1962

657 tornadoes, 3 tropical cyclones near the U.S., 10 notable earthquakes. 39 tornadoes were rated F3/EF3 or stronger and tornadoes killed 30.

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Tornadoes

657 recorded; 39 rated F3/EF3 or stronger.

1. Texas143
2. Oklahoma67
3. Kansas61
4. Nebraska41
5. South Dakota38
6. Colorado25
7. Missouri21
8. Louisiana19

Strongest and deadliest first

Tornadoes in 1962

Date	Rating	Where	Path, mi	Killed
May 29, 1962	F4	Holt	24.2	0
Aug 6, 1962	F4	Jackson	11.0	0
May 26, 1962	F4	Haskell	10.7	0
May 26, 1962	F4	Cotton	10.1	0
May 25, 1962	F4	Washita	7.2	0
Sep 16, 1962	F4	Olmsted	0.5	0
Mar 31, 1962	F3	Santa Rosa	6.9	17
May 24, 1962	F3	New Haven, Hartford	11.6	1
May 25, 1962	F3	Jones	4.1	1
May 21, 1962	F3	Antelope, Madison, Pierce	71.7	0
May 14, 1962	F3	Douglas, Davison	70.4	0
May 14, 1962	F3	Boyd, Charles Mix	53.8	0
Apr 30, 1962	F3	St. Joseph, Elkhart	36.5	0
Jun 16, 1962	F3	Finney, Lane, Ness	34.6	0
Jul 21, 1962	F3	Polk	25.2	0
May 24, 1962	F3	Harvey	18.8	0
May 21, 1962	F3	Charles Mix, Boyd	11.0	0
Mar 21, 1962	F3	Cherokee	10.0	0
May 7, 1962	F3	Scott	10.0	0
Jun 5, 1962	F3	Bon Homme	9.5	0
May 27, 1962	F3	Ochiltree	4.5	0
Aug 6, 1962	F3	Douglas	4.1	0
Apr 26, 1962	F3	Beckham	3.6	0
Apr 26, 1962	F3	Wichita	3.3	0
Mar 11, 1962	F3	Boone	3.0	0
Mar 31, 1962	F3	Lowndes	3.0	0
Mar 21, 1962	F3	Etowah	2.3	0
May 26, 1962	F3	Shawnee	2.0	0
May 31, 1962	F3	Callahan	2.0	0
May 25, 1962	F3	Custer	1.5	0
May 21, 1962	F3	Davison	1.0	0
Mar 24, 1962	F3	Wood	0.5	0
Jun 16, 1962	F3	Fremont	0.5	0
Apr 30, 1962	F3	Porter	0.1	0
May 15, 1962	F3	Gregory	0.1	0
May 16, 1962	F3	Charles Mix	0.1	0
May 24, 1962	F3	Reno	0.1	0
Jun 15, 1962	F3	Cherry	0.1	0
Jun 18, 1962	F3	Henry	0.1	0
Aug 20, 1962	F2	Cuyahoga	0.5	4
Apr 28, 1962	F2	Tunica, DeSoto	34.6	1
May 22, 1962	F2	Johnson	4.1	1
Jan 5, 1962	F2	Okaloosa	2.5	1
May 8, 1962	F2	Goochland, Powhatan	0.1	1
Jun 11, 1962	F2	Natrona, Converse, Campbell	52.0	0
Aug 4, 1962	F2	Valley	42.9	0
May 18, 1962	F2	Watonwan, Blue Earth	42.4	0
Jul 18, 1962	F2	Prairie, Custer, Fallon	40.6	0
Apr 30, 1962	F2	Knox	26.2	0
May 20, 1962	F2	Kiowa	25.3	0
Aug 9, 1962	F2	Louisa, Spotsylvania	22.2	0
Jun 15, 1962	F2	Box Butte, Sheridan	21.3	0
May 14, 1962	F2	Box Butte, Dawes	18.3	0
May 24, 1962	F2	Bucks, Mercer	16.6	0
Jul 20, 1962	F2	Lake, Porter	14.9	0
May 18, 1962	F2	Frontier, Lincoln	14.2	0
May 17, 1962	F2	Hamilton	12.6	0
Jun 16, 1962	F2	Finney, Lane	12.2	0
Mar 31, 1962	F2	Baldwin	11.9	0
Jun 16, 1962	F2	Garza	11.9	0
May 28, 1962	F2	Marion	11.7	0
May 17, 1962	F2	Harding	10.8	0
May 21, 1962	F2	Sanborn	10.4	0
May 12, 1962	F2	Minnehaha	10.1	0
May 28, 1962	F2	Pushmataha, Latimer, Le Flore	9.3	0
May 8, 1962	F2	Nez Perce	9.1	0
Feb 22, 1962	F2	Marion	8.7	0
Mar 20, 1962	F2	Madison	7.8	0
Jul 9, 1962	F2	Windsor, Sullivan	7.7	0
Jul 9, 1962	F2	Windsor	7.6	0
May 7, 1962	F2	Whiteside, Lee	7.2	0
May 7, 1962	F2	Whiteside, Lee	7.2	0
May 31, 1962	F2	Brown	6.9	0
