Weather Records on 21 August 1962

469 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 August 1962. Highest significance: Heidelberg Cape (Pol), ZA.

Key Facts for 21 August 1962

On 21 August 1962, 469 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
201 were record highs and 61 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 454 daily.
Heidelberg Cape (Pol) set a monthly record daily precipitation of 109.0 mm (4.3 in) on 21 August 1962.
Across 165 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 450 records.

Record Map

469 stations

469 station records on 21 August 1962 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 August 1962: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Heidelberg Cape (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
George Airport	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Harkerville (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Bloukrans (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	132.0 mm (5.2 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Kleinfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	156.3 mm (6.2 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Muzaffarpur	India	Record daily precipitation	145.4 mm (5.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Millwood (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	151.0 mm (5.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Buffelsnek (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	118.4 mm (4.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Lottering (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	119.0 mm (4.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Oudtshoorn	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Gouna (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	114.5 mm (4.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Strawberry Hill (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	87.0 mm (3.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cegcuana (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Yarra River (Yarra Glen)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Woodville (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	95.2 mm (3.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Khutauna	India	Record daily precipitation	186.4 mm (7.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Parsa	India	Record daily precipitation	185.4 mm (7.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bergplaats (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	133.0 mm (5.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Calitzdorp Pol	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Herold (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	185.5 mm (7.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Runnymede (Whitemarsh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hartwell	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Port Orford 2	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tufanganj	India	Record daily precipitation	219.7 mm (8.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Goudveld (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Radford 5 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sepaya	India	Record daily precipitation	225.2 mm (8.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gondwara(Kohra)	India	Record daily precipitation	156.4 mm (6.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Welbedagt	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	6.4 C (43.5 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Concordia (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ridgway	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Piaxtla	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dixville Notch	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Coranderrk Badger Weir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Indian Bay	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Zuur Anys	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	105.1 mm (4.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Frostburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	9.3 C (48.7 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hankey (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett Council Depot	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Loukahi	India	Record daily precipitation	190.2 mm (7.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Loerie (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Poplar Bluff	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ocampo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Roodebloem	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
State UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tanakal(Tanakall)	India	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Great Brak River	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wallowa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Humansdorp (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pieter Meintjies (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Groothoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lincoln	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Milan Exp STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Spencer	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pemberton Meadows	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
St George	Canada	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
De Hoop	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	92.0 mm (3.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

469 records

Records set or tied on 21 August 1962 by type: Highest daily maximum 88, Lowest daily maximum 43, Highest daily minimum 113, Lowest daily minimum 18, Heaviest daily rainfall 207.

Records on 21 August 1962 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	88
Lowest daily maximum	43
Highest daily minimum	113
Lowest daily minimum	18
Heaviest daily rainfall	207
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 21 August 1962 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 12, daily 454.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

360 broken records

Margins by which the 360 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 118.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 August 1962

Top 20 records on 21 August 1962 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 August 1962	Heidelberg Cape (Pol), ZA	monthly rain	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	73 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
21 August 1962	George Airport, ZA	daily rain	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	81 years	72 of 100 (Major)
21 August 1962	Harkerville (Bos), ZA	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	67 years	67 of 100 (Major)
21 August 1962	Bloukrans (Bos), ZA	daily rain	132.0 mm (5.2 in)	85.5 mm (3.4 in)	65 years	67 of 100 (Major)
21 August 1962	Kleinfontein, ZA	all-time rain	156.3 mm (6.2 in)	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	4 years	64 of 100 (Major)
21 August 1962	Muzaffarpur, IN	daily rain	145.4 mm (5.7 in)	108.6 mm (4.3 in)	52 years	60 of 100 (Major)
21 August 1962	Millwood (Bos), ZA	daily rain	151.0 mm (5.9 in)	118.0 mm (4.6 in)	32 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
21 August 1962	Buffelsnek (Bos), ZA	daily rain	118.4 mm (4.7 in)	91.5 mm (3.6 in)	32 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
21 August 1962	Lottering (Bos), ZA	daily rain	119.0 mm (4.7 in)	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	65 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
21 August 1962	Oudtshoorn, ZA	daily rain	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	23 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
21 August 1962	Gouna (Bos), ZA	daily rain	114.5 mm (4.5 in)	90.6 mm (3.6 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
21 August 1962	Strawberry Hill (Bos), ZA	daily rain	87.0 mm (3.4 in)	56.5 mm (2.2 in)	23 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
21 August 1962	Cegcuana (Bos), ZA	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
21 August 1962	Yarra River (Yarra Glen), AU	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	68 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
21 August 1962	Woodville (Bos), ZA	daily rain	95.2 mm (3.7 in)	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	23 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
21 August 1962	Khutauna, IN	daily rain	186.4 mm (7.3 in)	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	49 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
21 August 1962	Parsa, IN	monthly rain	185.4 mm (7.3 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	51 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
21 August 1962	Bergplaats (Bos), ZA	daily rain	133.0 mm (5.2 in)	112.7 mm (4.4 in)	23 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
21 August 1962	Calitzdorp Pol, ZA	monthly rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	66 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
21 August 1962	Herold (Pol), ZA	all-time rain	185.5 mm (7.3 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	48 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

1800 to 1962

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 1962. 1962 had 469 records.

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

Records on 08-21 in each year
Year	Records
1800	1
1802	1
1804	1
1807	1
1816	1
1818	1
1832	1
1834	1
1839	3
1843	1
1847	1
1849	3
1850	1
1851	2
1863	1
1866	1
1867	2
1870	3
1871	2
1872	1
1873	1
1876	1
1877	2
1879	2
1884	2
1885	5
1886	1
1887	5
1888	2
1889	3
1890	4
1891	2
1893	4
1894	8
1895	3
1896	2
1897	4
1898	4
1899	7
1900	4
1901	9
1902	8
1903	6
1904	8
1905	4
1906	22
1907	20
1908	13
1909	17
1910	33
1911	19
1912	50
1913	37
1914	24
1915	21
1916	106
1917	101
1918	202
1919	19
1920	59
1921	34
1922	58
1923	111
1924	135
1925	220
1926	227
1927	228
1928	110
1929	234
1930	297
1931	277
1932	264
1933	328
1934	320
1935	318
1936	807
1937	762
1938	239
1939	630
1940	683
1941	180
1942	415
1943	438
1944	346
1945	544
1946	390
1947	954
1948	305
1949	508
1950	958
1951	699
1952	368
1953	331
1954	497
1955	885
1956	701
1957	490
1958	389
1959	704
1960	490
1961	644
1962	469
1963	338
1964	794
1965	455
1966	661
1967	541
1968	1,014
1969	650
1970	373
1971	660
1972	441
1973	438
1974	564
1975	545
1976	756
1977	764
1978	445
1979	778
1980	904
1981	1,015
1982	769
1983	1,407
1984	975
1985	623
1986	1,166
1987	740
1988	889
1989	828
1990	910
1991	828
1992	957
1993	698
1994	968
1995	962
1996	950
1997	1,291
1998	948
1999	717
2000	861
2001	797
2002	965
2003	1,241
2004	1,585
2005	1,071
2006	797
2007	1,829
2008	1,012
2009	1,319
2010	1,155
2011	1,022
2012	990
2013	513
2014	624
2015	651
2016	890
2017	347
2018	816
2019	631
2020	1,147
2021	767
2022	917
2023	1,826
2024	777
2025	1,230
2026	1,289

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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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	317
20 to 40	23
40 to 60	9
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	6
100 to 120	3