Weather Records on 5 October 1962

456 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 October 1962. Highest significance: Kilanilai, IN.

Key Facts for 5 October 1962

On 5 October 1962, 456 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
105 were record highs and 61 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 444 daily.
Kilanilai set a daily record precipitation of 122.2 mm (4.8 in) on 5 October 1962.
Across 161 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 459 records.

Record Map

456 stations

456 station records on 5 October 1962 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 October 1962: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kilanilai	India	Record daily precipitation	122.2 mm (4.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Rajauli	India	Record daily precipitation	155.1 mm (6.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bakhtiarpur	India	Record daily precipitation	185.0 mm (7.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hanover	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lock Haven	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Paterson	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Scarsdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Newport River	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Irishtown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Little Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Saranac Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Setauket Strong	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wilkes Barre	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Corning	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
High Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
New Berlin	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Poughkeepsie	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Baldwinsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Norwich	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ridgley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Olenja Rechka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	41.3 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Run (River)	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sunbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Deal Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Edith Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Morrisburg	Canada	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Canoe Brook	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Freeland	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Holtwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Khutauna	India	Record daily precipitation	161.6 mm (6.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Renovo	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hartford Brainard Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Inverell Comparison	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Partapganj	India	Record daily precipitation	193.0 mm (7.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Worcester	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hanover	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Woodcliff Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lilydale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
The Hermatige	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kodumudi	India	Record daily precipitation	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Taunton	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
New Milford	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bainbridge 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Arendtsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Calhoun Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Elliott Research Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Yolla (Sea View)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rifton 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hollisterville	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bedford 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Burnie (No 1)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
South Springfield (South Sprin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nawadah	India	Record daily precipitation	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cavendish	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Elizabeth	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bloserville 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hawley 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lakeville 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

456 records

Records set or tied on 5 October 1962 by type: Highest daily maximum 23, Lowest daily maximum 24, Highest daily minimum 82, Lowest daily minimum 37, Heaviest daily rainfall 289, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 5 October 1962 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	23
Lowest daily maximum	24
Highest daily minimum	82
Lowest daily minimum	37
Heaviest daily rainfall	289
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 5 October 1962 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 12, daily 444.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

398 broken records

Margins by which the 398 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 144.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 October 1962

Top 20 records on 5 October 1962 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 October 1962	Kilanilai, IN	daily rain	122.2 mm (4.8 in)	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	45 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1962	Rajauli, IN	daily rain	155.1 mm (6.1 in)	117.0 mm (4.6 in)	24 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1962	Bakhtiarpur, IN	daily rain	185.0 mm (7.3 in)	144.4 mm (5.7 in)	24 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1962	Hanover, US	daily rain	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	29 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1962	Lock Haven, US	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	44 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1962	Paterson, US	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	94 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1962	Scarsdale, US	daily rain	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	36 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1962	Newport River, US	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	29 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1962	Irishtown, AU	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1962	Little Falls, US	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	36 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1962	Saranac Lake, US	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	63 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1962	Setauket Strong, US	daily rain	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	63 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1962	Wilkes Barre, US	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	29 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1962	Corning, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	20 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1962	High Falls, US	daily rain	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	29 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1962	New Berlin, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	47 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1962	Poughkeepsie, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	20 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1962	Baldwinsville, US	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	60 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1962	Norwich, US	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	47 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1962	Ridgley, AU	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	33 years	42 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

1795 to 1962

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1962. 1962 had 456 records.

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

Records on 10-05 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1811	1
1843	1
1844	1
1848	1
1849	1
1852	1
1856	1
1857	1
1859	1
1864	7
1867	2
1869	1
1873	1
1874	1
1876	2
1877	1
1878	2
1879	1
1880	1
1881	6
1882	1
1883	1
1884	2
1885	2
1886	3
1888	1
1889	3
1890	3
1891	3
1892	2
1895	4
1896	2
1897	2
1898	4
1900	6
1901	10
1902	11
1903	10
1904	19
1905	11
1906	19
1907	13
1908	17
1909	30
1910	43
1911	10
1912	92
1913	25
1914	13
1915	25
1916	124
1917	314
1918	35
1919	42
1920	89
1921	33
1922	81
1923	87
1924	139
1925	140
1926	155
1927	79
1928	202
1929	242
1930	285
1931	284
1932	768
1933	257
1934	237
1935	910
1936	219
1937	491
1938	375
1939	269
1940	185
1941	1,072
1942	206
1943	404
1944	329
1945	234
1946	643
1947	746
1948	491
1949	562
1950	466
1951	541
1952	1,027
1953	261
1954	834
1955	771
1956	452
1957	520
1958	450
1959	629
1960	290
1961	493
1962	456
1963	605
1964	737
1965	1,160
1966	390
1967	290
1968	670
1969	603
1970	458
1971	377
1972	636
1973	335
1974	973
1975	566
1976	819
1977	382
1978	438
1979	920
1980	1,002
1981	642
1982	524
1983	1,037
1984	646
1985	781
1986	875
1987	1,081
1988	958
1989	465
1990	736
1991	1,005
1992	776
1993	1,024
1994	1,205
1995	1,705
1996	931
1997	814
1998	1,596
1999	1,276
2000	1,147
2001	771
2002	1,026
2003	636
2004	770
2005	2,003
2006	930
2007	1,609
2008	942
2009	1,756
2010	1,114
2011	1,383
2012	913
2013	1,106
2014	648
2015	644
2016	565
2017	560
2018	1,004
2019	672
2020	997
2021	887
2022	752
2023	780
2024	996
2025	716
2026	1,233

Download the Data

Data for records on 1962-10-05: 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	328
20 to 40	51
40 to 60	10
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1