Jul 2, 1962	F2	Champaign, Vermilion	6.9	0
May 26, 1962	F2	McClain	6.8	0
Feb 23, 1962	F2	Tippah	5.6	0
Jul 4, 1962	F2	Santa Rosa	5.6	0
Jan 6, 1962	F2	Bacon, Appling	5.4	0
May 28, 1962	F2	Gillespie	5.1	0
Apr 10, 1962	F2	Madison	4.9	0
May 7, 1962	F2	Boone	4.9	0
Apr 26, 1962	F2	Jones	4.7	0
Oct 12, 1962	F2	Worcester	4.1	0
May 15, 1962	F2	Miner	4.1	0
Nov 21, 1962	F2	Marion	3.6	0
May 20, 1962	F2	Sheridan	3.6	0
May 28, 1962	F2	Lyon	3.6	0
Jun 7, 1962	F2	Fisher	3.6	0
Jul 6, 1962	F2	McPherson	3.0	0
Sep 16, 1962	F2	Olmsted	3.0	0
Jan 5, 1962	F2	Okaloosa	2.5	0
Aug 7, 1962	F2	Bergen	2.5	0
Jun 23, 1962	F2	Clark	2.3	0
Jan 5, 1962	F2	Pike	2.0	0
Feb 23, 1962	F2	Lee	2.0	0
Mar 24, 1962	F2	Hopkins	2.0	0
Apr 26, 1962	F2	Valley	2.0	0
Apr 30, 1962	F2	Columbia	2.0	0
May 17, 1962	F2	Reeves	2.0	0
May 19, 1962	F2	Beaverhead	2.0	0
May 26, 1962	F2	Lyon	2.0	0
Aug 7, 1962	F2	Petroleum	2.0	0
Sep 7, 1962	F2	Johnson	2.0	0
Jun 7, 1962	F2	Logan	1.9	0
May 20, 1962	F2	Franklin	1.8	0
May 28, 1962	F2	Barton	1.5	0
Jun 24, 1962	F2	Potter	1.5	0
Jun 7, 1962	F2	Briscoe	1.5	0
Jun 8, 1962	F2	Johnson	1.5	0
Aug 20, 1962	F2	San Patricio	1.5	0
Jun 14, 1962	F2	Randall	1.4	0
Mar 24, 1962	F2	Smith	1.0	0
Apr 11, 1962	F2	Cherokee	1.0	0
May 20, 1962	F2	Wilbarger	1.0	0
May 26, 1962	F2	Haskell	1.0	0
May 27, 1962	F2	Ochiltree	1.0	0
May 31, 1962	F2	Fisher	1.0	0
May 7, 1962	F2	Dodge	1.0	0
Jun 17, 1962	F2	Fond du Lac	1.0	0
Jun 28, 1962	F2	Johnson	1.0	0
Jun 1, 1962	F2	Jim Wells	1.0	0
Jun 1, 1962	F2	Willacy	1.0	0
Jun 5, 1962	F2	Wilbarger	1.0	0
Jun 7, 1962	F2	Briscoe	1.0	0
Jul 14, 1962	F2	Ford	1.0	0
Jul 24, 1962	F2	Lincoln	1.0	0
Jul 28, 1962	F2	Stephens	1.0	0
Sep 13, 1962	F2	Hamilton	1.0	0
May 28, 1962	F2	Osage, Shawnee	0.9	0
Feb 22, 1962	F2	Taylor	0.8	0
Apr 30, 1962	F2	Eaton	0.8	0
Jun 16, 1962	F2	Andrews	0.8	0
Mar 20, 1962	F2	Newton	0.5	0
Mar 21, 1962	F2	Talladega	0.5	0
Mar 22, 1962	F2	Fresno	0.5	0
May 22, 1962	F2	Olmsted	0.5	0
Jun 12, 1962	F2	Big Horn	0.5	0
Jun 23, 1962	F2	Cook	0.5	0
Jun 24, 1962	F2	Saline	0.5	0
Jun 1, 1962	F2	Milam	0.5	0
Jul 9, 1962	F2	Big Horn	0.5	0
Apr 27, 1962	F2	Bossier	0.3	0
May 10, 1962	F2	Lake	0.3	0
May 20, 1962	F2	Alfalfa	0.3	0
Jun 14, 1962	F2	Potter	0.2	0
Jun 9, 1962	F2	Brewster	0.2	0
Jul 7, 1962	F2	Beadle	0.2	0
Nov 11, 1962	F2	Pike	0.1	0
Jan 5, 1962	F2	Covington	0.1	0
Jan 5, 1962	F2	Okaloosa	0.1	0
Jan 6, 1962	F2	Halifax	0.1	0
Feb 22, 1962	F2	Grenada	0.1	0
Feb 23, 1962	F2	Lafayette	0.1	0
Feb 8, 1962	F2	Mississippi	0.1	0
Mar 31, 1962	F2	Fayette	0.1	0
Apr 26, 1962	F2	Davison	0.1	0
Apr 30, 1962	F2	Jasper	0.1	0
Apr 30, 1962	F2	Newton	0.1	0
Apr 30, 1962	F2	Washtenaw	0.1	0
Apr 30, 1962	F2	McCurtain	0.1	0
May 15, 1962	F2	Cherry	0.1	0
May 16, 1962	F2	Miner	0.1	0
May 24, 1962	F2	Reno	0.1	0
May 24, 1962	F2	Jackson	0.1	0
May 24, 1962	F2	Jackson	0.1	0
May 26, 1962	F2	Sangamon	0.1	0
May 26, 1962	F2	Morgan	0.1	0
May 26, 1962	F2	Ross	0.1	0
May 27, 1962	F2	Leavenworth	0.1	0
May 27, 1962	F2	Lipscomb	0.1	0
May 28, 1962	F2	Alfalfa	0.1	0
