Weather Records on 11 July 1962

536 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 July 1962. Highest significance: Ebor (Kotupna), AU.

Key Facts for 11 July 1962

On 11 July 1962, 536 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
52 were record highs and 90 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 58 monthly and 476 daily.
Ebor (Kotupna) set a monthly record daily precipitation of 302.3 mm (11.9 in) on 11 July 1962.
Across 167 earlier years (1813 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 422 records.

Record Map

536 stations

536 station records on 11 July 1962 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 11 July 1962: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ebor (Kotupna)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	302.3 mm (11.9 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Hillgrove (Hillview)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Glen Cairn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	145.3 mm (5.7 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Megan (the Mount)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	299.2 mm (11.8 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Chidavaram	India	Record daily precipitation	142.0 mm (5.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Sunnybank Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	149.4 mm (5.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Jeogla Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	178.1 mm (7.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Darlington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	148.6 mm (5.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Beenleigh Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	220.5 mm (8.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Archerfield Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	132.8 mm (5.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Carina Hill Crescent	Australia	Record daily precipitation	133.1 mm (5.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Aberfoyle	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Oxenford (Oberon Way)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	143.5 mm (5.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Dorrigo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	451.1 mm (17.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cleveland Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mundoolin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Goodna Ampol	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Salisbury Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	107.7 mm (4.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Nimbin Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	144.3 mm (5.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Christmas Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Coorparoo Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kyogle Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	174.8 mm (6.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Beaudesert Cryna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ebor (Glenowen)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mangaon	India	Record daily precipitation	328.3 mm (12.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Streator 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Rathdowney Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Calliope Public School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bellbrook (East Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	145.3 mm (5.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Urara (the Knoll)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	199.6 mm (7.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Konni	India	Record daily precipitation	153.7 mm (6.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Nerang Gilston Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	173.5 mm (6.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Springbrook Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	264.7 mm (10.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Gilston State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	127.8 mm (5.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Killarney Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wandsworth (Strabanne)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tooma	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Abbotsford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Brisbane Botanical Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.3 mm (3.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Manly Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Innes Gasworks	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Guyra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Toowong Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Emu Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tomewin (Border Gate)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	166.4 mm (6.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Copmanhurst Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	171.5 mm (6.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Haripad	India	Record daily precipitation	150.4 mm (5.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Circle Valley Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bryn Euryn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Old Koreelah (McPherson)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Uralla (Mihi)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tabulam Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nymboida (Armidale Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Thiruvalla	India	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Innis Plain	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Oxley Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Armidale (Radio Station 2Ad)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Grass Patch	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tarome	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Murarrie Road Csiro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	127.8 mm (5.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

536 records

Records set or tied on 11 July 1962 by type: Highest daily maximum 20, Lowest daily maximum 33, Highest daily minimum 32, Lowest daily minimum 57, Heaviest daily rainfall 394.

Records on 11 July 1962 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	20
Lowest daily maximum	33
Highest daily minimum	32
Lowest daily minimum	57
Heaviest daily rainfall	394
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 11 July 1962 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 58, daily 476.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

469 broken records

Margins by which the 469 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 211.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 July 1962

