Weather Records on 29 September 1962

481 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 September 1962. Highest significance: Kettering (Saddle Road), AU.

Key Facts for 29 September 1962

On 29 September 1962, 481 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
88 were record highs and 136 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 32 monthly and 449 daily.
Kettering (Saddle Road) set a monthly record daily precipitation of 82.6 mm (3.3 in) on 29 September 1962.
Across 157 earlier years (1836 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 449 records.

Record Map

481 stations

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

Weather records on 29 September 1962: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kettering (Saddle Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Port Arthur	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Drouin Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Petcheys Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Premaydena Hatchery	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Longwarry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Parkston 8 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Oranjeville (Skl)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.5 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Neerim South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Jindivick	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Killora (Grasmere)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kingston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Eaglehawk Neck (Jetty Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Opossum Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ventnor (Oaklands)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hastings Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sorell (Whitlea)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Newton Rigg	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Koo Wee Rup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Silvan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Runnymede (Whitemarsh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Eliza	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond (Brookbank)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rietfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Amersfoort (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.5 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Drouin West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Shoreham	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nugent	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lymington (Fattys Lane)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart Botanical Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Woodbridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	121.7 mm (4.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Warragul	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Southport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Armour	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart (Waterworks Reserve)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Labertouche	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Silvan State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dunalley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bellerive (Fort Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sandford (Maydena)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wentworth 2.5 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Garfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Heidelberg I	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Delmas (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Huntley Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Marion	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bremerton	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Warburton (O'Shannassy Reservo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Judbury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Port Alice	Canada	Record daily precipitation	132.8 mm (5.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Red Hill South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Warburton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lenah Valley (Augusta Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rokeby (the Mall)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Wellington (the Springs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ayikudi	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Glen Alphen	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fernandina Beach	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

481 records

Records set or tied on 29 September 1962 by type: Highest daily maximum 11, Lowest daily maximum 59, Highest daily minimum 77, Lowest daily minimum 77, Heaviest daily rainfall 255, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 29 September 1962 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	11
Lowest daily maximum	59
Highest daily minimum	77
Lowest daily minimum	77
Heaviest daily rainfall	255
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 29 September 1962 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 32, daily 449.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

406 broken records

Margins by which the 406 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 94.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 September 1962

Top 20 records on 29 September 1962 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 September 1962	Kettering (Saddle Road), AU	monthly rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	52 years	70 of 100 (Major)
29 September 1962	Port Arthur, AU	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	62 years	68 of 100 (Major)
29 September 1962	Hobart (Ellerslie Road), AU	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	52 years	62 of 100 (Major)
29 September 1962	Drouin Bowling Club, AU	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	52 years	61 of 100 (Major)
29 September 1962	Petcheys Bay, AU	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	52 years	60 of 100 (Major)
29 September 1962	Premaydena Hatchery, AU	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	52 years	60 of 100 (Major)
29 September 1962	Longwarry, AU	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1962	Parkston 8 ENE, US	daily rain	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	67 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1962	Oranjeville (Skl), ZA	daily rain	54.5 mm (2.1 in)	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	37 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1962	Neerim South, AU	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1962	Jindivick, AU	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1962	Killora (Grasmere), AU	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	31 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1962	Kingston, AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	31 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1962	Eaglehawk Neck (Jetty Road), AU	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	15 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1962	Opossum Bay, AU	monthly rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	2 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1962	Ventnor (Oaklands), AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	15 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1962	Hastings Post Office, AU	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1962	Sorell (Whitlea), AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	52 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1962	Newton Rigg, GB	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1962	Koo Wee Rup, AU	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	40 years	46 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

1836 to 1962

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1836 to 1962. 1962 had 481 records.

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

Records on 09-29 in each year
Year	Records
1836	1
1843	1
1854	2
1859	2
1861	1
1862	1
1864	1
1867	1
1868	1
1869	2
1871	1
1873	3
1874	1
1877	2
1881	1
1882	1
1883	2
1884	2
1885	4
1886	1
1887	1
1888	3
1889	3
1890	4
1892	4
1893	1
1894	4
1895	4
1897	5
1898	4
1899	9
1900	3
1901	7
1902	14
1903	11
1904	26
1905	11
1906	16
1907	26
1908	20
1909	10
1910	10
1911	64
1912	27
1913	20
1914	24
1915	43
1916	184
1917	19
1918	36
1919	38
1920	22
1921	148
1922	33
1923	89
1924	264
1925	166
1926	195
1927	236
1928	212
1929	243
1930	71
1931	204
1932	234
1933	353
1934	394
1935	188
1936	399
1937	276
1938	423
1939	407
1940	346
1941	511
1942	858
1943	390
1944	398
1945	899
1946	265
1947	467
1948	334
1949	398
1950	472
1951	475
1952	404
1953	1,079
1954	814
1955	375
1956	380
1957	636
1958	309
1959	1,066
1960	143
1961	447
1962	481
1963	996
1964	1,154
1965	689
1966	498
1967	1,250
1968	184
1969	279
1970	629
1971	797
1972	637
1973	769
1974	730
1975	365
1976	636
1977	800
1978	569
1979	581
1980	874
1981	747
1982	911
1983	920
1984	1,447
1985	1,789
1986	1,624
1987	641
1988	554
1989	710
1990	416
1991	747
1992	833
1993	620
1994	967
1995	1,033
1996	1,356
1997	683
1998	1,295
1999	1,440
2000	965
2001	846
2002	557
2003	924
2004	754
2005	1,163
2006	695
2007	929
2008	461
2009	700
2010	1,110
2011	1,572
2012	737
2013	623
2014	548
2015	724
2016	912
2017	433
2018	582
2019	2,193
2020	444
2021	790
2022	600
2023	866
2024	1,391
2025	516
2026	544

Download the Data

Data for records on 1962-09-29: 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	367
20 to 40	35
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1