Weather Records on 30 December 1962

671 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 30 December 1962. Highest significance: Orono, US.

Key Facts for 30 December 1962

On 30 December 1962, 671 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
98 were record highs and 128 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 23 monthly and 643 daily.
Orono set an all-time record daily snowfall of 101.6 cm (40.0 in) on 30 December 1962.
Across 154 earlier years (1799 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 495 records.

Record Map

671 stations

671 station records on 30 December 1962 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 30 December 1962: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Orono	United States	Record daily snowfall	101.6 cm (40.0 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
McAdam	Canada	Record daily snowfall	91.4 cm (36.0 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Pooncarie (Tarcoola)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Rennie (Pine View)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Pooncarie (Moorara)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Comet Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	136.4 mm (5.4 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
McAdam	Canada	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Woodstock	Canada	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Corowa (Ringwood Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Mulwala (Tarramia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Orono	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Pooncarie Mail Agency	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Boorara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
North Yancho	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mincha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bic	Canada	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Gilston State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Summervale (Gundaur)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bic	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Trida (Cogie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bathurst	Canada	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bathurst	Canada	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Miandetta (Tyrone)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Fredericton Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	59.7 cm (23.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Causapscal	Canada	Record daily snowfall	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Girilambone (Ampol)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kerang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hermidale Tank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	132.8 mm (5.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Delungra (Craigmore)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock	Canada	Record daily snowfall	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Rolleston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.3 mm (4.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Canbelego the Hermitage	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Causapscal	Canada	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Emerald Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Fredericton Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen 20NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	157.7 mm (6.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Isis Junction Railway STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Grassmere	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Balmoral Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nyngan Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Horseshoe Lagoon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Carisbrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Manfred	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tarnagulla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kingstree	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gongolgon Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mulwala Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Durham	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Memooloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Warrinilla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fernlee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Diapur (Bleak House)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Serpentine (East Loddon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
St George	Canada	Record daily snowfall	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Milman	Australia	Record daily precipitation	180.3 mm (7.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Stranraer	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Thargomindah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Campbells Forest (Yarraberb)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Frostburg	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hiram	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

671 records

Records set or tied on 30 December 1962 by type: Highest daily maximum 61, Lowest daily maximum 81, Highest daily minimum 37, Lowest daily minimum 47, Heaviest daily rainfall 346, Heaviest daily snowfall 79, Deepest snow cover 20.

Records on 30 December 1962 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	61
Lowest daily maximum	81
Highest daily minimum	37
Lowest daily minimum	47
Heaviest daily rainfall	346
Heaviest daily snowfall	79
Deepest snow cover	20

Records on 30 December 1962 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 23, daily 643.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

581 broken records

Margins by which the 581 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 559.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

30 December 1962

Top 20 records on 30 December 1962 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
30 December 1962	Orono, US	all-time snowfall	101.6 cm (40.0 in)	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	46 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
30 December 1962	McAdam, CA	all-time snowfall	91.4 cm (36.0 in)	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	29 years	77 of 100 (Major)
30 December 1962	Pooncarie (Tarcoola), AU	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	79 years	71 of 100 (Major)
30 December 1962	Rennie (Pine View), AU	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	74 years	69 of 100 (Major)
30 December 1962	Pooncarie (Moorara), AU	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	74 years	68 of 100 (Major)
30 December 1962	Comet Post Office, AU	monthly rain	136.4 mm (5.4 in)	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	34 years	66 of 100 (Major)
30 December 1962	McAdam, CA	monthly rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	29 years	65 of 100 (Major)
30 December 1962	Woodstock, CA	monthly rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	47 years	62 of 100 (Major)
30 December 1962	Corowa (Ringwood Park), AU	daily rain	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 1962	Mulwala (Tarramia), AU	daily rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	40 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 1962	Orono, US	monthly rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 1962	Pooncarie Mail Agency, AU	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	79 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 1962	Boorara, AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	56 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 1962	North Yancho, AU	daily rain	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	83.5 mm (3.3 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 1962	Mincha, AU	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	40 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 1962	Bic, CA	daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	20.4 cm (8.0 in)	49 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 1962	Gilston State School, AU	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	36 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 1962	Summervale (Gundaur), AU	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	56 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 1962	Bic, CA	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	49 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 1962	Trida (Cogie), AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	56 years	51 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 671 records.

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

Records on 12-30 in each year
Year	Records
1799	2
1835	1
1850	1
1853	1
1856	1
1859	1
1863	1
1868	1
1870	4
1872	3
1874	2
1875	2
1876	3
1878	1
1880	5
1881	3
1882	3
1884	2
1888	2
1889	2
1890	7
1891	1
1892	1
1893	3
1895	6
1896	3
1897	7
1898	6
1899	3
1900	5
1901	8
1902	2
1903	8
1904	12
1905	10
1906	11
1907	26
1908	17
1909	13
1910	18
1911	20
1912	37
1913	32
1914	47
1915	62
1916	45
1917	217
1918	25
1919	82
1920	84
1921	111
1922	227
1923	223
1924	65
1925	184
1926	63
1927	290
1928	31
1929	382
1930	71
1931	509
1932	407
1933	279
1934	206
1935	202
1936	931
1937	234
1938	208
1939	237
1940	397
1941	149
1942	584
1943	165
1944	137
1945	251
1946	584
1947	317
1948	760
1949	206
1950	479
1951	955
1952	334
1953	399
1954	538
1955	254
1956	556
1957	443
1958	525
1959	216
1960	345
1961	389
1962	671
1963	567
1964	537
1965	1,122
1966	403
1967	760
1968	1,391
1969	817
1970	571
1971	1,122
1972	1,052
1973	1,262
1974	564
1975	703
1976	981
1977	795
1978	1,930
1979	427
1980	1,560
1981	684
1982	630
1983	2,765
1984	1,834
1985	568
1986	852
1987	1,270
1988	755
1989	528
1990	3,065
1991	525
1992	1,210
1993	865
1994	642
1995	1,455
1996	1,620
1997	1,384
1998	801
1999	838
2000	1,377
2001	651
2002	1,034
2003	661
2004	974
2005	928
2006	1,779
2007	748
2008	653
2009	933
2010	1,200
2011	782
2012	676
2013	642
2014	660
2015	820
2016	706
2017	1,324
2018	284
2019	1,131
2020	604
2021	1,455
2022	909
2023	726
2024	638
2025	325

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Data for records on 1962-12-30: 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 100	566
100 to 200	10
200 to 300	3
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1