Weather Records on 19 October 1962

341 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 October 1962. Highest significance: Curlewis (Pine Cliff), AU.

Key Facts for 19 October 1962

On 19 October 1962, 341 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
59 were record highs and 16 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 334 daily.
Curlewis (Pine Cliff) set a monthly record daily precipitation of 116.8 mm (4.6 in) on 19 October 1962.
Across 159 earlier years (1806 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 458 records.

Record Map

341 stations

341 station records on 19 October 1962 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 October 1962: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Curlewis (Pine Cliff)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Kelvin (Kahana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Denial Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Thurlga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Yardea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Smoky Bay (Puntabie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Westgrove	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cubbaroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Covelong	India	Record daily precipitation	155.0 mm (6.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Burlington Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Moonaree	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Merriwa (Terragong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kandukur	India	Record daily precipitation	144.0 mm (5.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hatch	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tabulam Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Port Augusta (Carriewerloo STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gundare	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wallabadah (Gaspard)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kukuiula 935	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Badvel	India	Record daily precipitation	82.5 mm (3.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Port Germein (Telowie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sankarankoil	India	Record daily precipitation	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Presidio	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Laura	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Bryan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Manantoddy	India	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mancos 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chariton 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Burra (Poonunda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gumeracha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kahuku 912	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hallett	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Florence	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Taos	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ceduna Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
E Lawai 934	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cuatro Cienegas (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Zmeinogorsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cleve (Pineside)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hallett (Old Canowie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Uraidla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett (Euroka)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Atmakur	India	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gladstone	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Premer (Eden Moor)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Grove Farm 1021	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lihue 1020	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tumby Bay (Warratta Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Khandala	India	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Port Washington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kuttiadi	India	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
San German 4 W	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Houghton (Glen Ewin)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Crystal Brook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Rifle	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lincoln UNIV Pwr Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Struth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Aloograda	India	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Castle Rock	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

341 records

Records set or tied on 19 October 1962 by type: Highest daily maximum 13, Lowest daily maximum 10, Highest daily minimum 46, Lowest daily minimum 6, Heaviest daily rainfall 265, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 19 October 1962 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	13
Lowest daily maximum	10
Highest daily minimum	46
Lowest daily minimum	6
Heaviest daily rainfall	265
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 19 October 1962 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 7, daily 334.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

294 broken records

Margins by which the 294 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 109.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 October 1962

Top 20 records on 19 October 1962 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 October 1962	Curlewis (Pine Cliff), AU	monthly rain	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	29 years	64 of 100 (Major)
19 October 1962	Kelvin (Kahana), AU	daily rain	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	57 years	63 of 100 (Major)
19 October 1962	Denial Bay, AU	monthly rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	30 years	61 of 100 (Major)
19 October 1962	Thurlga, AU	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1962	Yardea, AU	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	27 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1962	Smoky Bay (Puntabie), AU	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1962	Westgrove, AU	daily rain	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	12 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1962	Cubbaroo, AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	67 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1962	Covelong, IN	daily rain	155.0 mm (6.1 in)	109.3 mm (4.3 in)	13 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1962	Burlington Muni AP, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	56 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1962	Moonaree, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	37 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1962	Merriwa (Terragong), AU	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	64 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1962	Kandukur, IN	daily rain	144.0 mm (5.7 in)	73.1 mm (2.9 in)	55 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1962	Hatch, US	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	31 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1962	Tabulam Post Office, AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	56 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1962	Port Augusta (Carriewerloo STN, AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	57 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1962	Gundare, AU	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	16 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1962	Wallabadah (Gaspard), AU	monthly rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	28 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1962	Kukuiula 935, US	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	41 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1962	Badvel, IN	daily rain	82.5 mm (3.2 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	33 years	38 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

1806 to 1962

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 1962. 1962 had 341 records.

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

Records on 10-19 in each year
Year	Records
1806	2
1808	1
1811	2
1812	1
1826	1
1835	2
1843	1
1845	1
1849	1
1851	1
1854	1
1856	1
1862	1
1864	1
1866	2
1870	1
1874	5
1875	1
1877	3
1879	1
1880	1
1881	3
1885	1
1888	4
1889	1
1890	2
1891	6
1893	1
1894	2
1895	3
1896	5
1897	5
1898	10
1899	3
1900	5
1901	8
1902	6
1903	4
1904	32
1905	26
1906	24
1907	13
1908	20
1909	14
1910	40
1911	14
1912	15
1913	16
1914	25
1915	25
1916	61
1917	114
1918	24
1919	23
1920	82
1921	88
1922	110
1923	89
1924	153
1925	194
1926	141
1927	340
1928	157
1929	131
1930	635
1931	236
1932	327
1933	497
1934	288
1935	432
1936	409
1937	476
1938	400
1939	264
1940	864
1941	237
1942	270
1943	523
1944	295
1945	377
1946	297
1947	1,056
1948	855
1949	903
1950	1,126
1951	231
1952	253
1953	1,004
1954	490
1955	475
1956	490
1957	348
1958	527
1959	365
1960	546
1961	319
1962	341
1963	796
1964	585
1965	495
1966	988
1967	464
1968	522
1969	532
1970	374
1971	933
1972	2,304
1973	745
1974	922
1975	436
1976	1,386
1977	353
1978	440
1979	1,237
1980	659
1981	494
1982	855
1983	930
1984	1,724
1985	974
1986	505
1987	511
1988	646
1989	1,891
1990	732
1991	882
1992	1,145
1993	1,044
1994	746
1995	814
1996	829
1997	1,025
1998	790
1999	709
2000	1,039
2001	630
2002	1,018
2003	1,448
2004	1,569
2005	980
2006	1,023
2007	1,282
2008	407
2009	1,207
2010	567
2011	742
2012	981
2013	467
2014	1,077
2015	767
2016	1,013
2017	500
2018	516
2019	518
2020	1,032
2021	599
2022	1,675
2023	1,136
2024	859
2025	498

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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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	268
20 to 40	19
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1