Weather Records on 31 December 1962

810 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 31 December 1962. Highest significance: Millaquin Sugar, AU.

Key Facts for 31 December 1962

On 31 December 1962, 810 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
91 were record highs and 423 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 34 monthly and 771 daily.
Millaquin Sugar set a daily record precipitation of 215.1 mm (8.5 in) on 31 December 1962.
Across 157 earlier years (1797 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 485 records.

Record Map

810 stations

810 station records on 31 December 1962 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 31 December 1962: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Millaquin Sugar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	215.1 mm (8.5 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Bar Harbor 3 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	31.8 cm (12.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Ripogenus Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Woodland	United States	Record daily snowfall	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bundaberg Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	228.1 mm (9.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Fairymead Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	166.1 mm (6.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Winfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	116.3 mm (4.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tandarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sovetskaja Gavan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Monto Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bordertown (Karrawirra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rainbow (Pigick)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pyalong West (Cavan Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Caniambo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Canbelego Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Eurobin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Caucaia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Poughkeepsie	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hiram	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Schoonoord	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Jonkoping	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-24.1 C (-11.4 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Darrington Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Binghamton Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Buffalo Chalet	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sherbrooke	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Saranac Lake	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Woodhouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Heathcote	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Toronto	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Fairfield 5 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	39.4 cm (15.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bundaberg Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	24.7 C (76.5 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Southampton	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Quilimane	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hyannis	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
New Bedford Coop	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pemberton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Price	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Millinocket	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Johns	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Port Jervis	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Oakbank Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Colbinabbin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Freehold-Marlboro	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Angelica	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Poughkeepsie	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Burnett Heads Niell St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Inverell Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bella Coola	Canada	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Port Stanley	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-28.3 C (-18.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Grindstone Island	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	-4.7 C (23.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-8.1 C (17.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Millinocket	United States	Record daily snowfall	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Brockton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wallaville- Mill Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Diddillibah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Guelph Oac	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-23.9 C (-11.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Brassua Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsdale	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

810 records

Records set or tied on 31 December 1962 by type: Highest daily maximum 51, Lowest daily maximum 230, Highest daily minimum 40, Lowest daily minimum 193, Heaviest daily rainfall 238, Heaviest daily snowfall 31, Deepest snow cover 27.

Records on 31 December 1962 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	51
Lowest daily maximum	230
Highest daily minimum	40
Lowest daily minimum	193
Heaviest daily rainfall	238
Heaviest daily snowfall	31
Deepest snow cover	27

Records on 31 December 1962 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 34, daily 771.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

672 broken records

Margins by which the 672 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 191.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

31 December 1962

Top 20 records on 31 December 1962 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 December 1962	Millaquin Sugar, AU	daily rain	215.1 mm (8.5 in)	145.2 mm (5.7 in)	66 years	67 of 100 (Major)
31 December 1962	Bar Harbor 3 NW, US	daily snowfall	31.8 cm (12.5 in)	16.6 cm (6.5 in)	68 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1962	Ripogenus Dam, US	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	35 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1962	Woodland, US	all-time snowfall	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	29 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1962	Bundaberg Post Office, AU	monthly rain	228.1 mm (9.0 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	42 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1962	Fairymead Sugar Mill, AU	daily rain	166.1 mm (6.5 in)	155.9 mm (6.1 in)	7 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1962	Winfield, AU	daily rain	116.3 mm (4.6 in)	106.1 mm (4.2 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1962	Tandarra, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1962	Sovetskaja Gavan, RU	daily rain	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	4 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1962	Monto Township, AU	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	20 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1962	Bordertown (Karrawirra), AU	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	21 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1962	Rainbow (Pigick), AU	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1962	Pyalong West (Cavan Park), AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1962	Caniambo, AU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	56 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1962	Canbelego Post Office, AU	monthly rain	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	1 year	41 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1962	Eurobin, AU	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	4 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1962	Caucaia, BR	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	45 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1962	Poughkeepsie, US	daily low min	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	67 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1962	Hiram, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	62 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1962	Schoonoord, ZA	daily rain	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	48 years	38 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

1797 to 1962

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1962. 1962 had 810 records.

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

Records on 12-31 in each year
Year	Records
1797	1
1799	2
1826	1
1836	1
1842	2
1850	3
1853	1
1854	1
1859	1
1860	1
1867	1
1870	2
1872	2
1874	4
1875	2
1876	2
1878	2
1879	2
1880	2
1882	1
1884	2
1885	1
1886	3
1887	1
1888	2
1890	2
1891	8
1892	4
1895	4
1897	6
1898	5
1899	4
1900	3
1901	16
1902	3
1903	3
1904	11
1905	9
1906	31
1907	11
1908	7
1909	5
1910	25
1911	14
1912	17
1913	46
1914	34
1915	32
1916	25
1917	239
1918	24
1919	38
1920	64
1921	130
1922	83
1923	280
1924	113
1925	183
1926	77
1927	491
1928	53
1929	224
1930	58
1931	543
1932	394
1933	409
1934	181
1935	309
1936	567
1937	500
1938	247
1939	298
1940	467
1941	159
1942	352
1943	159
1944	259
1945	210
1946	707
1947	461
1948	591
1949	384
1950	310
1951	1,421
1952	377
1953	410
1954	286
1955	429
1956	216
1957	724
1958	584
1959	414
1960	389
1961	309
1962	810
1963	1,015
1964	388
1965	1,371
1966	326
1967	1,023
1968	1,371
1969	825
1970	579
1971	568
1972	836
1973	1,370
1974	590
1975	791
1976	1,306
1977	641
1978	2,791
1979	448
1980	1,448
1981	786
1982	639
1983	2,220
1984	942
1985	593
1986	616
1987	845
1988	600
1989	506
1990	1,379
1991	703
1992	1,062
1993	718
1994	878
1995	1,151
1996	2,202
1997	988
1998	739
1999	524
2000	1,575
2001	748
2002	1,232
2003	523
2004	1,278
2005	959
2006	2,089
2007	652
2008	656
2009	867
2010	1,544
2011	739
2012	803
2013	606
2014	903
2015	748
2016	678
2017	1,589
2018	620
2019	593
2020	489
2021	1,739
2022	1,497
2023	474
2024	460
2025	760

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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	608
25 to 50	41
50 to 75	8
75 to 100	5
100 to 125	3
125 to 150	2
150 to 175	4
175 to 200	1