May 28, 1962	F2	Henry	0.1	0
May 28, 1962	F2	Henry	0.1	0
May 28, 1962	F2	Marshall	0.1	0
May 29, 1962	F2	Johnston	0.1	0
May 7, 1962	F2	Story	0.1	0
Jun 10, 1962	F2	Lee	0.1	0
Jun 12, 1962	F2	Chaves	0.1	0
Jun 13, 1962	F2	Brunswick	0.1	0
Jun 14, 1962	F2	Beaverhead	0.1	0
Jun 14, 1962	F2	Mountrail	0.1	0
Jun 18, 1962	F2	Litchfield	0.1	0
Jun 18, 1962	F2	Waller	0.1	0
Jun 29, 1962	F2	Bent	0.1	0
Jun 1, 1962	F2	Callahan	0.1	0
Jun 2, 1962	F2	Crawford	0.1	0
Jun 3, 1962	F2	Washington	0.1	0
Jul 10, 1962	F2	Crane	0.1	0
Jul 11, 1962	F2	Douglas	0.1	0
Jul 14, 1962	F2	Jackson	0.1	0
Jul 20, 1962	F2	Jackson	0.1	0
Jul 20, 1962	F2	Pontotoc	0.1	0
Jul 22, 1962	F2	Milwaukee	0.1	0
Jul 26, 1962	F2	Parker	0.1	0
Jul 6, 1962	F2	McIntosh	0.1	0
Jul 6, 1962	F2	McIntosh	0.1	0
Jul 7, 1962	F2	Clark	0.1	0
Aug 20, 1962	F2	Somerset, Piscataquis	0.1	0
Aug 6, 1962	F2	Codington	0.1	0
Aug 6, 1962	F2	Jefferson	0.1	0
Aug 6, 1962	F2	Jefferson	0.1	0
Aug 28, 1962	F1	Cameron	0.5	2
Apr 8, 1962	F1	Norfolk city	11.5	1
Mar 31, 1962	F1	Tift, Colquitt, Bacon	61.2	0
Jun 20, 1962	F1	Kimball, Cheyenne, Morrill	59.9	0
Aug 15, 1962	F1	Barron, Chippewa	50.9	0
May 21, 1962	F1	Gregory, Charles Mix	47.9	0
May 17, 1962	F1	Baca	23.0	0
Apr 30, 1962	F1	Morehouse, West Carroll, East Carroll	20.9	0
Jun 22, 1962	F1	Sherman	17.7	0
May 17, 1962	F1	Union	15.3	0
Feb 23, 1962	F1	Chester, Henderson	14.0	0
Jun 22, 1962	F1	Baca	12.0	0
Jul 9, 1962	F1	Cumberland	11.3	0
Jul 21, 1962	F1	Andrew	10.6	0
Aug 9, 1962	F1	Harding	10.4	0
Jun 16, 1962	F1	Finney, Lane	9.9	0
May 20, 1962	F1	Orleans	9.4	0
Jun 14, 1962	F1	Laramie	9.2	0
May 26, 1962	F1	Stonewall	9.1	0
May 22, 1962	F1	Steele	8.0	0
Jun 26, 1962	F1	Jim Wells	6.9	0
May 25, 1962	F1	Kiowa	6.8	0
Jun 14, 1962	F1	Swisher	5.7	0
Apr 30, 1962	F1	Greene	5.2	0
Oct 6, 1962	F1	Vernon	5.1	0
Jan 5, 1962	F1	Houston, Henry	5.1	0
Jul 24, 1962	F1	Midland	4.9	0
Jun 14, 1962	F1	Randall, Potter	4.7	0
May 27, 1962	F1	Hansford	4.5	0
May 27, 1962	F1	Clay	4.5	0
May 28, 1962	F1	Gillespie	4.3	0
Apr 27, 1962	F1	Tangipahoa	4.1	0
Jun 14, 1962	F1	Pecos	4.0	0
Mar 25, 1962	F1	Cullman	3.8	0
Jul 1, 1962	F1	Hill	3.8	0
Oct 10, 1962	F1	Jackson	3.3	0
Jun 15, 1962	F1	Prowers	3.3	0
Jun 23, 1962	F1	Sherman	3.3	0
Aug 1, 1962	F1	Midland	3.3	0
Oct 28, 1962	F1	Guadalupe	3.0	0
May 18, 1962	F1	Shelby	3.0	0
Jun 26, 1962	F1	Barton	3.0	0
Jun 9, 1962	F1	Texas	2.7	0
Jul 21, 1962	F1	Essex	2.7	0
Jun 6, 1962	F1	Hansford	2.5	0
Jul 13, 1962	F1	Cape Girardeau	2.5	0
May 28, 1962	F1	Clay	2.3	0
Oct 17, 1962	F1	Navajo	2.0	0
Jan 6, 1962	F1	Twiggs	2.0	0
Feb 15, 1962	F1	Lee	2.0	0
Feb 23, 1962	F1	Jackson	2.0	0
Mar 21, 1962	F1	Greenbrier	2.0	0
Mar 24, 1962	F1	Grayson	2.0	0
Mar 24, 1962	F1	Wood	2.0	0
May 18, 1962	F1	Chisago	2.0	0
May 20, 1962	F1	Lincoln	2.0	0
May 31, 1962	F1	Cottle	2.0	0
Jun 12, 1962	F1	Falls	2.0	0
Jun 14, 1962	F1	Randall	2.0	0
Jun 15, 1962	F1	Natrona	2.0	0
Jun 1, 1962	F1	Bee	2.0	0
Jun 7, 1962	F1	Swisher	2.0	0
Jun 7, 1962	F1	Fisher	2.0	0
