Weather Records on 7 December 1962

642 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 December 1962. Highest significance: Ridgway, US.

Key Facts for 7 December 1962

On 7 December 1962, 642 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
88 were record highs and 52 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 625 daily.
Ridgway set a daily record snowfall of 25.1 cm (9.9 in) on 7 December 1962.
Across 157 earlier years (1801 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 493 records.

Record Map

642 stations

642 station records on 7 December 1962 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 December 1962: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ridgway	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.1 cm (9.9 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Nimmitabel Wastewater Treatmen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Kenton	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Murrungowar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Cooma Lambie Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Tiffin	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Claysville 3 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.8 cm (8.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Gabo Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Shevgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Pambula Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Jindabyne West (Hiawatha)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Paupong Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Alfred	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Warren	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Burragate Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Eden (Caravan Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Narooma Rvcp	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Bucyrus	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Bermagui South (Young Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Cathcart (Mount Darragh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Wyndham Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Cooma (Carlaminda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Norwalk Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Craigie (Bondi Forest Lodge)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Howell Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.5 cm (7.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Woolooga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	111.5 mm (4.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Camden on Gauley 2 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Majors Creek (the Old School)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Butchers Ridge Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Turuvekere	India	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Sandusky	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sunbury	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Alfred	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Gouldsboro	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Eden (Timbillica)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Paisley	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Angola	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.6 cm (8.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Addison	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kenton	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Norwalk Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wapengo Lake Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wulgulmerang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Owosso Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Galeton	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cooma (Kiaora)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ann Arbor U of Mich	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dansville	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Orbost (Comparison)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Najahan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Delaware	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Elkins- Randolph Co AP	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cobargo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Countegany	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Vanderbilt 11ENE	United States	Record daily snowfall	32.3 cm (12.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Chippewa Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Meadville 1 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	34.8 cm (13.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wellsboro 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bemboka Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Buchan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

642 records

Records set or tied on 7 December 1962 by type: Highest daily maximum 42, Lowest daily maximum 33, Highest daily minimum 46, Lowest daily minimum 19, Heaviest daily rainfall 316, Heaviest daily snowfall 130, Deepest snow cover 56.

Records on 7 December 1962 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	42
Lowest daily maximum	33
Highest daily minimum	46
Lowest daily minimum	19
Heaviest daily rainfall	316
Heaviest daily snowfall	130
Deepest snow cover	56

Records on 7 December 1962 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 16, daily 625.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

541 broken records

Margins by which the 541 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 259.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 December 1962

Top 20 records on 7 December 1962 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 December 1962	Ridgway, US	daily snowfall	25.1 cm (9.9 in)	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	64 years	66 of 100 (Major)
7 December 1962	Nimmitabel Wastewater Treatmen, AU	daily rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	65 years	65 of 100 (Major)
7 December 1962	Kenton, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	68 years	65 of 100 (Major)
7 December 1962	Murrungowar, AU	daily rain	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	72.2 mm (2.8 in)	60 years	64 of 100 (Major)
7 December 1962	Cooma Lambie Street, AU	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	65 years	63 of 100 (Major)
7 December 1962	Tiffin, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	60 years	62 of 100 (Major)
7 December 1962	Claysville 3 W, US	daily snowfall	21.8 cm (8.6 in)	19.3 cm (7.6 in)	56 years	61 of 100 (Major)
7 December 1962	Gabo Island Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	65 years	60 of 100 (Major)
7 December 1962	Shevgaon, IN	daily rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	60 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1962	Armagh, GB	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	112 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1962	Pambula Post Office, AU	daily rain	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	45 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1962	Jindabyne West (Hiawatha), AU	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	79 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1962	Paupong Station, AU	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	59 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1962	Alfred, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	31 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1962	Warren, US	daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	11.5 cm (4.5 in)	64 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1962	Burragate Post Office, AU	daily rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	49 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1962	Eden (Caravan Park), AU	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	60 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1962	Narooma Rvcp, AU	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1962	Bucyrus, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	68 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1962	Bermagui South (Young Street), AU	daily rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	37 years	54 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

1801 to 1962

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1801 to 1962. 1962 had 642 records.

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

Records on 12-07 in each year
Year	Records
1801	1
1805	1
1812	2
1815	1
1825	2
1832	1
1836	1
1839	1
1844	4
1848	3
1852	1
1856	3
1863	1
1866	1
1868	5
1871	5
1875	6
1879	5
1881	1
1884	2
1885	1
1889	1
1890	2
1891	3
1892	1
1893	5
1894	1
1895	1
1896	8
1897	4
1898	10
1899	3
1900	2
1901	9
1902	16
1903	9
1904	7
1905	3
1906	21
1907	4
1908	24
1909	21
1910	26
1911	7
1912	21
1913	19
1914	32
1915	53
1916	36
1917	52
1918	30
1919	38
1920	81
1921	39
1922	272
1923	128
1924	374
1925	119
1926	372
1927	404
1928	105
1929	146
1930	534
1931	180
1932	555
1933	130
1934	274
1935	270
1936	602
1937	890
1938	279
1939	780
1940	145
1941	139
1942	526
1943	199
1944	357
1945	240
1946	855
1947	240
1948	320
1949	187
1950	1,472
1951	1,751
1952	447
1953	673
1954	445
1955	195
1956	1,358
1957	589
1958	831
1959	539
1960	561
1961	206
1962	642
1963	436
1964	467
1965	476
1966	1,047
1967	386
1968	461
1969	952
1970	724
1971	854
1972	2,239
1973	448
1974	508
1975	404
1976	1,037
1977	1,369
1978	1,882
1979	827
1980	1,314
1981	896
1982	542
1983	957
1984	957
1985	922
1986	1,126
1987	866
1988	582
1989	675
1990	744
1991	698
1992	906
1993	544
1994	1,772
1995	912
1996	1,152
1997	818
1998	2,384
1999	674
2000	1,085
2001	743
2002	917
2003	1,184
2004	1,096
2005	1,433
2006	1,246
2007	1,402
2008	833
2009	972
2010	1,405
2011	1,507
2012	643
2013	2,119
2014	479
2015	1,079
2016	389
2017	508
2018	558
2019	447
2020	597
2021	547
2022	579
2023	952
2024	712
2025	665

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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	442
50 to 100	59
100 to 150	24
150 to 200	10
200 to 250	4
250 to 300	2