569
1964	893
1965	1,553
1966	536
1967	655
1968	787
1969	938
1970	297
1971	699
1972	439
1973	681
1974	1,110
1975	690
1976	472
1977	553
1978	725
1979	768
1980	382
1981	1,059
1982	540
1983	1,146
1984	704
1985	424
1986	660
1987	859
1988	1,250
1989	777
1990	1,204
1991	828
1992	642
1993	834
1994	1,210
1995	1,181
1996	1,481
1997	777
1998	1,222
1999	793
2000	654
2001	1,159
2002	814
2003	463
2004	1,395
2005	695
2006	1,000
2007	1,926
2008	1,455
2009	910
2010	756
2011	738
2012	1,113
2013	2,029
2014	986
2015	567
2016	511
2017	596
2018	784
2019	421
2020	882
2021	709
2022	957
2023	1,805
2024	806
2025	1,707
2026	2,283

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Data for records on 1962-03-25: 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 100	279
100 to 200	7
200 to 300	3
300 to 400	2
400 to 500	1
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	1