Weather Records on 25 September 1962

305 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 25 September 1962. Highest significance: Kunda, IN.

Key Facts for 25 September 1962

On 25 September 1962, 305 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
57 were record highs and 53 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 298 daily.
Kunda set a daily record precipitation of 142.0 mm (5.6 in) on 25 September 1962.
Across 163 earlier years (1825 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 427 records.

Record Map

305 stations

305 station records on 25 September 1962 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 25 September 1962: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kunda	India	Record daily precipitation	142.0 mm (5.6 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Dromana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Warramboo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Phulpur	India	Record daily precipitation	107.9 mm (4.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Allahabad Chailk	India	Record daily precipitation	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Manjhanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mau	India	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Purwa	India	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Nawabganj	India	Record daily precipitation	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Khajwa	India	Record daily precipitation	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Inglewood Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tumkur	India	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Soraon	India	Record daily precipitation	78.1 mm (3.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Salon	India	Record daily precipitation	107.9 mm (4.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lara Lake	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Machhlisnahr	India	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Rainworth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Chillicothe	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Littlefield	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Champoton (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mungallala	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pinos Altos	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mardan South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fatehpur	India	Record daily precipitation	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Talwood State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gravesend Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-1.3 C (29.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Jaen (Instituto)	Spain	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Daroca	Spain	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Conceicao da Barra	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Karwi	India	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kahuku 912	United States	Record low minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lesbrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gonda	India	Record daily precipitation	77.8 mm (3.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ocampo	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Poughkeepsie	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	0.3 C (32.5 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Rita de Cassia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Rae Bareli	India	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Maharajganj	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
El Dorado Goodwin Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nagode	India	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kurinjipadi	India	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Attur	India	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Owensboro Trtmt Plt E	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Magdalena	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Khaga	India	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Naryn	Kyrgyzstan	Record low minimum temperature	-4.6 C (23.7 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sotchi	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	29.5 C (85.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lubbock 9N	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bybera	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Chinnar	India	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tindivanam	India	Record daily precipitation	110.4 mm (4.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Owensboro 3ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Curtis	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Carrizozo 1SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
New Westminster	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tirumayam	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Guerrero (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

305 records

Records set or tied on 25 September 1962 by type: Highest daily maximum 31, Lowest daily maximum 34, Highest daily minimum 26, Lowest daily minimum 19, Heaviest daily rainfall 195.

Records on 25 September 1962 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	31
Lowest daily maximum	34
Highest daily minimum	26
Lowest daily minimum	19
Heaviest daily rainfall	195
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 25 September 1962 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 7, daily 298.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

251 broken records

Margins by which the 251 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 99.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

25 September 1962

Top 20 records on 25 September 1962 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
25 September 1962	Kunda, IN	daily rain	142.0 mm (5.6 in)	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	60 years	64 of 100 (Major)
25 September 1962	Dromana, AU	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	68 years	60 of 100 (Major)
25 September 1962	Warramboo, AU	monthly rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	21 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
25 September 1962	Phulpur, IN	daily rain	107.9 mm (4.2 in)	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	60 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
25 September 1962	Allahabad Chailk, IN	daily rain	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	77.8 mm (3.1 in)	60 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
25 September 1962	Manjhanpur, IN	daily rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	60 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
25 September 1962	Mau, IN	daily rain	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	60.9 mm (2.4 in)	60 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
25 September 1962	Purwa, IN	daily rain	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	60 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
25 September 1962	Nawabganj, IN	daily rain	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	56.7 mm (2.2 in)	60 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
25 September 1962	Khajwa, IN	daily rain	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	60 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
25 September 1962	Inglewood Post Office, AU	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	45 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
25 September 1962	Tumkur, IN	daily rain	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	60 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
25 September 1962	Soraon, IN	daily rain	78.1 mm (3.1 in)	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	60 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
25 September 1962	Salon, IN	daily rain	107.9 mm (4.2 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	60 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
25 September 1962	Lara Lake, AU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	45 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
25 September 1962	Machhlisnahr, IN	daily rain	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	8 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
25 September 1962	Rainworth, AU	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
25 September 1962	Chillicothe, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	48 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
25 September 1962	Littlefield, US	monthly rain	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	7 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
25 September 1962	Champoton (Smn), MX	monthly low max	21.7 C (71.1 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	29 years	36 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

1825 to 1962

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1825 to 1962. 1962 had 305 records.

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

Records on 09-25 in each year
Year	Records
1825	1
1834	1
1836	1
1842	1
1843	1
1847	1
1851	1
1852	1
1855	1
1857	2
1859	1
1860	1
1863	1
1865	1
1866	2
1867	2
1868	1
1871	2
1872	1
1874	1
1875	1
1877	3
1879	2
1881	3
1884	3
1885	6
1886	1
1887	3
1889	7
1891	3
1893	7
1894	3
1895	5
1896	5
1897	2
1898	1
1899	2
1900	7
1901	6
1902	11
1903	4
1904	10
1905	16
1906	7
1907	35
1908	20
1909	22
1910	5
1911	9
1912	63
1913	13
1914	15
1915	43
1916	139
1917	138
1918	16
1919	20
1920	75
1921	32
1922	47
1923	68
1924	157
1925	141
1926	740
1927	166
1928	480
1929	158
1930	489
1931	500
1932	260
1933	542
1934	394
1935	258
1936	274
1937	190
1938	335
1939	454
1940	517
1941	269
1942	970
1943	488
1944	246
1945	514
1946	292
1947	666
1948	501
1949	479
1950	1,163
1951	639
1952	515
1953	242
1954	292
1955	546
1956	503
1957	231
1958	454
1959	396
1960	694
1961	530
1962	305
1963	602
1964	403
1965	690
1966	334
1967	428
1968	300
1969	196
1970	783
1971	323
1972	706
1973	650
1974	995
1975	1,166
1976	541
1977	875
1978	462
1979	719
1980	687
1981	669
1982	759
1983	647
1984	1,305
1985	446
1986	1,766
1987	560
1988	571
1989	1,367
1990	875
1991	1,243
1992	1,346
1993	1,015
1994	666
1995	1,013
1996	648
1997	1,278
1998	1,346
1999	804
2000	1,536
2001	1,536
2002	876
2003	758
2004	519
2005	1,484
2006	767
2007	1,284
2008	766
2009	854
2010	1,125
2011	763
2012	505
2013	615
2014	800
2015	868
2016	781
2017	1,253
2018	648
2019	530
2020	1,089
2021	355
2022	301
2023	580
2024	1,120
2025	569
2026	473

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Data for records on 1962-09-25: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	223
20 to 40	15
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	2