Weather Records on 22 October 1962

203 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 October 1962. Highest significance: Grootfontein, NA.

Key Facts for 22 October 1962

On 22 October 1962, 203 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
70 were record highs and 23 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 203 daily.
Grootfontein set a daily record precipitation of 39.0 mm (1.5 in) on 22 October 1962.
Across 161 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 456 records.

Record Map

203 stations

203 station records on 22 October 1962 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 October 1962: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Grootfontein	Namibia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Grimsby Rock Chapel	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pitea	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	9.3 C (48.7 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Umea	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	14.2 C (57.6 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Charters Towers Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hawkinsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Forest	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Caledonia	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Grimsby	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-4.8 C (23.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kautokeino	Norway	Record snow depth	26.0 cm (10.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	11.3 C (52.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
South Pass City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Race (Aut)	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Marburg - Warrego Highway	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Binnaway (Wattle St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Nugent	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ellensburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge Galt Moe	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kilauea 1134	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mtn View 91	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Indooroopilly Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Salekhard	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-22.0 C (-7.6 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Junsele	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	11.2 C (52.2 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Gyshgy	Turkmenistan	Record high minimum temperature	11.6 C (52.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Daytona Beach	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ovando	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tajique 4 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Northam	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Eastman 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tapoco	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tsumeb - Pol	Namibia	Record daily precipitation	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kurgan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rockbank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	Canada	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Toolleen (Ryan)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Propria	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Barkly East	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Forest	Canada	Record daily snowfall	1.0 cm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Windhoek	Namibia	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Barrage A Lac Kempt	Canada	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Geneva	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bolsoy Santar	Russia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Espanola	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Salisbury Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Runnymede (Whitemarsh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Augustus Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Saxby Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wondai Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hobart Botanical Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Paardefontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Muskegon Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Texas Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Vineland Station	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

203 records

Records set or tied on 22 October 1962 by type: Highest daily maximum 31, Lowest daily maximum 6, Highest daily minimum 39, Lowest daily minimum 17, Heaviest daily rainfall 104, Heaviest daily snowfall 5, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 22 October 1962 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	31
Lowest daily maximum	6
Highest daily minimum	39
Lowest daily minimum	17
Heaviest daily rainfall	104
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 22 October 1962 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 203.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

171 broken records

Margins by which the 171 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 140.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 October 1962

Top 20 records on 22 October 1962 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 October 1962	Grootfontein, NA	daily rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	29 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1962	Grimsby Rock Chapel, CA	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	25 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1962	Pitea, SE	daily high max	13.0 C (55.4 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	77 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1962	Hobart (Ellerslie Road), AU	daily low max	9.3 C (48.7 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	76 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
22 October 1962	Umea, SE	daily high max	14.2 C (57.6 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	77 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
22 October 1962	Charters Towers Post Office, AU	daily high min	23.9 C (75.0 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	68 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
22 October 1962	Hawkinsville, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	63 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
22 October 1962	Mount Forest, CA	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
22 October 1962	Vanersborg, SE	daily high max	15.0 C (59.0 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	60 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
22 October 1962	Caledonia, CA	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
22 October 1962	Grimsby, CA	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	49 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
22 October 1962	Weissenburg, DE	daily low min	-4.8 C (23.4 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	71 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
22 October 1962	Kautokeino, NO	daily snow depth	26.0 cm (10.2 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	5 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
22 October 1962	Haparanda, SE	daily high max	11.3 C (52.3 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	60 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
22 October 1962	South Pass City, US	daily high min	4.4 C (39.9 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	60 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
22 October 1962	Woodstock, CA	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	60 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
22 October 1962	Dublin, US	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	47 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
22 October 1962	Cape Race (Aut), CA	daily high max	18.9 C (66.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	33 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
22 October 1962	Marburg - Warrego Highway, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	62 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
22 October 1962	Binnaway (Wattle St), AU	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	7 years	26 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

1793 to 1962

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1962. 1962 had 203 records.

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

Records on 10-22 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1795	1
1802	1
1810	3
1826	1
1840	1
1842	1
1843	1
1851	2
1853	1
1855	1
1857	1
1859	2
1863	1
1867	1
1869	1
1871	1
1872	1
1875	1
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1880	6
1883	1
1884	3
1888	1
1889	1
1890	5
1891	15
1892	3
1893	2
1894	3
1895	5
1896	1
1897	2
1898	8
1900	3
1901	7
1902	3
1903	8
1904	17
1905	13
1906	12
1907	14
1908	24
1909	6
1910	9
1911	43
1912	22
1913	59
1914	20
1915	57
1916	226
1917	74
1918	27
1919	62
1920	172
1921	78
1922	50
1923	105
1924	142
1925	265
1926	97
1927	227
1928	133
1929	417
1930	401
1931	272
1932	209
1933	484
1934	599
1935	874
1936	681
1937	348
1938	133
1939	602
1940	498
1941	576
1942	339
1943	208
1944	299
1945	547
1946	282
1947	754
1948	292
1949	481
1950	400
1951	581
1952	602
1953	615
1954	372
1955	457
1956	324
1957	885
1958	345
1959	524
1960	393
1961	523
1962	203
1963	909
1964	294
1965	433
1966	362
1967	316
1968	300
1969	966
1970	714
1971	626
1972	780
1973	569
1974	910
1975	742
1976	1,194
1977	624
1978	678
1979	1,826
1980	547
1981	943
1982	979
1983	712
1984	1,798
1985	797
1986	1,049
1987	944
1988	999
1989	1,353
1990	1,042
1991	718
1992	1,151
1993	654
1994	631
1995	1,399
1996	1,743
1997	1,072
1998	853
1999	721
2000	1,070
2001	774
2002	1,419
2003	2,006
2004	1,371
2005	1,090
2006	1,296
2007	1,060
2008	846
2009	826
2010	723
2011	691
2012	914
2013	845
2014	603
2015	600
2016	652
2017	720
2018	488
2019	589
2020	1,664
2021	412
2022	955
2023	567
2024	911
2025	566

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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	167
20 to 40	3
40 to 60	0
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1