Weather Records on 1 April 1962

652 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 April 1962. Highest significance: Grindstone Island, CA.

Key Facts for 1 April 1962

On 1 April 1962, 652 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
86 were record highs and 88 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 32 monthly and 618 daily.
Grindstone Island set a daily record precipitation of 39.1 mm (1.5 in) on 1 April 1962.
Across 160 earlier years (1803 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 476 records.

Record Map

652 stations

652 station records on 1 April 1962 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 April 1962: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Grindstone Island	Canada	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Suldalsvatn	Norway	Record snow depth	138.0 cm (54.3 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Nappan Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Grafton	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Auburn	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.5 cm (7.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Cooperstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
New Berlin	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Fredonia	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bar Harbor 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Gagetown 2	Canada	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Jacksonburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Strelley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bulken	Norway	Record snow depth	133.0 cm (52.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Roldal	Norway	Record snow depth	182.0 cm (71.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Geneva	United States	Record daily precipitation	144.3 mm (5.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Americus	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Huntingdon	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Moncton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	113.3 mm (4.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Saint John	Canada	Record daily precipitation	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Charlottetown Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Annapolis Royal	Canada	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Eastport	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Frankfort Lock 19	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bethlehem	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Chipman	Canada	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sussex	Canada	Record daily precipitation	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus Dardc	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Champaign 3S	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Worcester	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Taunton	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Run (River)	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rexton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Whitehall	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Macaiba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	59.6 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Katberg (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	125.2 mm (4.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Salisbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fredonia	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Emporia 1 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Meadow	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Le Roy	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Walnut	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lancaster	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sherburne	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gaston Shoals	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bennington 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Etne	Norway	Record snow depth	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Talbotton	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Coteau	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
York Pond	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sherbrooke	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hawkinsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Middleton	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Louisburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Waycross 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Milaca	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Montrose	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Namdalseid	Norway	Record snow depth	167.0 cm (65.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Monticello	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Brockton	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Scranton	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

652 records

Records set or tied on 1 April 1962 by type: Highest daily maximum 43, Lowest daily maximum 55, Highest daily minimum 43, Lowest daily minimum 33, Heaviest daily rainfall 350, Heaviest daily snowfall 95, Deepest snow cover 33.

Records on 1 April 1962 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	43
Lowest daily maximum	55
Highest daily minimum	43
Lowest daily minimum	33
Heaviest daily rainfall	350
Heaviest daily snowfall	95
Deepest snow cover	33

Records on 1 April 1962 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 32, daily 618.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

551 broken records

Margins by which the 551 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

1 April 1962

Top 20 records on 1 April 1962 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 April 1962	Grindstone Island, CA	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	88 years	75 of 100 (Major)
1 April 1962	Suldalsvatn, NO	monthly snow depth	138.0 cm (54.3 in)	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	56 years	72 of 100 (Major)
1 April 1962	Nappan Cda, CA	monthly rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	15 years	61 of 100 (Major)
1 April 1962	Grafton, US	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	57 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1962	Auburn, US	daily snowfall	18.5 cm (7.3 in)	13.4 cm (5.3 in)	51 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1962	Cooperstown, US	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	29 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1962	New Berlin, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	49 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1962	Fredonia, US	monthly snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	21 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1962	Bar Harbor 3 NW, US	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	57 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1962	Gagetown 2, CA	monthly rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1962	Jacksonburg, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1962	Strelley, AU	daily rain	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	48 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1962	Bulken, NO	monthly snow depth	133.0 cm (52.4 in)	40.0 cm (15.7 in)	36 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1962	Roldal, NO	monthly snow depth	182.0 cm (71.7 in)	53.0 cm (20.9 in)	51 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1962	Geneva, US	daily rain	144.3 mm (5.7 in)	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	13 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1962	Americus, US	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	40 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1962	Huntingdon, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	89 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1962	Moncton, CA	all-time rain	113.3 mm (4.5 in)	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	52 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1962	Saint John, CA	monthly rain	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	3 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1962	Charlottetown Cda, CA	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	47 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

1803 to 1962

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1803 to 1962. 1962 had 652 records.

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

Records on 04-01 in each year
Year	Records
1803	1
1805	1
1808	1
1813	1
1815	3
1819	1
1830	2
1847	2
1848	1
1850	1
1855	3
1856	1
1861	2
1862	2
1865	1
1869	2
1872	1
1873	1
1874	2
1876	1
1878	3
1879	2
1881	1
1885	1
1887	2
1888	2
1889	2
1891	5
1892	1
1893	2
1896	4
1897	5
1898	3
1899	4
1900	4
1901	4
1902	4
1903	12
1904	29
1905	10
1906	7
1907	24
1908	5
1909	13
1910	26
1911	27
1912	31
1913	35
1914	37
1915	25
1916	35
1917	80
1918	51
1919	165
1920	65
1921	46
1922	98
1923	319
1924	257
1925	111
1926	234
1927	326
1928	194
1929	336
1930	153
1931	846
1932	292
1933	188
1934	153
1935	424
1936	1,248
1937	192
1938	461
1939	226
1940	840
1941	285
1942	209
1943	319
1944	266
1945	880
1946	1,172
1947	390
1948	590
1949	308
1950	455
1951	406
1952	419
1953	249
1954	493
1955	288
1956	744
1957	314
1958	535
1959	821
1960	295
1961	496
1962	652
1963	1,123
1964	951
1965	678
1966	689
1967	928
1968	377
1969	611
1970	894
1971	384
1972	510
1973	680
1974	894
1975	1,806
1976	767
1977	524
1978	1,013
1979	738
1980	797
1981	1,115
1982	884
1983	643
1984	662
1985	826
1986	982
1987	1,762
1988	1,259
1989	1,098
1990	952
1991	693
1992	981
1993	783
1994	739
1995	1,056
1996	996
1997	1,255
1998	1,703
1999	1,341
2000	690
2001	575
2002	985
2003	1,366
2004	926
2005	1,086
2006	929
2007	963
2008	1,457
2009	846
2010	1,022
2011	1,105
2012	1,327
2013	719
2014	657
2015	606
2016	842
2017	792
2018	870
2019	674
2020	719
2021	790
2022	853
2023	1,069
2024	788
2025	779
2026	1,042

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Data for records on 1962-04-01: 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	533
100 to 200	13
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	2
500 to 600	1
600 to 700	1