Weather Records on 6 November 1962

343 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 November 1962. Highest significance: Big Wells 2W, US.

Key Facts for 6 November 1962

On 6 November 1962, 343 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
74 were record highs and 143 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 339 daily.
Big Wells 2W set a monthly record daily precipitation of 85.1 mm (3.4 in) on 6 November 1962.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 493 records.

Record Map

343 stations

343 station records on 6 November 1962 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 November 1962: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Big Wells 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Gospic	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	76.8 mm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Port Isabel	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Forks UNIV (NWS)	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	9.3 C (48.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sagar	India	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	9.7 C (49.5 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Weslaco	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ghanzi	Botswana	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	10.1 C (50.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Karnes City 2N	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mosdene	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	19.5 C (67.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Regensburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Augsburg (Sankt Stephan)	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	17.7 C (63.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	17.5 C (63.5 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Neverset	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Newport 1 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Indian Bay	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Quitman 2 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Regensburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	9.5 C (49.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Vengurla	India	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Evergreen	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cooperstown	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sprague	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Najahan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Grafton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Weldon	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ardmore 1 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Falls River	Canada	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Eastman 1 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Rita de Cassia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Dahlonega 4WSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Crisfield Somrs Cove	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Forsyth 2 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Statesville 2 NNE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Dryden	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Griffin	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Langdon Exp Farm	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Petersburg 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Edmore 4NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jamestown State Hosp	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sharon	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Amenia	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Eagle Pass 3N	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kljuchi	Russia	Record daily precipitation	20.2 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Thief River Falls	United States	Record daily snowfall	4.3 cm (1.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Henry 3W	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pettibone	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pembina	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Forsyth 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kingsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Park River	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pearsall	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Coodardy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Angus 1 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	0.8 cm (0.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Plevna	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Grafton	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Devils Lake Kdlr	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

343 records

Records set or tied on 6 November 1962 by type: Highest daily maximum 26, Lowest daily maximum 49, Highest daily minimum 48, Lowest daily minimum 94, Heaviest daily rainfall 106, Heaviest daily snowfall 16, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 6 November 1962 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	26
Lowest daily maximum	49
Highest daily minimum	48
Lowest daily minimum	94
Heaviest daily rainfall	106
Heaviest daily snowfall	16
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 6 November 1962 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 339.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

258 broken records

Margins by which the 258 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 84.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 November 1962

Top 20 records on 6 November 1962 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 November 1962	Big Wells 2W, US	monthly rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	27 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1962	Gospic, HR	daily rain	76.8 mm (3.0 in)	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	53 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1962	Port Isabel, US	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1962	Grand Forks UNIV (NWS), US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	65 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1962	Innsbruck, AT	daily high min	13.9 C (57.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	75 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1962	Uppsala_Aut, SE	daily high max	9.3 C (48.7 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	112 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1962	Sagar, IN	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1962	Lichtentanne, DE	daily high min	9.7 C (49.5 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	80 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1962	Weslaco, US	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1962	Ghanzi, BW	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	9 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
6 November 1962	Nurnberg, DE	daily high min	10.1 C (50.2 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	79 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
6 November 1962	Karnes City 2N, US	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
6 November 1962	Mosdene, ZA	daily rain	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
6 November 1962	Salzburg, AT	daily high max	19.5 C (67.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	62 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
6 November 1962	Regensburg, DE	daily high max	15.6 C (60.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	66 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
6 November 1962	Augsburg (Sankt Stephan), DE	daily high max	17.7 C (63.9 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	66 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
6 November 1962	Heinersreuth-Vollhof, DE	monthly high max	17.5 C (63.5 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	34 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
6 November 1962	Neverset, ZA	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	17 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
6 November 1962	Newport 1 NW, US	daily low max	4.4 C (39.9 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	52 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
6 November 1962	Indian Bay, CA	daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	28 years	27 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 343 records.

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

Records on 11-06 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1795	1
1804	1
1805	1
1812	1
1819	1
1828	2
1834	1
1835	2
1840	1
1842	3
1845	1
1849	1
1851	2
1856	2
1858	1
1860	1
1863	1
1864	2
1868	1
1870	1
1874	2
1875	1
1877	1
1878	2
1879	1
1885	3
1886	1
1888	3
1890	2
1891	2
1893	2
1894	1
1895	7
1896	3
1898	3
1899	12
1900	2
1901	4
1902	6
1903	4
1904	6
1905	15
1906	13
1907	13
1908	21
1909	7
1910	52
1911	27
1912	53
1913	20
1914	36
1915	20
1916	127
1917	30
1918	40
1919	60
1920	53
1921	98
1922	84
1923	119
1924	737
1925	139
1926	123
1927	405
1928	86
1929	89
1930	439
1931	284
1932	307
1933	661
1934	626
1935	527
1936	356
1937	124
1938	1,098
1939	390
1940	201
1941	512
1942	373
1943	238
1944	459
1945	498
1946	682
1947	405
1948	1,219
1949	517
1950	314
1951	1,832
1952	193
1953	1,218
1954	442
1955	311
1956	431
1957	359
1958	227
1959	1,800
1960	388
1961	480
1962	343
1963	493
1964	259
1965	272
1966	548
1967	889
1968	463
1969	756
1970	407
1971	789
1972	387
1973	1,110
1974	355
1975	1,381
1976	653
1977	966
1978	762
1979	581
1980	1,353
1981	673
1982	698
1983	650
1984	536
1985	664
1986	810
1987	806
1988	1,010
1989	1,048
1990	1,240
1991	2,360
1992	1,450
1993	965
1994	1,368
1995	1,464
1996	1,720
1997	849
1998	752
1999	1,367
2000	1,575
2001	879
2002	1,220
2003	2,143
2004	828
2005	1,176
2006	1,397
2007	591
2008	1,266
2009	916
2010	1,349
2011	1,046
2012	894
2013	871
2014	453
2015	1,664
2016	838
2017	1,069
2018	633
2019	561
2020	1,351
2021	456
2022	907
2023	719
2024	1,239
2025	502

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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	237
20 to 40	13
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	1