Weather Records on 15 December 1962

979 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 December 1962. Highest significance: Metten, DE.

Key Facts for 15 December 1962

On 15 December 1962, 979 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
464 were record highs and 163 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 32 monthly and 946 daily.
Metten set a daily record precipitation of 50.7 mm (2.0 in) on 15 December 1962.
Across 168 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 453 records.

Record Map

979 stations

979 station records on 15 December 1962 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 December 1962: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Metten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	50.7 mm (2.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Kaisersbach-Cronhutte	Germany	Record daily precipitation	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Passau-Maierhof	Germany	Record daily precipitation	54.3 mm (2.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Ellwangen-Rindelbach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Eidsvold Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mamit Lake	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Newport Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Boolardy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kempten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
West Haldon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Oberstdorf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Schwabisch Hall-Bibersfeld	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sion 2	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bellbrook (East Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lyon - St Exupery	France	Record daily precipitation	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Calliope Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Millington 3 SE	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
St Thomas	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ohringen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mahlabatini (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Goovigen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
El-Golea	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	-4.0 C (24.8 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nalbarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pommelsbrunn	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Allegan 5NE	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hickeys Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Turkeen Sfr 151	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bellingen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Eichstatt-Landershofen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kunzelsau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Witwater (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Moscow U of I	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bell Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Manilla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Raleigh Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Reit Im Winkl	Germany	Record daily precipitation	52.9 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pocomoke City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Baralaba Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hollister 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Holland Wtp	United States	Record snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Roseburg Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Inglewood Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wauchope (Avondale Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bad Schwalbach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bay City	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Manildra (Hazeldale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Simpson	Canada	Record daily snowfall	19.3 cm (7.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kingaroy Prince Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Franklyn Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gosford (Narara Research Stati	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Barkerville	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Najahan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Zuerich/Fluntern	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Indian Lake 2SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mannersley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Millthorpe (Inala)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

979 records

Records set or tied on 15 December 1962 by type: Highest daily maximum 251, Lowest daily maximum 41, Highest daily minimum 213, Lowest daily minimum 122, Heaviest daily rainfall 305, Heaviest daily snowfall 10, Deepest snow cover 37.

Records on 15 December 1962 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	251
Lowest daily maximum	41
Highest daily minimum	213
Lowest daily minimum	122
Heaviest daily rainfall	305
Heaviest daily snowfall	10
Deepest snow cover	37

Records on 15 December 1962 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 32, daily 946.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

798 broken records

Margins by which the 798 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 305.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 December 1962

Top 20 records on 15 December 1962 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 December 1962	Metten, DE	daily rain	50.7 mm (2.0 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	48 years	62 of 100 (Major)
15 December 1962	Kaisersbach-Cronhutte, DE	daily rain	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	70 years	60 of 100 (Major)
15 December 1962	Passau-Maierhof, DE	monthly rain	54.3 mm (2.1 in)	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	82 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1962	Ellwangen-Rindelbach, DE	daily rain	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1962	Eidsvold Post Office, AU	daily rain	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	36 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1962	Mamit Lake, CA	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	37 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1962	Newport Bowling Club, AU	daily rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	15 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1962	Boolardy, AU	monthly rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	29 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1962	Kempten, DE	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	17.9 mm (0.7 in)	55 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1962	West Haldon, AU	daily rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	36 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1962	Oberstdorf, DE	daily rain	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1962	Schwabisch Hall-Bibersfeld, DE	daily rain	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	7 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1962	Sion 2, CH	daily rain	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1962	Bellbrook (East Street), AU	monthly rain	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	65 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1962	Lyon - St Exupery, FR	daily rain	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1962	Calliope Station, AU	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	36 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1962	Millington 3 SE, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	55 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1962	St Thomas, CA	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	78 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1962	Altastenberg, DE	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	49 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1962	Ohringen, DE	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	14.1 mm (0.6 in)	20 years	40 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 979 records.

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

Records on 12-15 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1796	1
1798	1
1800	1
1808	3
1810	1
1814	3
1815	1
1825	1
1831	1
1840	2
1844	2
1846	3
1847	1
1854	3
1859	2
1863	1
1864	1
1866	1
1867	2
1868	1
1869	1
1870	1
1873	1
1874	1
1878	4
1879	2
1880	2
1881	3
1882	2
1883	1
1885	1
1886	1
1889	3
1890	1
1891	2
1892	4
1893	1
1894	4
1895	1
1896	5
1897	2
1899	12
1900	5
1901	21
1902	3
1903	7
1904	9
1905	6
1906	9
1907	10
1908	5
1909	5
1910	4
1911	23
1912	42
1913	13
1914	239
1915	180
1916	40
1917	40
1918	54
1919	28
1920	35
1921	26
1922	65
1923	132
1924	358
1925	187
1926	226
1927	235
1928	388
1929	500
1930	160
1931	284
1932	385
1933	796
1934	199
1935	140
1936	286
1937	310
1938	100
1939	637
1940	464
1941	373
1942	385
1943	486
1944	281
1945	420
1946	521
1947	634
1948	1,239
1949	135
1950	292
1951	962
1952	367
1953	270
1954	413
1955	371
1956	531
1957	304
1958	531
1959	560
1960	313
1961	883
1962	979
1963	670
1964	371
1965	759
1966	275
1967	948
1968	510
1969	352
1970	215
1971	1,739
1972	1,159
1973	615
1974	511
1975	1,230
1976	349
1977	963
1978	499
1979	560
1980	1,085
1981	1,243
1982	831
1983	1,229
1984	1,397
1985	1,077
1986	502
1987	1,740
1988	519
1989	2,753
1990	846
1991	636
1992	1,263
1993	734
1994	676
1995	848
1996	727
1997	1,521
1998	1,216
1999	621
2000	1,154
2001	1,026
2002	831
2003	846
2004	795
2005	953
2006	1,491
2007	973
2008	1,789
2009	930
2010	1,705
2011	780
2012	1,058
2013	701
2014	1,045
2015	1,398
2016	1,024
2017	332
2018	539
2019	547
2020	400
2021	1,182
2022	1,057
2023	794
2024	369
2025	2,115

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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	774
50 to 100	14
100 to 150	7
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	2
300 to 350	1