Weather Records on 9 July 1962

253 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 July 1962. Highest significance: Yamba Pilot Station, AU.

Key Facts for 9 July 1962

On 9 July 1962, 253 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
74 were record highs and 62 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 250 daily.
Yamba Pilot Station set a daily record precipitation of 125.0 mm (4.9 in) on 9 July 1962.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 445 records.

Record Map

253 stations

253 station records on 9 July 1962 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 July 1962: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Yamba Pilot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Grafton City Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Broadwater Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Coolangatta Bowls Comp	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrence Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Jalaun	India	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesboro 2 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pillar Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Woolgoolga (Clear Place)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Trafalgar	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Oxley Island (Lyndhurst)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Malvern	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Delhi Sadar	India	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Portsmouth-Sciotoville	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Woodburn Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Vasilevici	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Port Jervis	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Jonkoping	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	6.8 C (44.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Camden 1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Weston	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hosanagar	India	Record daily precipitation	221.0 mm (8.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Darlington	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Boolathana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Calliope Public School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Grafton	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Regensburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	6.9 C (44.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Drobeta Turnu Severin	Romania	Record low minimum temperature	10.8 C (51.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Avon Park 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Biloxi	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Frances	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sonepat	India	Record daily precipitation	119.0 mm (4.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Manati 2 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Farmerville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lismore (Centre Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Urunga (Sunset Place)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Queimadas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	63.4 mm (2.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Simpson	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hattiesburg 5SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Telegraph Point (Farrawells Ro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Emo	Canada	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Daytona Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Jackson 4 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ironwood	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Missoula 6 NW WFO	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Schuylerville Lock 5	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Johnstown	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Burrwood Wb	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Okay	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Denton 2 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Westernport	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bell Ranch	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Jefferson City Evap	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Greifswald	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	7.4 C (45.3 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Baia Mare	Romania	Record low minimum temperature	6.4 C (43.5 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Apalachicola AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bradenton Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Monticello Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsbluff W B Heilig Fld AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
La Malbaie	Canada	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Alamogordo	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

253 records

Records set or tied on 9 July 1962 by type: Highest daily maximum 15, Lowest daily maximum 26, Highest daily minimum 59, Lowest daily minimum 36, Heaviest daily rainfall 117.

Records on 9 July 1962 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	15
Lowest daily maximum	26
Highest daily minimum	59
Lowest daily minimum	36
Heaviest daily rainfall	117
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 9 July 1962 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 250.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

197 broken records

Margins by which the 197 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 66.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 July 1962

Top 20 records on 9 July 1962 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 July 1962	Yamba Pilot Station, AU	daily rain	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	66.1 mm (2.6 in)	37 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1962	Grafton City Council, AU	daily rain	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	45.9 mm (1.8 in)	37 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1962	Broadwater Sugar Mill, AU	daily rain	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	37 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1962	Coolangatta Bowls Comp, AU	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	24 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1962	Lawrence Post Office, AU	daily rain	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	37 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1962	Jalaun, IN	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	57 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1962	Waynesboro 2 W, US	daily high max	39.4 C (102.9 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	63 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1962	Pillar Valley, AU	daily rain	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	37 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1962	Woolgoolga (Clear Place), AU	daily rain	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	62 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1962	Trafalgar, CA	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1962	Oxley Island (Lyndhurst), AU	daily rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	20 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
9 July 1962	Malvern, GB	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	25 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
9 July 1962	Delhi Sadar, IN	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	52 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
9 July 1962	Portsmouth-Sciotoville, US	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	64 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
9 July 1962	Woodburn Post Office, AU	daily rain	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	37 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
9 July 1962	Vasilevici, BY	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	4.0 mm (0.16 in)	63 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
9 July 1962	Port Jervis, US	daily high min	23.3 C (73.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	66 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
9 July 1962	Jonkoping, SE	daily low min	6.8 C (44.2 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	74 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
9 July 1962	Camden 1, US	daily high min	25.6 C (78.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	60 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
9 July 1962	Weston, US	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	30 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

1793 to 1962

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1962. 1962 had 253 records.

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

Records on 07-09 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1815	3
1826	1
1828	2
1837	1
1845	2
1847	1
1852	1
1856	1
1859	1
1860	1
1861	1
1865	1
1867	4
1868	1
1870	2
1871	1
1873	1
1874	2
1875	1
1876	4
1879	1
1886	3
1887	2
1888	4
1889	1
1890	2
1891	3
1892	3
1893	3
1894	3
1895	2
1896	4
1897	2
1898	4
1899	5
1900	10
1901	10
1902	8
1903	15
1904	31
1905	28
1906	4
1907	10
1908	16
1909	16
1910	19
1911	26
1912	28
1913	42
1914	54
1915	42
1916	43
1917	19
1918	60
1919	33
1920	28
1921	73
1922	145
1923	90
1924	140
1925	135
1926	242
1927	123
1928	115
1929	250
1930	436
1931	202
1932	216
1933	444
1934	339
1935	433
1936	1,128
1937	274
1938	196
1939	345
1940	319
1941	273
1942	324
1943	252
1944	415
1945	371
1946	436
1947	684
1948	377
1949	433
1950	522
1951	502
1952	694
1953	450
1954	479
1955	513
1956	438
1957	385
1958	472
1959	483
1960	332
1961	564
1962	253
1963	1,029
1964	425
1965	444
1966	428
1967	216
1968	645
1969	619
1970	471
1971	406
1972	606
1973	588
1974	1,013
1975	567
1976	740
1977	617
1978	882
1979	721
1980	970
1981	1,009
1982	598
1983	1,039
1984	783
1985	1,228
1986	843
1987	882
1988	1,109
1989	965
1990	770
1991	1,295
1992	1,126
1993	1,454
1994	1,151
1995	939
1996	1,690
1997	930
1998	1,403
1999	952
2000	1,055
2001	965
2002	1,127
2003	906
2004	824
2005	1,373
2006	965
2007	949
2008	1,188
2009	1,165
2010	1,477
2011	1,047
2012	904
2013	478
2014	806
2015	1,221
2016	631
2017	638
2018	555
2019	602
2020	614
2021	1,198
2022	674
2023	833
2024	1,530
2025	696
2026	508

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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 10	162
10 to 20	13
20 to 30	11
30 to 40	3
40 to 50	5
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	1