Weather Records on 5 November 1962

343 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 November 1962. Highest significance: Mkambati, ZA.

Key Facts for 5 November 1962

On 5 November 1962, 343 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
99 were record highs and 103 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 336 daily.
Mkambati set a daily record precipitation of 84.0 mm (3.3 in) on 5 November 1962.
Across 157 earlier years (1801 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 511 records.

Record Map

343 stations

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

Weather records on 5 November 1962: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mkambati	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ravenshoe Kuradilla Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Jaora	India	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Parker 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kadur	India	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomsbury Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
High Prairie	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mareeba Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Peeramon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Virajpet	India	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Burkes Garden	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gudauri	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Perpignan	France	Record daily precipitation	63.1 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Solomons	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	7.7 C (45.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Flat Top	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Badiraguato (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rietvallei	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Boone	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sanklespur	India	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Crisfield Somrs Cove	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Warsaw 2 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Warsaw 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mudigere	India	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Durban-Cowie Rd. Nursery	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sussex 1 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Denton 2 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Irvinebank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Coimbra	Portugal	Record low maximum temperature	12.1 C (53.8 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Umlaas Waterworks	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sutherland	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeville 1 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Silver City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Caroleen	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Walhalla	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sawantwadi	India	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Dullstroom (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Gainesville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Millington 1 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Salisbury	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mapumulo (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Titusville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Chestertown	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Marinette	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Deols Chateauroux Aerodrome de	France	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Colachel Salt Fa	India	Record daily precipitation	96.1 mm (3.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Junsele	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Wibaux 2 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Banner Elk	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Minnville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Himayatsagar Pwd	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Honnali	India	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hoburg	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	8.6 C (47.5 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Chico UNIV Farm	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Cornelia	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Toccoa	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Arrowrock Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

343 records

Records set or tied on 5 November 1962 by type: Highest daily maximum 31, Lowest daily maximum 78, Highest daily minimum 68, Lowest daily minimum 25, Heaviest daily rainfall 110, Heaviest daily snowfall 23, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 5 November 1962 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	31
Lowest daily maximum	78
Highest daily minimum	68
Lowest daily minimum	25
Heaviest daily rainfall	110
Heaviest daily snowfall	23
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 5 November 1962 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 7, daily 336.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

241 broken records

Margins by which the 241 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 114.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 November 1962

Top 20 records on 5 November 1962 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 November 1962	Mkambati, ZA	daily rain	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	59.6 mm (2.3 in)	32 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1962	Ravenshoe Kuradilla Street, AU	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	15 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1962	Jaora, IN	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	37 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1962	Parker 1 E, US	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	44 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1962	Kadur, IN	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	29 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1962	Bloomsbury Post Office, AU	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	67 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1962	High Prairie, CA	daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	9.6 cm (3.8 in)	21 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1962	Mareeba Post Office, AU	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	45 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1962	Peeramon, AU	daily rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	7 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1962	Virajpet, IN	daily rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1962	Burkes Garden, US	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	65 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1962	Gudauri, GE	daily rain	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	74 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1962	Perpignan, FR	daily rain	63.1 mm (2.5 in)	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	48 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1962	Solomons, US	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1962	Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij, RU	daily rain	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	57 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
5 November 1962	Uppsala_Aut, SE	daily high min	7.7 C (45.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	74 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
5 November 1962	Concordia ASOS, US	daily low min	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	72 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
5 November 1962	Flat Top, US	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	28 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
5 November 1962	Badiraguato (Smn), MX	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	24 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
5 November 1962	Rietvallei, ZA	daily rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	45 years	31 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

1801 to 1962

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1801 to 1962. 1962 had 343 records.

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

Records on 11-05 in each year
Year	Records
1801	1
1806	1
1834	1
1835	2
1842	1
1845	1
1848	2
1851	1
1857	1
1858	4
1862	3
1863	1
1867	1
1868	2
1872	1
1873	2
1877	2
1878	3
1880	2
1881	1
1883	2
1884	1
1885	1
1887	2
1889	1
1893	1
1894	2
1895	2
1896	6
1897	1
1898	2
1899	11
1900	4
1901	6
1902	3
1903	8
1904	6
1905	9
1906	16
1907	5
1908	17
1909	9
1910	62
1911	21
1912	55
1913	22
1914	29
1915	18
1916	69
1917	36
1918	32
1919	82
1920	72
1921	221
1922	88
1923	230
1924	301
1925	138
1926	122
1927	248
1928	128
1929	86
1930	162
1931	298
1932	316
1933	706
1934	479
1935	1,196
1936	453
1937	186
1938	720
1939	485
1940	239
1941	604
1942	446
1943	224
1944	357
1945	503
1946	615
1947	408
1948	1,330
1949	572
1950	610
1951	1,815
1952	404
1953	599
1954	611
1955	416
1956	820
1957	452
1958	171
1959	1,516
1960	254
1961	660
1962	343
1963	278
1964	317
1965	424
1966	580
1967	755
1968	298
1969	745
1970	639
1971	384
1972	480
1973	1,622
1974	423
1975	1,499
1976	835
1977	902
1978	799
1979	504
1980	1,033
1981	538
1982	991
1983	980
1984	528
1985	1,249
1986	693
1987	895
1988	1,275
1989	596
1990	1,286
1991	3,388
1992	1,316
1993	770
1994	1,864
1995	1,399
1996	1,380
1997	676
1998	792
1999	872
2000	1,108
2001	758
2002	1,303
2003	2,232
2004	909
2005	1,114
2006	1,258
2007	566
2008	1,326
2009	606
2010	1,454
2011	984
2012	812
2013	594
2014	510
2015	1,659
2016	755
2017	972
2018	426
2019	420
2020	1,419
2021	439
2022	1,029
2023	758
2024	1,118
2025	862

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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	208
20 to 40	22
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	3
100 to 120	1