Weather Records on 27 November 1962

692 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 November 1962. Highest significance: Bowie, US.

Key Facts for 27 November 1962

On 27 November 1962, 692 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
419 were record highs and 17 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 687 daily.
Bowie set a daily record precipitation of 88.4 mm (3.5 in) on 27 November 1962.
Across 167 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 443 records.

Record Map

692 stations

692 station records on 27 November 1962 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 November 1962: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bowie	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
New Holland	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Moran	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Durant	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tibooburra (Olive Downs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Calvin	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Woodsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lima	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cameron	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hewitt	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Marquette	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ennis	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Hope	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Houston Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sivakasi	India	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Oswego 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ada	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Eufaula 6 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Haskell	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wellington	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Virginia City	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville Kgvl Radio	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Honey Grove	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nixon	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tishomingo Natl Wr	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Temple	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bartlesville Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Antlers	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bonham 3NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fredonia	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
N Loup	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Arthur City	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Marquette	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sheldon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ness City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Conroe	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sugar Land	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Red Oak	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Walnut 4S	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Purcell 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
De Smet	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Milbank 4 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hempstead	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Pleasant	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sherman	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fergana	Uzbekistan	Record low minimum temperature	-14.5 C (5.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mineral	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Leech Lake	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wadena 3 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Forestburg 4 NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mexia	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Throckmorton	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Deseret	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Primghar	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Milan 1NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Warroad	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nevada Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Paul	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

692 records

Records set or tied on 27 November 1962 by type: Highest daily maximum 110, Lowest daily maximum 11, Highest daily minimum 309, Lowest daily minimum 6, Heaviest daily rainfall 235, Heaviest daily snowfall 16, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 27 November 1962 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	110
Lowest daily maximum	11
Highest daily minimum	309
Lowest daily minimum	6
Heaviest daily rainfall	235
Heaviest daily snowfall	16
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 27 November 1962 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 687.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

614 broken records

Margins by which the 614 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 147.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 November 1962

Top 20 records on 27 November 1962 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 November 1962	Bowie, US	daily rain	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	44 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1962	New Holland, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1962	Moran, US	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	61 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1962	Durant, US	daily rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	48 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1962	Tibooburra (Olive Downs), AU	monthly rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	45 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1962	Calvin, US	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	55 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1962	Woodsboro, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	19 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1962	Lima, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	41 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1962	Cameron, US	daily rain	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	11 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1962	Hewitt, US	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	74 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1962	Marquette, US	daily high max	10.6 C (51.1 F)	6.2 C (11.2 F)	84 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1962	Greenville, US	daily rain	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	67 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1962	Ennis, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	44 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1962	Mt Hope, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	61 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1962	Houston Wb City, US	daily rain	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	28 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1962	Sivakasi, IN	daily rain	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	47 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1962	Oswego 1 N, US	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	44 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1962	Ada, US	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	53 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1962	Eufaula 6 SSW, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1962	Haskell, US	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	19 years	39 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

1793 to 1962

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1962. 1962 had 692 records.

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

Records on 11-27 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1794	1
1796	1
1815	1
1829	2
1838	2
1846	1
1849	3
1850	1
1851	1
1853	1
1856	4
1857	1
1859	1
1861	1
1862	1
1864	1
1869	1
1870	1
1871	1
1872	4
1873	1
1874	2
1875	1
1876	1
1877	2
1878	7
1879	2
1881	1
1883	1
1884	2
1885	3
1887	2
1890	10
1891	2
1892	1
1894	5
1895	3
1896	5
1897	3
1898	10
1899	3
1900	2
1901	3
1902	1
1903	28
1904	5
1905	5
1906	13
1907	14
1908	32
1909	36
1910	12
1911	22
1912	9
1913	18
1914	13
1915	34
1916	78
1917	94
1918	32
1919	55
1920	98
1921	108
1922	31
1923	48
1924	30
1925	93
1926	152
1927	375
1928	71
1929	118
1930	596
1931	181
1932	361
1933	331
1934	259
1935	272
1936	300
1937	258
1938	773
1939	310
1940	560
1941	173
1942	334
1943	127
1944	268
1945	265
1946	489
1947	255
1948	696
1949	1,141
1950	534
1951	685
1952	1,351
1953	521
1954	220
1955	690
1956	335
1957	159
1958	585
1959	476
1960	896
1961	348
1962	692
1963	388
1964	527
1965	864
1966	639
1967	360
1968	458
1969	450
1970	670
1971	450
1972	499
1973	1,453
1974	556
1975	1,222
1976	1,389
1977	1,190
1978	1,031
1979	851
1980	941
1981	769
1982	952
1983	2,097
1984	1,264
1985	2,808
1986	687
1987	786
1988	821
1989	927
1990	1,626
1991	742
1992	951
1993	1,674
1994	1,355
1995	832
1996	1,155
1997	980
1998	1,433
1999	954
2000	642
2001	1,247
2002	1,029
2003	641
2004	556
2005	853
2006	1,304
2007	472
2008	884
2009	726
2010	1,199
2011	1,213
2012	392
2013	1,165
2014	1,136
2015	1,183
2016	388
2017	1,136
2018	628
2019	997
2020	287
2021	565
2022	420
2023	623
2024	736
2025	296

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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	552
20 to 40	45
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	1
140 to 160	1