Weather Records on 22 August 1962

329 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 August 1962. Highest significance: Cypress River, CA.

Key Facts for 22 August 1962

On 22 August 1962, 329 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
59 were record highs and 67 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 322 daily.
Cypress River set a monthly record daily precipitation of 100.8 mm (4.0 in) on 22 August 1962.
Across 167 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 438 records.

Record Map

329 stations

329 station records on 22 August 1962 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 August 1962: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cypress River	Canada	Record daily precipitation	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Sandhoogte (Pur)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Edgefield 3 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Waskada	Canada	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ninette	Canada	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Dryden	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tepeaca	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sparta	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Linton	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mahua	India	Record daily precipitation	172.7 mm (6.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Souris	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Minnedosa	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mohiuddin Nagar	India	Record daily precipitation	118.0 mm (4.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Muzaffarpur	India	Record daily precipitation	126.8 mm (5.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Flambeau Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Peddapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Budennovsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Woodland	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mountainair	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Brandon Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Portage la Prairie	Canada	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Marhaura(Amnar)	India	Record daily precipitation	183.4 mm (7.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tiruchengode	India	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Strawberry Hill (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Winterhoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Perillup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ron	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Guayama 1SW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Busselton Shire	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Virden	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Guanacevi (Smn)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Warsaw 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Regina Int'l A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Great Falls	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bunbury Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Padrauna	India	Record daily precipitation	129.0 mm (5.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Roxboro 7 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Laketown	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Houston	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Juneau Dwtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lalganj	India	Record daily precipitation	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bay Minette	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kakinada	India	Record daily precipitation	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Marsrakh	India	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Annur	India	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kandalaksa	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-1.4 C (29.5 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Yates 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hamiota	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sta. Cruz de Tenerife	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Auburn	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Newton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lewistown AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tamluk	India	Record daily precipitation	110.2 mm (4.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Maunabo	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Svyatoy Nos;Cape(Closed)	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hermann	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Carrington	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Gilman	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

329 records

Records set or tied on 22 August 1962 by type: Highest daily maximum 36, Lowest daily maximum 36, Highest daily minimum 23, Lowest daily minimum 31, Heaviest daily rainfall 203.

Records on 22 August 1962 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	36
Lowest daily maximum	36
Highest daily minimum	23
Lowest daily minimum	31
Heaviest daily rainfall	203
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 22 August 1962 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 7, daily 322.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

281 broken records

Margins by which the 281 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 83.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 August 1962

Top 20 records on 22 August 1962 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 August 1962	Cypress River, CA	monthly rain	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	10 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1962	Sandhoogte (Pur), ZA	monthly rain	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	7 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1962	Edgefield 3 NNE, US	daily rain	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	58.6 mm (2.3 in)	39 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1962	Waskada, CA	monthly rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	19 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1962	Ninette, CA	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1962	Dryden, CA	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1962	Tepeaca, MX	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	16 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1962	Sparta, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	32 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1962	Linton, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1962	Mahua, IN	daily rain	172.7 mm (6.8 in)	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	11 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1962	Souris, CA	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	13 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1962	Minnedosa, CA	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	63 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1962	Mohiuddin Nagar, IN	daily rain	118.0 mm (4.6 in)	54.5 mm (2.1 in)	40 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1962	Muzaffarpur, IN	daily rain	126.8 mm (5.0 in)	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	24 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1962	Flambeau Rsvr, US	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	20 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1962	Peddapuram, IN	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	15 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1962	Budennovsk, RU	daily rain	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1962	Woodland, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	43 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1962	Mountainair, US	daily high min	18.9 C (66.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	52 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1962	Brandon Cda, CA	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	63 years	35 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

1802 to 1962

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1962. 1962 had 329 records.

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

Records on 08-22 in each year
Year	Records
1802	2
1803	1
1805	1
1812	1
1816	1
1835	1
1839	2
1843	1
1846	2
1849	1
1850	1
1853	1
1857	1
1863	1
1864	1
1867	1
1868	1
1869	1
1870	4
1872	1
1875	1
1876	3
1877	3
1878	2
1882	1
1883	1
1884	1
1885	1
1886	1
1887	2
1888	2
1889	3
1891	2
1892	6
1893	3
1894	7
1895	6
1896	2
1897	4
1898	6
1899	5
1900	1
1901	5
1902	6
1903	3
1904	8
1905	7
1906	24
1907	7
1908	29
1909	5
1910	19
1911	20
1912	39
1913	30
1914	18
1915	31
1916	75
1917	47
1918	85
1919	18
1920	60
1921	64
1922	44
1923	279
1924	148
1925	219
1926	144
1927	154
1928	134
1929	240
1930	276
1931	388
1932	222
1933	367
1934	234
1935	337
1936	954
1937	421
1938	501
1939	517
1940	503
1941	249
1942	500
1943	517
1944	526
1945	475
1946	410
1947	1,034
1948	297
1949	570
1950	460
1951	452
1952	372
1953	348
1954	466
1955	553
1956	785
1957	371
1958	511
1959	547
1960	612
1961	562
1962	329
1963	419
1964	686
1965	423
1966	830
1967	404
1968	1,091
1969	727
1970	368
1971	1,021
1972	436
1973	611
1974	628
1975	597
1976	722
1977	655
1978	529
1979	547
1980	640
1981	795
1982	912
1983	1,366
1984	739
1985	793
1986	1,073
1987	801
1988	1,133
1989	753
1990	808
1991	808
1992	994
1993	845
1994	803
1995	1,002
1996	942
1997	1,381
1998	1,016
1999	756
2000	867
2001	940
2002	1,385
2003	1,550
2004	1,029
2005	887
2006	832
2007	1,801
2008	869
2009	1,347
2010	1,397
2011	1,255
2012	831
2013	450
2014	911
2015	529
2016	730
2017	537
2018	752
2019	558
2020	1,041
2021	683
2022	781
2023	1,525
2024	803
2025	1,359
2026	992

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Data for records on 1962-08-22: 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 20	247
20 to 40	24
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1