Weather Records on 27 December 1962

490 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 December 1962. Highest significance: Moorna, AU.

Key Facts for 27 December 1962

On 27 December 1962, 490 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
13 were record highs and 202 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 475 daily.
Moorna set a monthly record daily precipitation of 69.1 mm (2.7 in) on 27 December 1962.
Across 150 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 540 records.

Record Map

490 stations

490 station records on 27 December 1962 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 December 1962: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Moorna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Broken Hill (Kars)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Comboyne Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Hickeys Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Thargomindah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Arundel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Gloucester Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Boorara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cowley Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ruthven	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Rose Isle	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bowraville Recreation Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Norley Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mirtna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	115.8 mm (4.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Stave Falls	Canada	Record daily snowfall	41.9 cm (16.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Campsie	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Port Stanley	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Broken Hill (Glen Lyon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Plymouth Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Augsburg (Sankt Stephan)	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-13.5 C (7.7 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mangochi	Malawi	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Monkerai Upper (Redleaf)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-12.5 C (9.5 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-13.6 C (7.5 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bultfontein (Skl)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Byrock Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bellbrook (East Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Aliwal North	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Barkerville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Swan River	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Oxley (Walmer Downs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Booligal (Ulonga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Manangatang (Eureka East)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-19.1 C (-2.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kubusie (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Palmerville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hungerford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Umberumberka Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-12.7 C (9.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-18.4 C (-1.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Geisenheim	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-4.9 C (23.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nququ (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pooncarie (Tarcoola)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fulham Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Manfred	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-8.2 C (17.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hiram	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Broken Hill (Patton Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sedan	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Longreach Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Beechal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Broken Hill (Langawirra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Leavenworth	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Terrick Terrick Stud	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Yantabulla Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Macksville Country Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Elands Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Oberstdorf	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-13.6 C (7.5 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Buxton (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

490 records

Records set or tied on 27 December 1962 by type: Highest daily maximum 8, Lowest daily maximum 93, Highest daily minimum 5, Lowest daily minimum 109, Heaviest daily rainfall 234, Heaviest daily snowfall 24, Deepest snow cover 17.

Records on 27 December 1962 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	8
Lowest daily maximum	93
Highest daily minimum	5
Lowest daily minimum	109
Heaviest daily rainfall	234
Heaviest daily snowfall	24
Deepest snow cover	17

Records on 27 December 1962 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 14, daily 475.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

415 broken records

Margins by which the 415 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 152.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 December 1962

Top 20 records on 27 December 1962 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 December 1962	Moorna, AU	monthly rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	67 years	67 of 100 (Major)
27 December 1962	Broken Hill (Kars), AU	monthly rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	67 years	64 of 100 (Major)
27 December 1962	Comboyne Post Office, AU	daily rain	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1962	Hickeys Creek Post Office, AU	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1962	Thargomindah Post Office, AU	monthly rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	26 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1962	Arundel, AU	monthly rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	1 year	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1962	Gloucester Post Office, AU	daily rain	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	40 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1962	Boorara, AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	39 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1962	Cowley Station, AU	daily rain	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	39 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1962	Ruthven, AU	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	40 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1962	Rose Isle, AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	20 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1962	Bowraville Recreation Club, AU	daily rain	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	36 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1962	Norley Station, AU	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	59 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1962	Mirtna, AU	daily rain	115.8 mm (4.6 in)	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	1 year	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1962	Stave Falls, CA	monthly snowfall	41.9 cm (16.5 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	35 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1962	Campsie, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	52 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1962	Port Stanley, CA	daily low min	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	81 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1962	Broken Hill (Glen Lyon), AU	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	59 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1962	Plymouth Wwtp, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	37 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1962	Augsburg (Sankt Stephan), DE	daily low max	-13.5 C (7.7 F)	4.3 C (7.7 F)	82 years	41 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 490 records.

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

Records on 12-27 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1798	2
1810	1
1839	2
1845	1
1849	1
1860	2
1862	1
1868	1
1869	1
1872	3
1875	1
1876	2
1881	1
1882	2
1886	1
1889	3
1890	1
1891	2
1892	4
1894	6
1896	5
1897	6
1898	5
1899	3
1900	4
1901	4
1902	6
1903	12
1904	21
1905	9
1906	8
1907	38
1908	3
1909	25
1910	13
1911	12
1912	51
1913	24
1914	44
1915	42
1916	43
1917	67
1918	42
1919	188
1920	148
1921	336
1922	37
1923	292
1924	340
1925	509
1926	208
1927	175
1928	282
1929	394
1930	142
1931	314
1932	219
1933	474
1934	199
1935	706
1936	972
1937	241
1938	396
1939	429
1940	526
1941	204
1942	880
1943	246
1944	274
1945	406
1946	878
1947	356
1948	445
1949	730
1950	481
1951	266
1952	118
1953	241
1954	511
1955	533
1956	628
1957	316
1958	425
1959	1,114
1960	385
1961	217
1962	490
1963	243
1964	897
1965	473
1966	715
1967	817
1968	993
1969	778
1970	352
1971	1,207
1972	401
1973	819
1974	782
1975	622
1976	613
1977	815
1978	775
1979	578
1980	1,778
1981	832
1982	1,449
1983	2,382
1984	814
1985	821
1986	484
1987	2,166
1988	1,855
1989	925
1990	880
1991	477
1992	500
1993	1,329
1994	1,122
1995	1,317
1996	1,758
1997	850
1998	924
1999	867
2000	1,392
2001	642
2002	944
2003	1,242
2004	853
2005	913
2006	965
2007	838
2008	1,708
2009	1,005
2010	1,851
2011	1,094
2012	1,118
2013	506
2014	482
2015	2,877
2016	884
2017	1,415
2018	1,039
2019	558
2020	402
2021	1,532
2022	1,025
2023	750
2024	680
2025	1,100

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Data for records on 1962-12-27: 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 20	359
20 to 40	37
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	3
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1