Jun 8, 1962	F1	Berrien	2.0	0
Jun 8, 1962	F1	Howard	2.0	0
Jul 11, 1962	F1	Lynn	2.0	0
Jul 12, 1962	F1	Chatham	2.0	0
May 18, 1962	F1	Monona	1.9	0
Jun 14, 1962	F1	Lawrence	1.9	0
Jun 20, 1962	F1	Yuma	1.9	0
May 20, 1962	F1	Orleans	1.8	0
Feb 22, 1962	F1	Williamsburg	1.5	0
Feb 9, 1962	F1	Lee	1.5	0
Apr 27, 1962	F1	Victoria	1.5	0
May 18, 1962	F1	Stearns	1.5	0
May 26, 1962	F1	Haskell	1.5	0
May 27, 1962	F1	Ochiltree	1.5	0
Jun 14, 1962	F1	Reeves	1.5	0
Jul 20, 1962	F1	Elkhart	1.5	0
Aug 17, 1962	F1	Horry	1.5	0
Sep 8, 1962	F1	Independence	1.5	0
Jul 21, 1962	F1	New Castle	1.2	0
Aug 4, 1962	F1	Thayer	1.2	0
Nov 21, 1962	F1	Coweta	1.0	0
Nov 9, 1962	F1	Miami-Dade	1.0	0
Jan 5, 1962	F1	Early	1.0	0
Jan 6, 1962	F1	McCormick	1.0	0
Feb 23, 1962	F1	Harrison	1.0	0
Feb 23, 1962	F1	Angelina	1.0	0
Mar 11, 1962	F1	Washington	1.0	0
Mar 24, 1962	F1	Smith	1.0	0
Mar 31, 1962	F1	Marion	1.0	0
Mar 31, 1962	F1	Orleans	1.0	0
Apr 24, 1962	F1	Harrison	1.0	0
Apr 27, 1962	F1	Washington	1.0	0
Apr 27, 1962	F1	Calcasieu	1.0	0
Apr 30, 1962	F1	Caddo	1.0	0
May 15, 1962	F1	Marlboro	1.0	0
May 16, 1962	F1	Grant	1.0	0
May 20, 1962	F1	Motley	1.0	0
May 25, 1962	F1	Jones	1.0	0
May 28, 1962	F1	Rawlins	1.0	0
Jun 12, 1962	F1	Natrona	1.0	0
Jun 12, 1962	F1	Harris	1.0	0
Jun 12, 1962	F1	Guilford	1.0	0
Jun 14, 1962	F1	Hockley	1.0	0
Jun 17, 1962	F1	Winnebago	1.0	0
Jun 20, 1962	F1	Kleberg	1.0	0
Jun 5, 1962	F1	Pecos	1.0	0
Jul 14, 1962	F1	Taylor	1.0	0
Jul 15, 1962	F1	Ray	1.0	0
Jul 24, 1962	F1	Orangeburg	1.0	0
Jul 24, 1962	F1	Clarendon	1.0	0
Aug 10, 1962	F1	San Augustine	1.0	0
Aug 15, 1962	F1	Hidalgo	1.0	0
Aug 16, 1962	F1	Llano	1.0	0
Aug 16, 1962	F1	Burnet	1.0	0
Aug 21, 1962	F1	Nueces	1.0	0
Aug 24, 1962	F1	Denton	1.0	0
Aug 31, 1962	F1	Scurry	1.0	0
Sep 10, 1962	F1	Fayette	1.0	0
Sep 8, 1962	F1	Colorado	1.0	0
Mar 24, 1962	F1	Camp	0.8	0
Jun 1, 1962	F1	Jim Wells	0.8	0
Jun 3, 1962	F1	Gonzales	0.8	0
Jun 5, 1962	F1	Hardeman	0.8	0
Jul 11, 1962	F1	Lynn	0.8	0
Aug 10, 1962	F1	Jefferson	0.8	0
Aug 16, 1962	F1	Burnet	0.8	0
Sep 17, 1962	F1	San Patricio	0.8	0
Feb 19, 1962	F1	Los Angeles	0.6	0
Oct 14, 1962	F1	Gregg	0.5	0
Oct 4, 1962	F1	Milwaukee	0.5	0
Nov 9, 1962	F1	Worcester	0.5	0
Mar 20, 1962	F1	Erath	0.5	0
Mar 25, 1962	F1	Marshall	0.5	0
Mar 8, 1962	F1	Bowie	0.5	0
Apr 26, 1962	F1	Jones	0.5	0
Apr 27, 1962	F1	Galveston	0.5	0
May 14, 1962	F1	Lincoln	0.5	0
May 19, 1962	F1	Klamath	0.5	0
May 28, 1962	F1	Cheyenne	0.5	0
Jun 13, 1962	F1	Worcester	0.5	0
Jun 14, 1962	F1	Platte	0.5	0
Jun 14, 1962	F1	Potter	0.5	0
Jun 24, 1962	F1	Sussex	0.5	0
Jun 2, 1962	F1	Newton	0.5	0
Jun 8, 1962	F1	Johnson	0.5	0
Jul 17, 1962	F1	Elko	0.5	0
Jul 17, 1962	F1	Niobrara	0.5	0
Jul 27, 1962	F1	Natrona	0.5	0
Aug 26, 1962	F1	Lenawee	0.5	0
Sep 5, 1962	F1	St. Landry	0.5	0
Sep 5, 1962	F1	St. Landry	0.5	0
Sep 5, 1962	F1	St. Landry	0.5	0
Dec 2, 1962	F1	Guadalupe	0.4	0
Sep 17, 1962	F1	Matagorda	0.4	0
Mar 24, 1962	F1	Angelina	0.3	0
May 23, 1962	F1	Mayes	0.3	0
May 7, 1962	F1	Union	0.3	0
Sep 15, 1962	F1	Todd	0.3	0
