Weather Records on 16 August 1962

423 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 August 1962. Highest significance: Skegness, GB.

Key Facts for 16 August 1962

On 16 August 1962, 423 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
239 were record highs and 114 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 411 daily.
Skegness set a daily record precipitation of 38.9 mm (1.5 in) on 16 August 1962.
Across 164 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 466 records.

Record Map

423 stations

423 station records on 16 August 1962 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 August 1962: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Skegness	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Yatchaw (Amaroo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lumberton	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Panhandle	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Veraval	India	Record daily precipitation	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Taipu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Farmerville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kuujjuarapik A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Aztec Ruins Nm	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Beeville 5 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gooty	India	Record daily precipitation	111.5 mm (4.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kakinada	India	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Primghar	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pincher Creek Town	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Belzoni	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
O'Neill	United States	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Albion	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Flora 5 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Brockton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Wells	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ozark 6 NNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tucson WFO	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Willcox	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Redlands	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Challis	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Caruthersville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kenton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hondo	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sangod	India	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mathabhanga	India	Record daily precipitation	152.1 mm (6.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Benson	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Canelo 1 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tucson Magnetic Obsy	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Wickenburg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.9 C (111.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Riverside Fire STN 3	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Celaya (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Barbara	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Valdosta 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Salem	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Paducah	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Browning	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Silver City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Pasighat	India	Record daily precipitation	122.0 mm (4.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Canelo 1 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Palatka	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Montpelier Rs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Vale	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Black Rock	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Winslow AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tartu-Toravere	Estonia	Record low minimum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ramban	India	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Guanacevi (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Marinette	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Steamboat Springs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Farmington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Intl Falls Intl AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Fort St James	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kunch	India	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Casa Grande Nm	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

423 records

Records set or tied on 16 August 1962 by type: Highest daily maximum 139, Lowest daily maximum 18, Highest daily minimum 100, Lowest daily minimum 96, Heaviest daily rainfall 70.

Records on 16 August 1962 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	139
Lowest daily maximum	18
Highest daily minimum	100
Lowest daily minimum	96
Heaviest daily rainfall	70
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 16 August 1962 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 10, daily 411.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

292 broken records

Margins by which the 292 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 74.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 August 1962

Top 20 records on 16 August 1962 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 August 1962	Skegness, GB	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	45 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1962	Yatchaw (Amaroo), AU	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1962	Lumberton, US	daily rain	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	1 year	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1962	Panhandle, US	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	37 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1962	Veraval, IN	daily rain	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	64.1 mm (2.5 in)	13 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1962	Taipu, BR	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1962	Farmerville, US	daily low min	17.2 C (63.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	56 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1962	Kuujjuarapik A, CA	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	29 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1962	Aztec Ruins Nm, US	daily high max	38.3 C (100.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	66 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1962	Beeville 5 NE, US	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	53 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1962	Gooty, IN	monthly rain	111.5 mm (4.4 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	12 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1962	Kakinada, IN	daily rain	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	23 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1962	Primghar, US	daily low min	8.9 C (48.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	65 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1962	Pincher Creek Town, CA	daily high max	33.9 C (93.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	60 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1962	Belzoni, US	daily low min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	28 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1962	O'Neill, US	daily low min	9.4 C (48.9 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	64 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1962	Albion, US	daily low min	12.2 C (54.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	64 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1962	Flora 5 NW, US	daily low min	11.1 C (52.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	64 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1962	Brockton, US	daily low min	8.9 C (48.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	62 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1962	Wells, US	daily high min	13.9 C (57.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	65 years	27 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

1793 to 1962

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1962. 1962 had 423 records.

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

Records on 08-16 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1802	2
1811	1
1827	1
1833	1
1835	1
1838	1
1841	1
1844	2
1850	1
1856	1
1861	2
1862	1
1863	1
1868	2
1869	1
1871	1
1873	1
1875	2
1876	5
1878	1
1879	3
1880	2
1882	2
1883	2
1885	4
1886	1
1887	2
1888	5
1890	5
1891	2
1893	6
1894	1
1895	4
1896	5
1897	4
1898	6
1899	2
1900	3
1901	7
1902	5
1903	12
1904	9
1905	9
1906	11
1907	20
1908	31
1909	25
1910	14
1911	16
1912	30
1913	88
1914	10
1915	32
1916	147
1917	27
1918	72
1919	13
1920	144
1921	42
1922	148
1923	135
1924	139
1925	92
1926	165
1927	314
1928	207
1929	509
1930	158
1931	336
1932	348
1933	260
1934	504
1935	496
1936	728
1937	818
1938	700
1939	340
1940	287
1941	371
1942	447
1943	579
1944	467
1945	370
1946	313
1947	477
1948	342
1949	345
1950	305
1951	423
1952	552
1953	558
1954	648
1955	558
1956	413
1957	402
1958	1,013
1959	354
1960	518
1961	866
1962	423
1963	897
1964	831
1965	565
1966	433
1967	829
1968	824
1969	684
1970	386
1971	641
1972	997
1973	592
1974	689
1975	766
1976	1,153
1977	831
1978	835
1979	1,698
1980	855
1981	766
1982	516
1983	1,251
1984	662
1985	1,063
1986	811
1987	1,120
1988	1,594
1989	730
1990	702
1991	601
1992	2,027
1993	820
1994	1,075
1995	1,542
1996	678
1997	1,284
1998	865
1999	697
2000	873
2001	1,136
2002	1,258
2003	1,220
2004	1,239
2005	813
2006	894
2007	1,442
2008	1,183
2009	1,128
2010	1,239
2011	896
2012	670
2013	770
2014	640
2015	841
2016	786
2017	672
2018	412
2019	430
2020	1,382
2021	825
2022	1,145
2023	1,354
2024	765
2025	661
2026	661

Download the Data

Data for records on 1962-08-16: 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	268
10 to 20	14
20 to 30	6
30 to 40	2
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	1
70 to 80	1