Weather Records on 18 May 1962

1,199 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 May 1962. Highest significance: Holly, US.

Key Facts for 18 May 1962

On 18 May 1962, 1,199 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
906 were record highs and 68 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 81 monthly and 1,118 daily.
Holly set a daily record precipitation of 91.2 mm (3.6 in) on 18 May 1962.
Across 164 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 438 records.

Record Map

1,199 stations

1,199 station records on 18 May 1962 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 May 1962: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Holly	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Oberlin	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Tribune 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Gothenburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Cook	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bhatkal	India	Record daily precipitation	144.5 mm (5.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
O'Neill	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Spearfish 9 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Sharon Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mocambo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Puttur	India	Record daily precipitation	178.8 mm (7.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Siddapur	India	Record daily precipitation	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sulur	India	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Greeley	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Baihar	India	Record daily precipitation	46.1 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Khairagarh	India	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ammathy	India	Record daily precipitation	79.9 mm (3.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Vayittiri	India	Record daily precipitation	129.3 mm (5.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hunsur	India	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Palladam	India	Record daily precipitation	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gordon 6N	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bison	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Deadwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Port Dover	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Toronto	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mangalore	India	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
P.P. Channel	India	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Arcadia	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Miller	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tarikere	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Arsikere	India	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Port Dover	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ridgetown	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Alur	India	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Rudri	India	Record daily precipitation	58.6 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Chambers	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lead	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Binghamton Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Toronto	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Salem	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Atwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Atkinson 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Taylor	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Saint John	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Turuvekere	India	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Albion	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Redig 11 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Evelyn Sharp Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
White Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Suassurana	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
North Bay	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge Galt Moe	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mukundapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Brantford	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Alton	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sulak	Russia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Minonk	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,199 records

Records set or tied on 18 May 1962 by type: Highest daily maximum 623, Lowest daily maximum 15, Highest daily minimum 283, Lowest daily minimum 53, Heaviest daily rainfall 218, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 18 May 1962 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	623
Lowest daily maximum	15
Highest daily minimum	283
Lowest daily minimum	53
Heaviest daily rainfall	218
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 18 May 1962 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 81, daily 1,118.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

926 broken records

Margins by which the 926 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 400.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 May 1962

Top 20 records on 18 May 1962 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 May 1962	Holly, US	daily rain	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	47 years	60 of 100 (Major)
18 May 1962	Oberlin, US	daily rain	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	27 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
18 May 1962	Tribune 1W, US	daily rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	47 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
18 May 1962	Gothenburg, US	daily rain	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	27 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
18 May 1962	Mc Cook, US	daily rain	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	27 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
18 May 1962	Bhatkal, IN	daily rain	144.5 mm (5.7 in)	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	44 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
18 May 1962	O'Neill, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	60 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
18 May 1962	Spearfish 9 WNW, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	39 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
18 May 1962	Sharon Springs, US	daily rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	21 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
18 May 1962	Mocambo, BR	monthly rain	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	21 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
18 May 1962	Puttur, IN	daily rain	178.8 mm (7.0 in)	116.6 mm (4.6 in)	11 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
18 May 1962	Siddapur, IN	daily rain	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	25 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
18 May 1962	Sulur, IN	daily rain	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	51 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
18 May 1962	Greeley, US	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	39 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
18 May 1962	Baihar, IN	monthly rain	46.1 mm (1.8 in)	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	43 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
18 May 1962	Khairagarh, IN	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
18 May 1962	Ammathy, IN	daily rain	79.9 mm (3.1 in)	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	57 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
18 May 1962	Vayittiri, IN	daily rain	129.3 mm (5.1 in)	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	12 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
18 May 1962	Hunsur, IN	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	56 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
18 May 1962	Palladam, IN	daily rain	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	39 years	41 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

1796 to 1962

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1962. 1962 had 1,199 records.

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

Records on 05-18 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1798	1
1802	2
1832	1
1833	1
1845	1
1847	1
1848	1
1855	1
1859	1
1861	2
1863	3
1864	1
1866	2
1868	2
1869	1
1870	1
1871	2
1872	1
1874	2
1877	4
1878	1
1879	1
1881	1
1883	2
1884	2
1885	1
1887	1
1888	4
1889	2
1891	1
1893	2
1894	4
1895	5
1896	2
1897	2
1898	1
1899	1
1900	13
1901	6
1902	9
1903	7
1904	11
1905	2
1906	24
1907	18
1908	5
1909	12
1910	50
1911	64
1912	5
1913	11
1914	45
1915	55
1916	74
1917	30
1918	42
1919	30
1920	26
1921	41
1922	33
1923	61
1924	92
1925	220
1926	133
1927	180
1928	160
1929	193
1930	475
1931	191
1932	460
1933	380
1934	390
1935	400
1936	282
1937	348
1938	382
1939	169
1940	315
1941	334
1942	421
1943	744
1944	496
1945	706
1946	651
1947	231
1948	426
1949	597
1950	473
1951	279
1952	493
1953	393
1954	498
1955	848
1956	795
1957	595
1958	334
1959	435
1960	404
1961	187
1962	1,199
1963	477
1964	329
1965	345
1966	438
1967	410
1968	817
1969	865
1970	703
1971	666
1972	499
1973	1,233
1974	1,097
1975	383
1976	733
1977	1,126
1978	1,090
1979	399
1980	614
1981	1,218
1982	452
1983	1,093
1984	717
1985	498
1986	1,131
1987	823
1988	1,154
1989	721
1990	753
1991	1,218
1992	921
1993	707
1994	1,015
1995	1,849
1996	1,767
1997	1,115
1998	1,060
1999	584
2000	922
2001	898
2002	1,833
2003	1,270
2004	847
2005	630
2006	1,493
2007	1,133
2008	999
2009	1,368
2010	894
2011	1,406
2012	523
2013	816
2014	609
2015	785
2016	597
2017	1,855
2018	557
2019	810
2020	706
2021	418
2022	711
2023	554
2024	551
2025	619
2026	1,131

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Data for records on 1962-05-18: 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 50	914
50 to 100	7
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1