Weather Records on 12 September 1962

407 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 September 1962. Highest significance: Linkoeping-Malmslaett, SE.

Key Facts for 12 September 1962

On 12 September 1962, 407 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
130 were record highs and 67 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 399 daily.
Linkoeping-Malmslaett set a daily record precipitation of 28.1 mm (1.1 in) on 12 September 1962.
Across 164 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 413 records.

Record Map

407 stations

407 station records on 12 September 1962 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 September 1962: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Mavelikara	India	Record daily precipitation	143.5 mm (5.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Gandai	India	Record daily precipitation	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Sehore Qasba	India	Record daily precipitation	194.8 mm (7.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Jullundar	India	Record daily precipitation	155.0 mm (6.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Carinda Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sopore	India	Record daily precipitation	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rose Isle	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Parur	India	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	10.2 C (50.4 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Viljandi	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Praha-Klementinum	Czech Republic	Record high maximum temperature	29.6 C (85.3 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Berasia	India	Record daily precipitation	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Moga	India	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sholingur	India	Record daily precipitation	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record high minimum temperature	19.7 C (67.5 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record high minimum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Forked Mountain	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bhopal	India	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ichhawar	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hoshiarpur	India	Record daily precipitation	168.9 mm (6.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	9.7 C (49.5 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kuusiku	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Garhshankar	India	Record daily precipitation	109.3 mm (4.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
McKinley Park	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Skjomen	Norway	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Svenska Hogarna	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gumri	Armenia	Record low maximum temperature	12.4 C (54.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chinchilla Water Treatment Pla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dunlop	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Arukutty	India	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Perinthalamanna	India	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Khurai	India	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ferozepur Sadar	India	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ambalapuza	India	Record daily precipitation	128.0 mm (5.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pattanamphitta	India	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Chindwara	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Houston Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Caroona (West Mooki)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Curlewis Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Manjeri	India	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Boolcarrol	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kunda	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	28.0 C (82.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Augsburg (Sankt Stephan)	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Vidisha	India	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Greensboro	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Konni	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ponnamaravathi	India	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lumpkin 2 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cordova AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Jingi Jingi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Karikode	India	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Alattur	India	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tucson WFO	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Breeza (Main Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Zerbst	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	15.1 C (59.2 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Louisville 1 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

407 records

Records set or tied on 12 September 1962 by type: Highest daily maximum 58, Lowest daily maximum 31, Highest daily minimum 72, Lowest daily minimum 36, Heaviest daily rainfall 209, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 12 September 1962 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	58
Lowest daily maximum	31
Highest daily minimum	72
Lowest daily minimum	36
Heaviest daily rainfall	209
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 12 September 1962 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 8, daily 399.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

330 broken records

Margins by which the 330 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 165.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 September 1962

Top 20 records on 12 September 1962 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 September 1962	Linkoeping-Malmslaett, SE	daily rain	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	14.1 mm (0.6 in)	95 years	62 of 100 (Major)
12 September 1962	Mavelikara, IN	daily rain	143.5 mm (5.6 in)	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	59 years	61 of 100 (Major)
12 September 1962	Gandai, IN	daily rain	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	27 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1962	Sehore Qasba, IN	daily rain	194.8 mm (7.7 in)	165.6 mm (6.5 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1962	Jullundar, IN	daily rain	155.0 mm (6.1 in)	97.1 mm (3.8 in)	24 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1962	Carinda Post Office, AU	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	62 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1962	Sopore, IN	monthly rain	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	9 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1962	Rose Isle, AU	monthly rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	4.9 mm (0.19 in)	64 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1962	Parur, IN	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	59 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1962	Uppsala_Aut, SE	daily low max	10.2 C (50.4 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	119 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1962	Viljandi, EE	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	0 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1962	Praha-Klementinum, CZ	daily high max	29.6 C (85.3 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	122 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1962	Berasia, IN	daily rain	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	65.1 mm (2.6 in)	28 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1962	Moga, IN	daily rain	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	56 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1962	Sholingur, IN	daily rain	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	60 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1962	Tashkent, UZ	daily high min	19.7 C (67.5 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	70 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1962	Col du Grand St-Bernard, CH	daily high min	9.0 C (48.2 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	89 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1962	Forked Mountain, AU	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	27 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1962	Bhopal, IN	daily rain	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	16 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1962	Ichhawar, IN	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	25 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

1793 to 1962

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1962. 1962 had 407 records.

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

Records on 09-12 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1809	1
1813	1
1814	2
1834	1
1837	2
1839	1
1847	1
1848	1
1854	4
1859	2
1860	2
1865	2
1866	1
1867	1
1868	2
1869	1
1872	2
1876	1
1878	1
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1884	2
1885	2
1886	1
1887	2
1888	2
1889	1
1891	4
1892	1
1893	4
1894	1
1895	5
1896	2
1897	3
1898	3
1899	4
1900	1
1901	5
1902	11
1903	18
1904	7
1905	8
1906	24
1907	11
1908	12
1909	11
1910	4
1911	15
1912	20
1913	12
1914	49
1915	71
1916	21
1917	231
1918	42
1919	69
1920	49
1921	60
1922	136
1923	33
1924	177
1925	443
1926	89
1927	339
1928	155
1929	118
1930	198
1931	648
1932	199
1933	360
1934	176
1935	441
1936	515
1937	318
1938	332
1939	702
1940	891
1941	172
1942	337
1943	544
1944	393
1945	414
1946	302
1947	596
1948	292
1949	512
1950	578
1951	399
1952	575
1953	515
1954	313
1955	457
1956	389
1957	727
1958	783
1959	536
1960	772
1961	750
1962	407
1963	466
1964	836
1965	459
1966	416
1967	510
1968	428
1969	558
1970	619
1971	593
1972	430
1973	588
1974	575
1975	1,102
1976	539
1977	524
1978	952
1979	765
1980	511
1981	424
1982	993
1983	915
1984	700
1985	876
1986	787
1987	686
1988	997
1989	1,313
1990	1,001
1991	672
1992	767
1993	798
1994	550
1995	532
1996	1,014
1997	737
1998	1,770
1999	938
2000	1,188
2001	797
2002	883
2003	830
2004	653
2005	1,032
2006	963
2007	776
2008	1,213
2009	876
2010	939
2011	988
2012	639
2013	1,066
2014	1,374
2015	704
2016	748
2017	1,114
2018	595
2019	884
2020	566
2021	513
2022	739
2023	844
2024	1,009
2025	433
2026	627

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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 25	309
25 to 50	13
50 to 75	3
75 to 100	4
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	1