Weather Records on 1 January 1963

586 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 January 1963. Highest significance: Jimna Composite, AU.

Key Facts for 1 January 1963

On 1 January 1963, 586 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
110 were record highs and 239 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 571 daily.
Jimna Composite set a daily record precipitation of 102.9 mm (4.1 in) on 1 January 1963.
Across 161 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 488 records.

Record Map

586 stations

586 station records on 1 January 1963 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 January 1963: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Jimna Composite	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Rocky Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	271.3 mm (10.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Maleny Denning Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	161.3 mm (6.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mooloolah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Peachester	Australia	Record daily precipitation	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lindfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Novorossijsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Darlington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Monsildale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Plain View	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Maleny Tamarind St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	136.4 mm (5.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kenilworth Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Maroochydore Swan Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Woodford Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Numinbah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	182.1 mm (7.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Yabba Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Victoria Gonzales Hts	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Maryborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Inskip Point Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Laborare	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Adams	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sussex 1 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Central Kin Kin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Coolum Beach Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Imbil Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gympie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Widgee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Canungra Finch Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cooran Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Aibonito 1 S	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Liberty 1 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hiram	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bald Knob	Australia	Record daily precipitation	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cooloolabin Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kilcoy Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Den Helder	Netherlands	Record low minimum temperature	-9.0 C (15.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-17.3 C (0.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Glen Cairn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Goomboorian	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nerang Gilston Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gold Creek Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Buntzen Lake	Canada	Record daily precipitation	135.9 mm (5.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cap Madeleine	Canada	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rock Hall	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Millington 3 SE	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Madison 3NNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Amamoor Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Moore Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Archerfield Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Brisbane Regional Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Enoggera Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bernburg/Saale (Nord)	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-9.6 C (14.7 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Adams	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Saranac Lake	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Blackall Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Springbrook Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	160.8 mm (6.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bonnie Brae	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

586 records

Records set or tied on 1 January 1963 by type: Highest daily maximum 56, Lowest daily maximum 121, Highest daily minimum 54, Lowest daily minimum 118, Heaviest daily rainfall 216, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 19.

Records on 1 January 1963 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	56
Lowest daily maximum	121
Highest daily minimum	54
Lowest daily minimum	118
Heaviest daily rainfall	216
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	19

Records on 1 January 1963 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 15, daily 571.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

500 broken records

Margins by which the 500 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 234.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 January 1963

Top 20 records on 1 January 1963 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 January 1963	Jimna Composite, AU	daily rain	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	13 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1963	Rocky Vale, AU	daily rain	271.3 mm (10.7 in)	234.2 mm (9.2 in)	9 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1963	Maleny Denning Rd, AU	daily rain	161.3 mm (6.4 in)	124.2 mm (4.9 in)	9 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1963	Mooloolah Post Office, AU	daily rain	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	32 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1963	Peachester, AU	daily rain	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	77.4 mm (3.0 in)	40 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1963	Lindfield, AU	daily rain	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1963	Novorossijsk, RU	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1963	Darlington, AU	daily rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	54.3 mm (2.1 in)	40 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1963	Monsildale, AU	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	36 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1963	Plain View, AU	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	9 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1963	Maleny Tamarind St, AU	daily rain	136.4 mm (5.4 in)	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	16 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1963	Kenilworth Township, AU	daily rain	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	32 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1963	Maroochydore Swan Bowls Club, AU	daily rain	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	32 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1963	Woodford Post Office, AU	daily rain	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	49 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1963	Numinbah, AU	daily rain	182.1 mm (7.2 in)	133.8 mm (5.3 in)	20 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1963	Yabba Creek, AU	daily rain	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	32 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1963	Victoria Gonzales Hts, CA	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	63 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1963	Maryborough, AU	daily rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	56 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1963	Inskip Point Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	67 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1963	Laborare, ZA	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	31 years	36 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

1798 to 1963

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1963. 1963 had 586 records.

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

Records on 01-01 in each year
Year	Records
1798	1
1800	2
1805	1
1806	2
1825	1
1834	1
1843	3
1853	1
1854	2
1855	1
1860	4
1861	1
1864	1
1868	2
1871	4
1875	2
1876	2
1877	3
1878	1
1879	2
1880	2
1881	2
1882	1
1883	4
1887	1
1888	3
1889	5
1890	3
1891	2
1893	4
1895	2
1896	1
1897	3
1898	3
1899	3
1900	4
1901	4
1902	9
1903	1
1904	6
1905	19
1906	15
1907	18
1908	5
1909	17
1910	10
1911	25
1912	34
1913	48
1914	22
1915	63
1916	31
1917	50
1918	134
1919	62
1920	57
1921	121
1922	59
1923	141
1924	357
1925	133
1926	149
1927	112
1928	760
1929	55
1930	310
1931	211
1932	291
1933	50
1934	364
1935	213
1936	302
1937	627
1938	352
1939	425
1940	306
1941	792
1942	661
1943	419
1944	272
1945	459
1946	183
1947	595
1948	954
1949	451
1950	516
1951	367
1952	1,343
1953	197
1954	493
1955	287
1956	306
1957	218
1958	295
1959	424
1960	958
1961	719
1962	491
1963	586
1964	1,319
1965	520
1966	1,138
1967	272
1968	1,010
1969	955
1970	919
1971	811
1972	357
1973	805
1974	1,883
1975	405
1976	855
1977	1,042
1978	696
1979	3,085
1980	408
1981	854
1982	938
1983	736
1984	1,582
1985	1,102
1986	466
1987	1,227
1988	1,086
1989	553
1990	367
1991	707
1992	1,002
1993	788
1994	522
1995	666
1996	1,360
1997	2,601
1998	964
1999	770
2000	701
2001	1,432
2002	795
2003	1,024
2004	638
2005	1,227
2006	1,184
2007	1,540
2008	663
2009	680
2010	816
2011	1,498
2012	1,216
2013	703
2014	545
2015	786
2016	570
2017	594
2018	2,118
2019	865
2020	523
2021	589
2022	2,410
2023	1,652
2024	370
2025	333
2026	848

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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 2026-10-16 (16 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 50	472
50 to 100	22
100 to 150	5
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1