Weather Records on 23 September 1962

344 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 September 1962. Highest significance: Bhagalpur, IN.

Key Facts for 23 September 1962

On 23 September 1962, 344 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
58 were record highs and 124 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 335 daily.
Bhagalpur set a daily record precipitation of 174.0 mm (6.9 in) on 23 September 1962.
Across 169 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 432 records.

Record Map

344 stations

344 station records on 23 September 1962 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 September 1962: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bhagalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	174.0 mm (6.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Micurinsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Bakhtiarpur	India	Record daily precipitation	132.2 mm (5.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Yalta	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Immarna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Colagaon	India	Record daily precipitation	192.0 mm (7.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hussainabad	India	Record daily precipitation	226.6 mm (8.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Eucla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Khair	India	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Garu	India	Record daily precipitation	126.4 mm (5.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hiranpur	India	Record daily precipitation	83.2 mm (3.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Varanasi	India	Record daily precipitation	117.9 mm (4.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ohotsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	2.5 C (36.5 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Estancia 4N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bhandaria	India	Record daily precipitation	121.0 mm (4.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Buckeye	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sonaula	India	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gogri	India	Record daily precipitation	225.4 mm (8.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lalganj	India	Record daily precipitation	100.4 mm (4.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Najahan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Voronez	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hays 1 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Estancia 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown 2 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dharni	India	Record daily precipitation	65.7 mm (2.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Jalgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gila Bend 2SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	8.8 C (47.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Barh	India	Record daily precipitation	72.5 mm (2.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Islampur	India	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Marhaura(Amnar)	India	Record daily precipitation	125.6 mm (4.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Canton 4 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Carinda (Boorooma)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett (Euroka)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mahua	India	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Khagaul	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Jaunpur	India	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Apatzingan (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Pocomoke City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Jemez Springs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Johnstown	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Chunar	India	Record daily precipitation	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Varanasi	India	Record daily precipitation	95.2 mm (3.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Connellsville Lk 7	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Huntingdon	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Banka	India	Record daily precipitation	97.4 mm (3.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Barwadih	India	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Akbarpur	India	Record daily precipitation	83.2 mm (3.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Waycross 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sable Island	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bhagalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	189.6 mm (7.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Saidpur Bhitari	India	Record daily precipitation	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Enisejsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-7.9 C (17.8 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tifton	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hatch	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Luna Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Wrangell AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Winslow AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bernburg/Saale (Nord)	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	12.5 C (54.5 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Daltonganj	India	Record daily precipitation	88.2 mm (3.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

344 records

Records set or tied on 23 September 1962 by type: Highest daily maximum 6, Lowest daily maximum 92, Highest daily minimum 52, Lowest daily minimum 32, Heaviest daily rainfall 162.

Records on 23 September 1962 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	6
Lowest daily maximum	92
Highest daily minimum	52
Lowest daily minimum	32
Heaviest daily rainfall	162
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 23 September 1962 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 6, daily 335.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

276 broken records

Margins by which the 276 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 89.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 September 1962

Top 20 records on 23 September 1962 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 September 1962	Bhagalpur, IN	daily rain	174.0 mm (6.9 in)	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	55 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 1962	Micurinsk, RU	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	62 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 1962	Bakhtiarpur, IN	daily rain	132.2 mm (5.2 in)	89.8 mm (3.5 in)	60 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 1962	Yalta, UA	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	74 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 1962	Immarna, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	19 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 1962	Colagaon, IN	monthly rain	192.0 mm (7.6 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	38 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 1962	Hussainabad, IN	all-time rain	226.6 mm (8.9 in)	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	57 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 1962	Eucla, AU	monthly rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	38 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 1962	Khair, IN	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	15 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 1962	Garu, IN	daily rain	126.4 mm (5.0 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	45 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 1962	Hiranpur, IN	daily rain	83.2 mm (3.3 in)	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	59 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 1962	Varanasi, IN	daily rain	117.9 mm (4.6 in)	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	40 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
23 September 1962	Ohotsk, RU	daily low max	2.5 C (36.5 F)	5.1 C (9.2 F)	45 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
23 September 1962	Estancia 4N, US	monthly high min	18.3 C (64.9 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	37 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
23 September 1962	Bhandaria, IN	daily rain	121.0 mm (4.8 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	45 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
23 September 1962	Buckeye, US	daily low max	26.7 C (80.1 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	61 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
23 September 1962	Sonaula, IN	daily rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	62.8 mm (2.5 in)	0 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
23 September 1962	Gogri, IN	all-time rain	225.4 mm (8.9 in)	11.8 mm (0.5 in)	4 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
23 September 1962	Lalganj, IN	daily rain	100.4 mm (4.0 in)	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	40 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
23 September 1962	Najahan, RU	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	9 years	31 of 100 (Routine)

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 344 records.

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

Records on 09-23 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1796	1
1799	1
1804	1
1832	1
1835	1
1838	1
1842	3
1843	1
1845	2
1848	1
1849	1
1850	1
1851	2
1854	3
1855	1
1859	2
1864	1
1865	1
1866	1
1868	1
1871	1
1872	1
1874	1
1875	1
1876	1
1877	1
1881	4
1882	2
1885	1
1886	1
1887	1
1888	1
1889	3
1890	2
1891	1
1892	2
1893	4
1895	9
1896	5
1897	1
1898	2
1899	4
1900	4
1901	2
1902	6
1903	7
1904	19
1905	6
1906	6
1907	19
1908	19
1909	15
1910	8
1911	11
1912	15
1913	22
1914	29
1915	25
1916	324
1917	56
1918	34
1919	40
1920	44
1921	47
1922	34
1923	74
1924	194
1925	223
1926	459
1927	247
1928	382
1929	198
1930	472
1931	600
1932	383
1933	281
1934	361
1935	239
1936	377
1937	557
1938	389
1939	279
1940	374
1941	490
1942	557
1943	322
1944	381
1945	652
1946	623
1947	803
1948	259
1949	496
1950	267
1951	462
1952	432
1953	271
1954	324
1955	852
1956	299
1957	539
1958	641
1959	307
1960	470
1961	670
1962	344
1963	568
1964	322
1965	783
1966	528
1967	341
1968	481
1969	450
1970	1,457
1971	578
1972	461
1973	674
1974	1,543
1975	1,038
1976	463
1977	616
1978	500
1979	586
1980	1,037
1981	717
1982	775
1983	1,744
1984	1,121
1985	924
1986	740
1987	1,077
1988	653
1989	1,376
1990	702
1991	519
1992	976
1993	983
1994	1,140
1995	1,868
1996	809
1997	1,060
1998	1,326
1999	1,207
2000	2,026
2001	790
2002	930
2003	1,243
2004	986
2005	1,207
2006	1,509
2007	1,153
2008	835
2009	1,201
2010	1,360
2011	666
2012	785
2013	573
2014	595
2015	587
2016	774
2017	1,371
2018	693
2019	565
2020	618
2021	602
2022	551
2023	812
2024	499
2025	449
2026	384

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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	247
20 to 40	17
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	2