Weather Records on 29 December 1962

754 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 December 1962. Highest significance: Clare (Hill River), AU.

Key Facts for 29 December 1962

On 29 December 1962, 754 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
42 were record highs and 66 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 733 daily.
Clare (Hill River) set a monthly record daily precipitation of 94.5 mm (3.7 in) on 29 December 1962.
Across 161 earlier years (1799 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 481 records.

Record Map

754 stations

754 station records on 29 December 1962 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 December 1962: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Clare (Hill River)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Nairne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Kimba (the Pines)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Sherbrooke	Canada	Record daily snowfall	27.4 cm (10.8 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Mallala	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Cape Leeuwin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Burra (Kooringa)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Warren	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Pooncarie (Tarcoola)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide (Thorndon Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Cobar Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Clover Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Forest Grove	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Northcliffe	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
North Adelaide	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Darradup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Paskeville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
St Peters Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Euabalong (Booberoi)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Burra (Poonunda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Maitland (Weetulta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mbarara	Uganda	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Nornalup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cleve	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Isa Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
East Toorale (Toorale Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kimba (Cortlinye Rocks STN)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Norley Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Prospect	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Magill Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Oaklands General Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Vancouver Pmo	Canada	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Darke Peak	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Little Nerang Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Biddenham	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pooncarie Mail Agency	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-8.0 C (17.6 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rudall	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide (Unley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Louth (Bloxham Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Waneta	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Margaret River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Yaamba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Milroy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Flatonia 4SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Frome Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Coquitlam Lake	Canada	Record daily precipitation	194.3 mm (7.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
New Westminster	Canada	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
La Grange	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Angellala Downs Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Biddelia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cleve (Mangalo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Boatman Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Anna 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Donaldsonville 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	138.2 mm (5.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hungerford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jeanerette 5 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tibooburra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Steveston	Canada	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

754 records

Records set or tied on 29 December 1962 by type: Highest daily maximum 16, Lowest daily maximum 26, Highest daily minimum 26, Lowest daily minimum 40, Heaviest daily rainfall 589, Heaviest daily snowfall 41, Deepest snow cover 16.

Records on 29 December 1962 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	16
Lowest daily maximum	26
Highest daily minimum	26
Lowest daily minimum	40
Heaviest daily rainfall	589
Heaviest daily snowfall	41
Deepest snow cover	16

Records on 29 December 1962 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 19, daily 733.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

692 broken records

Margins by which the 692 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 172.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 December 1962

Top 20 records on 29 December 1962 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 December 1962	Clare (Hill River), AU	monthly rain	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	41 years	69 of 100 (Major)
29 December 1962	Nairne, AU	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	73 years	69 of 100 (Major)
29 December 1962	Kimba (the Pines), AU	monthly rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	41 years	66 of 100 (Major)
29 December 1962	Sherbrooke, CA	daily snowfall	27.4 cm (10.8 in)	17.2 cm (6.8 in)	60 years	64 of 100 (Major)
29 December 1962	Mallala, AU	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	68 years	62 of 100 (Major)
29 December 1962	Cape Leeuwin, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	49 years	60 of 100 (Major)
29 December 1962	Burra (Kooringa), AU	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	45 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1962	Glen Warren, AU	monthly rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	17 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1962	Pooncarie (Tarcoola), AU	monthly rain	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	76 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1962	Adelaide (Thorndon Park), AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1962	Cobar Post Office, AU	daily rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	21 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1962	Clover Creek, AU	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	21 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1962	Forest Grove, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1962	Northcliffe, AU	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1962	North Adelaide, AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1962	Darradup, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1962	Paskeville, AU	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	73 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1962	St Peters Post Office, AU	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1962	Euabalong (Booberoi), AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	73 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1962	Burra (Poonunda), AU	monthly rain	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	77 years	49 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

1799 to 1962

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 1962. 1962 had 754 records.

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

Records on 12-29 in each year
Year	Records
1799	1
1810	1
1824	1
1829	1
1839	2
1853	2
1864	1
1865	1
1866	1
1867	1
1868	2
1870	1
1871	1
1872	2
1873	1
1874	2
1876	2
1877	2
1878	1
1880	6
1881	4
1882	2
1884	1
1885	1
1886	1
1887	3
1889	2
1890	7
1891	3
1893	2
1894	3
1895	1
1896	1
1897	8
1898	7
1899	4
1900	1
1901	18
1902	8
1903	10
1904	16
1905	19
1906	14
1907	10
1908	21
1909	18
1910	7
1911	6
1912	52
1913	12
1914	46
1915	47
1916	69
1917	145
1918	33
1919	157
1920	68
1921	60
1922	42
1923	126
1924	119
1925	209
1926	117
1927	350
1928	93
1929	262
1930	96
1931	363
1932	192
1933	479
1934	406
1935	392
1936	552
1937	280
1938	178
1939	272
1940	648
1941	110
1942	458
1943	232
1944	226
1945	497
1946	1,122
1947	310
1948	711
1949	217
1950	286
1951	571
1952	156
1953	205
1954	955
1955	373
1956	563
1957	527
1958	442
1959	251
1960	404
1961	525
1962	754
1963	285
1964	533
1965	634
1966	719
1967	867
1968	1,028
1969	964
1970	694
1971	660
1972	1,001
1973	674
1974	719
1975	646
1976	748
1977	656
1978	1,349
1979	830
1980	959
1981	713
1982	1,565
1983	2,576
1984	2,687
1985	551
1986	752
1987	1,484
1988	1,082
1989	633
1990	1,861
1991	630
1992	1,099
1993	905
1994	965
1995	1,202
1996	2,213
1997	1,114
1998	783
1999	1,207
2000	1,677
2001	599
2002	959
2003	951
2004	909
2005	858
2006	1,219
2007	1,046
2008	753
2009	1,027
2010	1,308
2011	748
2012	805
2013	714
2014	506
2015	1,440
2016	620
2017	1,559
2018	440
2019	1,471
2020	504
2021	1,098
2022	516
2023	900
2024	931
2025	637

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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 25	617
25 to 50	53
50 to 75	12
75 to 100	5
100 to 125	4
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	1