Weather Records on 16 September 1962

479 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 September 1962. Highest significance: Cobargo Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 16 September 1962

On 16 September 1962, 479 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
82 were record highs and 47 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 28 monthly and 449 daily.
Cobargo Post Office set a monthly record daily precipitation of 163.6 mm (6.4 in) on 16 September 1962.
Across 168 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 414 records.

Record Map

479 stations

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

Weather records on 16 September 1962: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cobargo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	163.6 mm (6.4 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Majors Creek (the Old School)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	146.1 mm (5.8 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Bettowynd (Condry)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	132.8 mm (5.2 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Nelligen (Thule Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	219.2 mm (8.6 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Braidwood (Krawarree)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	147.1 mm (5.8 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Lammermoor Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Ashwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.3 mm (4.5 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Palmetto	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Rocky Hall Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Moruya Heads Pilot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Wycheproof (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Mount Fairy (Merigan)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Canary Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Countegany	Australia	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Paragould	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Yarrawalla South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Narrewilock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Vicosa	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Monroe 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Belconnen (Weetangerra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Guhagar	India	Record daily precipitation	186.7 mm (7.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Condamine Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bega (Newtown Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Agua Branca	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Nagappattinam	India	Record daily precipitation	72.8 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Santuck	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Monterey	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Palmares	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Zuerich/Fluntern	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Blytheville	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Allardt	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wyndham Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Arcoverde (Rio Branco)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Brownsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dodge City	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Araluen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	173.2 mm (6.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Jindabyne West (Hiawatha)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Baheri	India	Record daily precipitation	178.6 mm (7.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tullahoma	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Catawba	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Minnville	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock	Canada	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bungendore (Gidleigh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nawabganj	India	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Chester 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	164.1 mm (6.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Michelago (Soglio)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pandhera	India	Record daily precipitation	170.2 mm (6.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Balgownie West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Struth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Westbrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bemboka Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	137.4 mm (5.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lexington	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Parker 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	38.0 C (100.4 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Helidon Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wapengo Lake Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	119.1 mm (4.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cooma (Gurrabeal)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Warthausen-Birkenhard	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Deogaon Lalganj	India	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tororo	Uganda	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

479 records

Records set or tied on 16 September 1962 by type: Highest daily maximum 31, Lowest daily maximum 22, Highest daily minimum 51, Lowest daily minimum 25, Heaviest daily rainfall 350.

Records on 16 September 1962 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	31
Lowest daily maximum	22
Highest daily minimum	51
Lowest daily minimum	25
Heaviest daily rainfall	350
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 16 September 1962 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 28, daily 449.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

413 broken records

Margins by which the 413 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 92.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 September 1962

Top 20 records on 16 September 1962 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 September 1962	Cobargo Post Office, AU	monthly rain	163.6 mm (6.4 in)	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	47 years	71 of 100 (Major)
16 September 1962	Majors Creek (the Old School), AU	monthly rain	146.1 mm (5.8 in)	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	47 years	70 of 100 (Major)
16 September 1962	Bettowynd (Condry), AU	monthly rain	132.8 mm (5.2 in)	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	45 years	69 of 100 (Major)
16 September 1962	Nelligen (Thule Road), AU	monthly rain	219.2 mm (8.6 in)	73.1 mm (2.9 in)	47 years	69 of 100 (Major)
16 September 1962	Braidwood (Krawarree), AU	monthly rain	147.1 mm (5.8 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	45 years	69 of 100 (Major)
16 September 1962	Lammermoor Station, AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	68 years	67 of 100 (Major)
16 September 1962	Ashwood, US	daily rain	113.3 mm (4.5 in)	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	66 years	67 of 100 (Major)
16 September 1962	Palmetto, US	daily rain	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	67 years	67 of 100 (Major)
16 September 1962	Rocky Hall Post Office, AU	monthly rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	71 years	65 of 100 (Major)
16 September 1962	Moruya Heads Pilot Station, AU	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	44 years	61 of 100 (Major)
16 September 1962	Wycheproof (Post Office), AU	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	40 years	60 of 100 (Major)
16 September 1962	Mount Fairy (Merigan), AU	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1962	Canary Island, AU	monthly rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	65 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1962	Countegany, AU	monthly rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	47 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1962	Paragould, US	daily rain	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	59 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1962	Yarrawalla South, AU	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	27 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1962	Narrewilock, AU	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	27 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1962	Vicosa, BR	monthly rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	41 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1962	Monroe 2 SE, US	daily rain	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	52 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1962	Belconnen (Weetangerra), AU	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	51 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 479 records.

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

Records on 09-16 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1796	1
1807	1
1809	1
1823	2
1828	1
1829	1
1833	1
1837	1
1845	1
1847	1
1848	2
1850	1
1852	1
1854	2
1857	1
1861	1
1865	1
1866	1
1867	1
1869	1
1873	1
1874	3
1875	2
1877	4
1879	1
1882	1
1884	2
1885	5
1886	1
1887	2
1888	1
1889	9
1890	1
1892	2
1893	2
1894	1
1895	2
1896	3
1897	2
1898	6
1899	4
1900	5
1901	7
1902	3
1903	18
1904	5
1905	9
1906	12
1907	14
1908	15
1909	18
1910	26
1911	18
1912	58
1913	43
1914	35
1915	50
1916	60
1917	180
1918	125
1919	26
1920	164
1921	62
1922	147
1923	151
1924	77
1925	212
1926	116
1927	382
1928	62
1929	121
1930	235
1931	568
1932	533
1933	321
1934	519
1935	303
1936	442
1937	536
1938	296
1939	666
1940	188
1941	319
1942	504
1943	270
1944	284
1945	390
1946	610
1947	763
1948	541
1949	486
1950	506
1951	290
1952	378
1953	317
1954	554
1955	490
1956	605
1957	500
1958	538
1959	983
1960	235
1961	833
1962	479
1963	491
1964	859
1965	1,159
1966	838
1967	427
1968	496
1969	360
1970	627
1971	617
1972	451
1973	608
1974	385
1975	836
1976	878
1977	577
1978	421
1979	1,025
1980	568
1981	765
1982	863
1983	814
1984	898
1985	539
1986	862
1987	783
1988	786
1989	854
1990	593
1991	1,367
1992	1,073
1993	1,542
1994	1,008
1995	976
1996	1,403
1997	1,028
1998	1,466
1999	879
2000	1,315
2001	819
2002	1,117
2003	627
2004	746
2005	1,112
2006	1,274
2007	895
2008	1,000
2009	754
2010	880
2011	1,265
2012	572
2013	673
2014	490
2015	926
2016	767
2017	583
2018	921
2019	742
2020	674
2021	454
2022	521
2023	568
2024	885
2025	578
2026	920

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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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 16 September 1962
Margin	Records
0 to 20	315
20 to 40	62
40 to 60	25
60 to 80	9
80 to 100	2