Weather Records on 6 December 1962

916 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 December 1962. Highest significance: Gabo Island Lighthouse, AU.

Key Facts for 6 December 1962

On 6 December 1962, 916 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
114 were record highs and 57 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 37 monthly and 879 daily.
Gabo Island Lighthouse set a daily record precipitation of 64.0 mm (2.5 in) on 6 December 1962.
Across 164 earlier years (1804 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 481 records.

Record Map

916 stations

916 station records on 6 December 1962 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 December 1962: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Gabo Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Ferozepur(Jhirka)	India	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Palwal	India	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Bellary	India	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Gulbarga	India	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Ghansore	India	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Kolhapur	India	Record daily precipitation	51.7 mm (2.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Vengurla	India	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Sawantwadi	India	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Kudal	India	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Alwar	India	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Kamen Kaman	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Cadiz	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Baihar	India	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Balaghat	India	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Lanji	India	Record daily precipitation	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Waraseoni	India	Record daily precipitation	75.6 mm (3.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Mungeli	India	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Begumpet Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Saginaw Mbs Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Dongargarh	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Tharsa	India	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Harrow Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Punahana	India	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Khairagarh	India	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Sans Souci (Public School)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Waramain	India	Record daily precipitation	124.4 mm (4.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Kowardha	India	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Dongargaon	India	Record daily precipitation	77.4 mm (3.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Saleteka	India	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Paraswada	India	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Jalalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Saginaw Mbs Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Urvakonda	India	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Gandipet(Osmansa)	India	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mahabaleshwar	India	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Janwada	India	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Davangire	India	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Millington 3 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Chippewa Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Raichur	India	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrenceville 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Leura	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Eden (Timbillica)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	117.6 mm (4.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kampli	India	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Shevgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Arcade	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Medha	India	Record daily precipitation	62.8 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Varanasi	India	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Philo 3 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Philippi	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wyndham Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Toronto	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Chipurupally	India	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hunsur	India	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kathghora	India	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Roomal	India	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Himayatsagar Pwd	India	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pendra Road	India	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Talegaon D-Dhera	India	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

916 records

Records set or tied on 6 December 1962 by type: Highest daily maximum 48, Lowest daily maximum 36, Highest daily minimum 66, Lowest daily minimum 21, Heaviest daily rainfall 617, Heaviest daily snowfall 108, Deepest snow cover 20.

Records on 6 December 1962 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	48
Lowest daily maximum	36
Highest daily minimum	66
Lowest daily minimum	21
Heaviest daily rainfall	617
Heaviest daily snowfall	108
Deepest snow cover	20

Records on 6 December 1962 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 37, daily 879.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

824 broken records

Margins by which the 824 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 173.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 December 1962

Top 20 records on 6 December 1962 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 December 1962	Gabo Island Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	97 years	78 of 100 (Major)
6 December 1962	Ferozepur(Jhirka), IN	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	60 years	64 of 100 (Major)
6 December 1962	Palwal, IN	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	60 years	64 of 100 (Major)
6 December 1962	Bellary, IN	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	60 years	64 of 100 (Major)
6 December 1962	Gulbarga, IN	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	60 years	64 of 100 (Major)
6 December 1962	Ghansore, IN	monthly rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	33 years	64 of 100 (Major)
6 December 1962	Kolhapur, IN	daily rain	51.7 mm (2.0 in)	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	60 years	64 of 100 (Major)
6 December 1962	Vengurla, IN	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	60 years	64 of 100 (Major)
6 December 1962	Sawantwadi, IN	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	60 years	64 of 100 (Major)
6 December 1962	Kudal, IN	daily rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	60 years	64 of 100 (Major)
6 December 1962	Alwar, IN	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	60 years	64 of 100 (Major)
6 December 1962	Kamen Kaman, IN	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	60 years	64 of 100 (Major)
6 December 1962	Cadiz, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	52 years	61 of 100 (Major)
6 December 1962	Baihar, IN	daily rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	48 years	60 of 100 (Major)
6 December 1962	Balaghat, IN	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	48 years	60 of 100 (Major)
6 December 1962	Lanji, IN	daily rain	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	48 years	60 of 100 (Major)
6 December 1962	Waraseoni, IN	daily rain	75.6 mm (3.0 in)	64.2 mm (2.5 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1962	Mungeli, IN	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1962	Begumpet Obsy, IN	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	60 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1962	Saginaw Mbs Intl AP, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	15.5 cm (6.1 in)	43 years	58 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

1804 to 1962

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1804 to 1962. 1962 had 916 records.

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

Records on 12-06 in each year
Year	Records
1804	1
1822	1
1825	1
1827	1
1829	2
1832	1
1836	1
1839	1
1840	1
1841	1
1842	1
1844	2
1848	1
1856	2
1859	1
1860	2
1861	1
1862	1
1865	1
1866	1
1868	7
1871	1
1872	1
1875	3
1876	1
1879	5
1880	1
1884	2
1886	3
1888	2
1889	1
1890	1
1891	8
1893	2
1895	3
1896	2
1897	1
1898	4
1899	7
1900	6
1901	5
1902	19
1903	7
1904	13
1905	4
1906	23
1907	10
1908	18
1909	26
1910	35
1911	9
1912	109
1913	14
1914	11
1915	63
1916	25
1917	22
1918	34
1919	30
1920	259
1921	20
1922	150
1923	145
1924	159
1925	189
1926	308
1927	107
1928	98
1929	92
1930	481
1931	178
1932	363
1933	346
1934	185
1935	283
1936	524
1937	958
1938	267
1939	918
1940	264
1941	231
1942	509
1943	378
1944	203
1945	241
1946	657
1947	178
1948	396
1949	137
1950	1,419
1951	1,591
1952	229
1953	533
1954	455
1955	345
1956	1,633
1957	362
1958	640
1959	379
1960	707
1961	197
1962	916
1963	391
1964	597
1965	420
1966	1,013
1967	310
1968	356
1969	810
1970	558
1971	545
1972	2,565
1973	482
1974	549
1975	637
1976	643
1977	1,480
1978	969
1979	809
1980	1,108
1981	937
1982	1,277
1983	1,232
1984	1,245
1985	1,087
1986	695
1987	978
1988	660
1989	798
1990	800
1991	743
1992	1,622
1993	485
1994	1,467
1995	1,456
1996	1,093
1997	953
1998	2,750
1999	1,079
2000	1,230
2001	1,520
2002	1,576
2003	1,303
2004	699
2005	1,233
2006	1,097
2007	1,538
2008	913
2009	866
2010	1,364
2011	1,327
2012	848
2013	2,182
2014	615
2015	768
2016	575
2017	402
2018	469
2019	374
2020	549
2021	676
2022	432
2023	1,271
2024	620
2025	640

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Data for records on 1962-12-06: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 25	688
25 to 50	77
50 to 75	27
75 to 100	15
100 to 125	12
125 to 150	1
150 to 175	4