Weather Records on 7 August 1962

718 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 August 1962. Highest significance: Bathurst, CA.

Key Facts for 7 August 1962

On 7 August 1962, 718 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
163 were record highs and 214 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 698 daily.
Bathurst set a daily record precipitation of 95.3 mm (3.8 in) on 7 August 1962.
Across 163 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 469 records.

Record Map

718 stations

718 station records on 7 August 1962 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 August 1962: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bathurst	Canada	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Upper Mattole	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Orleans	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Landsort	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	79.6 mm (3.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Grootfontein	Namibia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Lowville	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lancaster	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Poughkeepsie	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Gilman	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Nepisiguit Falls	Canada	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Middle Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock	Canada	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Big Moose 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wanakena Rngr School	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.3 mm (4.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Roxboro 7 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Padrauna	India	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Federal Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Stockbridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Grapeview 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Harvey Station	Canada	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
McAdam	Canada	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Nidingen A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cargo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Lake 2 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Henderson 8 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
South Edwards 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ukiah	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Saranac Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tapoco	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Grants Pass	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Orleans	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Milan 7 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kuusiku	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Virtsu	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rajapur	India	Record daily precipitation	188.0 mm (7.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tenosique (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gotska Sandon	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Brookings	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Klamath Falls 2 SSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Davis 2 WSW Exp Farm	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Antelope 6 SSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pittsfield Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Quesnel	Canada	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Aroostook	Canada	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tarikere	India	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Crescent City 3 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
McCloud	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chasm Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Salem AP (McNary Field)	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ratnagiri	India	Record daily precipitation	120.8 mm (4.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
El Salto (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Port Gibson 1 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Riddle	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Greenwood	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Moscow U of I	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Farmerville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

718 records

Records set or tied on 7 August 1962 by type: Highest daily maximum 66, Lowest daily maximum 155, Highest daily minimum 97, Lowest daily minimum 59, Heaviest daily rainfall 341.

Records on 7 August 1962 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	66
Lowest daily maximum	155
Highest daily minimum	97
Lowest daily minimum	59
Heaviest daily rainfall	341
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 7 August 1962 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 19, daily 698.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

554 broken records

Margins by which the 554 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 61.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 August 1962

Top 20 records on 7 August 1962 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 August 1962	Bathurst, CA	daily rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	83 years	74 of 100 (Major)
7 August 1962	Upper Mattole, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	68 years	67 of 100 (Major)
7 August 1962	Orleans, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	59 years	63 of 100 (Major)
7 August 1962	Landsort, SE	monthly rain	79.6 mm (3.1 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	66 years	62 of 100 (Major)
7 August 1962	Grootfontein, NA	monthly rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	43 years	61 of 100 (Major)
7 August 1962	Lowville, US	daily rain	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	60 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1962	Lancaster, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	68 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1962	Poughkeepsie, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	66 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1962	Gilman, US	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1962	Nepisiguit Falls, CA	monthly rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1962	Middle Dam, US	monthly rain	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	17 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1962	Woodstock, CA	monthly rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1962	Big Moose 3 SE, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	7 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1962	Wanakena Rngr School, US	all-time rain	116.3 mm (4.6 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	29 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1962	Roxboro 7 ESE, US	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	23 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1962	Sandvig, DK	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	6.0 mm (0.24 in)	78 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1962	Padrauna, IN	daily rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	53 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1962	Federal Pt, US	daily rain	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	43 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1962	Stockbridge, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	17 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1962	Grapeview 3 SW, US	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	4 years	40 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

1808 to 1962

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 1962. 1962 had 718 records.

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

Records on 08-07 in each year
Year	Records
1808	1
1812	1
1815	1
1816	1
1817	1
1833	2
1844	1
1845	1
1848	1
1857	3
1858	1
1859	2
1861	1
1866	1
1868	1
1869	3
1870	2
1875	1
1876	5
1879	1
1880	2
1882	1
1883	1
1884	2
1886	1
1887	2
1888	5
1889	2
1891	3
1892	3
1893	1
1894	1
1895	7
1896	2
1897	2
1898	4
1899	1
1900	6
1901	3
1902	5
1903	17
1904	8
1905	8
1906	9
1907	10
1908	13
1909	11
1910	1
1911	36
1912	31
1913	39
1914	24
1915	40
1916	50
1917	21
1918	108
1919	36
1920	36
1921	55
1922	61
1923	101
1924	128
1925	81
1926	115
1927	109
1928	188
1929	181
1930	486
1931	357
1932	249
1933	310
1934	608
1935	507
1936	286
1937	446
1938	568
1939	561
1940	271
1941	305
1942	340
1943	601
1944	332
1945	882
1946	500
1947	461
1948	756
1949	587
1950	541
1951	562
1952	556
1953	378
1954	589
1955	536
1956	321
1957	868
1958	571
1959	356
1960	344
1961	356
1962	718
1963	522
1964	446
1965	552
1966	400
1967	701
1968	600
1969	523
1970	652
1971	969
1972	1,172
1973	568
1974	746
1975	1,177
1976	1,168
1977	617
1978	1,210
1979	559
1980	871
1981	855
1982	727
1983	1,207
1984	840
1985	1,088
1986	544
1987	1,146
1988	897
1989	1,472
1990	1,625
1991	1,217
1992	1,236
1993	1,040
1994	1,262
1995	1,521
1996	1,107
1997	1,460
1998	1,183
1999	950
2000	871
2001	1,386
2002	907
2003	1,244
2004	1,400
2005	882
2006	923
2007	1,309
2008	918
2009	1,121
2010	1,098
2011	1,282
2012	688
2013	665
2014	501
2015	1,027
2016	505
2017	954
2018	636
2019	609
2020	605
2021	397
2022	880
2023	1,221
2024	835
2025	733
2026	1,047

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Data for records on 1962-08-07: 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	451
10 to 20	68
20 to 30	17
30 to 40	10
40 to 50	4
50 to 60	3
60 to 70	1