Weather Records on 26 September 1962

401 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 September 1962. Highest significance: Kodumudi, IN.

Key Facts for 26 September 1962

On 26 September 1962, 401 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
76 were record highs and 49 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 392 daily.
Kodumudi set a monthly record daily precipitation of 134.0 mm (5.3 in) on 26 September 1962.
Across 167 earlier years (1812 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 413 records.

Record Map

401 stations

401 station records on 26 September 1962 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 September 1962: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kodumudi	India	Record daily precipitation	134.0 mm (5.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Sirathu	India	Record daily precipitation	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Markovo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Grant	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Gannavaram	India	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Catus	France	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Villupuram	India	Record daily precipitation	139.0 mm (5.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Bernard	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Red Rock 6 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sells	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Crossett 2 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kaiserganj	India	Record daily precipitation	149.4 mm (5.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Clifton	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tucson WFO	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Safford	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bastrop	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kancheepuram	India	Record daily precipitation	105.6 mm (4.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bahraich	India	Record daily precipitation	145.6 mm (5.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Attur	India	Record daily precipitation	115.0 mm (4.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Izana	Spain	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rasipuram	India	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tanda	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Atraula	India	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kangayam	India	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Anderson	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bustard Head Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Henrietta	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Yercaud	India	Record daily precipitation	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Providence	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
New Braunfels	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeport 5 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bowie	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Porterville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Boona-Choppa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nagappattinam	India	Record daily precipitation	61.8 mm (2.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Rio Grande (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Goldfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kickerbell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mackinaw City 2	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Marseille Obs. Palais-Lonchamp	France	Record low maximum temperature	16.9 C (62.4 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Thammampatty	India	Record daily precipitation	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Malihabad	India	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Buckeye	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Whiteriver 1 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Browning	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
N Bend SW Oregon Rgnl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Winfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Fatehpur	India	Record daily precipitation	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Naryn	Kyrgyzstan	Record low minimum temperature	-7.4 C (18.7 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Calliope Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tiruvannamalai	India	Record daily precipitation	98.2 mm (3.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Omalur	India	Record daily precipitation	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Simpson	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Nawabganj	India	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sierra Ancha	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Nanpara	India	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Salon	India	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kislovodsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

401 records

Records set or tied on 26 September 1962 by type: Highest daily maximum 38, Lowest daily maximum 39, Highest daily minimum 38, Lowest daily minimum 10, Heaviest daily rainfall 276.

Records on 26 September 1962 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	38
Lowest daily maximum	39
Highest daily minimum	38
Lowest daily minimum	10
Heaviest daily rainfall	276
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 26 September 1962 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 7, daily 392.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

343 broken records

Margins by which the 343 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 99.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 September 1962

Top 20 records on 26 September 1962 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 September 1962	Kodumudi, IN	monthly rain	134.0 mm (5.3 in)	43.3 mm (1.7 in)	59 years	63 of 100 (Major)
26 September 1962	Sirathu, IN	daily rain	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	89.1 mm (3.5 in)	44 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1962	Markovo, RU	daily rain	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	13.6 mm (0.5 in)	59 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1962	Ft Grant, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	43 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1962	Gannavaram, IN	daily rain	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	53 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1962	Catus, FR	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	15 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1962	Villupuram, IN	daily rain	139.0 mm (5.5 in)	88.7 mm (3.5 in)	12 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1962	Saint Bernard, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	40 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1962	Red Rock 6 SSW, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	51 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1962	Sells, US	all-time rain	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	12 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1962	Crossett 2 SSE, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	51.9 mm (2.0 in)	32 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1962	Kaiserganj, IN	daily rain	149.4 mm (5.9 in)	99.4 mm (3.9 in)	7 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1962	Clifton, US	all-time rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	17 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1962	Tucson WFO, US	monthly rain	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	19 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1962	Safford, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	4 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1962	Bastrop, US	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	24 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1962	Kancheepuram, IN	daily rain	105.6 mm (4.2 in)	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	8 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1962	Bahraich, IN	daily rain	145.6 mm (5.7 in)	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	59 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1962	Attur, IN	daily rain	115.0 mm (4.5 in)	44.1 mm (1.7 in)	24 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1962	Izana, ES	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	12 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

1812 to 1962

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1812 to 1962. 1962 had 401 records.

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

Records on 09-26 in each year
Year	Records
1812	2
1816	1
1825	2
1835	1
1836	1
1842	1
1843	1
1845	1
1852	1
1855	2
1858	1
1859	1
1864	1
1865	2
1866	2
1867	1
1868	1
1869	1
1870	1
1871	1
1874	2
1875	1
1876	1
1877	2
1878	3
1879	2
1880	1
1881	7
1882	1
1885	6
1889	1
1890	2
1891	2
1892	1
1893	3
1894	4
1895	8
1896	4
1897	1
1898	2
1899	5
1900	5
1901	6
1902	8
1903	11
1904	9
1905	20
1906	11
1907	9
1908	31
1909	14
1910	11
1911	19
1912	29
1913	29
1914	24
1915	71
1916	111
1917	49
1918	34
1919	39
1920	66
1921	33
1922	277
1923	89
1924	148
1925	162
1926	658
1927	233
1928	427
1929	183
1930	382
1931	437
1932	183
1933	554
1934	415
1935	248
1936	337
1937	175
1938	429
1939	514
1940	634
1941	233
1942	752
1943	526
1944	243
1945	470
1946	285
1947	630
1948	554
1949	430
1950	526
1951	540
1952	572
1953	364
1954	471
1955	304
1956	701
1957	510
1958	493
1959	505
1960	555
1961	472
1962	401
1963	629
1964	570
1965	710
1966	480
1967	411
1968	311
1969	187
1970	721
1971	649
1972	984
1973	927
1974	854
1975	1,215
1976	692
1977	943
1978	469
1979	566
1980	709
1981	559
1982	1,042
1983	565
1984	1,256
1985	470
1986	1,892
1987	911
1988	445
1989	1,008
1990	618
1991	1,110
1992	725
1993	814
1994	548
1995	836
1996	807
1997	943
1998	1,505
1999	869
2000	1,440
2001	1,354
2002	861
2003	739
2004	507
2005	1,541
2006	620
2007	970
2008	896
2009	1,063
2010	1,063
2011	988
2012	538
2013	774
2014	800
2015	815
2016	660
2017	1,045
2018	747
2019	561
2020	1,170
2021	494
2022	533
2023	543
2024	1,196
2025	435
2026	393

Download the Data

Data for records on 1962-09-26: 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	311
20 to 40	22
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	3