Weather Records on 28 March 1962

636 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 March 1962. Highest significance: Burra (Poonunda), AU.

Key Facts for 28 March 1962

On 28 March 1962, 636 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
168 were record highs and 54 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 624 daily.
Burra (Poonunda) set a daily record precipitation of 57.2 mm (2.3 in) on 28 March 1962.
Across 164 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 460 records.

Record Map

636 stations

636 station records on 28 March 1962 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 March 1962: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Burra (Poonunda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Emerson	Canada	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Kingscote (Karinga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Barkly	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mystic Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Robertstown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wilcannia (Burndoo Estate)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kingscote	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Beazleys Bridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Macedon Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Colac (Shire Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Barunah Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tin Tin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Willaura (Main Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Suldalsvatn	Norway	Record snow depth	130.0 cm (51.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ennis	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Norris Madison Pwr House	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Velva	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pooncarie (Top Hut)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Elmhurst	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Indian Bay	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Marquette	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hatfield (Clare)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Conargo (Willurah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record low minimum temperature	-2.6 C (27.3 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record low maximum temperature	17.7 C (63.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bulken	Norway	Record snow depth	127.0 cm (50.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hatta	India	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Crowlands (Woodlands)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Burkes Flat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Norris Madison Pwr House	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mystic Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Port Lincoln (Woolga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bordertown (Karrawirra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Etne	Norway	Record snow depth	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Namdalseid	Norway	Record snow depth	164.0 cm (64.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Roldal	Norway	Record snow depth	177.0 cm (69.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rochester	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bealiba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Chardzhev	Turkmenistan	Record high maximum temperature	33.6 C (92.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge Galt Moe	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Smeaton Weir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Emerson	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bartow 1SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Red Lodge	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Woodward	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kyneton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Yandoit	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Centerville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Knoxville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Rapelje	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sheridan Fld STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Conargo (Puckawidgee)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Forrest State Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Indianola 1SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
The Dalles	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Devils Lake Kdlr	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Chardzhev	Turkmenistan	Record high minimum temperature	13.8 C (56.8 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Ayr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

636 records

Records set or tied on 28 March 1962 by type: Highest daily maximum 76, Lowest daily maximum 16, Highest daily minimum 92, Lowest daily minimum 38, Heaviest daily rainfall 370, Heaviest daily snowfall 22, Deepest snow cover 22.

Records on 28 March 1962 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	76
Lowest daily maximum	16
Highest daily minimum	92
Lowest daily minimum	38
Heaviest daily rainfall	370
Heaviest daily snowfall	22
Deepest snow cover	22

Records on 28 March 1962 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 11, daily 624.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

549 broken records

Margins by which the 549 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 700.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 March 1962

Top 20 records on 28 March 1962 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 March 1962	Burra (Poonunda), AU	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	40 years	60 of 100 (Major)
28 March 1962	Emerson, CA	all-time snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	58 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1962	Kingscote (Karinga), AU	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	29 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1962	Barkly, AU	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	37 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1962	Mystic Lake, US	daily snowfall	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	39.3 cm (15.5 in)	25 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1962	Robertstown, AU	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	15 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1962	Wilcannia (Burndoo Estate), AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	70 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1962	Kingscote, AU	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1962	Beazleys Bridge, AU	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	37 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1962	Macedon Forestry, AU	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	87 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1962	Colac (Shire Office), AU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	60 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1962	Barunah Plains, AU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	70 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1962	Tin Tin, AU	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	60 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1962	Willaura (Main Street), AU	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	49 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1962	Suldalsvatn, NO	daily snow depth	130.0 cm (51.2 in)	52.0 cm (20.5 in)	55 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1962	Ennis, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	44 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1962	Norris Madison Pwr House, US	monthly rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	18 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1962	Velva, US	monthly rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	17 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1962	Pooncarie (Top Hut), AU	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	29 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1962	Elmhurst, AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	56 years	42 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

1805 to 1962

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1962. 1962 had 636 records.

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

Records on 03-28 in each year
Year	Records
1805	1
1806	1
1808	2
1815	1
1822	1
1830	2
1847	1
1849	1
1850	2
1853	1
1861	1
1862	3
1863	1
1864	1
1865	2
1866	1
1867	2
1870	1
1872	2
1876	2
1878	3
1881	1
1882	2
1883	1
1884	1
1885	2
1886	3
1887	2
1888	3
1890	6
1892	1
1893	1
1894	2
1895	4
1896	6
1897	4
1898	4
1899	1
1900	2
1901	8
1902	25
1903	15
1904	9
1905	45
1906	14
1907	26
1908	11
1909	7
1910	38
1911	21
1912	23
1913	28
1914	46
1915	49
1916	36
1917	44
1918	20
1919	62
1920	55
1921	79
1922	44
1923	308
1924	153
1925	124
1926	222
1927	70
1928	266
1929	236
1930	209
1931	469
1932	459
1933	193
1934	480
1935	117
1936	362
1937	576
1938	396
1939	287
1940	319
1941	255
1942	417
1943	347
1944	994
1945	719
1946	838
1947	943
1948	172
1949	316
1950	377
1951	437
1952	313
1953	303
1954	534
1955	1,111
1956	473
1957	272
1958	371
1959	385
1960	555
1961	521
1962	636
1963	1,090
1964	433
1965	517
1966	584
1967	360
1968	703
1969	630
1970	848
1971	901
1972	447
1973	670
1974	614
1975	1,996
1976	486
1977	1,254
1978	687
1979	614
1980	1,014
1981	793
1982	1,186
1983	1,014
1984	898
1985	1,449
1986	1,394
1987	1,000
1988	546
1989	2,125
1990	916
1991	1,254
1992	789
1993	987
1994	1,201
1995	988
1996	1,269
1997	591
1998	1,719
1999	839
2000	648
2001	1,081
2002	987
2003	641
2004	1,062
2005	853
2006	730
2007	1,560
2008	924
2009	1,154
2010	559
2011	913
2012	781
2013	1,008
2014	885
2015	1,329
2016	547
2017	516
2018	799
2019	457
2020	879
2021	569
2022	1,260
2023	965
2024	334
2025	1,058
2026	1,442

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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 100	535
100 to 200	8
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	2
400 to 500	1
500 to 600	1
600 to 700	1