Feb 8, 1962	F1	Pemiscot	0.2	0
Mar 21, 1962	F1	Fayette	0.2	0
Apr 30, 1962	F1	Washtenaw	0.2	0
May 26, 1962	F1	St. Clair	0.2	0
May 29, 1962	F1	Scott	0.2	0
Jun 3, 1962	F1	Shelby	0.2	0
Jun 8, 1962	F1	Bureau	0.2	0
Aug 5, 1962	F1	Walsh	0.2	0
Dec 3, 1962	F1	Copiah, Hinds	0.1	0
Jan 27, 1962	F1	Luzerne	0.1	0
Feb 14, 1962	F1	Faulkner	0.1	0
Feb 15, 1962	F1	Grenada	0.1	0
Feb 22, 1962	F1	Grenada	0.1	0
Feb 23, 1962	F1	Warren	0.1	0
Feb 23, 1962	F1	Panola	0.1	0
Mar 11, 1962	F1	Douglas	0.1	0
Mar 30, 1962	F1	Colbert	0.1	0
Mar 31, 1962	F1	Escambia	0.1	0
Mar 31, 1962	F1	Okaloosa	0.1	0
Mar 31, 1962	F1	Bay	0.1	0
Apr 27, 1962	F1	Cleveland	0.1	0
Apr 28, 1962	F1	Hinds	0.1	0
Apr 30, 1962	F1	Miami	0.1	0
Apr 30, 1962	F1	Ingham	0.1	0
May 14, 1962	F1	Los Angeles	0.1	0
May 14, 1962	F1	Kimball	0.1	0
May 14, 1962	F1	Kimball	0.1	0
May 14, 1962	F1	Dundy	0.1	0
May 14, 1962	F1	Charles Mix	0.1	0
May 14, 1962	F1	Lincoln	0.1	0
May 14, 1962	F1	Logan	0.1	0
May 14, 1962	F1	Logan	0.1	0
May 16, 1962	F1	Stevens	0.1	0
May 16, 1962	F1	Kingsbury	0.1	0
May 17, 1962	F1	Phelps	0.1	0
May 17, 1962	F1	Yankton	0.1	0
May 18, 1962	F1	Sedgwick	0.1	0
May 18, 1962	F1	Keith	0.1	0
May 18, 1962	F1	Garfield	0.1	0
May 18, 1962	F1	Chase	0.1	0
May 18, 1962	F1	Riley	0.1	0
May 21, 1962	F1	Lincoln	0.1	0
May 21, 1962	F1	Minnehaha	0.1	0
May 23, 1962	F1	Portage	0.1	0
May 24, 1962	F1	Reno	0.1	0
May 24, 1962	F1	Scotts Bluff	0.1	0
May 26, 1962	F1	Lyon	0.1	0
May 27, 1962	F1	Republic	0.1	0
May 28, 1962	F1	Otero	0.1	0
May 28, 1962	F1	Cheyenne	0.1	0
May 28, 1962	F1	Hitchcock	0.1	0
May 28, 1962	F1	Pottawatomie	0.1	0
May 28, 1962	F1	Jefferson	0.1	0
May 29, 1962	F1	Rock Island	0.1	0
May 29, 1962	F1	Columbia	0.1	0
May 29, 1962	F1	Bremer	0.1	0
May 31, 1962	F1	Doniphan, Buchanan	0.1	0
May 31, 1962	F1	Brown	0.1	0
May 31, 1962	F1	Brown	0.1	0
Jun 11, 1962	F1	Weston	0.1	0
Jun 11, 1962	F1	Campbell	0.1	0
Jun 14, 1962	F1	Custer	0.1	0
Jun 14, 1962	F1	Perkins	0.1	0
Jun 14, 1962	F1	Pennington	0.1	0
Jun 16, 1962	F1	Red Willow	0.1	0
Jun 17, 1962	F1	Olmsted	0.1	0
Jun 21, 1962	F1	Lyman	0.1	0
Jun 21, 1962	F1	Harper	0.1	0
Jun 22, 1962	F1	Kit Carson	0.1	0
Jun 22, 1962	F1	Richland	0.1	0
Jun 23, 1962	F1	Sherman	0.1	0
Jun 2, 1962	F1	Frederick	0.1	0
Jun 3, 1962	F1	Ochiltree	0.1	0
Jun 3, 1962	F1	El Paso	0.1	0
Jun 4, 1962	F1	Otero	0.1	0
Jun 5, 1962	F1	Custer	0.1	0
Jun 5, 1962	F1	Kiowa	0.1	0
Jun 7, 1962	F1	PR	0.1	0
Jun 8, 1962	F1	Texas	0.1	0
Jun 8, 1962	F1	Ellis	0.1	0
Jun 8, 1962	F1	Beaver	0.1	0
Jun 8, 1962	F1	Beaver	0.1	0
Jun 9, 1962	F1	Carter	0.1	0
Jul 18, 1962	F1	Oklahoma	0.1	0
Jul 18, 1962	F1	Stutsman	0.1	0
Jul 20, 1962	F1	Clark	0.1	0
Jul 20, 1962	F1	St. Lucie	0.1	0
Jul 22, 1962	F1	Richland	0.1	0
Jul 28, 1962	F1	Rawlins	0.1	0
Jul 4, 1962	F1	Minnehaha	0.1	0
Jul 7, 1962	F1	Dickinson	0.1	0
Jul 8, 1962	F1	Fulton	0.1	0
Jul 9, 1962	F1	Kingfisher	0.1	0
Aug 10, 1962	F1	Tripp	0.1	0
Aug 18, 1962	F1	Divide	0.1	0
Aug 21, 1962	F1	Mercer	0.1	0
Aug 30, 1962	F1	Cimarron	0.1	0
