Weather Records on 19 May 1962

1,092 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 May 1962. Highest significance: Ft Davis, US.

Key Facts for 19 May 1962

On 19 May 1962, 1,092 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
818 were record highs and 78 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 78 monthly and 1,014 daily.
Ft Davis set a daily record precipitation of 37.8 mm (1.5 in) on 19 May 1962.
Across 161 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 457 records.

Record Map

1,092 stations

1,092 station records on 19 May 1962 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 May 1962: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ft Davis	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kapuskasing Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Napoleon	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sundance	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
M.O. Amini	India	Record daily precipitation	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Philadelphia City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Belleville	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Uxbridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Belleville	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Balmorhea	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dahiwadi	India	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cumberland	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Plainfield	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Spooner Ag Rsch STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Port Stanley	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Madison Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Washington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Durham	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge Galt Moe	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville Dwtn AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Huntingdon	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bathurst	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Udipi	India	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cannanore	India	Record daily precipitation	208.3 mm (8.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hinckley	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Cool Junction	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Maddock	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Readsboro 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Danbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Acude Cedro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Port Hastings	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Whitingham 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Devils Lake Kdlr	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Huntingdon	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bay City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Port Jervis	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Steele 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Binghamton Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lancaster 2 NE Pump St	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
St Hyacinthe	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Seoni	India	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Newark Ag Farm	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Stillwater 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Grafton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hanover	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mohonk Lake	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Fessenden	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Port Washington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bothwell (Cluny)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Port Dover	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Alton	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Toronto	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lennoxville	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,092 records

Records set or tied on 19 May 1962 by type: Highest daily maximum 563, Lowest daily maximum 42, Highest daily minimum 255, Lowest daily minimum 36, Heaviest daily rainfall 184, Heaviest daily snowfall 6, Deepest snow cover 6.

Records on 19 May 1962 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	563
Lowest daily maximum	42
Highest daily minimum	255
Lowest daily minimum	36
Heaviest daily rainfall	184
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	6

Records on 19 May 1962 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 78, daily 1,014.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

841 broken records

Margins by which the 841 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 200.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 May 1962

Top 20 records on 19 May 1962 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 May 1962	Ft Davis, US	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	43 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1962	Kapuskasing Cda, CA	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1962	Napoleon, US	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1962	Sundance, US	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	33 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1962	Ny City Cntrl Park, US	monthly high max	37.2 C (99.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	81 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1962	M.O. Amini, IN	daily rain	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	29 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1962	Philadelphia City, US	monthly high max	36.7 C (98.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	81 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1962	Belleville, CA	daily high max	31.7 C (89.1 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	91 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1962	Newark Liberty Intl AP, US	monthly high max	36.7 C (98.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	66 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1962	Uxbridge, AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	39 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1962	Belleville, CA	daily high min	18.9 C (66.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	84 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1962	Balmorhea, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	4 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1962	Dahiwadi, IN	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	59 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1962	Cumberland, US	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	21 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1962	Plainfield, US	monthly high max	36.7 C (98.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	66 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1962	Spooner Ag Rsch STN, US	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	59 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1962	Baltimore Customs House, US	daily high min	25.6 C (78.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	84 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1962	Port Stanley, CA	daily high max	28.3 C (82.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	84 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1962	Madison Wb City, US	daily high min	19.4 C (66.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	90 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1962	Washington, US	daily high min	21.7 C (71.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	84 years	37 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

1798 to 1962

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1962. 1962 had 1,092 records.

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

Records on 05-19 in each year
Year	Records
1798	1
1802	1
1803	1
1811	1
1825	1
1826	1
1843	1
1845	1
1847	1
1848	1
1861	2
1864	1
1866	2
1868	2
1870	2
1872	2
1873	1
1877	4
1878	1
1879	1
1880	4
1881	2
1885	3
1886	1
1888	4
1890	2
1891	1
1892	1
1893	1
1894	3
1895	1
1896	3
1897	3
1898	1
1899	3
1900	16
1901	5
1902	6
1903	12
1904	5
1905	3
1906	22
1907	23
1908	11
1909	4
1910	34
1911	69
1912	11
1913	20
1914	37
1915	56
1916	44
1917	21
1918	64
1919	42
1920	28
1921	171
1922	48
1923	75
1924	179
1925	258
1926	102
1927	154
1928	118
1929	373
1930	277
1931	268
1932	758
1933	517
1934	476
1935	270
1936	144
1937	295
1938	432
1939	216
1940	306
1941	352
1942	463
1943	852
1944	453
1945	443
1946	329
1947	263
1948	605
1949	950
1950	487
1951	422
1952	568
1953	690
1954	642
1955	560
1956	605
1957	836
1958	369
1959	487
1960	708
1961	273
1962	1,092
1963	542
1964	358
1965	231
1966	483
1967	514
1968	735
1969	912
1970	415
1971	772
1972	478
1973	676
1974	734
1975	616
1976	1,238
1977	726
1978	1,215
1979	516
1980	401
1981	1,264
1982	464
1983	1,014
1984	597
1985	386
1986	1,022
1987	876
1988	726
1989	694
1990	600
1991	1,020
1992	1,017
1993	934
1994	883
1995	1,175
1996	2,038
1997	1,074
1998	1,237
1999	682
2000	1,055
2001	779
2002	2,461
2003	1,523
2004	788
2005	834
2006	1,276
2007	725
2008	950
2009	1,577
2010	959
2011	1,257
2012	509
2013	841
2014	560
2015	1,080
2016	634
2017	1,547
2018	468
2019	1,239
2020	790
2021	579
2022	1,147
2023	709
2024	469
2025	764
2026	1,358

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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 25	822
25 to 50	15
50 to 75	0
75 to 100	2
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	2