Weather Records on 22 November 1962

462 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 November 1962. Highest significance: Minsk, BY.

Key Facts for 22 November 1962

On 22 November 1962, 462 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
81 were record highs and 54 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 448 daily.
Minsk set a daily record precipitation of 29.7 mm (1.2 in) on 22 November 1962.
Across 154 earlier years (1816 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 483 records.

Record Map

462 stations

462 station records on 22 November 1962 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 November 1962: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Minsk	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Vasilevici	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Banjar(Saraj-Teh)	India	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Blankenburg	Germany	Record snow depth	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
La Grange 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Muzaffarnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Charlottetown Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Uniacke	Canada	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Weldon	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sand I Ryfylke II	Norway	Record snow depth	43.0 cm (16.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Gorki	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Virginia City	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Yellowstone	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Reid River Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Landsdown	India	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield	Canada	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Red Lodge	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Trafalgar	Canada	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sussex	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
St Margaret's Bay	Canada	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Truro Nsac	Canada	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Groblersplaas	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	114.5 mm (4.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gagetown 2	Canada	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Harrington Harbour	Canada	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Stewiacke	Canada	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lima	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Manan	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Emporia 1 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mariyna Gorka	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Weimar	Germany	Record snow depth	11.0 cm (4.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Glenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Port Hastings	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Yates Hydro Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Norcross	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Home Hill Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Nappan Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Camp Hill 2NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Neuse 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bridger 2 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Siler City 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Beckley Va Hospital	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Powell	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mystic Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Anderson	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Waynesboro 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Charleston 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
La Plata 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Camden on Gauley 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pickens 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Geisenheim	Germany	Record snow depth	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Leeuwfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
El-Golea	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	-0.9 C (30.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	3.6 C (38.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dadeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rapelje	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Arbovale 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Benson	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Milingimbi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Blackburn	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Newton Rigg	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

462 records

Records set or tied on 22 November 1962 by type: Highest daily maximum 41, Lowest daily maximum 27, Highest daily minimum 40, Lowest daily minimum 27, Heaviest daily rainfall 283, Heaviest daily snowfall 23, Deepest snow cover 21.

Records on 22 November 1962 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	41
Lowest daily maximum	27
Highest daily minimum	40
Lowest daily minimum	27
Heaviest daily rainfall	283
Heaviest daily snowfall	23
Deepest snow cover	21

Records on 22 November 1962 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 14, daily 448.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

424 broken records

Margins by which the 424 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 390.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 November 1962

Top 20 records on 22 November 1962 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 November 1962	Minsk, BY	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	62 years	65 of 100 (Major)
22 November 1962	Vasilevici, BY	daily rain	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	51 years	63 of 100 (Major)
22 November 1962	Banjar(Saraj-Teh), IN	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	60 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
22 November 1962	Bad Blankenburg, DE	daily snow depth	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	74 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
22 November 1962	La Grange 1N, US	daily rain	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	70 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
22 November 1962	Muzaffarnagar, IN	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	60 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
22 November 1962	Charlottetown Cda, CA	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	51 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
22 November 1962	Mount Uniacke, CA	daily rain	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	23 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
22 November 1962	Weldon, US	daily rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	55 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
22 November 1962	Sand I Ryfylke II, NO	daily snow depth	43.0 cm (16.9 in)	39.0 cm (15.4 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 November 1962	Gorki, BY	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	14.6 mm (0.6 in)	8 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 November 1962	Virginia City, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	52 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 November 1962	Lake Yellowstone, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	53 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 November 1962	Reid River Railway Station, AU	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	44 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
22 November 1962	Landsdown, IN	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	60 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
22 November 1962	Springfield, CA	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	28 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 November 1962	Red Lodge, US	daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	66 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 November 1962	Trafalgar, CA	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	28 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
22 November 1962	Sussex, CA	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	61 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
22 November 1962	St Margaret's Bay, CA	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	33 years	43 of 100 (Notable)

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

1816 to 1962

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1816 to 1962. 1962 had 462 records.

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

Records on 11-22 in each year
Year	Records
1816	2
1821	1
1829	1
1831	1
1835	1
1843	1
1845	3
1855	1
1857	1
1858	6
1861	1
1872	1
1873	1
1875	4
1878	4
1879	2
1880	6
1882	2
1883	4
1884	1
1888	3
1890	6
1891	2
1893	1
1894	1
1896	3
1897	6
1898	9
1899	1
1900	7
1901	2
1902	5
1903	4
1904	16
1905	8
1906	25
1907	23
1908	30
1909	29
1910	11
1911	29
1912	9
1913	74
1914	28
1915	16
1916	206
1917	331
1918	12
1919	36
1920	30
1921	36
1922	89
1923	68
1924	196
1925	29
1926	292
1927	136
1928	128
1929	759
1930	269
1931	873
1932	221
1933	269
1934	596
1935	120
1936	159
1937	939
1938	167
1939	244
1940	413
1941	356
1942	707
1943	313
1944	178
1945	433
1946	448
1947	616
1948	490
1949	907
1950	641
1951	263
1952	469
1953	548
1954	476
1955	540
1956	423
1957	469
1958	496
1959	414
1960	384
1961	737
1962	462
1963	966
1964	1,087
1965	559
1966	789
1967	448
1968	385
1969	478
1970	717
1971	602
1972	704
1973	556
1974	597
1975	392
1976	390
1977	1,043
1978	896
1979	1,017
1980	699
1981	850
1982	783
1983	1,215
1984	1,196
1985	2,318
1986	459
1987	906
1988	1,272
1989	937
1990	964
1991	1,109
1992	1,513
1993	1,046
1994	827
1995	869
1996	1,829
1997	694
1998	1,497
1999	1,096
2000	1,291
2001	746
2002	1,190
2003	1,329
2004	1,035
2005	667
2006	1,337
2007	955
2008	1,345
2009	1,188
2010	1,341
2011	1,047
2012	962
2013	925
2014	614
2015	848
2016	801
2017	1,334
2018	691
2019	409
2020	414
2021	543
2022	333
2023	576
2024	843
2025	537

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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 50	402
50 to 100	12
100 to 150	7
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1