Aug 30, 1962	F1	Runnels	0.1	0
Aug 2, 1962	F1	Thomas	0.1	0
Aug 6, 1962	F1	Jackson	0.1	0
Aug 6, 1962	F1	Jefferson	0.1	0
Aug 6, 1962	F1	Douglas	0.1	0
Aug 6, 1962	F1	Douglas	0.1	0
Sep 28, 1962	F1	King	0.1	0
Apr 8, 1962	F0	Sampson, Wayne, Greene	64.1	0
Jun 22, 1962	F0	Hamilton	15.7	0
Jul 24, 1962	F0	Floyd	14.9	0
Jun 12, 1962	F0	Gregory	7.8	0
Jul 25, 1962	F0	Terry	6.0	0
Jun 23, 1962	F0	Brown	3.3	0
Jun 11, 1962	F0	Chase, Greenwood	2.3	0
Feb 19, 1962	F0	Orange	2.0	0
Jun 14, 1962	F0	Randall, Potter	2.0	0
Jun 5, 1962	F0	Pecos	2.0	0
Jun 5, 1962	F0	Pecos	2.0	0
Jun 6, 1962	F0	Hemphill	2.0	0
Jun 8, 1962	F0	Mitchell	2.0	0
Jul 1, 1962	F0	Jim Wells	2.0	0
Sep 10, 1962	F0	Cameron	2.0	0
Sep 5, 1962	F0	Bastrop	2.0	0
Sep 10, 1962	F0	Webb	1.8	0
Jun 7, 1962	F0	Briscoe	1.5	0
Mar 24, 1962	F0	Smith	1.0	0
Apr 11, 1962	F0	Norfolk city	1.0	0
May 22, 1962	F0	Olmsted	1.0	0
Jun 1, 1962	F0	Jim Wells	1.0	0
Jun 3, 1962	F0	Chambers	1.0	0
Jun 6, 1962	F0	Hansford	1.0	0
Jul 9, 1962	F0	Sullivan	1.0	0
Aug 30, 1962	F0	East Baton Rouge	1.0	0
Aug 2, 1962	F0	Knox	1.0	0
Sep 14, 1962	F0	Vermilion	1.0	0
Jul 14, 1962	F0	Taylor	0.8	0
Aug 10, 1962	F0	Jefferson	0.8	0
Oct 8, 1962	F0	Iberville	0.5	0
Feb 15, 1962	F0	Lincoln	0.5	0
Feb 23, 1962	F0	Ouachita	0.5	0
Mar 11, 1962	F0	Bibb	0.5	0
May 17, 1962	F0	Reeves	0.5	0
May 7, 1962	F0	Lubbock	0.5	0
Jun 9, 1962	F0	Newton	0.5	0
Jun 9, 1962	F0	Wright	0.5	0
Jul 25, 1962	F0	Sumter	0.5	0
Aug 28, 1962	F0	Cameron	0.5	0
Sep 10, 1962	F0	Broome	0.5	0
Jun 15, 1962	F0	Sheridan	0.4	0
Apr 26, 1962	F0	Jones	0.3	0
Feb 15, 1962	F0	Lincoln	0.2	0
Apr 8, 1962	F0	Florence	0.2	0
Jun 24, 1962	F0	Lincoln	0.2	0
Jun 4, 1962	F0	King	0.2	0
Jun 4, 1962	F0	King	0.2	0
Jul 5, 1962	F0	Jasper	0.2	0
Oct 17, 1962	F0	Apache	0.1	0
Oct 27, 1962	F0	Eddy	0.1	0
Oct 4, 1962	F0	Olmsted	0.1	0
Mar 24, 1962	F0	Grayson	0.1	0
Apr 27, 1962	F0	Cotton	0.1	0
Apr 30, 1962	F0	White	0.1	0
Apr 30, 1962	F0	Wood	0.1	0
May 16, 1962	F0	Lincoln	0.1	0
May 16, 1962	F0	Cheyenne	0.1	0
May 16, 1962	F0	Roosevelt	0.1	0
May 17, 1962	F0	Cimarron	0.1	0
May 17, 1962	F0	Decatur	0.1	0
May 17, 1962	F0	Union	0.1	0
May 17, 1962	F0	Powell	0.1	0
May 17, 1962	F0	Sherman	0.1	0
May 17, 1962	F0	Sherman	0.1	0
May 17, 1962	F0	Pierce	0.1	0
May 18, 1962	F0	Lincoln	0.1	0
May 18, 1962	F0	Lincoln	0.1	0
May 20, 1962	F0	Tillman	0.1	0
May 20, 1962	F0	Comanche	0.1	0
May 20, 1962	F0	Stephens	0.1	0
May 21, 1962	F0	Sheridan	0.1	0
May 21, 1962	F0	Sedgwick	0.1	0
May 24, 1962	F0	Jackson	0.1	0
May 24, 1962	F0	Jackson	0.1	0
May 24, 1962	F0	Lyon	0.1	0
May 24, 1962	F0	Comanche	0.1	0
May 24, 1962	F0	Tillman	0.1	0
May 24, 1962	F0	Tillman	0.1	0
May 24, 1962	F0	Uinta	0.1	0
May 24, 1962	F0	Kiowa	0.1	0
May 25, 1962	F0	Washita	0.1	0
May 25, 1962	F0	Washita	0.1	0
May 25, 1962	F0	Jewell	0.1	0
May 25, 1962	F0	Jones	0.1	0
May 26, 1962	F0	Pottawatomie	0.1	0
May 26, 1962	F0	Pottawatomie	0.1	0
May 26, 1962	F0	Union	0.1	0
May 26, 1962	F0	Vanderburgh	0.1	0
May 26, 1962	F0	Jackson	0.1	0
May 26, 1962	F0	Washita	0.1	0
