Weather Records on 22 July 1962

393 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 July 1962. Highest significance: Wilcannia (Billilla), AU.

Key Facts for 22 July 1962

On 22 July 1962, 393 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
84 were record highs and 42 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 384 daily.
Wilcannia (Billilla) set a daily record precipitation of 33.0 mm (1.3 in) on 22 July 1962.
Across 171 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 434 records.

Record Map

393 stations

393 station records on 22 July 1962 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 July 1962: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Wilcannia (Billilla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Wilcannia (Reid St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Kilmore Assumption College	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
University Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Broadford Golf Course	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Puckapunyal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Bedford	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Belaringar Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wallan (Walnarring)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Itawah	India	Record daily precipitation	146.1 mm (5.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lalitpur	India	Record daily precipitation	189.7 mm (7.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pyalong West (Cavan Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Fairbanks Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Khamaria	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Waramain	India	Record daily precipitation	178.8 mm (7.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wilcannia (Burndoo Estate)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Weeping Water	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Big Rapids Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Oregon	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Albany	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Flagstaff AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Broadford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Glenwood 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Springvale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Glenaroua	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Logan 1 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bakara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Safford	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Yerevan	Armenia	Record high maximum temperature	39.6 C (103.3 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Milaca	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Fremont	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pushmataha	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
McKinley Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mahoba	India	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Waycross 4 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Clarinda	United States	Record daily precipitation	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Conception	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Silver City	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Raleigh State UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ivanhoe (Mt Manara)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett Council Depot	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kekri	India	Record daily precipitation	147.2 mm (5.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lumpkin 2 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Farmington 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Wadena 3 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Shiprock	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Rantoul	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Khilchipur	India	Record daily precipitation	121.0 mm (4.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Welbedacht	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Oakland	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Fayetteville (Pwc)	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Murwara(Kathi)	India	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Yukon	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cochrane	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Roros	Norway	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Aseral	Norway	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

393 records

Records set or tied on 22 July 1962 by type: Highest daily maximum 40, Lowest daily maximum 20, Highest daily minimum 44, Lowest daily minimum 22, Heaviest daily rainfall 267.

Records on 22 July 1962 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	40
Lowest daily maximum	20
Highest daily minimum	44
Lowest daily minimum	22
Heaviest daily rainfall	267
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 22 July 1962 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 9, daily 384.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

334 broken records

Margins by which the 334 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 July 1962

Top 20 records on 22 July 1962 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 July 1962	Wilcannia (Billilla), AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	75 years	70 of 100 (Major)
22 July 1962	Wilcannia (Reid St), AU	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	67 years	66 of 100 (Major)
22 July 1962	Kilmore Assumption College, AU	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	67 years	62 of 100 (Major)
22 July 1962	University Exp STN, US	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1962	Broadford Golf Course, AU	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	37 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1962	Puckapunyal, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	56 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1962	Bedford, US	daily rain	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1962	Belaringar Station, AU	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	37 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1962	Wallan (Walnarring), AU	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	66 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1962	Itawah, IN	daily rain	146.1 mm (5.8 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	60 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1962	Lalitpur, IN	daily rain	189.7 mm (7.5 in)	127.2 mm (5.0 in)	5 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1962	Pyalong West (Cavan Park), AU	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	41 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1962	Fairbanks Intl AP, US	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1962	Khamaria, IN	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	56 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1962	Waramain, IN	daily rain	178.8 mm (7.0 in)	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	48 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1962	Wilcannia (Burndoo Estate), AU	monthly rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	45 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1962	Weeping Water, US	daily rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	29 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1962	Big Rapids Wtp, US	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1962	Oregon, US	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	56 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1962	Albany, US	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	52 years	35 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 393 records.

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

Records on 07-22 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1794	1
1796	1
1797	2
1806	2
1808	1
1809	1
1811	1
1813	1
1836	1
1838	1
1839	1
1844	1
1845	1
1850	1
1854	2
1855	1
1856	1
1857	1
1859	1
1867	1
1868	5
1870	1
1871	1
1874	1
1875	1
1876	2
1878	2
1879	2
1880	2
1881	2
1883	1
1885	3
1886	5
1887	2
1889	5
1890	5
1891	3
1892	3
1893	2
1894	3
1895	2
1896	5
1897	2
1898	4
1900	4
1901	12
1902	3
1903	10
1904	4
1905	12
1906	20
1907	11
1908	9
1909	7
1910	30
1911	26
1912	40
1913	38
1914	52
1915	28
1916	39
1917	34
1918	212
1919	36
1920	71
1921	172
1922	54
1923	107
1924	342
1925	268
1926	345
1927	329
1928	200
1929	267
1930	282
1931	367
1932	291
1933	307
1934	805
1935	250
1936	331
1937	368
1938	404
1939	345
1940	470
1941	236
1942	278
1943	392
1944	633
1945	280
1946	455
1947	1,196
1948	533
1949	419
1950	738
1951	384
1952	797
1953	404
1954	668
1955	618
1956	350
1957	544
1958	450
1959	581
1960	419
1961	519
1962	393
1963	504
1964	418
1965	543
1966	541
1967	295
1968	473
1969	454
1970	1,105
1971	449
1972	715
1973	981
1974	602
1975	335
1976	521
1977	478
1978	1,172
1979	646
1980	844
1981	1,551
1982	710
1983	1,025
1984	945
1985	712
1986	784
1987	1,234
1988	1,001
1989	838
1990	1,026
1991	810
1992	1,393
1993	1,193
1994	1,075
1995	1,241
1996	1,062
1997	1,106
1998	989
1999	756
2000	1,020
2001	1,183
2002	1,002
2003	1,536
2004	805
2005	1,197
2006	1,938
2007	1,190
2008	839
2009	1,294
2010	1,350
2011	1,940
2012	675
2013	604
2014	669
2015	661
2016	895
2017	509
2018	910
2019	513
2020	453
2021	558
2022	782
2023	676
2024	718
2025	877
2026	873

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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	301
20 to 40	27
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1