Weather Records on 23 April 1962

389 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 April 1962. Highest significance: McBride 4SE, CA.

Key Facts for 23 April 1962

On 23 April 1962, 389 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
270 were record highs and 18 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 381 daily.
McBride 4SE set a daily record snowfall of 9.9 cm (3.9 in) on 23 April 1962.
Across 167 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 445 records.

Record Map

389 stations

389 station records on 23 April 1962 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 April 1962: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
McBride 4SE	Canada	Record daily snowfall	9.9 cm (3.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Paracuru	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	145.2 mm (5.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cap Madeleine	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Praha-Klementinum	Czech Republic	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wagoner	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Suldalsvatn	Norway	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hebbronville	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Franklinville	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	27.6 C (81.7 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Jacobina	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bamberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	26.6 C (79.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Riomedina	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wien	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	26.3 C (79.3 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	25.5 C (77.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Parau	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	25.2 C (77.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Long Beach Pub Svc	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cap Madeleine	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Quesnel	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cottbus	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	28.4 C (83.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Babb 6 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Banff	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Roldal	Norway	Record snow depth	155.0 cm (61.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Henichesk	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Maricopa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Pomona/Fairplex	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Muskogee	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
W Chester 2 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	13.8 C (56.8 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Polson	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Yoakum	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Garibaldi	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Chandgad	India	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Houston	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Goldbutte 7 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hondo	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Pahala 21	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sucesso	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Notre Dame du Laus	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Camp Pardee	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tejon Rancho	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Waycross 4 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Springfield	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo Bill Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Strasbourg	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Yorba Linda	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Little Falls	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Condon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kohala 179.1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Brejo da Madre de Deus	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Gravelbourg	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Price	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record high maximum temperature	24.7 C (76.5 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tierhoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Uman	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	11.6 C (52.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Capulin 6 SSE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Wanakena Rngr School	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Granville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Cut Bank AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

389 records

Records set or tied on 23 April 1962 by type: Highest daily maximum 189, Lowest daily maximum 8, Highest daily minimum 81, Lowest daily minimum 10, Heaviest daily rainfall 83, Heaviest daily snowfall 11, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 23 April 1962 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	189
Lowest daily maximum	8
Highest daily minimum	81
Lowest daily minimum	10
Heaviest daily rainfall	83
Heaviest daily snowfall	11
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 23 April 1962 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 8, daily 381.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

306 broken records

Margins by which the 306 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 580.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 April 1962

Top 20 records on 23 April 1962 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 April 1962	McBride 4SE, CA	daily snowfall	9.9 cm (3.9 in)	9.9 cm (3.9 in)	39 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1962	Paracuru, BR	monthly rain	145.2 mm (5.7 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1962	Cap Madeleine, CA	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	69 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1962	Praha-Klementinum, CZ	daily high max	26.7 C (80.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	93 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1962	Lichtentanne, DE	daily high min	11.1 C (52.0 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	93 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1962	Wagoner, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	53 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1962	Suldalsvatn, NO	daily snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	56 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1962	Hebbronville, US	monthly rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	47 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1962	Franklinville, US	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	56 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1962	Gorlitz, DE	daily high max	27.6 C (81.7 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	76 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1962	Jacobina, BR	daily rain	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1962	Bamberg, DE	daily high max	26.6 C (79.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	76 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
23 April 1962	Riomedina, US	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	12 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
23 April 1962	Wien, AT	daily high max	26.3 C (79.3 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	76 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
23 April 1962	Heinersreuth-Vollhof, DE	daily high max	25.5 C (77.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	76 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
23 April 1962	Parau, BR	daily rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
23 April 1962	Freiburg, DE	daily high max	25.2 C (77.4 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	68 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
23 April 1962	Long Beach Pub Svc, US	daily high max	30.0 C (86.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	36 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
23 April 1962	Cap Madeleine, CA	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	5 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
23 April 1962	Quesnel, CA	daily high min	5.0 C (41.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	68 years	29 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

1800 to 1962

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 1962. 1962 had 389 records.

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

Records on 04-23 in each year
Year	Records
1800	1
1809	1
1812	1
1817	3
1838	1
1840	1
1842	1
1851	1
1852	2
1854	1
1855	5
1857	2
1859	1
1861	1
1865	1
1868	2
1870	1
1872	1
1873	4
1874	4
1875	1
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1881	2
1882	1
1883	2
1884	3
1885	4
1886	4
1888	1
1889	1
1890	4
1891	2
1892	1
1893	2
1895	3
1896	4
1897	2
1898	1
1899	6
1900	4
1901	9
1902	12
1903	20
1904	8
1905	7
1906	23
1907	12
1908	14
1909	28
1910	35
1911	21
1912	29
1913	40
1914	71
1915	41
1916	35
1917	37
1918	92
1919	66
1920	75
1921	81
1922	45
1923	132
1924	111
1925	506
1926	124
1927	562
1928	302
1929	103
1930	487
1931	506
1932	231
1933	361
1934	272
1935	152
1936	342
1937	321
1938	177
1939	339
1940	319
1941	277
1942	473
1943	819
1944	678
1945	364
1946	649
1947	242
1948	401
1949	401
1950	577
1951	426
1952	500
1953	300
1954	548
1955	654
1956	581
1957	623
1958	649
1959	442
1960	1,648
1961	884
1962	389
1963	801
1964	958
1965	660
1966	386
1967	1,183
1968	816
1969	705
1970	1,209
1971	508
1972	332
1973	518
1974	486
1975	411
1976	386
1977	979
1978	523
1979	554
1980	1,460
1981	1,124
1982	1,191
1983	1,031
1984	971
1985	1,011
1986	1,541
1987	676
1988	1,051
1989	1,469
1990	1,077
1991	638
1992	592
1993	1,256
1994	666
1995	1,464
1996	1,520
1997	1,024
1998	1,446
1999	1,198
2000	1,003
2001	1,435
2002	971
2003	557
2004	610
2005	940
2006	839
2007	847
2008	775
2009	920
2010	1,040
2011	1,190
2012	1,796
2013	1,655
2014	362
2015	511
2016	542
2017	474
2018	684
2019	668
2020	564
2021	562
2022	692
2023	980
2024	583
2025	410
2026	503

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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	300
100 to 200	2
200 to 300	3
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1