Weather Records on 3 January 1963

494 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 January 1963. Highest significance: Glenloth East, AU.

Key Facts for 3 January 1963

On 3 January 1963, 494 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
190 were record highs and 23 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 485 daily.
Glenloth East set a daily record precipitation of 34.3 mm (1.4 in) on 3 January 1963.
Across 163 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 491 records.

Record Map

494 stations

494 station records on 3 January 1963 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 January 1963: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Glenloth East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Oaklands General Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Blanca 4 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Broke (Harrowby)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Woodfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Geranium	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Humacao 2 SSE	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Biesjesfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bluff	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Prince Albert Road	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lost River	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.2 cm (5.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Daysdale (Dennison Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jakutsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sunnyside Farm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ninyeunook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Culpeper	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Goorangoola	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
The Rock Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lalbert	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Carboor	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kleve	Germany	Record snow depth	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wakool Dampier St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gladfield Hopefield Estate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rio Do Braco (Efic)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Swan River	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Belle Isle	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Florence	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Quambatook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Klipplaat (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-19.3 C (-2.7 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Carroll	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Haysdale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lankaran	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Porthill	United States	Record high maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Millington 3 SE	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Regina	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Murrurundi Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mayrung (Malvern)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nottingham Island	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Woodville (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Uman	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-28.9 C (-20.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gavilan	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hood Rvr Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lancaster 2 NE Pump St	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Merriwa (Terragong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Woornack	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record snow depth	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Fajardo	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Jonkoping	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-15.3 C (4.5 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Priest Rvr Exp STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ellensburg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Moonmera	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tingha (Crystal Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Natashquan A	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Idaho City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sandpoint Exp STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Clearwater	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Odessa	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Yellowstone Park Mammoth	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

494 records

Records set or tied on 3 January 1963 by type: Highest daily maximum 101, Lowest daily maximum 11, Highest daily minimum 89, Lowest daily minimum 12, Heaviest daily rainfall 246, Heaviest daily snowfall 19, Deepest snow cover 16.

Records on 3 January 1963 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	101
Lowest daily maximum	11
Highest daily minimum	89
Lowest daily minimum	12
Heaviest daily rainfall	246
Heaviest daily snowfall	19
Deepest snow cover	16

Records on 3 January 1963 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 9, daily 485.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

423 broken records

Margins by which the 423 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 165.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 January 1963

Top 20 records on 3 January 1963 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 January 1963	Glenloth East, AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	27 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1963	Oaklands General Store, AU	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	74 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1963	Blanca 4 NW, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	16 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1963	Broke (Harrowby), AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	45 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1963	Woodfield, AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	49 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1963	Geranium, AU	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	52 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1963	Humacao 2 SSE, PR	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1963	Biesjesfontein, ZA	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	35 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1963	Bluff, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	33 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1963	Prince Albert Road, ZA	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1963	Lost River, CA	daily snowfall	14.2 cm (5.6 in)	6.6 cm (2.6 in)	40 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1963	Daysdale (Dennison Street), AU	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	39 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1963	Jakutsk, RU	monthly high min	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	64 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1963	Sunnyside Farm, AU	daily rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	4 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1963	Ninyeunook, AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	67 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
3 January 1963	Culpeper, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	51 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
3 January 1963	Goorangoola, AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	49 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
3 January 1963	The Rock Post Office, AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	59 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
3 January 1963	Lalbert, AU	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	21 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
3 January 1963	Carboor, AU	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	45 years	33 of 100 (Routine)

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

1794 to 1963

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1963. 1963 had 494 records.

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

Records on 01-03 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1798	1
1800	1
1823	2
1825	1
1830	2
1839	1
1848	1
1853	1
1860	2
1861	1
1864	1
1867	2
1868	2
1871	2
1873	1
1874	2
1876	2
1877	3
1878	1
1879	2
1882	2
1883	3
1884	1
1886	4
1887	5
1888	3
1889	4
1890	3
1891	4
1892	1
1893	1
1894	1
1895	3
1896	1
1897	3
1899	2
1900	15
1901	4
1902	15
1903	17
1904	51
1905	12
1906	13
1907	26
1908	8
1909	11
1910	23
1911	40
1912	26
1913	83
1914	33
1915	29
1916	60
1917	52
1918	80
1919	54
1920	31
1921	139
1922	80
1923	46
1924	222
1925	139
1926	268
1927	235
1928	412
1929	58
1930	160
1931	100
1932	167
1933	160
1934	208
1935	249
1936	404
1937	291
1938	139
1939	498
1940	312
1941	595
1942	505
1943	508
1944	361
1945	148
1946	171
1947	662
1948	462
1949	910
1950	2,025
1951	459
1952	587
1953	241
1954	370
1955	443
1956	188
1957	177
1958	326
1959	861
1960	431
1961	543
1962	802
1963	494
1964	513
1965	492
1966	885
1967	247
1968	582
1969	516
1970	749
1971	1,280
1972	313
1973	623
1974	1,010
1975	710
1976	524
1977	790
1978	745
1979	2,417
1980	470
1981	1,401
1982	1,380
1983	921
1984	983
1985	739
1986	676
1987	843
1988	1,034
1989	740
1990	467
1991	1,077
1992	1,200
1993	910
1994	902
1995	726
1996	2,085
1997	3,676
1998	1,434
1999	1,568
2000	2,063
2001	1,385
2002	1,307
2003	981
2004	1,406
2005	1,157
2006	1,472
2007	1,396
2008	948
2009	682
2010	1,337
2011	681
2012	956
2013	496
2014	1,029
2015	869
2016	605
2017	1,053
2018	1,444
2019	474
2020	772
2021	476
2022	989
2023	1,318
2024	734
2025	653
2026	902

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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	391
25 to 50	19
50 to 75	5
75 to 100	1
100 to 125	3
125 to 150	3
150 to 175	1