Weather Records on 17 July 1962

421 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 July 1962. Highest significance: Khandwa, IN.

Key Facts for 17 July 1962

On 17 July 1962, 421 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
58 were record highs and 220 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 416 daily.
Khandwa set a daily record precipitation of 136.2 mm (5.4 in) on 17 July 1962.
Across 163 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 445 records.

Record Map

421 stations

421 station records on 17 July 1962 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 July 1962: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Khandwa	India	Record daily precipitation	136.2 mm (5.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Wastina Hemaruka	Canada	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Merta City	India	Record daily precipitation	241.3 mm (9.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Jath	India	Record daily precipitation	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Chabra (Disp)	India	Record daily precipitation	153.7 mm (6.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Eastland	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Atru	India	Record daily precipitation	133.3 mm (5.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sangod	India	Record daily precipitation	158.2 mm (6.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bastrop	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Stave Falls	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Amber	India	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Big Creek	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Winters 9 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Barkerville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Stillwater 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wittenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Garden City	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Khanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	162.8 mm (6.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Colorado City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bhim (Dawer)	India	Record daily precipitation	143.5 mm (5.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dausa	India	Record daily precipitation	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wardensville R M Farm	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Chilliwack	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Seoni	India	Record daily precipitation	162.6 mm (6.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Talegaon	India	Record daily precipitation	67.2 mm (2.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sirmuthra	India	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kaunas	Lithuania	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Storrs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Laurel 3 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dodge City	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Steveston	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Amarpur	India	Record daily precipitation	80.6 mm (3.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ohotsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	14.3 C (57.7 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Haverhill	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
York 3 SSW Pump STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Camp Crook	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Eastland	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Quesnel	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Agassiz Cda	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Akbarpur	India	Record daily precipitation	106.0 mm (4.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kopargaon	India	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Barguzin	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Batesville L&D 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hollister 1 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Taunton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Meadow	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Curtis	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Brownwood 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	36.0 C (96.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Race (Aut)	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gujjran	India	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Paris Stp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Brockton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Weston	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nanaimo	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Garu	India	Record daily precipitation	78.3 mm (3.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Guna	India	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Dorado 2 WNW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Telluride 4WNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

421 records

Records set or tied on 17 July 1962 by type: Highest daily maximum 24, Lowest daily maximum 153, Highest daily minimum 34, Lowest daily minimum 67, Heaviest daily rainfall 143.

Records on 17 July 1962 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	24
Lowest daily maximum	153
Highest daily minimum	34
Lowest daily minimum	67
Heaviest daily rainfall	143
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 17 July 1962 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 416.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

325 broken records

Margins by which the 325 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 165.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 July 1962

Top 20 records on 17 July 1962 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 July 1962	Khandwa, IN	daily rain	136.2 mm (5.4 in)	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	48 years	60 of 100 (Major)
17 July 1962	Wastina Hemaruka, CA	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	21 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1962	Merta City, IN	daily rain	241.3 mm (9.5 in)	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	19 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1962	Jath, IN	daily rain	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	11 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1962	Chabra (Disp), IN	daily rain	153.7 mm (6.1 in)	125.8 mm (5.0 in)	21 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1962	Eastland, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	51 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1962	Atru, IN	daily rain	133.3 mm (5.2 in)	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	48 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1962	Sangod, IN	daily rain	158.2 mm (6.2 in)	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	27 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1962	Bastrop, US	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	67 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1962	Stave Falls, CA	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1962	Amber, IN	daily rain	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	41 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1962	Big Creek, CA	daily low max	10.0 C (50.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	66 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1962	Winters 9 NNE, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	7 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1962	Barkerville, CA	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	69 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1962	Stillwater 2 W, US	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1962	Wittenberg, DE	daily rain	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	35 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1962	Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt, US	daily high min	27.8 C (82.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	32 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1962	Garden City, US	daily rain	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	27 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1962	Khanpur, IN	daily rain	162.8 mm (6.4 in)	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	21 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
17 July 1962	Colorado City, US	daily low max	26.1 C (79.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	61 years	33 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 421 records.

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

Records on 07-17 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1798	1
1799	1
1801	2
1802	1
1821	1
1827	1
1833	1
1840	1
1842	1
1845	2
1852	1
1862	1
1863	1
1865	2
1866	1
1871	1
1874	1
1875	2
1877	1
1880	1
1881	2
1882	2
1883	5
1884	1
1887	1
1888	2
1889	4
1890	4
1892	5
1893	3
1894	4
1895	1
1896	3
1897	1
1898	2
1899	4
1900	4
1901	6
1902	6
1903	13
1904	4
1905	9
1906	13
1907	12
1908	32
1909	16
1910	8
1911	52
1912	13
1913	26
1914	67
1915	71
1916	27
1917	62
1918	41
1919	45
1920	50
1921	120
1922	206
1923	105
1924	165
1925	275
1926	251
1927	118
1928	116
1929	154
1930	366
1931	492
1932	293
1933	216
1934	438
1935	245
1936	815
1937	313
1938	303
1939	540
1940	319
1941	386
1942	522
1943	321
1944	236
1945	681
1946	523
1947	505
1948	278
1949	405
1950	645
1951	356
1952	772
1953	557
1954	517
1955	512
1956	608
1957	298
1958	693
1959	631
1960	324
1961	408
1962	421
1963	223
1964	481
1965	753
1966	454
1967	965
1968	707
1969	741
1970	486
1971	790
1972	634
1973	680
1974	691
1975	775
1976	1,041
1977	764
1978	794
1979	642
1980	1,137
1981	628
1982	850
1983	1,120
1984	875
1985	483
1986	1,214
1987	1,388
1988	1,239
1989	1,289
1990	953
1991	763
1992	1,055
1993	956
1994	631
1995	917
1996	911
1997	816
1998	1,031
1999	925
2000	1,166
2001	916
2002	995
2003	1,396
2004	908
2005	1,184
2006	1,509
2007	1,218
2008	508
2009	1,218
2010	965
2011	1,101
2012	934
2013	819
2014	1,456
2015	831
2016	679
2017	398
2018	750
2019	477
2020	515
2021	625
2022	791
2023	1,060
2024	814
2025	966
2026	860

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Data for records on 1962-07-17: 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 25	301
25 to 50	14
50 to 75	4
75 to 100	3
100 to 125	1
125 to 150	1
150 to 175	1