Weather Records on 20 April 1962

487 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 April 1962. Highest significance: Suldalsvatn, NO.

Key Facts for 20 April 1962

On 20 April 1962, 487 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
388 were record highs and 40 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 23 monthly and 464 daily.
Suldalsvatn set a daily record snow depth of 99.0 cm (39.0 in) on 20 April 1962.
Across 159 earlier years (1807 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 462 records.

Record Map

487 stations

487 station records on 20 April 1962 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 April 1962: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Suldalsvatn	Norway	Record snow depth	99.0 cm (39.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Jiggs 3 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Jiggs 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tacambaro	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wien	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	25.8 C (78.4 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Praha-Klementinum	Czech Republic	Record high maximum temperature	24.3 C (75.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Praha-Klementinum	Czech Republic	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Salzburg	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	25.5 C (77.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Roldal	Norway	Record snow depth	165.0 cm (65.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Aguirre	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Motozintla (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Logan Utah St UNIV	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	23.4 C (74.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	22.5 C (72.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Collbran	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Oelrichs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wrangell AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	9.7 C (49.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Caledonia	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kenton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Greensburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Leoti	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Wingate	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wagoner	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kieskamahoek (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Westcliffe	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Port Washington	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Centennial 1NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Wheatland 4N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Augsburg (Sankt Stephan)	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	22.4 C (72.3 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Vishnupur	India	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Castle Rock	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Challis	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Winterset 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Livingston	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hatch	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Casper 2 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Pathfinder Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Remanso	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	23.2 C (73.8 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Boulder	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Idaho Springs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Las Animas	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Walden	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ulysses 3NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Evanston 1 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cheyenne Wells 2NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Orofino	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bozeman Montana State UNIV	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Garland 1 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Brady Aznoe	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Moccasin Exp STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Red Lodge	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kenton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lovell	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Eads	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Chadron 3SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Novo Acre (Giqui)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

487 records

Records set or tied on 20 April 1962 by type: Highest daily maximum 213, Lowest daily maximum 5, Highest daily minimum 175, Lowest daily minimum 35, Heaviest daily rainfall 38, Heaviest daily snowfall 8, Deepest snow cover 13.

Records on 20 April 1962 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	213
Lowest daily maximum	5
Highest daily minimum	175
Lowest daily minimum	35
Heaviest daily rainfall	38
Heaviest daily snowfall	8
Deepest snow cover	13

Records on 20 April 1962 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 23, daily 464.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

355 broken records

Margins by which the 355 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 610.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 April 1962

Top 20 records on 20 April 1962 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 April 1962	Suldalsvatn, NO	daily snow depth	99.0 cm (39.0 in)	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	56 years	61 of 100 (Major)
20 April 1962	Jiggs 3 N, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	49 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
20 April 1962	Jiggs 3 N, US	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	49 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
20 April 1962	Tacambaro, MX	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	9 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
20 April 1962	Wien, AT	daily high max	25.8 C (78.4 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	106 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
20 April 1962	Praha-Klementinum, CZ	daily high max	24.3 C (75.7 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	164 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
20 April 1962	Praha-Klementinum, CZ	daily high min	12.8 C (55.0 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	161 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
20 April 1962	Salzburg, AT	daily high max	25.5 C (77.9 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	85 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
20 April 1962	Roldal, NO	daily snow depth	165.0 cm (65.0 in)	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	45 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
20 April 1962	Aguirre, PR	daily low max	26.1 C (79.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	28 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
20 April 1962	Motozintla (Smn), MX	daily low max	22.8 C (73.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	35 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
20 April 1962	Logan Utah St UNIV, US	monthly high max	30.0 C (86.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	51 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
20 April 1962	Gorlitz, DE	daily high max	23.4 C (74.1 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	81 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
20 April 1962	Nurnberg, DE	daily high max	22.5 C (72.5 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	81 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
20 April 1962	Collbran, US	daily high min	10.0 C (50.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	57 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
20 April 1962	Oelrichs, US	daily high max	33.9 C (93.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	64 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
20 April 1962	Wrangell AP, US	daily low min	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	41 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
20 April 1962	Plauen, DE	daily high min	9.7 C (49.5 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	66 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
20 April 1962	Weissenburg, DE	daily high max	23.3 C (73.9 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	68 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
20 April 1962	Caledonia, US	daily low min	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	64 years	30 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

1807 to 1962

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1807 to 1962. 1962 had 487 records.

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

Records on 04-20 in each year
Year	Records
1807	3
1817	1
1838	1
1849	2
1851	1
1852	4
1854	1
1858	1
1860	1
1864	1
1865	3
1868	1
1869	1
1870	1
1872	1
1874	3
1875	4
1876	1
1878	2
1880	2
1881	2
1884	1
1885	1
1886	2
1889	1
1891	2
1892	1
1893	6
1894	8
1895	7
1896	3
1897	6
1898	1
1899	1
1901	8
1902	3
1903	14
1904	31
1905	9
1906	12
1907	18
1908	14
1909	22
1910	25
1911	18
1912	12
1913	19
1914	46
1915	45
1916	19
1917	33
1918	42
1919	17
1920	49
1921	27
1922	40
1923	157
1924	113
1925	169
1926	310
1927	442
1928	212
1929	182
1930	87
1931	255
1932	166
1933	279
1934	384
1935	384
1936	311
1937	427
1938	339
1939	158
1940	519
1941	558
1942	223
1943	670
1944	304
1945	391
1946	395
1947	308
1948	493
1949	477
1950	329
1951	690
1952	552
1953	1,071
1954	377
1955	623
1956	384
1957	730
1958	327
1959	563
1960	472
1961	1,078
1962	487
1963	595
1964	749
1965	724
1966	1,174
1967	864
1968	975
1969	382
1970	948
1971	765
1972	531
1973	982
1974	673
1975	344
1976	661
1977	693
1978	800
1979	495
1980	1,539
1981	706
1982	906
1983	1,844
1984	922
1985	1,140
1986	770
1987	1,447
1988	1,144
1989	1,187
1990	1,495
1991	1,075
1992	1,009
1993	772
1994	756
1995	1,351
1996	970
1997	833
1998	1,490
1999	674
2000	931
2001	752
2002	1,081
2003	758
2004	567
2005	707
2006	859
2007	582
2008	1,110
2009	845
2010	693
2011	1,477
2012	726
2013	1,520
2014	384
2015	702
2016	650
2017	734
2018	1,309
2019	1,019
2020	449
2021	1,215
2022	596
2023	828
2024	673
2025	836
2026	533

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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	349
100 to 200	1
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	2
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	2