Weather Records on 10 August 1962

761 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 10 August 1962. Highest significance: Basin, US.

Key Facts for 10 August 1962

On 10 August 1962, 761 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
142 were record highs and 441 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 23 monthly and 736 daily.
Basin set a daily record precipitation of 26.2 mm (1.0 in) on 10 August 1962.
Across 160 earlier years (1814 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 466 records.

Record Map

761 stations

761 station records on 10 August 1962 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 10 August 1962: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Basin	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Malta	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Moosomin	Canada	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Virden	Canada	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Indiga	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Freeland	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Forks 4 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Timber Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Moorestown 4 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Miller	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Philadelphia City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hightstown 2 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Estevan Point	Canada	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Port Alice	Canada	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Minnedosa	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	5.1 C (41.2 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nandgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bainbridge 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Washington	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hamiota	Canada	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hingoli	India	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Forsyth 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabeth	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Reading Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Birtle	Canada	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Baddeck	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Phaltan	India	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Roebling	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Indian Mills 2 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Angelica	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bethlehem Lehigh UNIV	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Marcus Hook	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Martinsburg E W Virginia Rgnl	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Guelph Oac	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Odesa	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cumberland	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Springfield	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Plainfield	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Scarsdale	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
W Pt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ephrata	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Quakertown	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tempe Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Souris	Canada	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Peterborough	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Grindstone Island	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Yeola	India	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dapoli	India	Record daily precipitation	135.0 mm (5.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
New Brunswick Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Altoona Horseshoe Curv	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Philadelphia Point Bre	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Brownsville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Trenton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pierson	Canada	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gagetown 2	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wilmington Porter Rsch	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

761 records

Records set or tied on 10 August 1962 by type: Highest daily maximum 110, Lowest daily maximum 308, Highest daily minimum 32, Lowest daily minimum 133, Heaviest daily rainfall 178.

Records on 10 August 1962 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	110
Lowest daily maximum	308
Highest daily minimum	32
Lowest daily minimum	133
Heaviest daily rainfall	178
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 10 August 1962 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 23, daily 736.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

589 broken records

Margins by which the 589 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 49.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

10 August 1962

Top 20 records on 10 August 1962 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
10 August 1962	Basin, US	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	61 years	64 of 100 (Major)
10 August 1962	Malta, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1962	Moosomin, CA	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	61 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1962	Virden, CA	monthly rain	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	19 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1962	Indiga, RU	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1962	Newark Liberty Intl AP, US	daily low max	16.1 C (61.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	77 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1962	Freeland, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	44 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1962	Forks 4 NNE, US	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	39 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1962	Timber Lake, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	8 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1962	Moorestown 4 E, US	daily low max	17.2 C (63.0 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	55 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1962	Miller, US	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	35 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1962	Baltimore Customs House, US	daily low max	20.0 C (68.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	77 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1962	Philadelphia City, US	daily low max	16.7 C (62.1 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	45 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1962	Karlshamn, SE	daily low max	13.0 C (55.4 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	70 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1962	Hightstown 2 W, US	daily low max	17.2 C (63.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	63 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1962	Estevan Point, CA	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1962	Port Alice, CA	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	29 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1962	Minnedosa, CA	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	23 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1962	Heinersreuth-Vollhof, DE	daily low min	5.1 C (41.2 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	76 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1962	Nandgaon, IN	daily rain	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	4 years	37 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

1814 to 1962

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1814 to 1962. 1962 had 761 records.

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

Records on 08-10 in each year
Year	Records
1814	1
1815	1
1838	1
1845	2
1847	1
1849	1
1852	1
1853	1
1857	2
1859	1
1861	2
1862	2
1863	1
1864	1
1869	2
1871	1
1877	1
1879	4
1881	2
1884	2
1885	1
1886	1
1887	1
1888	1
1890	2
1891	6
1892	1
1893	1
1894	5
1895	1
1896	5
1897	7
1898	4
1899	6
1900	6
1901	5
1902	7
1903	8
1904	12
1905	5
1906	16
1907	9
1908	7
1909	33
1910	10
1911	40
1912	39
1913	44
1914	27
1915	26
1916	88
1917	51
1918	43
1919	51
1920	101
1921	66
1922	78
1923	175
1924	245
1925	430
1926	80
1927	294
1928	160
1929	264
1930	299
1931	424
1932	251
1933	305
1934	662
1935	480
1936	487
1937	399
1938	382
1939	593
1940	386
1941	459
1942	420
1943	304
1944	1,006
1945	360
1946	303
1947	766
1948	339
1949	586
1950	324
1951	425
1952	395
1953	431
1954	372
1955	309
1956	522
1957	322
1958	443
1959	528
1960	470
1961	640
1962	761
1963	479
1964	553
1965	700
1966	1,231
1967	766
1968	784
1969	588
1970	702
1971	760
1972	1,175
1973	597
1974	719
1975	664
1976	855
1977	786
1978	495
1979	700
1980	849
1981	857
1982	1,070
1983	915
1984	956
1985	918
1986	535
1987	896
1988	792
1989	1,291
1990	736
1991	819
1992	1,051
1993	774
1994	1,338
1995	1,119
1996	1,027
1997	1,504
1998	1,112
1999	945
2000	990
2001	1,192
2002	1,080
2003	1,556
2004	976
2005	1,225
2006	980
2007	1,476
2008	871
2009	869
2010	1,704
2011	1,247
2012	995
2013	599
2014	516
2015	583
2016	893
2017	636
2018	1,018
2019	754
2020	816
2021	553
2022	687
2023	782
2024	882
2025	659
2026	1,149

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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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 10 August 1962
Margin	Records
0 to 10	532
10 to 20	27
20 to 30	20
30 to 40	6
40 to 50	4