Weather Records on 2 July 1962

402 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 July 1962. Highest significance: Ai-Petri, UA.

Key Facts for 2 July 1962

On 2 July 1962, 402 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
27 were record highs and 233 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 40 monthly and 361 daily.
Ai-Petri set a daily record precipitation of 94.9 mm (3.7 in) on 2 July 1962.
Across 163 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 440 records.

Record Map

402 stations

402 station records on 2 July 1962 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 July 1962: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ai-Petri	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	94.9 mm (3.7 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Quinter	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.2 mm (4.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Guide Rock	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Upland 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kalchini	India	Record daily precipitation	310.9 mm (12.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tracy	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Plainville 4WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kjahta	Russia	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Antioch	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hanamkonda	India	Record daily precipitation	128.0 mm (5.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Champaign 3S	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gove 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bird Island	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ellore	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bison 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ford Lock 1O	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Babuskin	Russia	Record daily precipitation	93.6 mm (3.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Britt 3E	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Elkader 6 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pipestone	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wakeeney	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Motozintla (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
St Augustine	United States	Record low minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Red Cloud	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bethlehem	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Grafton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ephrata	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Porteiras	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Turnu Magurele	Romania	Record low minimum temperature	9.6 C (49.3 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pandharpur	India	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Yalta	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cresco 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lincoln 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Orono	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	13.7 C (56.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cawker City	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Brookings 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Benton City 2 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Canton 4 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Yarrabah Comm Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	13.8 C (56.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cottonwood	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Alma	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Mills Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lancaster 4 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Qu'appelle	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Brome	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	12.9 C (55.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Rockwell City	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Winthrop 1 WSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Riverside Fire STN 3	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cedar Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Penugonda	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Junsele	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Greenfield	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Smith Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Taos	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

402 records

Records set or tied on 2 July 1962 by type: Highest daily maximum 6, Lowest daily maximum 61, Highest daily minimum 21, Lowest daily minimum 172, Heaviest daily rainfall 142.

Records on 2 July 1962 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	6
Lowest daily maximum	61
Highest daily minimum	21
Lowest daily minimum	172
Heaviest daily rainfall	142
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 2 July 1962 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 40, daily 361.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

286 broken records

Margins by which the 286 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 205.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 July 1962

Top 20 records on 2 July 1962 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 July 1962	Ai-Petri, UA	daily rain	94.9 mm (3.7 in)	69.8 mm (2.7 in)	60 years	64 of 100 (Major)
2 July 1962	Quinter, US	daily rain	121.2 mm (4.8 in)	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	20 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1962	Guide Rock, US	daily rain	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	53 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1962	Upland 2NE, US	daily rain	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1962	Kalchini, IN	daily rain	310.9 mm (12.2 in)	205.7 mm (8.1 in)	19 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1962	Tracy, US	daily rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	49 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1962	Plainville 4WNW, US	daily rain	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	21 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1962	Kjahta, RU	all-time rain	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	59 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1962	Antioch, US	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	60 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1962	Hanamkonda, IN	daily rain	128.0 mm (5.0 in)	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	25 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1962	Champaign 3S, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	41 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1962	Ashland, US	monthly low min	0.0 C (32.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	69 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1962	Gove 4W, US	daily rain	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	56 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1962	Bird Island, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	56 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1962	Ellore, IN	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	60 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1962	Bison 3NW, US	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	21 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1962	Ford Lock 1O, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	32 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1962	Babuskin, RU	daily rain	93.6 mm (3.7 in)	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	24 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1962	Britt 3E, US	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	60 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1962	Elkader 6 SSW, US	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	61 years	39 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

1793 to 1962

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1962. 1962 had 402 records.

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

Records on 07-02 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1807	1
1811	1
1816	2
1825	1
1826	2
1837	1
1839	1
1843	1
1847	1
1848	1
1849	1
1856	1
1860	1
1863	1
1871	3
1872	2
1873	1
1874	1
1875	1
1876	1
1877	1
1878	1
1879	2
1882	1
1883	2
1884	1
1887	4
1888	1
1890	1
1891	3
1892	2
1894	4
1895	3
1896	2
1898	2
1899	5
1900	4
1901	12
1902	7
1903	9
1904	11
1905	30
1906	14
1907	26
1908	12
1909	34
1910	50
1911	32
1912	100
1913	19
1914	69
1915	33
1916	26
1917	22
1918	45
1919	38
1920	208
1921	234
1922	59
1923	223
1924	394
1925	112
1926	108
1927	183
1928	75
1929	162
1930	263
1931	526
1932	283
1933	500
1934	315
1935	252
1936	641
1937	434
1938	399
1939	191
1940	436
1941	535
1942	643
1943	359
1944	428
1945	425
1946	321
1947	313
1948	283
1949	372
1950	312
1951	309
1952	391
1953	553
1954	567
1955	633
1956	520
1957	1,058
1958	344
1959	386
1960	547
1961	343
1962	402
1963	666
1964	445
1965	440
1966	889
1967	610
1968	887
1969	468
1970	667
1971	334
1972	660
1973	628
1974	577
1975	605
1976	718
1977	450
1978	1,173
1979	773
1980	1,191
1981	770
1982	1,017
1983	904
1984	632
1985	756
1986	1,423
1987	791
1988	1,445
1989	962
1990	1,350
1991	1,123
1992	1,702
1993	641
1994	901
1995	1,110
1996	728
1997	1,101
1998	984
1999	1,066
2000	583
2001	1,240
2002	1,228
2003	1,111
2004	639
2005	648
2006	775
2007	932
2008	808
2009	1,083
2010	1,262
2011	1,066
2012	1,072
2013	1,471
2014	580
2015	1,096
2016	584
2017	504
2018	858
2019	401
2020	500
2021	861
2022	893
2023	559
2024	578
2025	1,293
2026	1,174

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Data for records on 1962-07-02: 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	280
50 to 100	5
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1