Weather Records on 29 November 1962

611 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 November 1962. Highest significance: Minnedosa, CA.

Key Facts for 29 November 1962

On 29 November 1962, 611 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
390 were record highs and 30 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 606 daily.
Minnedosa set a daily record snowfall of 24.4 cm (9.6 in) on 29 November 1962.
Across 161 earlier years (1797 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 477 records.

Record Map

611 stations

611 station records on 29 November 1962 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 November 1962: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Minnedosa	Canada	Record daily snowfall	24.4 cm (9.6 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Cushman Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Tenali	India	Record daily precipitation	71.3 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Coonabarabran (Namoi Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hamiota	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Virden	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cushman Dam	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Garibaldi	Canada	Record daily snowfall	51.1 cm (20.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Vancouver Pmo	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bainbridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Britannia Beach Furry Cr	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mungindi (Cambo Cambo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wells	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Stewarts Brook Composite	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Culbertson	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge Galt Moe	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Burquitlam Vancouver Golf Cour	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.2 cm (4.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Norton 9SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Marquette	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
N Loup	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chilton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ottosdal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Oberlin	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Phillipsburg 1 SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Quinter	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tribune 1W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gothenburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cumberland	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wray	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Grenora	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Williston Sloulin Fld	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.1 cm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Haliburton A	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Healy	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lakin	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Alouette Lake	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Buntzen Lake	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bancroft	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Surgut	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-3.5 C (25.7 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Caledonia	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mystic Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Stanton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Manassa	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Albion	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Francis	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Newberry-Luce Co Rd Commission	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Loup City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Crosbyton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Jerrys Plains Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Audubon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus 3 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Curtis	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Fairmont	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Cook	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Alert Bay	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Oranjeville (Skl)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Manassa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Decorah	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

611 records

Records set or tied on 29 November 1962 by type: Highest daily maximum 182, Lowest daily maximum 17, Highest daily minimum 208, Lowest daily minimum 13, Heaviest daily rainfall 133, Heaviest daily snowfall 49, Deepest snow cover 9.

Records on 29 November 1962 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	182
Lowest daily maximum	17
Highest daily minimum	208
Lowest daily minimum	13
Heaviest daily rainfall	133
Heaviest daily snowfall	49
Deepest snow cover	9

Records on 29 November 1962 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 4, daily 606.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

496 broken records

Margins by which the 496 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 407.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 November 1962

Top 20 records on 29 November 1962 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 November 1962	Minnedosa, CA	daily snowfall	24.4 cm (9.6 in)	21.9 cm (8.6 in)	76 years	71 of 100 (Major)
29 November 1962	Cushman Dam, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	48 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
29 November 1962	Tenali, IN	daily rain	71.3 mm (2.8 in)	60.9 mm (2.4 in)	55 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 November 1962	Coonabarabran (Namoi Street), AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	79 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 November 1962	Hamiota, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	48 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 November 1962	Virden, CA	daily high min	0.0 C (32.0 F)	11.1 C (20.0 F)	71 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 November 1962	Cushman Dam, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	47 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 November 1962	Garibaldi, CA	daily snowfall	51.1 cm (20.1 in)	40.7 cm (16.0 in)	0 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
29 November 1962	Vancouver Pmo, CA	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	56 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
29 November 1962	Bainbridge, US	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	27 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
29 November 1962	Britannia Beach Furry Cr, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	48 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
29 November 1962	Mungindi (Cambo Cambo), AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	35 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
29 November 1962	Wells, US	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	48 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
29 November 1962	Stewarts Brook Composite, AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	56 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
29 November 1962	Culbertson, US	daily high min	6.7 C (44.1 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	53 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
29 November 1962	Cambridge Galt Moe, CA	daily high max	11.7 C (53.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	80 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
29 November 1962	Burquitlam Vancouver Golf Cour, CA	daily snowfall	11.2 cm (4.4 in)	11.2 cm (4.4 in)	36 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
29 November 1962	Norton 9SSE, US	daily high min	8.3 C (46.9 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	56 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
29 November 1962	Marquette, US	daily high min	1.7 C (35.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	76 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
29 November 1962	Oran-Hopital Militaire, DZ	daily low min	4.0 C (39.2 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	72 years	34 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

1797 to 1962

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1962. 1962 had 611 records.

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

Records on 11-29 in each year
Year	Records
1797	2
1806	1
1807	2
1808	1
1815	2
1817	1
1822	1
1825	2
1827	2
1828	2
1836	1
1838	1
1849	2
1850	2
1851	1
1871	2
1874	1
1875	4
1876	1
1877	1
1878	1
1881	1
1883	1
1884	1
1885	3
1887	2
1888	1
1889	2
1890	2
1891	2
1892	3
1893	4
1896	1
1897	2
1898	4
1899	7
1900	5
1901	3
1902	8
1903	19
1904	7
1905	44
1906	27
1907	8
1908	14
1909	25
1910	28
1911	14
1912	15
1913	44
1914	32
1915	51
1916	61
1917	46
1918	15
1919	66
1920	70
1921	31
1922	31
1923	86
1924	59
1925	85
1926	92
1927	649
1928	88
1929	665
1930	439
1931	217
1932	413
1933	669
1934	612
1935	176
1936	87
1937	231
1938	288
1939	281
1940	321
1941	485
1942	428
1943	187
1944	198
1945	342
1946	294
1947	371
1948	618
1949	655
1950	586
1951	173
1952	815
1953	244
1954	320
1955	1,121
1956	379
1957	327
1958	927
1959	565
1960	426
1961	289
1962	611
1963	539
1964	797
1965	241
1966	807
1967	391
1968	526
1969	596
1970	851
1971	1,107
1972	367
1973	747
1974	497
1975	1,617
1976	2,199
1977	1,266
1978	612
1979	811
1980	665
1981	674
1982	795
1983	1,457
1984	642
1985	2,683
1986	817
1987	1,070
1988	629
1989	636
1990	924
1991	1,304
1992	669
1993	816
1994	1,023
1995	1,225
1996	1,308
1997	1,338
1998	2,529
1999	946
2000	882
2001	2,082
2002	1,080
2003	752
2004	1,227
2005	1,288
2006	1,998
2007	538
2008	1,004
2009	652
2010	1,659
2011	1,335
2012	927
2013	528
2014	1,138
2015	720
2016	692
2017	358
2018	803
2019	973
2020	271
2021	1,202
2022	648
2023	787
2024	465
2025	756

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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 100	486
100 to 200	8
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1