Weather Records on 27 September 1962

352 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 September 1962. Highest significance: Monticello 2E, US.

Key Facts for 27 September 1962

On 27 September 1962, 352 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
132 were record highs and 52 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 350 daily.
Monticello 2E set a daily record precipitation of 49.0 mm (1.9 in) on 27 September 1962.
Across 154 earlier years (1799 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 451 records.

Record Map

352 stations

352 station records on 27 September 1962 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 September 1962: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Monticello 2E	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Lefroy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Setauket Strong	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cairo 3 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gundlupet	India	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hammonton 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Anantnag	India	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dillon	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Trenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Athens	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Macedon Lock E30	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lumberton	United States	Record daily precipitation	123.7 mm (4.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Arkonam	India	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
New Bedford Coop	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Taunton	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cornucopia	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tucson Magnetic Obsy	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Solomons	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Digby	Canada	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kentville Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Perth Regional Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	5.7 C (42.3 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Crosby	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Decatur	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Rockport 1 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sonamarg &	India	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Chinnar	India	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cottonwood	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Laredo	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ramanagar	India	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Healdsburg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Robinson	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Rosthern	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Zira	India	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Dover	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Milford 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Weiser	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Laguna	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Silver City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Harper	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Manti	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Northam	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
New Brunswick Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Harris	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Safford	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Pemberton	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Toms River	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Boulder City	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cobden (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Swan Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wikieup	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Eucla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stokes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Arcade	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ballarat Botanical Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Represa	United States	Record daily precipitation	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vale	United States	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moab	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rossland City Yard	Canada	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

352 records

Records set or tied on 27 September 1962 by type: Highest daily maximum 48, Lowest daily maximum 39, Highest daily minimum 84, Lowest daily minimum 13, Heaviest daily rainfall 168.

Records on 27 September 1962 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	48
Lowest daily maximum	39
Highest daily minimum	84
Lowest daily minimum	13
Heaviest daily rainfall	168
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 27 September 1962 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 350.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

275 broken records

Margins by which the 275 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 51.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 September 1962

Top 20 records on 27 September 1962 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 September 1962	Monticello 2E, US	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	59 years	63 of 100 (Major)
27 September 1962	Lefroy, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1962	Setauket Strong, US	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	59 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1962	Cairo 3 S, US	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1962	Gundlupet, IN	daily rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	48 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1962	Hammonton 1 NE, US	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	63 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1962	Anantnag, IN	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	27 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1962	Ny City Cntrl Park, US	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	92 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1962	Dillon, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	53 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1962	Trenton, US	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	20 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1962	Athens, US	daily rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	23 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1962	Macedon Lock E30, US	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
27 September 1962	Lumberton, US	daily rain	123.7 mm (4.9 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	8 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
27 September 1962	Arkonam, IN	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
27 September 1962	New Bedford Coop, US	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	63 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
27 September 1962	Taunton, US	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	66 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
27 September 1962	Cornucopia, US	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	5 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
27 September 1962	Tucson Magnetic Obsy, US	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	16 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
27 September 1962	Cambridge, US	daily high min	13.3 C (55.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	64 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
27 September 1962	Solomons, US	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	5 years	29 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

1799 to 1962

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 1962. 1962 had 352 records.

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

Records on 09-27 in each year
Year	Records
1799	1
1828	1
1836	2
1847	1
1851	1
1854	2
1855	2
1859	2
1866	2
1867	3
1874	1
1875	1
1877	2
1880	1
1881	4
1882	1
1885	5
1887	1
1890	3
1891	1
1892	1
1893	1
1894	5
1895	6
1896	1
1897	2
1898	4
1899	1
1900	5
1901	3
1902	12
1903	7
1904	12
1905	21
1906	21
1907	9
1908	36
1909	17
1910	20
1911	31
1912	25
1913	27
1914	24
1915	80
1916	57
1917	41
1918	58
1919	45
1920	54
1921	26
1922	111
1923	125
1924	115
1925	129
1926	581
1927	244
1928	288
1929	225
1930	178
1931	222
1932	194
1933	559
1934	298
1935	319
1936	435
1937	309
1938	366
1939	572
1940	706
1941	257
1942	1,353
1943	503
1944	323
1945	475
1946	387
1947	813
1948	405
1949	407
1950	223
1951	480
1952	539
1953	567
1954	507
1955	386
1956	825
1957	644
1958	585
1959	582
1960	337
1961	376
1962	352
1963	849
1964	724
1965	688
1966	426
1967	502
1968	286
1969	233
1970	773
1971	762
1972	989
1973	1,031
1974	408
1975	790
1976	905
1977	852
1978	773
1979	741
1980	559
1981	680
1982	1,076
1983	791
1984	1,297
1985	661
1986	1,772
1987	1,013
1988	494
1989	852
1990	379
1991	894
1992	659
1993	727
1994	764
1995	698
1996	1,468
1997	730
1998	1,774
1999	1,059
2000	1,031
2001	980
2002	992
2003	830
2004	665
2005	1,061
2006	596
2007	1,091
2008	659
2009	987
2010	1,153
2011	965
2012	624
2013	823
2014	813
2015	664
2016	600
2017	891
2018	600
2019	755
2020	659
2021	893
2022	642
2023	747
2024	1,449
2025	272
2026	358

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Data for records on 1962-09-27: 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 10	221
10 to 20	27
20 to 30	18
30 to 40	5
40 to 50	3
50 to 60	1