Weather Records on 4 October 1962

313 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 October 1962. Highest significance: Toms River, US.

Key Facts for 4 October 1962

On 4 October 1962, 313 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
83 were record highs and 24 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 308 daily.
Toms River set a daily record precipitation of 90.2 mm (3.6 in) on 4 October 1962.
Across 160 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 466 records.

Record Map

313 stations

313 station records on 4 October 1962 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 October 1962: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Toms River	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Islampur	India	Record daily precipitation	112.2 mm (4.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Norcross	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Rajauli	India	Record daily precipitation	114.4 mm (4.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Caledonia	Canada	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Diamond Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Chas	India	Record daily precipitation	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cradle Valley (Waldheim)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Belleville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fryerstown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Campbellford	Canada	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Grimsby Rock Chapel	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Peterborough	Canada	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Puerto Vallarta	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lawrenceville 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Elkins- Randolph Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Alton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Azamgarh	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nawadah	India	Record daily precipitation	109.4 mm (4.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Botataboomen	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	13.5 C (56.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kharagpur	India	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Grootpoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Marion	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Longreach Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Pura Pura	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Midville	United States	Record daily precipitation	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
High Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Anglesea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Glennville 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Raleigh 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Millen 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.8 mm (5.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Forest Grove	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Te Kowai Exp STN	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	33.4 C (92.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Periakulam	India	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Badplaas (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sivas	Turkey	Record high minimum temperature	13.5 C (56.3 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Collbran	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Shippensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Schwerin	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	13.6 C (56.5 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bernburg/Saale (Nord)	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Palayankottai	India	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ko253Lpatti Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Louisville 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
College Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tooele	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Emerald Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	12.7 C (54.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kallatty	India	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Burdett 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Mangums Store 4 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ejanding	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Branxholme (Bassett)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Bolac (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lismore (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

313 records

Records set or tied on 4 October 1962 by type: Highest daily maximum 31, Lowest daily maximum 16, Highest daily minimum 52, Lowest daily minimum 8, Heaviest daily rainfall 205, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 4 October 1962 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	31
Lowest daily maximum	16
Highest daily minimum	52
Lowest daily minimum	8
Heaviest daily rainfall	205
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 4 October 1962 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 308.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

272 broken records

Margins by which the 272 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 82.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 October 1962

Top 20 records on 4 October 1962 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 October 1962	Toms River, US	daily rain	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	81.1 mm (3.2 in)	67 years	67 of 100 (Major)
4 October 1962	Islampur, IN	daily rain	112.2 mm (4.4 in)	82.2 mm (3.2 in)	52 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1962	Norcross, US	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	49 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1962	Monticello, US	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	49.1 mm (1.9 in)	56 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1962	Rajauli, IN	daily rain	114.4 mm (4.5 in)	72.2 mm (2.8 in)	39 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1962	Caledonia, CA	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	20 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1962	Diamond Springs, US	daily rain	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	11 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1962	Chas, IN	daily rain	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	51 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1962	Cradle Valley (Waldheim), AU	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	12 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1962	Belleville, CA	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	84 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1962	Fryerstown, AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	67 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1962	Campbellford, CA	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	12 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1962	Woodstock, US	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	35 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1962	Grimsby Rock Chapel, CA	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1962	Peterborough, CA	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	51 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1962	Puerto Vallarta, MX	daily rain	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	33 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
4 October 1962	Lawrenceville 2 S, US	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	55 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
4 October 1962	Elkins- Randolph Co AP, US	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	5 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
4 October 1962	Alton, CA	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	52 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
4 October 1962	Azamgarh, IN	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	52 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

1795 to 1962

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1962. 1962 had 313 records.

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

Records on 10-04 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1802	1
1841	2
1843	1
1844	2
1847	2
1853	1
1859	1
1864	8
1865	2
1867	1
1868	1
1873	1
1875	1
1876	1
1878	1
1880	1
1881	3
1882	1
1883	3
1884	4
1885	2
1886	3
1888	5
1889	2
1890	1
1891	3
1892	2
1893	2
1894	3
1895	3
1896	3
1898	4
1899	1
1900	3
1901	9
1902	5
1903	8
1904	5
1905	11
1906	29
1907	10
1908	18
1909	13
1910	21
1911	23
1912	101
1913	12
1914	18
1915	13
1916	137
1917	157
1918	127
1919	30
1920	31
1921	46
1922	44
1923	21
1924	63
1925	130
1926	255
1927	172
1928	131
1929	339
1930	244
1931	361
1932	413
1933	299
1934	121
1935	833
1936	161
1937	483
1938	440
1939	345
1940	220
1941	850
1942	198
1943	426
1944	328
1945	543
1946	314
1947	592
1948	449
1949	491
1950	565
1951	617
1952	717
1953	358
1954	999
1955	630
1956	467
1957	533
1958	704
1959	812
1960	246
1961	758
1962	313
1963	528
1964	389
1965	760
1966	464
1967	440
1968	587
1969	628
1970	539
1971	361
1972	712
1973	604
1974	1,846
1975	681
1976	869
1977	517
1978	488
1979	733
1980	975
1981	994
1982	415
1983	762
1984	864
1985	863
1986	1,265
1987	1,502
1988	713
1989	742
1990	845
1991	813
1992	866
1993	956
1994	1,341
1995	1,192
1996	1,012
1997	928
1998	1,487
1999	1,596
2000	917
2001	547
2002	1,465
2003	610
2004	562
2005	1,973
2006	987
2007	997
2008	935
2009	1,431
2010	1,230
2011	919
2012	864
2013	1,130
2014	611
2015	741
2016	680
2017	780
2018	979
2019	1,131
2020	897
2021	644
2022	561
2023	936
2024	1,197
2025	979
2026	942

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Data for records on 1962-10-04: 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	245
20 to 40	17
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	2