Weather Records on 8 September 1962

682 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 September 1962. Highest significance: Mayville, US.

Key Facts for 8 September 1962

On 8 September 1962, 682 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
47 were record highs and 420 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 668 daily.
Mayville set a monthly record daily precipitation of 125.2 mm (4.9 in) on 8 September 1962.
Across 170 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 441 records.

Record Map

682 stations

682 station records on 8 September 1962 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 September 1962: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mayville	United States	Record daily precipitation	125.2 mm (4.9 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Korsakov	Russia	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Greensboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Forsyth 2 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Intl Falls Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Rapelje	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mangalgiri	India	Record daily precipitation	140.1 mm (5.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Minusinsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Weatherford	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bah	India	Record daily precipitation	119.1 mm (4.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Pilot Point Isl du Boi	United States	Record daily precipitation	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Guntur	India	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Fosston 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tenali	India	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Chipurupally	India	Record daily precipitation	106.0 mm (4.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Babb 6 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Red Lodge	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bonham 3NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Athens	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mahnomen	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Central City	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Waxahachie	United States	Record daily precipitation	143.5 mm (5.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Shikohabad	India	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Crandall Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Crandall Creek	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Yellowstone	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hvar	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	24.5 C (76.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lingasugur	India	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Talegaon D-Dhera	India	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mhaswad	India	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Zhizdra	Russia	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fergus Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Denton 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	142.7 mm (5.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Colony	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ada	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Chakaibanda	India	Record daily precipitation	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Crookston NW Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sampagaon-Bailh	India	Record daily precipitation	101.3 mm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mussoorie	India	Record daily precipitation	168.0 mm (6.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Vaduj	India	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Moscow U of I	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
State College	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lincoln UNIV Pwr Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Qu'appelle	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Regina Int'l A	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Russell	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Port Stanley	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Setauket Strong	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cameron	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sage 4 NNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Puranpur	India	Record daily precipitation	86.3 mm (3.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hyannis	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Forks UNIV (NWS)	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Weeaproinah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Scott	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Brockton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeport	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Snowville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Laurier	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

682 records

Records set or tied on 8 September 1962 by type: Highest daily maximum 16, Lowest daily maximum 149, Highest daily minimum 31, Lowest daily minimum 271, Heaviest daily rainfall 197, Heaviest daily snowfall 15, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 8 September 1962 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	16
Lowest daily maximum	149
Highest daily minimum	31
Lowest daily minimum	271
Heaviest daily rainfall	197
Heaviest daily snowfall	15
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 8 September 1962 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 13, daily 668.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

564 broken records

Margins by which the 564 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 178.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 September 1962

Top 20 records on 8 September 1962 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 September 1962	Mayville, US	monthly rain	125.2 mm (4.9 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	61 years	74 of 100 (Major)
8 September 1962	Korsakov, RU	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	72 years	68 of 100 (Major)
8 September 1962	Greensboro, US	daily rain	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	67 years	62 of 100 (Major)
8 September 1962	Forsyth 2 E, US	monthly snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	14.4 cm (5.7 in)	48 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1962	Intl Falls Intl AP, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1962	Rapelje, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	53 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1962	Mangalgiri, IN	daily rain	140.1 mm (5.5 in)	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	27 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1962	Minusinsk, RU	daily rain	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1962	Weatherford, US	daily rain	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	63.3 mm (2.5 in)	27 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1962	Bah, IN	daily rain	119.1 mm (4.7 in)	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	40 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1962	Pilot Point Isl du Boi, US	daily rain	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1962	Guntur, IN	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	27 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1962	Fosston 1 E, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	16 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1962	Tenali, IN	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	37 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1962	Chipurupally, IN	daily rain	106.0 mm (4.2 in)	59.8 mm (2.4 in)	48 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1962	Babb 6 NE, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1962	Red Lodge, US	monthly snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	58 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1962	Bonham 3NNE, US	daily rain	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	20 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1962	Athens, US	daily rain	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	3 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1962	Mahnomen, US	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	16 years	44 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

1802 to 1962

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1962. 1962 had 682 records.

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

Records on 09-08 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1806	1
1813	1
1814	2
1815	2
1833	1
1837	1
1845	2
1847	2
1848	1
1850	2
1851	1
1854	1
1855	3
1857	1
1860	3
1864	1
1865	2
1866	1
1867	1
1868	1
1869	1
1870	1
1871	2
1872	2
1873	1
1877	1
1878	2
1879	4
1881	3
1883	2
1885	2
1886	1
1887	1
1888	1
1890	2
1891	1
1893	3
1894	9
1895	6
1896	2
1897	3
1898	5
1899	3
1900	4
1901	6
1902	3
1903	13
1904	4
1905	10
1906	14
1907	7
1908	4
1909	7
1910	9
1911	20
1912	62
1913	19
1914	37
1915	32
1916	25
1917	166
1918	31
1919	240
1920	59
1921	299
1922	206
1923	116
1924	138
1925	232
1926	141
1927	177
1928	93
1929	397
1930	156
1931	480
1932	465
1933	728
1934	407
1935	353
1936	535
1937	222
1938	397
1939	547
1940	297
1941	477
1942	375
1943	488
1944	769
1945	423
1946	325
1947	586
1948	340
1949	765
1950	570
1951	389
1952	382
1953	324
1954	309
1955	481
1956	717
1957	427
1958	480
1959	667
1960	678
1961	351
1962	682
1963	378
1964	294
1965	472
1966	351
1967	380
1968	308
1969	556
1970	582
1971	704
1972	523
1973	873
1974	626
1975	564
1976	639
1977	726
1978	1,165
1979	813
1980	739
1981	854
1982	605
1983	1,154
1984	1,123
1985	1,492
1986	1,203
1987	880
1988	856
1989	648
1990	747
1991	806
1992	869
1993	783
1994	704
1995	1,324
1996	609
1997	892
1998	1,331
1999	1,196
2000	981
2001	1,643
2002	1,238
2003	819
2004	1,576
2005	1,015
2006	850
2007	1,112
2008	878
2009	832
2010	1,143
2011	1,554
2012	813
2013	831
2014	515
2015	728
2016	951
2017	978
2018	724
2019	903
2020	1,952
2021	1,080
2022	1,567
2023	1,242
2024	1,336
2025	707
2026	699

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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	513
25 to 50	28
50 to 75	12
75 to 100	6
100 to 125	1
125 to 150	2
150 to 175	1
175 to 200	1