Top 20 records on 11 July 1962 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 July 1962	Ebor (Kotupna), AU	monthly rain	302.3 mm (11.9 in)	84.9 mm (3.3 in)	40 years	69 of 100 (Major)
11 July 1962	Hillgrove (Hillview), AU	monthly rain	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	38 years	68 of 100 (Major)
11 July 1962	Glen Cairn, AU	monthly rain	145.3 mm (5.7 in)	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	27 years	62 of 100 (Major)
11 July 1962	Megan (the Mount), AU	monthly rain	299.2 mm (11.8 in)	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	28 years	62 of 100 (Major)
11 July 1962	Chidavaram, IN	daily rain	142.0 mm (5.6 in)	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	56 years	62 of 100 (Major)
11 July 1962	Sunnybank Bowls Club, AU	monthly rain	149.4 mm (5.9 in)	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	72 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
11 July 1962	Jeogla Station, AU	monthly rain	178.1 mm (7.0 in)	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	12 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
11 July 1962	Darlington, AU	monthly rain	148.6 mm (5.9 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	40 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
11 July 1962	Beenleigh Post Office, AU	daily rain	220.5 mm (8.7 in)	161.8 mm (6.4 in)	17 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
11 July 1962	Archerfield Airport, AU	monthly rain	132.8 mm (5.2 in)	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	0 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
11 July 1962	Carina Hill Crescent, AU	monthly rain	133.1 mm (5.2 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	40 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
11 July 1962	Aberfoyle, AU	daily rain	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	20 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
11 July 1962	Oxenford (Oberon Way), AU	daily rain	143.5 mm (5.6 in)	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
11 July 1962	Dorrigo Post Office, AU	all-time rain	451.1 mm (17.8 in)	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	17 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
11 July 1962	Cleveland Bowls Club, AU	monthly rain	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	72 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
11 July 1962	Mundoolin, AU	daily rain	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	17 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
11 July 1962	Goodna Ampol, AU	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	17 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
11 July 1962	Salisbury Bowls Club, AU	monthly rain	107.7 mm (4.2 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
11 July 1962	Nimbin Post Office, AU	daily rain	144.3 mm (5.7 in)	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	17 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
11 July 1962	Christmas Creek, AU	daily rain	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	17 years	50 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

1813 to 1962

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1813 to 1962. 1962 had 536 records.

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

Records on 07-11 in each year
Year	Records
1813	2
1815	1
1816	1
1821	1
1843	1
1845	1
1846	1
1847	2
1849	1
1850	2
1851	2
1856	1
1858	1
1859	1
1860	1
1862	1
1863	1
1866	1
1868	1
1869	2
1870	2
1871	1
1873	1
1874	3
1875	1
1876	3
1878	2
1879	3
1882	2
1886	4
1887	1
1888	3
1889	9
1890	5
1891	4
1894	12
1895	3
1896	2
1897	2
1898	4
1899	7
1900	4
1901	4
1902	3
1903	7
1904	14
1905	16
1906	17
1907	23
1908	36
1909	16
1910	24
1911	87
1912	21
1913	36
1914	45
1915	21
1916	29
1917	121
1918	18
1919	37
1920	22
1921	179
1922	56
1923	107
1924	100
1925	425
1926	215
1927	106
1928	91
1929	121
1930	572
1931	206
1932	291
1933	705
1934	413
1935	387
1936	1,268
1937	405
1938	244
1939	496
1940	296
1941	517
1942	734
1943	369
1944	702
1945	978
1946	275
1947	388
1948	313
1949	286
1950	619
1951	849
1952	519
1953	554
1954	758
1955	343
1956	534
1957	495
1958	519
1959	523
1960	373
1961	731
1962	536
1963	706
1964	482
1965	406
1966	503
1967	368
1968	482
1969	569
1970	404
1971	547
1972	486
1973	658
1974	858
1975	1,107
1976	734
1977	537
1978	829
1979	519
1980	1,002
1981	663
1982	642
1983	984
1984	1,174
1985	607
1986	691
1987	1,030
1988	973
1989	832
1990	1,010
1991	1,038
1992	926
1993	1,227
1994	839
1995	1,037
1996	1,283
1997	686
1998	1,235
1999	1,175
2000	862
2001	874
2002	1,438
2003	1,033
2004	658
2005	1,105
2006	809
2007	962
2008	759
2009	801
2010	1,210
2011	1,016
2012	1,053
2013	553
2014	540
2015	766
2016	1,035
2017	589
2018	439
2019	606
2020	814
2021	935
2022	581
2023	873
2024	1,064
2025	440
2026	705

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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 50	428
50 to 100	34
100 to 150	4
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	1