Weather Records on 23 March 1962

306 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 March 1962. Highest significance: Wani, IN.

Key Facts for 23 March 1962

On 23 March 1962, 306 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
40 were record highs and 53 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 300 daily.
Wani set a daily record precipitation of 47.7 mm (1.9 in) on 23 March 1962.
Across 157 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 500 records.

Record Map

306 stations

306 station records on 23 March 1962 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 March 1962: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Wani	India	Record daily precipitation	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Nappan Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hartington	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Acude Tucunduba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Port Hastings	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Trafalgar	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Puthendam	India	Record daily precipitation	65.9 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Venukonda	India	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kentville Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Peapalli(Pyapali)	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lilydale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Khamaria	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Suldalsvatn	Norway	Record snow depth	130.0 cm (51.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tacoma	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Etne	Norway	Record snow depth	31.0 cm (12.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Joplin	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Table.Mtn Platteklip	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Port Alice	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
St Margaret's Bay	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sotchi	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kumily	India	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sable Island	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Scipio	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Willow Creek	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Moncton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Rexton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sivaganga	India	Record daily precipitation	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Providence	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Simpson 6 N - Wildhorse	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Salva Vidas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Nappan Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	47.0 cm (18.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bichhia	India	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Namdalseid	Norway	Record snow depth	168.0 cm (66.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Albion	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Armour	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Paragonah	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tenkasi	India	Record daily precipitation	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Upper Stewiacke	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Roldal	Norway	Record snow depth	176.0 cm (69.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Laketown	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Springfield	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Liafoss	Norway	Record snow depth	138.0 cm (54.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Rockford	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Clearwater	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Truro Nsac	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lysebotn	Norway	Record snow depth	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sivakasi	India	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Prescott	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Lewis	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin 3 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Levan	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Warialda Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ipueiras	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	70.2 mm (2.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Castellon de la Plana	Spain	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Clifton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Woodruff	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Aloograda	India	Record daily precipitation	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gooty	India	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yadki	India	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

306 records

Records set or tied on 23 March 1962 by type: Highest daily maximum 26, Lowest daily maximum 28, Highest daily minimum 14, Lowest daily minimum 25, Heaviest daily rainfall 143, Heaviest daily snowfall 42, Deepest snow cover 28.

Records on 23 March 1962 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	26
Lowest daily maximum	28
Highest daily minimum	14
Lowest daily minimum	25
Heaviest daily rainfall	143
Heaviest daily snowfall	42
Deepest snow cover	28

Records on 23 March 1962 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 300.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

257 broken records

Margins by which the 257 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 620.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 March 1962

Top 20 records on 23 March 1962 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 March 1962	Wani, IN	daily rain	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	60 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1962	Nappan Cda, CA	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	16 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1962	Hartington, US	daily snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	12 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1962	Acude Tucunduba, BR	daily rain	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	41 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1962	Port Hastings, CA	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	67 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1962	Trafalgar, CA	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	33 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1962	Puthendam, IN	daily rain	65.9 mm (2.6 in)	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	19 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1962	Venukonda, IN	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	60 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1962	Huron Rgnl AP, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	68 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1962	Kentville Cda, CA	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	45 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1962	Peapalli(Pyapali), IN	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	17 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1962	Lilydale, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	56 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1962	Khamaria, IN	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	44 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1962	Suldalsvatn, NO	daily snow depth	130.0 cm (51.2 in)	37.0 cm (14.6 in)	55 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1962	Tacoma, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	41 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1962	Etne, NO	daily snow depth	31.0 cm (12.2 in)	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	24 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1962	Joplin, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	24 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1962	Table.Mtn Platteklip, ZA	daily rain	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	3.9 mm (0.15 in)	76 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1962	Port Alice, CA	daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	13.7 cm (5.4 in)	25 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
23 March 1962	St Margaret's Bay, CA	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	20 years	34 of 100 (Routine)

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

1796 to 1962

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1962. 1962 had 306 records.

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

Records on 03-23 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1808	1
1836	2
1837	2
1853	2
1858	1
1862	1
1864	2
1865	2
1868	2
1871	3
1874	2
1875	4
1877	2
1878	3
1879	1
1882	1
1883	6
1884	2
1885	3
1886	1
1887	1
1888	3
1889	2
1890	1
1891	1
1893	1
1895	4
1896	13
1897	9
1898	6
1899	3
1901	5
1902	26
1903	32
1904	3
1905	16
1906	23
1907	53
1908	11
1909	7
1910	12
1911	8
1912	22
1913	76
1914	72
1915	11
1916	50
1917	65
1918	31
1919	17
1920	75
1921	10
1922	30
1923	97
1924	78
1925	164
1926	283
1927	202
1928	154
1929	517
1930	135
1931	267
1932	169
1933	123
1934	689
1935	486
1936	437
1937	243
1938	601
1939	565
1940	1,031
1941	188
1942	187
1943	286
1944	466
1945	386
1946	170
1947	275
1948	331
1949	390
1950	874
1951	337
1952	1,479
1953	589
1954	483
1955	999
1956	420
1957	354
1958	486
1959	249
1960	1,004
1961	361
1962	306
1963	839
1964	815
1965	1,537
1966	793
1967	822
1968	1,490
1969	634
1970	380
1971	758
1972	533
1973	537
1974	1,099
1975	618
1976	399
1977	642
1978	608
1979	1,012
1980	422
1981	940
1982	845
1983	1,522
1984	715
1985	437
1986	1,104
1987	1,279
1988	710
1989	805
1990	1,389
1991	1,264
1992	883
1993	1,151
1994	1,499
1995	1,514
1996	673
1997	743
1998	1,253
1999	722
2000	1,162
2001	995
2002	1,130
2003	971
2004	1,516
2005	1,014
2006	1,311
2007	1,595
2008	956
2009	952
2010	918
2011	1,245
2012	2,269
2013	1,270
2014	594
2015	577
2016	536
2017	739
2018	790
2019	525
2020	465
2021	1,050
2022	1,031
2023	1,135
2024	611
2025	702
2026	1,806

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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 100	239
100 to 200	12
200 to 300	3
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	1
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	1