Weather Records on 16 November 1962

264 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 November 1962. Highest significance: Bosbokrand (Pol), ZA.

Key Facts for 16 November 1962

On 16 November 1962, 264 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
39 were record highs and 28 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 260 daily.
Bosbokrand (Pol) set a daily record precipitation of 88.5 mm (3.5 in) on 16 November 1962.
Across 156 earlier years (1805 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 471 records.

Record Map

264 stations

264 station records on 16 November 1962 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 November 1962: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bosbokrand (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	88.5 mm (3.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Caledon (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Pesaro	Italy	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rouxville (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gallatin 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Belle Isle	Canada	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gospic	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Die Hoogte	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Celaya (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Scheurfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Uitkyk	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Flin Flon	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Belle Isle	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-3.8 C (25.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Ayr	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hex Krantz	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lowestoft	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mooloolah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Woodland	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Morgan	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Norvalspont (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Glenwood Spgs #2	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ellsworth	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Cook	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Huetamo	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lerwick	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	-0.9 C (30.4 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Millinocket	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Taos	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
La Piedad de Cabadas (Dge)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Dunmurray	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ames	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Oberlin	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomfield 3 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Gumri	Armenia	Record high minimum temperature	3.4 C (38.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Protem	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hebron	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kriel (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Elandshoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Maandagshoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lima	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Queen Mary Falls	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Campsie	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Estes Park	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Turnu Magurele	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	8.6 C (47.5 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Machadodorp	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Mamakuil	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Alldays	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Castle Rock	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
La Harpe	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Potter	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Oakley	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Carrizozo 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lima	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Greeley	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Archer	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Blackfoot Fire Dept	United States	Record daily snowfall	3.0 cm (1.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Haigler	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mullen 3S	United States	Record daily precipitation	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

264 records

Records set or tied on 16 November 1962 by type: Highest daily maximum 8, Lowest daily maximum 8, Highest daily minimum 31, Lowest daily minimum 20, Heaviest daily rainfall 149, Heaviest daily snowfall 44, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 16 November 1962 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	8
Lowest daily maximum	8
Highest daily minimum	31
Lowest daily minimum	20
Heaviest daily rainfall	149
Heaviest daily snowfall	44
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 16 November 1962 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 260.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

221 broken records

Margins by which the 221 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 76.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 November 1962

Top 20 records on 16 November 1962 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 November 1962	Bosbokrand (Pol), ZA	daily rain	88.5 mm (3.5 in)	71.5 mm (2.8 in)	56 years	62 of 100 (Major)
16 November 1962	Caledon (Pol), ZA	daily rain	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	14.6 mm (0.6 in)	71 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1962	Pesaro, IT	daily rain	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	65 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1962	Rouxville (Pol), ZA	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	55 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1962	Gallatin 1W, US	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	33 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1962	Belle Isle, CA	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	15 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1962	Gospic, HR	daily rain	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	74 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1962	Die Hoogte, ZA	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
16 November 1962	Celaya (Smn), MX	daily low max	11.1 C (52.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	36 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
16 November 1962	Ft Madison, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	52 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
16 November 1962	Scheurfontein, ZA	monthly rain	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	8.8 mm (0.35 in)	27 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
16 November 1962	Uitkyk, ZA	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	8 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
16 November 1962	Flin Flon, CA	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	33 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
16 November 1962	Belle Isle, CA	daily high max	6.1 C (43.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	68 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
16 November 1962	Stornoway Airport, GB	daily low min	-3.8 C (25.2 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	64 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
16 November 1962	Mt Ayr, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	52 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
16 November 1962	Hex Krantz, ZA	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	23 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
16 November 1962	Lowestoft, GB	daily low min	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	60 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
16 November 1962	Mooloolah Post Office, AU	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	63 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
16 November 1962	Woodland, US	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	36 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

1805 to 1962

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1962. 1962 had 264 records.

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

Records on 11-16 in each year
Year	Records
1805	3
1835	1
1837	1
1844	1
1845	2
1846	1
1848	1
1854	1
1856	2
1858	4
1860	1
1867	1
1871	2
1874	1
1876	1
1877	2
1879	2
1881	1
1883	4
1884	2
1885	1
1887	7
1891	2
1892	1
1893	1
1894	5
1895	7
1896	4
1897	2
1898	3
1899	4
1900	3
1901	4
1902	2
1903	10
1904	3
1905	12
1906	13
1907	7
1908	19
1909	30
1910	14
1911	21
1912	52
1913	25
1914	42
1915	22
1916	185
1917	52
1918	61
1919	72
1920	310
1921	28
1922	24
1923	57
1924	37
1925	164
1926	376
1927	513
1928	534
1929	128
1930	539
1931	1,166
1932	678
1933	1,082
1934	237
1935	240
1936	366
1937	288
1938	178
1939	577
1940	533
1941	482
1942	520
1943	326
1944	247
1945	306
1946	434
1947	275
1948	351
1949	362
1950	569
1951	656
1952	962
1953	806
1954	357
1955	2,289
1956	405
1957	468
1958	1,151
1959	935
1960	308
1961	1,070
1962	264
1963	683
1964	872
1965	651
1966	634
1967	662
1968	454
1969	521
1970	646
1971	760
1972	484
1973	471
1974	383
1975	448
1976	814
1977	451
1978	679
1979	563
1980	902
1981	692
1982	485
1983	1,087
1984	348
1985	896
1986	657
1987	1,064
1988	1,125
1989	1,098
1990	970
1991	726
1992	527
1993	1,040
1994	614
1995	1,561
1996	1,406
1997	1,789
1998	675
1999	1,020
2000	1,153
2001	1,396
2002	974
2003	555
2004	599
2005	1,012
2006	1,563
2007	693
2008	715
2009	898
2010	1,030
2011	789
2012	328
2013	660
2014	1,923
2015	780
2016	986
2017	829
2018	1,384
2019	458
2020	641
2021	526
2022	600
2023	638
2024	506
2025	927

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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	161
10 to 20	35
20 to 30	16
30 to 40	5
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	3