Weather Records on 10 April 1962

258 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 10 April 1962. Highest significance: Suldalsvatn, NO.

Key Facts for 10 April 1962

On 10 April 1962, 258 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
69 were record highs and 63 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 256 daily.
Suldalsvatn set a daily record snow depth of 136.0 cm (53.5 in) on 10 April 1962.
Across 164 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 468 records.

Record Map

258 stations

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

Weather records on 10 April 1962: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Suldalsvatn	Norway	Record snow depth	136.0 cm (53.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Kulgam	India	Record daily precipitation	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Banjar(Saraj-Teh)	India	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Darjeeling	India	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Roldal	Norway	Record snow depth	188.0 cm (74.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cristais	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	81.1 mm (3.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Noyyatinkara	India	Record daily precipitation	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tibooburra (Onepah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mundargi	India	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mongpoo	India	Record daily precipitation	80.2 mm (3.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bulken	Norway	Record snow depth	125.0 cm (49.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ferrara	Italy	Record daily precipitation	32.9 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnison 3SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wadena 3 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Kenzie	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Waskada	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kingaroy Prince Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bijapur	India	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Perm	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	8.2 C (46.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hatch	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Brigalow Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Camocim	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hanty-Mansijsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	4.2 C (39.6 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Primghar	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cananeia G4-001	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	44.3 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ocala	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Leech Lake	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Eagle	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-26.1 C (-15.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Nedumangad	India	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Leo	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
New London	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Koele 693	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ovre Sirdal	Norway	Record snow depth	218.0 cm (85.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Vytegra	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mountainair	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Pierson	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Indian Bay	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Dharwar	India	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Peermade Residen	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Namdalseid	Norway	Record snow depth	150.0 cm (59.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Aurora	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hanna	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Myklebust I Breim	Norway	Record snow depth	47.0 cm (18.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Niznij Novgorod	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	18.1 C (64.6 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Albacete Los Llanos	Spain	Record low minimum temperature	-1.0 C (30.2 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lnai Culture & Heritage Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Meanook	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Chirawa	India	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oktjabrskaja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gavar	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Morris	Canada	Record daily snowfall	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lancaster	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rogersville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Shiprock	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ningaloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lisbon	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gumri	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pondooma Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

258 records

Records set or tied on 10 April 1962 by type: Highest daily maximum 32, Lowest daily maximum 13, Highest daily minimum 37, Lowest daily minimum 50, Heaviest daily rainfall 80, Heaviest daily snowfall 31, Deepest snow cover 15.

Records on 10 April 1962 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	32
Lowest daily maximum	13
Highest daily minimum	37
Lowest daily minimum	50
Heaviest daily rainfall	80
Heaviest daily snowfall	31
Deepest snow cover	15

Records on 10 April 1962 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 256.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

203 broken records

Margins by which the 203 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 720.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

10 April 1962

Top 20 records on 10 April 1962 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
10 April 1962	Suldalsvatn, NO	daily snow depth	136.0 cm (53.5 in)	71.0 cm (28.0 in)	56 years	62 of 100 (Major)
10 April 1962	Kulgam, IN	daily rain	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	43 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
10 April 1962	Banjar(Saraj-Teh), IN	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
10 April 1962	Darjeeling, IN	daily rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	5 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
10 April 1962	Roldal, NO	daily snow depth	188.0 cm (74.0 in)	72.0 cm (28.3 in)	45 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
10 April 1962	Cristais, BR	daily rain	81.1 mm (3.2 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	28 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
10 April 1962	Noyyatinkara, IN	monthly rain	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	56 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
10 April 1962	Tibooburra (Onepah), AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	23 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
10 April 1962	Mundargi, IN	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
10 April 1962	Mongpoo, IN	daily rain	80.2 mm (3.2 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	40 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
10 April 1962	Bulken, NO	daily snow depth	125.0 cm (49.2 in)	35.0 cm (13.8 in)	37 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
10 April 1962	Ferrara, IT	daily rain	32.9 mm (1.3 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	52 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
10 April 1962	Gunnison 3SW, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	48 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
10 April 1962	Wadena 3 S, US	daily low min	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	55 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
10 April 1962	Mc Kenzie, US	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	5 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
10 April 1962	Waskada, CA	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	28 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
10 April 1962	Kingaroy Prince Street, AU	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	9 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
10 April 1962	Bijapur, IN	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	28 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
10 April 1962	Perm, RU	daily high min	8.2 C (46.8 F)	5.2 C (9.4 F)	41 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
10 April 1962	Hatch, US	daily high min	11.7 C (53.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	62 years	28 of 100 (Routine)

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

1793 to 1962

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1962. 1962 had 258 records.

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

Records on 04-10 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1798	1
1805	1
1809	2
1812	3
1842	2
1844	1
1846	1
1847	1
1854	1
1863	2
1864	2
1865	2
1869	1
1872	1
1873	2
1875	2
1876	3
1877	2
1878	2
1879	1
1880	2
1882	1
1885	1
1886	1
1887	6
1888	1
1889	1
1890	4
1891	1
1892	4
1893	3
1894	5
1895	5
1896	4
1897	3
1898	6
1899	4
1900	8
1901	4
1902	4
1903	10
1904	12
1905	21
1906	24
1907	13
1908	8
1909	37
1910	15
1911	17
1912	55
1913	27
1914	25
1915	61
1916	94
1917	64
1918	43
1919	39
1920	66
1921	44
1922	178
1923	71
1924	119
1925	143
1926	86
1927	205
1928	245
1929	290
1930	646
1931	107
1932	290
1933	392
1934	237
1935	253
1936	186
1937	254
1938	401
1939	363
1940	252
1941	402
1942	548
1943	577
1944	718
1945	1,031
1946	287
1947	355
1948	335
1949	294
1950	599
1951	394
1952	793
1953	601
1954	243
1955	650
1956	377
1957	411
1958	326
1959	527
1960	683
1961	734
1962	258
1963	446
1964	239
1965	770
1966	537
1967	549
1968	498
1969	545
1970	521
1971	569
1972	639
1973	2,070
1974	935
1975	850
1976	431
1977	1,430
1978	1,233
1979	875
1980	654
1981	701
1982	1,138
1983	1,170
1984	548
1985	1,391
1986	562
1987	403
1988	764
1989	1,835
1990	1,135
1991	1,101
1992	929
1993	583
1994	844
1995	1,811
1996	1,475
1997	2,935
1998	899
1999	1,738
2000	651
2001	1,792
2002	589
2003	1,431
2004	548
2005	886
2006	650
2007	848
2008	1,141
2009	1,031
2010	574
2011	1,880
2012	846
2013	1,703
2014	615
2015	667
2016	921
2017	846
2018	861
2019	636
2020	712
2021	749
2022	783
2023	835
2024	713
2025	796
2026	840

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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	193
100 to 200	5
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	2
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	0
700 to 800	2