Weather Records on 8 November 1962

265 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 November 1962. Highest significance: Moruya Heads Pilot Station, AU.

Key Facts for 8 November 1962

On 8 November 1962, 265 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
135 were record highs and 14 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 259 daily.
Moruya Heads Pilot Station set a daily record precipitation of 42.2 mm (1.7 in) on 8 November 1962.
Across 165 earlier years (1794 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 491 records.

Record Map

265 stations

265 station records on 8 November 1962 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 November 1962: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Moruya Heads Pilot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Bodalla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Leeuwin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Sangod	India	Record daily precipitation	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
S.Joao Do Piaui	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tsolo	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Arcadia	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pemberton Meadows	Canada	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Milton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Majors Creek (the Old School)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Geisenheim	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Birmingham AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Waynesboro 2 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Snowville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cobargo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wapengo Lake Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Saskatoon Diefenbaker Int'l A	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	16.6 C (61.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Beloit	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	15.2 C (59.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Zuerich/Fluntern	Switzerland	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Wauchope (Avondale Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	17.5 C (63.5 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Karambakkudi	India	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Theunissen (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Meeker	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Forest Grove	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cortland	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Titusville	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Salisbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cut Bank AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Narooma Rvcp	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hubbard	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Santander Centro	Spain	Record daily precipitation	58.6 mm (2.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Prescott 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Searchlight	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hubbard	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Prince	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Waseca	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Saskatoon U of S	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Virden	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lindenberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	15.8 C (60.4 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Boetsap (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Brookings	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Klamath Falls 2 SSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Three Hills	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Chaplin	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Biggar	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Novosibirsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Noggerup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cooma Lambie Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yathroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Eden (Caravan Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Countegany	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cooma (Gurrabeal)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cooma (Kiaora)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Krasnojarsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Smythe	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

265 records

Records set or tied on 8 November 1962 by type: Highest daily maximum 67, Lowest daily maximum 6, Highest daily minimum 68, Lowest daily minimum 8, Heaviest daily rainfall 116.

Records on 8 November 1962 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	67
Lowest daily maximum	6
Highest daily minimum	68
Lowest daily minimum	8
Heaviest daily rainfall	116
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 8 November 1962 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 259.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

216 broken records

Margins by which the 216 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 64.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 November 1962

Top 20 records on 8 November 1962 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 November 1962	Moruya Heads Pilot Station, AU	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	65 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1962	Bodalla Post Office, AU	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	68 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1962	Cape Leeuwin, AU	monthly rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	13 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1962	Sangod, IN	daily rain	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	48 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1962	S.Joao Do Piaui, BR	daily rain	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	44 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1962	Tsolo, ZA	daily rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	32.9 mm (1.3 in)	21 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1962	Arcadia, US	daily rain	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	59 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1962	Pemberton Meadows, CA	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	48 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1962	Milton Post Office, AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	5.9 mm (0.23 in)	74 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
8 November 1962	Innsbruck, AT	monthly high min	15.0 C (59.0 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	56 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
8 November 1962	Majors Creek (the Old School), AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	49 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
8 November 1962	Geisenheim, DE	daily high min	9.4 C (48.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	76 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
8 November 1962	Birmingham AP, US	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	19 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
8 November 1962	Waynesboro 2 W, US	daily low max	15.0 C (59.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	68 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
8 November 1962	Snowville, US	daily high max	22.2 C (72.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	56 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
8 November 1962	Cobargo Post Office, AU	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	12 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
8 November 1962	Wapengo Lake Road, AU	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	8 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
8 November 1962	Saskatoon Diefenbaker Int'l A, CA	daily high min	3.9 C (39.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	56 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
8 November 1962	Nurnberg, DE	daily high max	16.6 C (61.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	66 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
8 November 1962	Beloit, US	daily low min	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	65 years	29 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

1794 to 1962

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1962. 1962 had 265 records.

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

Records on 11-08 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1795	1
1807	1
1811	1
1812	1
1813	1
1815	1
1818	1
1821	1
1828	1
1835	1
1842	1
1844	1
1845	2
1849	2
1852	1
1856	1
1858	1
1862	1
1864	1
1865	1
1868	1
1871	1
1872	2
1875	2
1876	2
1877	2
1878	2
1881	1
1882	1
1885	3
1886	4
1888	3
1890	1
1892	1
1893	3
1894	3
1895	12
1898	2
1899	9
1900	2
1901	1
1902	6
1903	4
1904	21
1905	11
1906	13
1907	5
1908	15
1909	11
1910	15
1911	10
1912	34
1913	38
1914	20
1915	32
1916	76
1917	102
1918	27
1919	71
1920	38
1921	162
1922	16
1923	155
1924	629
1925	392
1926	108
1927	324
1928	60
1929	137
1930	340
1931	685
1932	412
1933	467
1934	763
1935	266
1936	579
1937	356
1938	819
1939	208
1940	357
1941	513
1942	238
1943	767
1944	561
1945	1,293
1946	608
1947	475
1948	505
1949	331
1950	653
1951	939
1952	316
1953	483
1954	328
1955	448
1956	278
1957	418
1958	231
1959	456
1960	430
1961	246
1962	265
1963	670
1964	368
1965	346
1966	1,701
1967	747
1968	532
1969	579
1970	570
1971	1,239
1972	571
1973	928
1974	593
1975	1,204
1976	1,058
1977	1,429
1978	839
1979	728
1980	1,440
1981	823
1982	591
1983	1,007
1984	864
1985	718
1986	1,702
1987	548
1988	602
1989	811
1990	1,079
1991	3,151
1992	804
1993	842
1994	789
1995	1,168
1996	1,340
1997	897
1998	1,302
1999	1,786
2000	2,194
2001	789
2002	1,050
2003	1,038
2004	888
2005	1,935
2006	1,403
2007	717
2008	809
2009	755
2010	1,167
2011	1,442
2012	814
2013	631
2014	440
2015	930
2016	1,057
2017	478
2018	552
2019	810
2020	2,160
2021	505
2022	1,464
2023	689
2024	1,184
2025	328

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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 10	184
10 to 20	19
20 to 30	6
30 to 40	5
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	1