Weather Records on 31 July 1962

348 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 31 July 1962. Highest significance: Wray, US.

Key Facts for 31 July 1962

On 31 July 1962, 348 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
56 were record highs and 165 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 342 daily.
Wray set a daily record precipitation of 54.1 mm (2.1 in) on 31 July 1962.
Across 155 earlier years (1804 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 472 records.

Record Map

348 stations

348 station records on 31 July 1962 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 31 July 1962: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Wray	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Jhansi	India	Record daily precipitation	137.3 mm (5.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Wauneta	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Angelica	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Pavillion	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Barwasagar	India	Record daily precipitation	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Florence	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Shawinigan	Canada	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ponca City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Itahar	India	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Johnsbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kokshetay	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pinkham Notch	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Armour	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bayfield 6 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Elatma	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	5.8 C (42.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Palisade	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Newkirk	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Vega 2NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Independence	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wibaux 2 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ainsworth	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kaunas	Lithuania	Record low minimum temperature	7.5 C (45.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nenzel 20 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Supply 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kon-Kolodez	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	5.5 C (41.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kursk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bogoroditskoye-Fenino	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	5.5 C (41.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Delaware 3 WSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Viroqua	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tartu	Estonia	Record low minimum temperature	6.8 C (44.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kannauj	India	Record daily precipitation	69.8 mm (2.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kargopol	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Galesburg	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sedan	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Woodville 4 ESE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gordon 6N	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cheyenne 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Pierce	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Grundy Ctr	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Winnebago	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Edenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Liepaja	Latvia	Record low minimum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Taganrog (Lighthouse)	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	12.7 C (54.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Atwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pearl River	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Okeene	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Jullundar	India	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Pachwara	India	Record daily precipitation	116.0 mm (4.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Oktjabrskij-Gorodok	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	5.1 C (41.2 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Newport Beach Harbor	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
W Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Algona	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gran Quivira Natl Mon	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Indian Lake 2SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Enka	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kazan	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Daytona Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

348 records

Records set or tied on 31 July 1962 by type: Highest daily maximum 32, Lowest daily maximum 55, Highest daily minimum 24, Lowest daily minimum 110, Heaviest daily rainfall 127.

Records on 31 July 1962 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	32
Lowest daily maximum	55
Highest daily minimum	24
Lowest daily minimum	110
Heaviest daily rainfall	127
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 31 July 1962 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 342.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

263 broken records

Margins by which the 263 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 78.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

31 July 1962

Top 20 records on 31 July 1962 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 July 1962	Wray, US	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	59 years	60 of 100 (Major)
31 July 1962	Jhansi, IN	daily rain	137.3 mm (5.4 in)	78.6 mm (3.1 in)	60 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 1962	Wauneta, US	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	37 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 1962	Angelica, US	daily rain	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	35 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 1962	Pavillion, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	23 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 1962	Barwasagar, IN	daily rain	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	57 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 1962	Florence, US	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	36 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 1962	Shawinigan, CA	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	11 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 1962	Ponca City, US	daily low max	25.6 C (78.1 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	66 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 1962	Itahar, IN	daily rain	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	60 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 1962	Saint Johnsbury, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	1 year	40 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 1962	Kokshetay, KZ	daily rain	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 1962	Pinkham Notch, US	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	23 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 1962	Sandvig, DK	daily low min	11.0 C (51.8 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	82 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
31 July 1962	Armour, US	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	44 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
31 July 1962	Bayfield 6 N, US	daily low min	6.7 C (44.1 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	67 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
31 July 1962	Elatma, RU	daily low min	5.8 C (42.4 F)	2.9 C (5.2 F)	56 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
31 July 1962	Palisade, US	daily rain	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	37 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
31 July 1962	Newkirk, US	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	8 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
31 July 1962	Vega 2NW, US	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	24 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

1804 to 1962

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1804 to 1962. 1962 had 348 records.

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

Records on 07-31 in each year
Year	Records
1804	1
1815	1
1816	1
1828	1
1834	1
1839	1
1840	1
1841	2
1851	1
1858	2
1860	4
1863	1
1866	1
1873	2
1876	1
1879	1
1884	1
1885	1
1886	1
1887	5
1889	2
1890	2
1891	1
1892	1
1893	3
1894	2
1896	2
1897	2
1898	5
1900	1
1901	3
1902	4
1903	16
1904	12
1905	10
1906	14
1907	17
1908	22
1909	15
1910	21
1911	29
1912	14
1913	31
1914	28
1915	71
1916	63
1917	126
1918	39
1919	27
1920	168
1921	112
1922	24
1923	236
1924	97
1925	349
1926	226
1927	161
1928	145
1929	134
1930	143
1931	441
1932	314
1933	504
1934	449
1935	418
1936	548
1937	297
1938	417
1939	357
1940	415
1941	323
1942	342
1943	342
1944	312
1945	499
1946	426
1947	341
1948	341
1949	406
1950	511
1951	364
1952	472
1953	414
1954	459
1955	813
1956	574
1957	268
1958	374
1959	424
1960	622
1961	504
1962	348
1963	294
1964	637
1965	858
1966	606
1967	326
1968	637
1969	440
1970	576
1971	1,850
1972	667
1973	583
1974	363
1975	1,386
1976	530
1977	543
1978	754
1979	501
1980	1,047
1981	672
1982	767
1983	901
1984	777
1985	1,065
1986	1,021
1987	934
1988	940
1989	1,753
1990	911
1991	647
1992	1,169
1993	1,031
1994	1,207
1995	1,223
1996	1,084
1997	984
1998	1,195
1999	1,643
2000	1,001
2001	1,414
2002	1,080
2003	1,157
2004	779
2005	742
2006	1,405
2007	1,023
2008	911
2009	1,156
2010	1,485
2011	1,040
2012	712
2013	469
2014	1,000
2015	948
2016	501
2017	485
2018	1,135
2019	551
2020	1,034
2021	1,020
2022	861
2023	671
2024	748
2025	836
2026	754

Download the Data

Data for records on 1962-07-31: 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 10	217
10 to 20	24
20 to 30	9
30 to 40	8
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	1
70 to 80	1