Weather Records on 30 October 1962

382 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 30 October 1962. Highest significance: Alandi, IN.

Key Facts for 30 October 1962

On 30 October 1962, 382 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
175 were record highs and 64 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 375 daily.
Alandi set a daily record precipitation of 85.3 mm (3.4 in) on 30 October 1962.
Across 153 earlier years (1799 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 491 records.

Record Map

382 stations

382 station records on 30 October 1962 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 30 October 1962: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Alandi	India	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bidar	India	Record daily precipitation	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Nelson Bay (Nelson Head)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kalingapatam	India	Record daily precipitation	124.7 mm (4.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sangamner	India	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Vandalia	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Branxton (Dalwood Vineyard)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Jane Lew	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ottawa Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kukrahati	India	Record daily precipitation	87.0 mm (3.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sandheads	India	Record daily precipitation	174.6 mm (6.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Iguape	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
St Lin des Laurentides	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bhor	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
St Charles de Mandeville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Horner	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Chelsea	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Loerie (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Experiment Station	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Seal Rocks Camping Reserve	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Serampore	India	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
East London -Signal STN	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Witwater (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Snowville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Brockton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Quakertown	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Southern Cross	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	-0.3 C (31.5 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Haringhata	India	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Krakmo	Norway	Record snow depth	40.0 cm (15.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ceylon (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Moorestown 4 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tropic	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Seattle Urban Site	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ntywenka (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mac Mac Bos	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Alturas	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Redlands	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Newark Ag Farm	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Oakland 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Augusta	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ely AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Dalhousie L High Falls	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Huberdeau	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Barrage Mitis	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cedar Lake	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Elkins- Randolph Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kemptville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.1 cm (2.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Notre Dame du Laus	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Price	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Fallon Exp STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Beulah	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lac Onatchiway	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Alicedale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cornubia	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Phillipsburg	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Castle Dale	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Anjangaon	India	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

382 records

Records set or tied on 30 October 1962 by type: Highest daily maximum 122, Lowest daily maximum 21, Highest daily minimum 53, Lowest daily minimum 43, Heaviest daily rainfall 121, Heaviest daily snowfall 21, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 30 October 1962 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	122
Lowest daily maximum	21
Highest daily minimum	53
Lowest daily minimum	43
Heaviest daily rainfall	121
Heaviest daily snowfall	21
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 30 October 1962 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 7, daily 375.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

300 broken records

Margins by which the 300 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 107.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

30 October 1962

Top 20 records on 30 October 1962 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
30 October 1962	Alandi, IN	daily rain	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	64.7 mm (2.5 in)	27 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
30 October 1962	Bidar, IN	daily rain	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	44.1 mm (1.7 in)	60 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
30 October 1962	Nelson Bay (Nelson Head), AU	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	37 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
30 October 1962	Kalingapatam, IN	daily rain	124.7 mm (4.9 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	56 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
30 October 1962	Sangamner, IN	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	17 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
30 October 1962	Vandalia, US	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	39 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
30 October 1962	Branxton (Dalwood Vineyard), AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	60 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
30 October 1962	Jane Lew, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
30 October 1962	Ottawa Cda, CA	daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	60 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
30 October 1962	Kukrahati, IN	daily rain	87.0 mm (3.4 in)	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	44 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
30 October 1962	Sandheads, IN	monthly rain	174.6 mm (6.9 in)	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	31 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
30 October 1962	Iguape, BR	daily rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	60 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
30 October 1962	St Lin des Laurentides, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	20 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
30 October 1962	Bhor, IN	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	45 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
30 October 1962	Ft Bidwell, US	daily high max	22.8 C (73.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	74 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
30 October 1962	Forbes (Camp Street), AU	daily low min	2.8 C (37.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	69 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
30 October 1962	St Charles de Mandeville, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	33 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
30 October 1962	Horner, US	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	21 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
30 October 1962	Chelsea, CA	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	35 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
30 October 1962	Loerie (Sar), ZA	daily rain	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	24 years	30 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

1799 to 1962

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 1962. 1962 had 382 records.

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

Records on 10-30 in each year
Year	Records
1799	1
1815	1
1837	1
1839	1
1841	1
1849	1
1856	1
1866	1
1867	1
1869	5
1870	1
1871	1
1873	2
1877	1
1881	4
1885	3
1886	2
1887	1
1888	1
1889	3
1890	4
1891	2
1892	3
1894	7
1896	4
1897	2
1898	2
1899	2
1900	3
1901	9
1902	6
1903	3
1904	1
1905	12
1906	25
1907	12
1908	14
1909	15
1910	22
1911	19
1912	28
1913	38
1914	22
1915	39
1916	23
1917	85
1918	189
1919	80
1920	73
1921	31
1922	108
1923	202
1924	246
1925	755
1926	131
1927	259
1928	195
1929	277
1930	228
1931	144
1932	181
1933	454
1934	198
1935	739
1936	253
1937	496
1938	245
1939	240
1940	251
1941	393
1942	877
1943	255
1944	497
1945	446
1946	826
1947	252
1948	326
1949	528
1950	1,186
1951	373
1952	635
1953	522
1954	276
1955	494
1956	716
1957	531
1958	366
1959	859
1960	258
1961	781
1962	382
1963	353
1964	488
1965	439
1966	490
1967	665
1968	555
1969	656
1970	636
1971	1,663
1972	902
1973	534
1974	1,039
1975	427
1976	760
1977	882
1978	359
1979	809
1980	885
1981	547
1982	534
1983	549
1984	1,270
1985	848
1986	422
1987	883
1988	972
1989	904
1990	685
1991	2,772
1992	1,228
1993	2,095
1994	777
1995	831
1996	1,299
1997	1,033
1998	771
1999	897
2000	1,659
2001	1,233
2002	1,564
2003	973
2004	1,188
2005	1,144
2006	886
2007	773
2008	1,310
2009	1,513
2010	619
2011	1,022
2012	1,413
2013	622
2014	297
2015	395
2016	981
2017	783
2018	507
2019	1,931
2020	683
2021	486
2022	762
2023	969
2024	1,393
2025	322

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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	271
20 to 40	17
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	1