Weather Records on 21 July 1962

263 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 July 1962. Highest significance: Nandurbar, IN.

Key Facts for 21 July 1962

On 21 July 1962, 263 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
80 were record highs and 49 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 256 daily.
Nandurbar set a daily record precipitation of 103.0 mm (4.1 in) on 21 July 1962.
Across 159 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 468 records.

Record Map

263 stations

263 station records on 21 July 1962 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 July 1962: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Nandurbar	India	Record daily precipitation	103.0 mm (4.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Sevastopol',Mgs	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	49.1 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
White Cliffs (Yancannia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Olpad	India	Record daily precipitation	176.0 mm (6.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Coringa(Corinza)	India	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Taloda	India	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
New Carlisle	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Salamonia	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Esengyly	Turkmenistan	Record high maximum temperature	42.3 C (108.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Farmland 5 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Orje	Norway	Record daily precipitation	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bowie	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bansda	India	Record daily precipitation	203.8 mm (8.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bjornholt	Norway	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Maseskar	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ahwa	India	Record daily precipitation	120.0 mm (4.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	62.9 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bano	India	Record daily precipitation	136.9 mm (5.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Navsari	India	Record daily precipitation	130.4 mm (5.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Price	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Yellapur	India	Record daily precipitation	190.5 mm (7.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Akhty	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	40.1 C (104.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Montpelier	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tbilisi	Georgia	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tuni	India	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Baramulla	India	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Indian Bay	Canada	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bic	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Jalalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	132.6 mm (5.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Waghai	India	Record daily precipitation	183.8 mm (7.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Eidsvoll Verk	Norway	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lugansk	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	24.7 C (76.5 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Fruitland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Rajahmundry	India	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Nevada Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Inverell Comparison	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Port Daniel	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Barguzin	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	18.1 C (64.6 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Marais	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Calhoun Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
St Augustine	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Piaxtla	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Karasjok	Norway	Record low minimum temperature	-1.8 C (28.8 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Salekhard	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	0.5 C (32.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kirov	Russia	Record daily precipitation	64.7 mm (2.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bezenchuk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bezenchuk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	20.1 C (68.2 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Taganrog (Lighthouse)	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Elsinore	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Burrwood Wb	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Nenana Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Vantipura	India	Record daily precipitation	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Shirpur	India	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Vadgaon (Maval)	India	Record daily precipitation	90.6 mm (3.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Torungen Fyr	Norway	Record low minimum temperature	10.5 C (50.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sotchi	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hiram	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Wauseon Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Reit Im Winkl	Germany	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Langet	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

263 records

Records set or tied on 21 July 1962 by type: Highest daily maximum 45, Lowest daily maximum 25, Highest daily minimum 35, Lowest daily minimum 24, Heaviest daily rainfall 134.

Records on 21 July 1962 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	45
Lowest daily maximum	25
Highest daily minimum	35
Lowest daily minimum	24
Heaviest daily rainfall	134
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 21 July 1962 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 6, daily 256.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

215 broken records

Margins by which the 215 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 98.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 July 1962

Top 20 records on 21 July 1962 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 July 1962	Nandurbar, IN	daily rain	103.0 mm (4.1 in)	72.8 mm (2.9 in)	29 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1962	Sevastopol',Mgs, UA	daily rain	49.1 mm (1.9 in)	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	12 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1962	White Cliffs (Yancannia), AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	5 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1962	Olpad, IN	daily rain	176.0 mm (6.9 in)	80.7 mm (3.2 in)	49 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1962	Coringa(Corinza), IN	daily rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	40 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1962	Taloda, IN	daily rain	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	33 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1962	New Carlisle, US	daily rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	45 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1962	Salamonia, US	daily rain	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	49 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1962	Esengyly, TM	daily high max	42.3 C (108.1 F)	8.6 C (15.5 F)	8 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1962	Farmland 5 NNW, US	monthly rain	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	65 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1962	Orje, NO	daily rain	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	15.4 mm (0.6 in)	49 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1962	Bowie, US	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	4 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1962	Bansda, IN	daily rain	203.8 mm (8.0 in)	75.3 mm (3.0 in)	49 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1962	Bjornholt, NO	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	68 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1962	Maseskar, SE	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	20.2 mm (0.8 in)	8 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1962	Ahwa, IN	daily rain	120.0 mm (4.7 in)	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	56 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
21 July 1962	Simferopol, UA	daily rain	62.9 mm (2.5 in)	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	12 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
21 July 1962	Bano, IN	daily rain	136.9 mm (5.4 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	41 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
21 July 1962	Navsari, IN	daily rain	130.4 mm (5.1 in)	75.3 mm (3.0 in)	33 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
21 July 1962	Price, CA	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	21 years	32 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

1794 to 1962

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1962. 1962 had 263 records.

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

Records on 07-21 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1795	1
1796	1
1797	1
1813	2
1832	2
1837	1
1839	1
1843	1
1844	2
1854	1
1859	3
1865	3
1868	3
1872	1
1876	1
1879	2
1880	1
1881	1
1884	1
1885	1
1886	2
1888	2
1889	3
1890	2
1892	3
1893	3
1894	3
1895	1
1896	3
1897	4
1898	7
1899	2
1900	6
1901	13
1902	12
1903	10
1904	8
1905	13
1906	13
1907	12
1908	25
1909	18
1910	12
1911	37
1912	52
1913	41
1914	48
1915	81
1916	72
1917	136
1918	130
1919	51
1920	33
1921	55
1922	48
1923	132
1924	286
1925	202
1926	401
1927	191
1928	205
1929	360
1930	521
1931	549
1932	322
1933	208
1934	965
1935	236
1936	322
1937	253
1938	638
1939	415
1940	318
1941	226
1942	318
1943	253
1944	716
1945	300
1946	398
1947	795
1948	403
1949	603
1950	662
1951	427
1952	657
1953	351
1954	656
1955	582
1956	490
1957	447
1958	531
1959	940
1960	651
1961	388
1962	263
1963	470
1964	457
1965	748
1966	626
1967	313
1968	334
1969	636
1970	1,241
1971	475
1972	1,046
1973	871
1974	536
1975	380
1976	477
1977	708
1978	1,155
1979	964
1980	926
1981	1,352
1982	588
1983	1,234
1984	764
1985	554
1986	791
1987	1,025
1988	1,015
1989	973
1990	914
1991	812
1992	1,562
1993	866
1994	773
1995	1,247
1996	1,141
1997	849
1998	1,674
1999	814
2000	1,230
2001	889
2002	990
2003	1,250
2004	694
2005	1,420
2006	1,479
2007	1,145
2008	989
2009	1,306
2010	1,148
2011	1,414
2012	815
2013	526
2014	762
2015	704
2016	645
2017	433
2018	942
2019	755
2020	363
2021	574
2022	866
2023	816
2024	873
2025	881
2026	874

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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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	192
20 to 40	14
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	2