Weather Records on 24 September 1962

360 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 September 1962. Highest significance: Chapra Obsy Sr, IN.

Key Facts for 24 September 1962

On 24 September 1962, 360 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
50 were record highs and 86 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 355 daily.
Chapra Obsy Sr set a daily record precipitation of 113.0 mm (4.4 in) on 24 September 1962.
Across 166 earlier years (1803 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 428 records.

Record Map

360 stations

360 station records on 24 September 1962 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 September 1962: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Chapra Obsy Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Bannockburn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Ararat Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Ballarat Botanical Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Melur	India	Record daily precipitation	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Shelford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mirzapur	India	Record daily precipitation	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Geelong Sec	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Linton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Charam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Samastipur	India	Record daily precipitation	140.2 mm (5.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Woodend (Corinella Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Barunah Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Chunar	India	Record daily precipitation	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Portarlington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Queenscliff	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Smythesdale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Leavenworth	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ballarat Aerodrome	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mahul Pnulpur	India	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Scotsburn (Mount Boninyong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hussainabad	India	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Campbell	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ancho	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Moyston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Portsea Quarantine Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Geelong Salines (Moolap)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rokewood (Kuruc A Ruc)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Allahabad Chailk	India	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Elaine (Larundel)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Triunfo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Meja	India	Record daily precipitation	159.8 mm (6.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mariahu	India	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Patti	India	Record daily precipitation	101.3 mm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Beaufort (Wongan)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ekangersarai	India	Record daily precipitation	100.4 mm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Carrizozo 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Brewarrina (Talawanta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Karchana	India	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Halls Gap	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Morrisons (Ballark)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Barwon Heads (Jirrahlinga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Jaunpur	India	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Buckeye	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Badausa	India	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Enisejsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-7.1 C (19.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Port Hastings	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Handia	India	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Shahganj	India	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bungaree (Kirks Reservoir)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Phulwari	India	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kerakat	India	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Stanton	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Carinda Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gangapur	India	Record daily precipitation	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Eliza	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Soraon	India	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Jalalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Aguirre	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

360 records

Records set or tied on 24 September 1962 by type: Highest daily maximum 17, Lowest daily maximum 55, Highest daily minimum 33, Lowest daily minimum 31, Heaviest daily rainfall 224.

Records on 24 September 1962 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	17
Lowest daily maximum	55
Highest daily minimum	33
Lowest daily minimum	31
Heaviest daily rainfall	224
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 24 September 1962 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 355.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

310 broken records

Margins by which the 310 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 106.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 September 1962

Top 20 records on 24 September 1962 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 September 1962	Chapra Obsy Sr, IN	daily rain	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	90.1 mm (3.5 in)	60 years	60 of 100 (Major)
24 September 1962	Bannockburn, AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	45 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 1962	Ararat Post Office, AU	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	94 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 1962	Ballarat Botanical Gardens, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	68 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 1962	Melur, IN	daily rain	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	106.4 mm (4.2 in)	11 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 1962	Shelford, AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	68 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 1962	Mirzapur, IN	daily rain	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	71.3 mm (2.8 in)	45 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 1962	Geelong Sec, AU	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	45 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 1962	Linton Post Office, AU	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	45 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 1962	Charam, AU	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	1 year	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 1962	Samastipur, IN	daily rain	140.2 mm (5.5 in)	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	36 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 1962	Woodend (Corinella Road), AU	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 1962	Barunah Plains, AU	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	45 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 1962	Chunar, IN	daily rain	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	48 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 1962	Portarlington, AU	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	7 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 1962	Queenscliff, AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	45 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 1962	Smythesdale, AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	45 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 1962	Leavenworth, US	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	57 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 1962	Ballarat Aerodrome, AU	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	47 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 1962	Mahul Pnulpur, IN	daily rain	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	36 years	41 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

1803 to 1962

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1803 to 1962. 1962 had 360 records.

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

Records on 09-24 in each year
Year	Records
1803	1
1835	1
1836	1
1842	1
1847	1
1852	2
1854	2
1857	2
1858	1
1859	1
1860	1
1863	1
1864	1
1865	1
1866	1
1867	2
1868	1
1870	3
1871	1
1872	1
1873	1
1874	2
1875	2
1876	1
1877	3
1878	2
1881	5
1884	1
1885	2
1887	1
1889	5
1890	1
1891	2
1892	5
1893	1
1894	2
1895	7
1896	2
1898	1
1899	4
1900	5
1901	3
1902	10
1903	8
1904	9
1905	7
1906	5
1907	20
1908	23
1909	31
1910	8
1911	11
1912	49
1913	9
1914	23
1915	159
1916	253
1917	87
1918	7
1919	26
1920	69
1921	23
1922	49
1923	70
1924	175
1925	146
1926	630
1927	194
1928	603
1929	137
1930	488
1931	463
1932	354
1933	424
1934	367
1935	449
1936	329
1937	237
1938	355
1939	331
1940	319
1941	319
1942	918
1943	413
1944	334
1945	475
1946	425
1947	704
1948	422
1949	554
1950	778
1951	580
1952	425
1953	346
1954	269
1955	577
1956	427
1957	370
1958	725
1959	414
1960	487
1961	680
1962	360
1963	715
1964	329
1965	624
1966	410
1967	394
1968	433
1969	278
1970	1,046
1971	485
1972	480
1973	1,208
1974	1,204
1975	1,116
1976	556
1977	814
1978	619
1979	577
1980	633
1981	604
1982	702
1983	1,128
1984	1,565
1985	771
1986	1,207
1987	729
1988	740
1989	1,668
1990	969
1991	519
1992	1,250
1993	1,055
1994	842
1995	1,251
1996	676
1997	1,238
1998	945
1999	933
2000	1,966
2001	1,097
2002	885
2003	863
2004	600
2005	1,256
2006	1,306
2007	1,244
2008	633
2009	866
2010	1,340
2011	770
2012	545
2013	514
2014	764
2015	770
2016	732
2017	1,402
2018	497
2019	516
2020	754
2021	457
2022	395
2023	689
2024	778
2025	576
2026	389

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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	276
20 to 40	24
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	1