Weather Records on 7 October 1962

449 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 October 1962. Highest significance: Robben Island (Vrt), ZA.

Key Facts for 7 October 1962

On 7 October 1962, 449 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
158 were record highs and 59 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 25 monthly and 422 daily.
Robben Island (Vrt) set a monthly record daily precipitation of 51.0 mm (2.0 in) on 7 October 1962.
Across 165 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 460 records.

Record Map

449 stations

449 station records on 7 October 1962 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 October 1962: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Robben Island (Vrt)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Groot Constantia	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	89.0 mm (3.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Town Fire Station	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Table.Mtn Woodhead Tunnel	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Nashua 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Royal Observatory	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Paarl (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Witelsbos (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Durham	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Keene	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lowell	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Berlin	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
The Towers	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Gilman	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Enisejsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bellows Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lincoln	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Fitzwilliam 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Chelsea	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Najahan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rayadurg	India	Record daily precipitation	136.9 mm (5.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Plymouth-Kingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Barkestad	Norway	Record daily precipitation	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Russellville	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Groton	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Newburyport	United States	Record daily precipitation	154.9 mm (6.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Rogers	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Framingham	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hardwick	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bethlehem	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
E Wareham	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ipswich	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Vancouver Pmo	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gravette	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pembroke	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Indoe Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Vancouver 4 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Oeiras	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Elandsfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Middleboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Spot Pond	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Khanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Durbanville (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fayetteville Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chestnut Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Winchendon	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kirensk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-19.7 C (-3.5 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Haverhill	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Campbell	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Grafton	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
York Pond	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Linton	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ada	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hubli	India	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lebanon (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Riva	Italy	Record high minimum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Vrugbaar	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dontsa	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

449 records

Records set or tied on 7 October 1962 by type: Highest daily maximum 29, Lowest daily maximum 37, Highest daily minimum 129, Lowest daily minimum 22, Heaviest daily rainfall 228, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 7 October 1962 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	29
Lowest daily maximum	37
Highest daily minimum	129
Lowest daily minimum	22
Heaviest daily rainfall	228
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 7 October 1962 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 25, daily 422.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

356 broken records

Margins by which the 356 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 76.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 October 1962

Top 20 records on 7 October 1962 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 October 1962	Robben Island (Vrt), ZA	monthly rain	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	35 years	67 of 100 (Major)
7 October 1962	Groot Constantia, ZA	monthly rain	89.0 mm (3.5 in)	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	31 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1962	Cape Town Fire Station, ZA	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1962	Table.Mtn Woodhead Tunnel, ZA	monthly rain	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	5 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1962	Nashua 2 NNW, US	daily rain	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	73 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1962	Royal Observatory, ZA	daily rain	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	22.5 mm (0.9 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1962	Paarl (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	77 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1962	Witelsbos (Bos), ZA	daily rain	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	36 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1962	Durham, US	daily rain	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	7 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1962	Keene, US	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	8 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1962	Lowell, US	daily rain	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	5 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1962	Berlin, US	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	72 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1962	The Towers, ZA	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	40 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1962	Gilman, US	monthly rain	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1962	Enisejsk, RU	monthly rain	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	75 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1962	Bellows Falls, US	daily rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	29 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1962	Lincoln, US	daily rain	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	7 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1962	Fitzwilliam 2 W, US	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	7 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1962	Chelsea, US	daily rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	29 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1962	Najahan, RU	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 years	41 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

1802 to 1962

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1962. 1962 had 449 records.

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

Records on 10-07 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1811	1
1824	1
1839	1
1843	1
1852	2
1853	1
1854	1
1858	1
1861	1
1863	2
1864	4
1865	1
1867	2
1868	1
1869	1
1872	2
1873	4
1875	1
1876	2
1877	1
1878	1
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1884	1
1886	1
1887	1
1888	2
1889	3
1890	4
1891	2
1892	2
1893	5
1895	2
1896	2
1897	6
1898	7
1899	6
1900	6
1901	14
1902	3
1903	11
1904	27
1905	9
1906	5
1907	10
1908	14
1909	14
1910	18
1911	24
1912	36
1913	32
1914	20
1915	22
1916	35
1917	47
1918	121
1919	28
1920	106
1921	68
1922	43
1923	117
1924	86
1925	247
1926	157
1927	173
1928	120
1929	121
1930	517
1931	603
1932	476
1933	166
1934	237
1935	918
1936	436
1937	359
1938	471
1939	769
1940	159
1941	892
1942	184
1943	424
1944	265
1945	257
1946	1,128
1947	557
1948	333
1949	576
1950	363
1951	604
1952	1,470
1953	524
1954	465
1955	629
1956	548
1957	567
1958	598
1959	770
1960	413
1961	721
1962	449
1963	453
1964	961
1965	584
1966	398
1967	432
1968	764
1969	365
1970	1,148
1971	629
1972	537
1973	461
1974	773
1975	760
1976	1,087
1977	808
1978	406
1979	774
1980	1,253
1981	737
1982	1,079
1983	555
1984	717
1985	1,089
1986	519
1987	834
1988	753
1989	389
1990	948
1991	1,189
1992	872
1993	918
1994	1,144
1995	658
1996	1,073
1997	1,903
1998	1,331
1999	895
2000	2,427
2001	823
2002	704
2003	1,364
2004	518
2005	1,476
2006	1,004
2007	2,285
2008	621
2009	1,926
2010	994
2011	1,216
2012	1,350
2013	675
2014	569
2015	439
2016	537
2017	581
2018	1,063
2019	569
2020	1,175
2021	586
2022	557
2023	705
2024	849
2025	525
2026	917

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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 2026-10-18. Last revised 18 October 2026 (2026-10-18).

Margin	Records
0 to 10	257
10 to 20	45
20 to 30	26
30 to 40	16
40 to 50	7
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	2
70 to 80	1