Weather Records on 10 July 1962

456 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 10 July 1962. Highest significance: Lismore (Centre Street), AU.

Key Facts for 10 July 1962

On 10 July 1962, 456 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
59 were record highs and 138 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 439 daily.
Lismore (Centre Street) set a monthly record daily precipitation of 215.6 mm (8.5 in) on 10 July 1962.
Across 173 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 412 records.

Record Map

456 stations

456 station records on 10 July 1962 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 10 July 1962: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lismore (Centre Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	215.6 mm (8.5 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Laurieton (Elouera St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Nimbin Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	176.0 mm (6.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Kyogle Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	122.7 mm (4.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Tallebudgera Guineas Creek Roa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Kendall Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	138.7 mm (5.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Wallangarra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Tenterfield (Federation Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Coolangatta Bowls Comp	Australia	Record daily precipitation	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Harwood Island (Harwood Sugar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Old Koreelah (White Swamp (Ede	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Widgee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
South Grafton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tenterfield (Sailor Jack)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Dorrigo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	176.0 mm (6.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Squa Pan Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Condong Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	135.4 mm (5.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kargopol	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Alstonville Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	190.5 mm (7.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cleveland Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Southport Ridgeway Ave	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tomewin (Border Gate)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Megan (the Mount)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Woodburn Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	172.7 mm (6.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Brooklana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	153.4 mm (6.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Elands Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Casino Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	133.6 mm (5.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Rumbulara Vineyards	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Byron Bay (Jacaranda Drive)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	177.8 mm (7.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Coraki Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	221.2 mm (8.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Deer Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wauchope (Avondale Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Killarney Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Darlington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Springbrook Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	155.7 mm (6.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Copmanhurst Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cumbalum (Fairview)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	157.0 mm (6.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Comboyne Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wingham (Lanark Close)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Cairn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gilston State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Lindsay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	132.8 mm (5.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
McAdam	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Leo	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Innis Plain	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Legume (New Koreelah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Drake (Village Resource Centre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nerang Gilston Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Franklyn Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bonnie Brae	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Broadwater Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	129.3 mm (5.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Oxenford (Oberon Way)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Deepwater Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mullumbimby (Fairview Farm)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	252.2 mm (9.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gaspe	Canada	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Carawatha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Stanthorpe Leslie Parade	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

456 records

Records set or tied on 10 July 1962 by type: Highest daily maximum 29, Lowest daily maximum 47, Highest daily minimum 30, Lowest daily minimum 91, Heaviest daily rainfall 259.

Records on 10 July 1962 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	29
Lowest daily maximum	47
Highest daily minimum	30
Lowest daily minimum	91
Heaviest daily rainfall	259
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 10 July 1962 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 17, daily 439.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

369 broken records

Margins by which the 369 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 128.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

10 July 1962

Top 20 records on 10 July 1962 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
10 July 1962	Lismore (Centre Street), AU	monthly rain	215.6 mm (8.5 in)	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	62 years	70 of 100 (Major)
10 July 1962	Laurieton (Elouera St), AU	daily rain	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	82.5 mm (3.2 in)	62 years	62 of 100 (Major)
10 July 1962	Nimbin Post Office, AU	monthly rain	176.0 mm (6.9 in)	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	7 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
10 July 1962	Kyogle Post Office, AU	daily rain	122.7 mm (4.8 in)	84.9 mm (3.3 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
10 July 1962	Tallebudgera Guineas Creek Roa, AU	daily rain	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	37 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
10 July 1962	Kendall Post Office, AU	daily rain	138.7 mm (5.5 in)	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	28 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
10 July 1962	Wallangarra Post Office, AU	daily rain	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	20 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
10 July 1962	Tenterfield (Federation Park), AU	daily rain	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	62 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
10 July 1962	Coolangatta Bowls Comp, AU	daily rain	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	103.2 mm (4.1 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
10 July 1962	Harwood Island (Harwood Sugar, AU	daily rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	79.3 mm (3.1 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
10 July 1962	Old Koreelah (White Swamp (Ede, AU	daily rain	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	59 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
10 July 1962	Widgee, AU	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	62.3 mm (2.5 in)	27 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
10 July 1962	South Grafton Post Office, AU	daily rain	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	37 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
10 July 1962	Tenterfield (Sailor Jack), AU	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	17 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
10 July 1962	Dorrigo Post Office, AU	daily rain	176.0 mm (6.9 in)	128.2 mm (5.0 in)	12 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
10 July 1962	Squa Pan Dam, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
10 July 1962	Condong Sugar Mill, AU	daily rain	135.4 mm (5.3 in)	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	37 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
10 July 1962	Kargopol, RU	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	66 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
10 July 1962	Alstonville Post Office, AU	monthly rain	190.5 mm (7.5 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	40 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
10 July 1962	Cleveland Bowls Club, AU	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	70 years	44 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 456 records.

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

Records on 07-10 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1805	1
1815	2
1826	1
1829	1
1835	1
1837	1
1839	1
1843	3
1845	1
1847	2
1849	1
1850	1
1851	1
1853	1
1856	1
1857	1
1859	1
1861	1
1864	1
1865	1
1866	1
1870	2
1871	2
1872	1
1874	4
1875	2
1876	3
1877	1
1878	1
1879	2
1880	2
1882	2
1884	1
1886	5
1887	1
1888	3
1889	2
1890	3
1891	4
1893	1
1894	3
1895	1
1896	5
1897	6
1898	4
1899	10
1900	4
1901	6
1902	12
1903	16
1904	25
1905	40
1906	4
1907	5
1908	7
1909	15
1910	25
1911	58
1912	29
1913	38
1914	48
1915	20
1916	56
1917	51
1918	36
1919	23
1920	29
1921	81
1922	67
1923	113
1924	66
1925	257
1926	321
1927	95
1928	102
1929	175
1930	540
1931	292
1932	355
1933	570
1934	327
1935	306
1936	1,338
1937	304
1938	151
1939	327
1940	398
1941	432
1942	628
1943	283
1944	478
1945	729
1946	467
1947	537
1948	367
1949	392
1950	680
1951	551
1952	814
1953	529
1954	684
1955	497
1956	434
1957	514
1958	402
1959	512
1960	451
1961	688
1962	456
1963	950
1964	368
1965	357
1966	512
1967	341
1968	598
1969	518
1970	464
1971	568
1972	447
1973	528
1974	871
1975	712
1976	724
1977	486
1978	1,076
1979	686
1980	1,113
1981	811
1982	602
1983	1,184
1984	962
1985	657
1986	686
1987	862
1988	1,024
1989	869
1990	820
1991	890
1992	864
1993	1,088
1994	864
1995	1,096
1996	1,604
1997	846
1998	1,259
1999	964
2000	889
2001	992
2002	1,336
2003	981
2004	621
2005	1,077
2006	920
2007	954
2008	874
2009	951
2010	1,509
2011	1,102
2012	1,015
2013	545
2014	660
2015	1,025
2016	859
2017	547
2018	554
2019	529
2020	775
2021	1,081
2022	691
2023	837
2024	1,576
2025	704
2026	472

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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 20	294
20 to 40	44
40 to 60	16
60 to 80	6
80 to 100	4
100 to 120	4
120 to 140	1