May 26, 1962	F0	Greer	0.1	0
May 27, 1962	F0	Morgan	0.1	0
May 27, 1962	F0	Morgan	0.1	0
May 27, 1962	F0	Adams	0.1	0
May 27, 1962	F0	Lipscomb	0.1	0
May 27, 1962	F0	Beaver	0.1	0
May 27, 1962	F0	Thomas	0.1	0
May 28, 1962	F0	Natrona	0.1	0
May 28, 1962	F0	Campbell	0.1	0
May 28, 1962	F0	Henry	0.1	0
May 28, 1962	F0	Peoria	0.1	0
May 28, 1962	F0	Pottawatomie	0.1	0
May 28, 1962	F0	Kerr	0.1	0
May 29, 1962	F0	Custer	0.1	0
May 29, 1962	F0	Buffalo	0.1	0
May 30, 1962	F0	Kay	0.1	0
May 31, 1962	F0	Accomack	0.1	0
May 31, 1962	F0	Andrew	0.1	0
May 31, 1962	F0	Andrew	0.1	0
May 31, 1962	F0	Pawnee	0.1	0
May 31, 1962	F0	Pawnee	0.1	0
May 31, 1962	F0	Reagan	0.1	0
Jun 10, 1962	F0	Meade	0.1	0
Jun 12, 1962	F0	Las Animas	0.1	0
Jun 12, 1962	F0	Las Animas	0.1	0
Jun 12, 1962	F0	Goshen	0.1	0
Jun 14, 1962	F0	Niobrara	0.1	0
Jun 15, 1962	F0	Prowers	0.1	0
Jun 15, 1962	F0	Cherry	0.1	0
Jun 19, 1962	F0	Lyon	0.1	0
Jun 19, 1962	F0	Lyon	0.1	0
Jun 19, 1962	F0	Lyon	0.1	0
Jun 20, 1962	F0	Stanley	0.1	0
Jun 21, 1962	F0	Todd	0.1	0
Jun 21, 1962	F0	Perkins	0.1	0
Jun 22, 1962	F0	Prowers	0.1	0
Jun 22, 1962	F0	Beaver	0.1	0
Jun 23, 1962	F0	Portage	0.1	0
Jun 24, 1962	F0	Wicomico	0.1	0
Jun 29, 1962	F0	Bent	0.1	0
Jun 30, 1962	F0	Jim Wells	0.1	0
Jun 30, 1962	F0	Cherry	0.1	0
Jun 1, 1962	F0	Bee	0.1	0
Jun 1, 1962	F0	Galveston	0.1	0
Jun 1, 1962	F0	Mayes	0.1	0
Jun 3, 1962	F0	Pike	0.1	0
Jun 3, 1962	F0	Lonoke	0.1	0
Jun 4, 1962	F0	Cottle	0.1	0
Jun 5, 1962	F0	Ellis	0.1	0
Jun 5, 1962	F0	Ellis	0.1	0
Jun 5, 1962	F0	Ellis	0.1	0
Jun 5, 1962	F0	Woodward	0.1	0
Jun 5, 1962	F0	Ellis	0.1	0
Jun 5, 1962	F0	Ellis	0.1	0
Jun 5, 1962	F0	Ellis	0.1	0
Jun 5, 1962	F0	Garfield	0.1	0
Jun 6, 1962	F0	Texas	0.1	0
Jun 6, 1962	F0	Polk	0.1	0
Jun 6, 1962	F0	Ziebach	0.1	0
Jun 6, 1962	F0	Seward	0.1	0
Jun 7, 1962	F0	Kent	0.1	0
Jun 7, 1962	F0	Floyd	0.1	0
Jun 8, 1962	F0	Beaver	0.1	0
Jun 8, 1962	F0	Beaver	0.1	0
Jun 9, 1962	F0	Osage	0.1	0
Jun 9, 1962	F0	Limestone	0.1	0
Jun 9, 1962	F0	Eddy	0.1	0
Jul 10, 1962	F0	Howard	0.1	0
Jul 11, 1962	F0	Chaves	0.1	0
Jul 12, 1962	F0	Logan	0.1	0
Jul 14, 1962	F0	Beaverhead	0.1	0
Jul 18, 1962	F0	El Paso	0.1	0
Jul 18, 1962	F0	LaMoure	0.1	0
Jul 20, 1962	F0	Lincoln	0.1	0
Jul 21, 1962	F0	Warren	0.1	0
Jul 26, 1962	F0	Yavapai	0.1	0
Jul 26, 1962	F0	Terry	0.1	0
Jul 27, 1962	F0	Lea	0.1	0
Jul 28, 1962	F0	Washington	0.1	0
Jul 29, 1962	F0	Elbert	0.1	0
Jul 30, 1962	F0	Caribou	0.1	0
Jul 4, 1962	F0	Kearny	0.1	0
Jul 6, 1962	F0	Greenwood	0.1	0
Jul 6, 1962	F0	Norman	0.1	0
Jul 6, 1962	F0	Norman	0.1	0
Jul 9, 1962	F0	Box Elder	0.1	0
Jul 9, 1962	F0	Harding	0.1	0
Aug 10, 1962	F0	Benson	0.1	0
Aug 18, 1962	F0	Broward	0.1	0
Aug 23, 1962	F0	St. Johns	0.1	0
Aug 31, 1962	F0	San Miguel	0.1	0
Aug 31, 1962	F0	San Miguel	0.1	0
Aug 1, 1962	F0	Noble	0.1	0
Aug 2, 1962	F0	Knox	0.1	0
Aug 8, 1962	F0	Muskogee	0.1	0
Sep 10, 1962	F0	Hudspeth	0.1	0
Sep 21, 1962	F0	Madison	0.1	0
Sep 1, 1962	F0	Baca	0.1	0
Sep 5, 1962	F0	Miami-Dade	0.1	0
Sep 8, 1962	F0	Palm Beach	0.1	0

