Weather Records on 21 June 1962

176 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 June 1962. Highest significance: Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij, RU.

Key Facts for 21 June 1962

On 21 June 1962, 176 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
30 were record highs and 46 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 173 daily.
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij set a daily record precipitation of 43.2 mm (1.7 in) on 21 June 1962.
Across 165 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 433 records.

Record Map

176 stations

176 station records on 21 June 1962 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 June 1962: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Gulu	Uganda	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Port Hastings	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Eufaula	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Moore Haven Lock 1	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Washington 2 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Penedo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	64.2 mm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Campina Grande	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Holy Cross	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Watsonville Wtr Wks	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Roxboro 7 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	21.3 C (70.3 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Brisbane Regional Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	25.8 C (78.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Eclipse Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Butler	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Staunton Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Louisburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Monroe 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Dalby Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	25.1 C (77.2 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sanand	India	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sohagpur	India	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Perm	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Randleman	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kalol	India	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Daytona Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Carcross	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Arthur	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Union 3 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Newdegate South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nenana Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Korf	Russia	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Zima	Russia	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ainsworth	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton (Uralla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Benkelman 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wick	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hammonton 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wattoning	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ngukurr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.3 mm (0.01 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ouse (Millbrook)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lady Barron (Franklin Parade)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mogoca	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	15.5 C (59.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
E Wareham	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Conconully	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bangarpet	India	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Newport Beach Harbor	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Wishek	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Warralakin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Warruwi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Kempton (Oakmore)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bothwell (Cluny)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Brumado	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Hvar	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
San Andres	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Petropavlovskij Majak	Russia	Record daily precipitation	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Raleigh State UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Marshall East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Riachao Do Jacuipe	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

176 records

Records set or tied on 21 June 1962 by type: Highest daily maximum 15, Lowest daily maximum 21, Highest daily minimum 15, Lowest daily minimum 25, Heaviest daily rainfall 99, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 21 June 1962 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	15
Lowest daily maximum	21
Highest daily minimum	15
Lowest daily minimum	25
Heaviest daily rainfall	99
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 21 June 1962 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 173.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

147 broken records

Margins by which the 147 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 45.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 June 1962

Top 20 records on 21 June 1962 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 June 1962	Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij, RU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	1 year	46 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 1962	Gulu, UG	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	4 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 1962	Port Hastings, CA	daily low max	11.1 C (52.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	64 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 1962	Eufaula, US	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	13 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 1962	Moore Haven Lock 1, US	daily low min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	37 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 1962	Washington 2 ESE, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	59 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 1962	Franklin, US	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	70 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 1962	Penedo, BR	daily rain	64.2 mm (2.5 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 1962	Campina Grande, BR	daily rain	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	48 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
21 June 1962	Holy Cross, US	daily low min	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	62 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
21 June 1962	Watsonville Wtr Wks, US	monthly high max	37.8 C (100.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	42 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
21 June 1962	Roxboro 7 ESE, US	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
21 June 1962	Sydney (Observatory Hill), AU	daily high max	21.3 C (70.3 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	57 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
21 June 1962	Brisbane Regional Office, AU	daily high max	25.8 C (78.4 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	60 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
21 June 1962	Eclipse Island, AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	16 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
21 June 1962	Butler, US	daily low max	19.4 C (66.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	59 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
21 June 1962	Staunton Wtp, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	2.6 mm (0.10 in)	56 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
21 June 1962	Louisburg, US	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	3.5 mm (0.14 in)	53 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
21 June 1962	Monroe 2 SE, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	16 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
21 June 1962	Dalby Post Office, AU	daily high max	25.1 C (77.2 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	52 years	24 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

1802 to 1962

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1962. 1962 had 176 records.

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

Records on 06-21 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1803	2
1805	1
1814	1
1821	3
1828	1
1831	1
1839	2
1846	1
1853	1
1855	1
1861	3
1865	1
1868	1
1869	4
1870	3
1871	1
1873	1
1874	1
1875	2
1879	1
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1883	1
1884	2
1885	1
1886	3
1887	1
1888	3
1889	1
1891	1
1892	2
1893	7
1895	6
1896	3
1897	3
1898	6
1899	6
1900	6
1901	5
1902	20
1903	15
1904	7
1905	14
1906	19
1907	15
1908	20
1909	19
1910	36
1911	12
1912	14
1913	34
1914	24
1915	40
1916	80
1917	97
1918	77
1919	32
1920	42
1921	85
1922	43
1923	229
1924	124
1925	333
1926	162
1927	146
1928	139
1929	84
1930	177
1931	340
1932	180
1933	645
1934	223
1935	247
1936	642
1937	475
1938	396
1939	250
1940	674
1941	401
1942	340
1943	439
1944	426
1945	709
1946	386
1947	637
1948	392
1949	391
1950	329
1951	347
1952	502
1953	761
1954	501
1955	271
1956	534
1957	932
1958	627
1959	356
1960	471
1961	956
1962	176
1963	667
1964	458
1965	400
1966	467
1967	789
1968	654
1969	687
1970	614
1971	394
1972	934
1973	683
1974	598
1975	996
1976	746
1977	476
1978	368
1979	857
1980	677
1981	889
1982	658
1983	752
1984	913
1985	516
1986	601
1987	940
1988	1,834
1989	856
1990	847
1991	1,067
1992	1,679
1993	939
1994	777
1995	978
1996	1,075
1997	1,037
1998	1,746
1999	994
2000	1,212
2001	658
2002	828
2003	1,034
2004	697
2005	1,090
2006	774
2007	1,085
2008	580
2009	1,060
2010	852
2011	1,340
2012	1,151
2013	571
2014	434
2015	707
2016	877
2017	954
2018	577
2019	969
2020	519
2021	1,132
2022	774
2023	987
2024	679
2025	1,536
2026	736

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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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Margin	Records
0 to 10	122
10 to 20	16
20 to 30	6
30 to 40	2
40 to 50	1