Weather Records on 29 March 1962

555 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 March 1962. Highest significance: Cobar (Double Gates), AU.

Key Facts for 29 March 1962

On 29 March 1962, 555 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
144 were record highs and 31 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 538 daily.
Cobar (Double Gates) set a daily record precipitation of 65.5 mm (2.6 in) on 29 March 1962.
Across 162 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 472 records.

Record Map

555 stations

555 station records on 29 March 1962 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 March 1962: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cobar (Double Gates)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Yenda (Blue Plains)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Matong (Bonnie Doon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Waikapu 390	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Hope (Cypress Grove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Trida (Willandra National Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Fort William	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lezay	France	Record daily precipitation	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Marrar (Centenary Drive)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Milawa Brown Bros	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Contest	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Euabalong (Lachlan St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Coonamble (Nardoo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
The Rock (Bullenbong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Finley Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Suldalsvatn	Norway	Record snow depth	128.0 cm (50.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cobar (Tambua)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Buffalo Chalet	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Junee Treatment Works	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ardlethan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Burnie (No 1)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Beerfelden	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tarcutta Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Berrigan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Coolamon Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Yerong Creek (Fertilizer Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Conargo (Puckawidgee)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record low maximum temperature	17.1 C (62.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tarcutta (Wollumbi)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wallendbeen (Corang)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bulken	Norway	Record snow depth	127.0 cm (50.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bright Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Whitfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record high maximum temperature	31.0 C (87.8 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Coonamble (Warrana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ganmain Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Grong Grong (Junee St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Barnawartha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Highlands (Glentannar)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Frammersbach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Carboor	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Moyhu	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wangaratta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Holbrook (Glenfalloch)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tootool (Bryntirion)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Eberbach/Neckar	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Byrock Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Holbrook (Annandayle)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Yenda (Henry Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Walwa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Marysville (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Arrojado	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	71.5 mm (2.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Turkestan	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	15.1 C (59.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Coonamble Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cowra Ag Research Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Caragabal Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wagga Wagga Agricultural Insti	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nevertire (Beverley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mayrung (Malvern)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Binya (Merribee)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

555 records

Records set or tied on 29 March 1962 by type: Highest daily maximum 80, Lowest daily maximum 14, Highest daily minimum 64, Lowest daily minimum 17, Heaviest daily rainfall 348, Heaviest daily snowfall 12, Deepest snow cover 20.

Records on 29 March 1962 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	80
Lowest daily maximum	14
Highest daily minimum	64
Lowest daily minimum	17
Heaviest daily rainfall	348
Heaviest daily snowfall	12
Deepest snow cover	20

Records on 29 March 1962 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 17, daily 538.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

473 broken records

Margins by which the 473 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 660.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 March 1962

Top 20 records on 29 March 1962 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 March 1962	Cobar (Double Gates), AU	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	40 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1962	Yenda (Blue Plains), AU	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	33 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1962	Matong (Bonnie Doon), AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	12 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1962	Waikapu 390, US	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	28 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1962	Mount Hope (Cypress Grove), AU	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	70 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1962	Trida (Willandra National Park, AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1962	Fort William, AU	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	60 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1962	Lezay, FR	daily rain	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	11 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1962	Marrar (Centenary Drive), AU	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	59 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1962	Milawa Brown Bros, AU	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	37 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1962	Contest, ZA	daily rain	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	55 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1962	Euabalong (Lachlan St), AU	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	74 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1962	Coonamble (Nardoo), AU	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	70 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1962	The Rock (Bullenbong), AU	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	77 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1962	Finley Post Office, AU	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	49 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1962	Suldalsvatn, NO	daily snow depth	128.0 cm (50.4 in)	53.0 cm (20.9 in)	56 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1962	Cobar (Tambua), AU	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	70 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1962	Mount Buffalo Chalet, AU	daily rain	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	24 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1962	Junee Treatment Works, AU	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1962	Ardlethan Post Office, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	52 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

1805 to 1962

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1962. 1962 had 555 records.

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

Records on 03-29 in each year
Year	Records
1805	1
1808	1
1822	2
1840	1
1846	1
1848	1
1850	1
1853	1
1856	1
1859	3
1862	3
1865	5
1866	1
1869	1
1872	5
1873	2
1875	1
1876	2
1877	2
1878	2
1881	2
1883	2
1884	1
1886	1
1887	6
1888	3
1890	11
1891	1
1892	3
1893	2
1894	1
1895	4
1896	2
1897	6
1898	3
1899	4
1900	4
1901	11
1902	35
1903	7
1904	15
1905	48
1906	12
1907	41
1908	2
1909	11
1910	46
1911	23
1912	36
1913	21
1914	11
1915	54
1916	18
1917	38
1918	29
1919	47
1920	45
1921	49
1922	30
1923	304
1924	272
1925	92
1926	258
1927	71
1928	183
1929	99
1930	169
1931	336
1932	165
1933	288
1934	261
1935	115
1936	555
1937	550
1938	556
1939	297
1940	252
1941	310
1942	397
1943	561
1944	1,331
1945	722
1946	730
1947	935
1948	292
1949	321
1950	465
1951	510
1952	356
1953	268
1954	828
1955	635
1956	435
1957	249
1958	401
1959	526
1960	311
1961	463
1962	555
1963	1,341
1964	947
1965	450
1966	730
1967	877
1968	895
1969	1,260
1970	1,043
1971	610
1972	629
1973	905
1974	643
1975	1,571
1976	496
1977	1,554
1978	759
1979	640
1980	815
1981	982
1982	801
1983	657
1984	1,103
1985	1,576
1986	1,553
1987	1,674
1988	657
1989	1,359
1990	705
1991	1,027
1992	633
1993	830
1994	910
1995	1,074
1996	814
1997	679
1998	1,769
1999	625
2000	795
2001	793
2002	1,234
2003	841
2004	1,426
2005	744
2006	720
2007	1,450
2008	906
2009	1,199
2010	915
2011	685
2012	652
2013	762
2014	554
2015	1,786
2016	565
2017	907
2018	462
2019	434
2020	853
2021	674
2022	841
2023	1,076
2024	304
2025	1,168
2026	1,467

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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	465
100 to 200	4
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	1
500 to 600	1
600 to 700	1