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02

Tropical cyclones

Storms whose tracks came within 100 miles of a U.S. county.

Tropical cyclones near the U.S. in 1962

Storm	Peak	Counties ≤50 mi	States
Unnamed	Tropical storm	7	NC
Alma	Category 1	6	MA, NC
Unnamed	Category 1	0	—

03

Earthquakes

Magnitude 5 or more in the lower 48 and Hawaii, 6.5 or more in Alaska, strongest first.

Notable earthquakes of 1962

Date	Magnitude	Where	Depth, mi
Dec 22, 1962	6.5	near Nikolski, Alaska Aleutians West AK	20.7
Jun 27, 1962	6.2	near Pahala, Hawaii Hawaii HI	5.5
Aug 23, 1962	5.9	near Hiouchi, California Del Norte CA	15.5
Aug 30, 1962	5.8	near Garden City, Utah Cache UT	9.3
Apr 13, 1962	5.4	near Ferndale, California Humboldt CA	—
Jun 6, 1962	5.2	near Talmage, California Mendocino CA	6.2
Nov 5, 1962	5.2	near Bridgeton, Oregon Multnomah OR	9.3
Apr 13, 1962	5.1	near Bridgeport, California Mono CA	3.7
May 26, 1962	5.1	near Progreso, B.C., MX San Diego CA	3.7
Sep 5, 1962	5.0	near Magna, Utah Salt Lake UT	4.3

04

Drought

On average 2% of lower-48 counties were in severe drought in 1962. The worst month was December 1962, with 5%.

Every year since 1895 on the drought page

Storm Prediction Center, National Hurricane Center HURDAT2, Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity, NOAA Storm Events Database, USGS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog, NOAA nClimDiv Palmer Drought Severity Index. Damage is as reported at the time, not adjusted for inflation.