Weather Records on 4 December 1962

574 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 December 1962. Highest significance: Giffard, AU.

Key Facts for 4 December 1962

On 4 December 1962, 574 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
153 were record highs and 41 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 60 monthly and 512 daily.
Giffard set an all-time record daily precipitation of 117.9 mm (4.6 in) on 4 December 1962.
Across 166 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 463 records.

Record Map

574 stations

574 station records on 4 December 1962 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 December 1962: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Giffard	Australia	Record daily precipitation	117.9 mm (4.6 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Katol	India	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Bellary	India	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Aloograda	India	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Ratnagiri	India	Record daily precipitation	74.6 mm (2.9 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Kampli	India	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Seoni	India	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Chandgad	India	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Proddatur	India	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Baloda Bazar	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Kattanjhiri	India	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Jalgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	71.2 mm (2.8 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Jammalamadugu	India	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Ahwa	India	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Burwaha	India	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Tamia	India	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Nasrullaganj	India	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Gulbarga	India	Record daily precipitation	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Sarthi	India	Record daily precipitation	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Pariat	India	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mandla	India	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
The Hermatige	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Srinivaspur	India	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Dharampuri	India	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Rajpur	India	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Perseoni	India	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Pulivendla	India	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sawantwadi	India	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Welshpool	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Athani	India	Record daily precipitation	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ghoda Ambegaon	India	Record daily precipitation	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Urvakonda	India	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Jamunia	India	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Gargoti	India	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tadpatri	India	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Badnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bhatkal	India	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Salzburg	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sonkatch	India	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Koilkuntla	India	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bagalkot	India	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Chatarpur	India	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Paling Yards (Ulabri)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Yarram	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Vengurla	India	Record daily precipitation	75.5 mm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gobichettipalaya	India	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gilgandra (Chelmsford Ave)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dunedoo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record high maximum temperature	27.5 C (81.5 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bhainsdehi	India	Record daily precipitation	62.6 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kamalapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kurnool	India	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kalghatgi	India	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kudal	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Vada	India	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Madalya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Raichur	India	Record daily precipitation	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Quambone Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dharmavaram	India	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ilkal	India	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

574 records

Records set or tied on 4 December 1962 by type: Highest daily maximum 99, Lowest daily maximum 19, Highest daily minimum 54, Lowest daily minimum 22, Heaviest daily rainfall 374, Heaviest daily snowfall 4, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 4 December 1962 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	99
Lowest daily maximum	19
Highest daily minimum	54
Lowest daily minimum	22
Heaviest daily rainfall	374
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 4 December 1962 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 60, daily 512.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

490 broken records

Margins by which the 490 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 95.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 December 1962

Top 20 records on 4 December 1962 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 December 1962	Giffard, AU	all-time rain	117.9 mm (4.6 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	43 years	77 of 100 (Major)
4 December 1962	Katol, IN	monthly rain	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	52 years	71 of 100 (Major)
4 December 1962	Bellary, IN	monthly rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	67 of 100 (Major)
4 December 1962	Aloograda, IN	monthly rain	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	55 years	66 of 100 (Major)
4 December 1962	Ratnagiri, IN	monthly rain	74.6 mm (2.9 in)	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	30 years	65 of 100 (Major)
4 December 1962	Kampli, IN	monthly rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	64 of 100 (Major)
4 December 1962	Seoni, IN	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	60 years	64 of 100 (Major)
4 December 1962	Chandgad, IN	daily rain	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	60 years	64 of 100 (Major)
4 December 1962	Proddatur, IN	monthly rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	63 of 100 (Major)
4 December 1962	Baloda Bazar, IN	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	59 years	63 of 100 (Major)
4 December 1962	Kattanjhiri, IN	monthly rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	95.2 mm (3.7 in)	32 years	62 of 100 (Major)
4 December 1962	Jalgaon, IN	monthly rain	71.2 mm (2.8 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	33 years	62 of 100 (Major)
4 December 1962	Jammalamadugu, IN	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	48 years	60 of 100 (Major)
4 December 1962	Ahwa, IN	monthly rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	30 years	60 of 100 (Major)
4 December 1962	Burwaha, IN	monthly rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	19 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1962	Tamia, IN	monthly rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	52 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1962	Nasrullaganj, IN	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	39 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1962	Gulbarga, IN	daily rain	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	44.1 mm (1.7 in)	33 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1962	Sarthi, IN	daily rain	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	35 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1962	Pariat, IN	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	35 years	53 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

1796 to 1962

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1962. 1962 had 574 records.

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

Records on 12-04 in each year
Year	Records
1796	2
1797	1
1810	2
1823	1
1829	2
1846	1
1847	1
1849	1
1850	1
1852	3
1854	1
1855	5
1856	2
1858	1
1859	1
1860	1
1861	1
1865	1
1866	1
1867	1
1868	2
1870	3
1872	1
1873	1
1875	2
1876	1
1878	1
1879	7
1882	3
1883	2
1885	1
1886	4
1887	1
1888	1
1889	1
1891	4
1892	9
1896	2
1897	5
1898	9
1899	3
1900	13
1901	7
1902	15
1903	7
1904	6
1905	16
1906	25
1907	5
1908	8
1909	45
1910	7
1911	27
1912	46
1913	59
1914	61
1915	61
1916	95
1917	31
1918	27
1919	94
1920	54
1921	60
1922	72
1923	142
1924	129
1925	266
1926	174
1927	184
1928	143
1929	432
1930	221
1931	411
1932	265
1933	524
1934	149
1935	330
1936	637
1937	148
1938	275
1939	443
1940	600
1941	1,326
1942	450
1943	259
1944	377
1945	332
1946	515
1947	577
1948	504
1949	120
1950	852
1951	583
1952	269
1953	738
1954	689
1955	811
1956	692
1957	350
1958	529
1959	212
1960	628
1961	570
1962	574
1963	285
1964	1,195
1965	590
1966	1,047
1967	428
1968	775
1969	366
1970	933
1971	768
1972	1,973
1973	1,124
1974	651
1975	757
1976	669
1977	654
1978	1,582
1979	943
1980	976
1981	638
1982	2,138
1983	1,284
1984	796
1985	1,239
1986	549
1987	624
1988	764
1989	1,541
1990	1,164
1991	1,178
1992	1,075
1993	708
1994	1,029
1995	972
1996	684
1997	654
1998	2,549
1999	930
2000	895
2001	974
2002	1,478
2003	595
2004	721
2005	1,075
2006	1,510
2007	1,005
2008	652
2009	1,114
2010	1,874
2011	1,252
2012	1,482
2013	1,227
2014	629
2015	428
2016	533
2017	607
2018	563
2019	522
2020	424
2021	942
2022	437
2023	736
2024	590
2025	535

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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	405
20 to 40	66
40 to 60	15
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	1