Weather Records on 21 December 1962

563 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 December 1962. Highest significance: Hohenpeissenberg, DE.

Key Facts for 21 December 1962

On 21 December 1962, 563 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
103 were record highs and 58 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 546 daily.
Hohenpeissenberg set a daily record precipitation of 35.3 mm (1.4 in) on 21 December 1962.
Across 158 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 489 records.

Record Map

563 stations

563 station records on 21 December 1962 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 December 1962: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Fords Bridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Buntine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Buntine East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Watheroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Charlottesville 2W	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Caldwell	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dale Enterprise	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Carnamah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Runge	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sugartown	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
New Canton	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-23.5 C (-10.3 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bellbrook (East Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Emerson	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nalbarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Brewarrina Hospital	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Quambone (Sandy Camp)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Oberstdorf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mullaley Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-35.0 C (-31.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Diamond Springs	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Esmeralda Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
McKinlay Roadhouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Quantico 1 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.4 cm (4.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Roanoke	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Plainfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ilford (Warrangunyah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Caldwell	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kilauea 1134	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Morden	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kaunas	Lithuania	Record low maximum temperature	-17.4 C (0.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-27.2 C (-17.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gyzylarbat	Turkmenistan	Record high maximum temperature	24.7 C (76.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gyzylarbat	Turkmenistan	Record high minimum temperature	8.7 C (47.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Culpeper	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Martinsburg E W Virginia Rgnl	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sviland	Norway	Record snow depth	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Centralia	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Chestertown	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Austin Montopolis Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Taylor	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Grenfell	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Walkerton 2 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Grafton 1 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mannington 1 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Morawa West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Leoti	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Fisk	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Stapleton 5 SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Avondale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pommelsbrunn	Germany	Record snow depth	29.0 cm (11.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Astana	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	0.1 C (32.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Almaty	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Vilnius	Lithuania	Record low minimum temperature	-26.3 C (-15.3 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

563 records

Records set or tied on 21 December 1962 by type: Highest daily maximum 69, Lowest daily maximum 26, Highest daily minimum 34, Lowest daily minimum 32, Heaviest daily rainfall 283, Heaviest daily snowfall 102, Deepest snow cover 17.

Records on 21 December 1962 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	69
Lowest daily maximum	26
Highest daily minimum	34
Lowest daily minimum	32
Heaviest daily rainfall	283
Heaviest daily snowfall	102
Deepest snow cover	17

Records on 21 December 1962 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 17, daily 546.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

477 broken records

Margins by which the 477 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 430.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 December 1962

Top 20 records on 21 December 1962 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 December 1962	Hohenpeissenberg, DE	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 1962	Fords Bridge, AU	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	52 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 1962	Buntine, AU	monthly rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	19 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 1962	Buntine East, AU	monthly rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	21 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 1962	Fairmont, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	69 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 1962	Watheroo, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	4 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 1962	Charlottesville 2W, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	61 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 1962	Innsbruck, AT	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	1 year	44 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 1962	Caldwell, CA	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	37 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 1962	Dale Enterprise, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	61 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 1962	Carnamah, AU	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	4 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 1962	Runge, US	daily rain	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	52 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 1962	Sugartown, US	monthly rain	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	60 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 1962	New Canton, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	56 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 1962	Velikie Luki, RU	daily low max	-23.5 C (-10.3 F)	8.0 C (14.4 F)	60 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 1962	Bellbrook (East Street), AU	daily rain	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	64 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 1962	Emerson, CA	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	66 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 1962	Nalbarra, AU	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 1962	Brewarrina Hospital, AU	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	48 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 1962	Quambone (Sandy Camp), AU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	71 years	37 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 563 records.

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

Records on 12-21 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1794	1
1799	1
1801	2
1808	3
1825	1
1828	1
1839	1
1846	1
1850	1
1855	7
1859	1
1860	1
1868	1
1870	1
1871	2
1874	2
1875	3
1876	1
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1880	1
1884	1
1886	3
1889	1
1890	4
1893	4
1894	1
1895	5
1896	3
1897	3
1898	1
1900	8
1901	15
1902	5
1903	25
1904	3
1905	15
1906	15
1907	17
1908	19
1909	20
1910	29
1911	36
1912	23
1913	11
1914	107
1915	43
1916	40
1917	18
1918	41
1919	57
1920	30
1921	104
1922	34
1923	323
1924	377
1925	120
1926	178
1927	147
1928	70
1929	156
1930	66
1931	556
1932	150
1933	581
1934	230
1935	398
1936	323
1937	189
1938	145
1939	140
1940	622
1941	651
1942	968
1943	148
1944	762
1945	396
1946	495
1947	700
1948	297
1949	1,281
1950	504
1951	1,061
1952	197
1953	256
1954	444
1955	888
1956	672
1957	846
1958	516
1959	272
1960	585
1961	254
1962	563
1963	1,137
1964	613
1965	247
1966	400
1967	1,923
1968	818
1969	828
1970	547
1971	680
1972	651
1973	1,292
1974	374
1975	548
1976	446
1977	470
1978	517
1979	558
1980	726
1981	1,476
1982	702
1983	3,324
1984	1,012
1985	979
1986	404
1987	775
1988	717
1989	3,203
1990	2,701
1991	1,125
1992	751
1993	967
1994	793
1995	878
1996	1,114
1997	810
1998	1,142
1999	851
2000	944
2001	650
2002	579
2003	1,103
2004	675
2005	606
2006	1,443
2007	946
2008	1,062
2009	1,097
2010	2,039
2011	653
2012	759
2013	1,029
2014	878
2015	1,173
2016	543
2017	459
2018	742
2019	755
2020	965
2021	323
2022	528
2023	1,170
2024	778
2025	1,099

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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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Margin	Records
0 to 100	460
100 to 200	15
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1