Weather Records on 18 August 1962

428 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 August 1962. Highest significance: Semej, KZ.

Key Facts for 18 August 1962

On 18 August 1962, 428 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
93 were record highs and 172 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 424 daily.
Semej set a daily record precipitation of 25.0 mm (1.0 in) on 18 August 1962.
Across 171 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 441 records.

Record Map

428 stations

428 station records on 18 August 1962 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 August 1962: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Semej	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Unnao	India	Record daily precipitation	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Donegaon	India	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
M.O. Amini	India	Record daily precipitation	115.0 mm (4.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Safipur	India	Record daily precipitation	206.8 mm (8.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Rosetown Cda Epf	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sitapur	India	Record daily precipitation	177.0 mm (7.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Pasighat	India	Record daily precipitation	311.6 mm (12.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Nelamangala	India	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kaiserganj	India	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Malihabad	India	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Peapalli(Pyapali)	India	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Iglas	India	Record daily precipitation	183.8 mm (7.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Jind	India	Record daily precipitation	104.0 mm (4.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Maharajganj	India	Record daily precipitation	179.1 mm (7.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Masindi	Uganda	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pithoragarh	India	Record daily precipitation	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pitea	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	1.6 C (34.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Roswell Muni AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bilhaur	India	Record daily precipitation	263.4 mm (10.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Farmerville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ambur	India	Record daily precipitation	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Atraula	India	Record daily precipitation	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kishanganj	India	Record daily precipitation	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Houston	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mundagod	India	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Minusinsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Coffee Springs 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Paducah	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Patur	India	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rajgarh	India	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sholavandan	India	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Manjhanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hasanganj	India	Record daily precipitation	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Helena	United States	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Plain Dealing	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Caledonia	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomfield 3 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Traverse Cy Cherry Capital AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ignace	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kanigiri	India	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ranikhet	India	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kalimpong Obsy Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Union City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Jaley	India	Record daily precipitation	97.2 mm (3.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	134.0 mm (5.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kilpuri	India	Record daily precipitation	112.5 mm (4.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Falls Village	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Galva	United States	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Petoskey	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Qu'appelle	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Dhanaha	India	Record daily precipitation	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Manamathurai	India	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Jhajjar	India	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Malvan	India	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	138.9 mm (5.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lucknow	India	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Misrikh	India	Record daily precipitation	150.4 mm (5.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Postmyr I Drangedal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Canon City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

428 records

Records set or tied on 18 August 1962 by type: Highest daily maximum 38, Lowest daily maximum 27, Highest daily minimum 55, Lowest daily minimum 145, Heaviest daily rainfall 163.

Records on 18 August 1962 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	38
Lowest daily maximum	27
Highest daily minimum	55
Lowest daily minimum	145
Heaviest daily rainfall	163
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 18 August 1962 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 424.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

329 broken records

Margins by which the 329 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 225.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 August 1962

Top 20 records on 18 August 1962 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 August 1962	Semej, KZ	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
18 August 1962	Unnao, IN	daily rain	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	45 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
18 August 1962	Donegaon, IN	daily rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	28 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
18 August 1962	M.O. Amini, IN	daily rain	115.0 mm (4.5 in)	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	29 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
18 August 1962	Safipur, IN	daily rain	206.8 mm (8.1 in)	149.9 mm (5.9 in)	19 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
18 August 1962	Rosetown Cda Epf, CA	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	27 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
18 August 1962	Sitapur, IN	daily rain	177.0 mm (7.0 in)	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	12 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
18 August 1962	Pasighat, IN	daily rain	311.6 mm (12.3 in)	225.5 mm (8.9 in)	15 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
18 August 1962	Nelamangala, IN	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	44 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
18 August 1962	Kaiserganj, IN	daily rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	56.3 mm (2.2 in)	51 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
18 August 1962	Malihabad, IN	daily rain	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	40 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
18 August 1962	Peapalli(Pyapali), IN	monthly rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	3 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
18 August 1962	Iglas, IN	monthly rain	183.8 mm (7.2 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	54 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
18 August 1962	Jind, IN	daily rain	104.0 mm (4.1 in)	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	44 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
18 August 1962	Maharajganj, IN	daily rain	179.1 mm (7.1 in)	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	49 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
18 August 1962	Masindi, UG	daily rain	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
18 August 1962	Pithoragarh, IN	daily rain	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
18 August 1962	Pitea, SE	daily low min	1.6 C (34.9 F)	2.4 C (4.3 F)	65 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
18 August 1962	Roswell Muni AP, US	daily low min	12.8 C (55.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	66 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
18 August 1962	Bilhaur, IN	monthly rain	263.4 mm (10.4 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	37 years	34 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

1797 to 1962

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1962. 1962 had 428 records.

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

Records on 08-18 in each year
Year	Records
1797	2
1805	1
1816	1
1827	1
1829	1
1830	1
1833	1
1841	1
1844	1
1845	3
1846	1
1847	1
1849	1
1851	1
1852	1
1853	1
1854	2
1855	1
1856	1
1861	1
1864	2
1866	1
1868	2
1869	1
1870	2
1872	1
1873	1
1875	3
1876	1
1878	1
1879	2
1883	3
1885	3
1886	3
1887	3
1888	2
1889	1
1890	1
1891	2
1892	6
1893	4
1894	4
1895	1
1898	4
1899	6
1900	2
1901	10
1902	8
1903	6
1904	8
1905	10
1906	40
1907	7
1908	21
1909	24
1910	16
1911	11
1912	21
1913	43
1914	37
1915	60
1916	71
1917	70
1918	53
1919	34
1920	51
1921	39
1922	129
1923	90
1924	225
1925	300
1926	168
1927	269
1928	141
1929	181
1930	150
1931	241
1932	382
1933	431
1934	638
1935	424
1936	766
1937	308
1938	243
1939	381
1940	434
1941	467
1942	333
1943	738
1944	325
1945	400
1946	416
1947	958
1948	315
1949	393
1950	683
1951	355
1952	405
1953	323
1954	622
1955	795
1956	580
1957	380
1958	580
1959	537
1960	599
1961	415
1962	428
1963	760
1964	443
1965	525
1966	573
1967	623
1968	795
1969	530
1970	597
1971	381
1972	493
1973	734
1974	639
1975	844
1976	917
1977	1,112
1978	854
1979	1,309
1980	771
1981	1,386
1982	563
1983	1,420
1984	600
1985	765
1986	861
1987	1,609
1988	1,351
1989	952
1990	920
1991	533
1992	1,497
1993	706
1994	1,027
1995	1,882
1996	760
1997	1,191
1998	923
1999	888
2000	1,183
2001	1,036
2002	1,306
2003	860
2004	1,050
2005	865
2006	842
2007	1,116
2008	1,265
2009	839
2010	1,167
2011	1,239
2012	1,247
2013	752
2014	751
2015	880
2016	704
2017	565
2018	462
2019	615
2020	1,541
2021	1,118
2022	1,237
2023	1,094
2024	696
2025	455
2026	545

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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 50	318
50 to 100	8
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1