Weather Records on 17 September 1962

432 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 September 1962. Highest significance: Majors Creek (the Old School), AU.

Key Facts for 17 September 1962

On 17 September 1962, 432 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
128 were record highs and 44 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 423 daily.
Majors Creek (the Old School) set a daily record precipitation of 76.7 mm (3.0 in) on 17 September 1962.
Across 164 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 423 records.

Record Map

432 stations

432 station records on 17 September 1962 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 September 1962: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Majors Creek (the Old School)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Bettowynd (Condry)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Tambe (Itambe)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Nuguru(Venkitapu)	India	Record daily precipitation	182.9 mm (7.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Milstead	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Pahala 21	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Araluen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Atalaia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Dolphin@S Nose Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lagoa da Canoa	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Rayanapally	India	Record daily precipitation	142.0 mm (5.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Numbla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pocomoke City	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Arnett 3NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Jefferson City Evap	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Begumpet Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sultanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Newport 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Supply 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Chiplun	India	Record daily precipitation	142.4 mm (5.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Khed	India	Record daily precipitation	143.0 mm (5.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mendota	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Shawinigan	Canada	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
St Andrews	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bemboka Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sadabad	India	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Botany No.1 Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cobargo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tuni	India	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bharthana	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Jetmore	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bundanoon Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Balkapur	India	Record daily precipitation	82.5 mm (3.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jactial	India	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pocharam	India	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	33.0 C (91.4 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Serra Negra Do Norte	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Asifabad(Rev)	India	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Janwada	India	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Deposit	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dahlonega 4WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Millen 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gandipet(Osmansa)	India	Record daily precipitation	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tiruvangadi	India	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bucklin 1SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Erick	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mulungu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
St Fereol	Canada	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Devrukh	India	Record daily precipitation	95.7 mm (3.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Markovo	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-11.0 C (12.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Seaside	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Roby	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ewa Plantation 741	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Srikakulam	India	Record daily precipitation	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Scheveningen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Talladega	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mtn View 91	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	1.9 C (35.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Martin Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

432 records

Records set or tied on 17 September 1962 by type: Highest daily maximum 86, Lowest daily maximum 29, Highest daily minimum 42, Lowest daily minimum 15, Heaviest daily rainfall 259, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 17 September 1962 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	86
Lowest daily maximum	29
Highest daily minimum	42
Lowest daily minimum	15
Heaviest daily rainfall	259
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 17 September 1962 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 9, daily 423.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

346 broken records

Margins by which the 346 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 116.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 September 1962

Top 20 records on 17 September 1962 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 September 1962	Majors Creek (the Old School), AU	daily rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	52 years	61 of 100 (Major)
17 September 1962	Bettowynd (Condry), AU	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	52 years	60 of 100 (Major)
17 September 1962	Tambe (Itambe), BR	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	43 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 1962	Nuguru(Venkitapu), IN	daily rain	182.9 mm (7.2 in)	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	45 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 1962	Milstead, US	daily rain	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	28 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 1962	Pahala 21, US	daily rain	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	53.9 mm (2.1 in)	31 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 1962	Araluen Post Office, AU	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	52 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 1962	Atalaia, BR	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	21 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 1962	Newport, US	daily high max	32.2 C (90.0 F)	8.3 C (14.9 F)	60 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 1962	Dolphin@S Nose Obsy, IN	daily rain	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	60 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 1962	Lagoa da Canoa, BR	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 1962	Rayanapally, IN	daily rain	142.0 mm (5.6 in)	116.6 mm (4.6 in)	17 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 1962	Numbla, AU	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	13 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 1962	Pocomoke City, US	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	60 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 1962	Arnett 3NE, US	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	32 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 1962	Jefferson City Evap, US	monthly rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	37 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 1962	Begumpet Obsy, IN	daily rain	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	60 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 1962	Sultanpur, IN	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	51 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 1962	Newport 1 NW, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	60 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 1962	Supply 1 E, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	37 years	43 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

1796 to 1962

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1962. 1962 had 432 records.

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

Records on 09-17 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1797	1
1805	1
1833	1
1834	1
1837	2
1845	1
1847	3
1848	1
1850	1
1851	2
1853	2
1854	2
1859	1
1862	1
1867	1
1870	1
1871	1
1872	1
1873	1
1874	1
1875	1
1877	1
1881	1
1882	2
1884	3
1885	3
1886	6
1888	2
1889	8
1891	1
1893	3
1894	1
1895	4
1896	9
1897	4
1898	7
1899	1
1900	4
1901	5
1902	5
1903	28
1904	2
1905	17
1906	10
1907	15
1908	13
1909	7
1910	38
1911	15
1912	17
1913	28
1914	38
1915	48
1916	40
1917	255
1918	41
1919	21
1920	40
1921	66
1922	47
1923	159
1924	80
1925	338
1926	154
1927	420
1928	78
1929	168
1930	147
1931	564
1932	425
1933	415
1934	246
1935	321
1936	219
1937	463
1938	363
1939	294
1940	326
1941	328
1942	581
1943	513
1944	403
1945	614
1946	620
1947	680
1948	630
1949	292
1950	412
1951	359
1952	263
1953	344
1954	449
1955	649
1956	437
1957	405
1958	806
1959	1,210
1960	385
1961	657
1962	432
1963	297
1964	559
1965	1,394
1966	523
1967	331
1968	691
1969	352
1970	412
1971	898
1972	556
1973	638
1974	491
1975	478
1976	636
1977	641
1978	764
1979	804
1980	794
1981	1,155
1982	606
1983	862
1984	1,006
1985	448
1986	1,314
1987	926
1988	982
1989	863
1990	650
1991	1,407
1992	686
1993	950
1994	986
1995	1,145
1996	1,342
1997	1,057
1998	1,137
1999	1,102
2000	1,318
2001	895
2002	1,025
2003	586
2004	872
2005	1,042
2006	1,344
2007	752
2008	886
2009	871
2010	907
2011	1,116
2012	597
2013	1,253
2014	571
2015	953
2016	707
2017	455
2018	899
2019	774
2020	651
2021	345
2022	313
2023	646
2024	954
2025	634
2026	968

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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 20	290
20 to 40	37
40 to 60	13
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1