Weather Records on 4 January 1963

559 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 January 1963. Highest significance: Pirie (Bos), ZA.

Key Facts for 4 January 1963

On 4 January 1963, 559 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
95 were record highs and 17 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 544 daily.
Pirie (Bos) set a daily record precipitation of 85.0 mm (3.3 in) on 4 January 1963.
Across 162 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 505 records.

Record Map

559 stations

559 station records on 4 January 1963 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 January 1963: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Pirie (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Trangie (Old Bundemar)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Nyngan (Mudall)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Grafton City Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Invergwali	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
S.Joao Do Piaui	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	120.0 mm (4.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Buxton (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	87.0 mm (3.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Rabula (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	82.5 mm (3.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Calliope Public School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Aguirre	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Seymour (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.5 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Emgcewe (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrence Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ulamambri Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Schootefountain	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Komga (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kieskamahoek (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Izeleni (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Breeza (Main Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wolfridge (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cassilis Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kei Road (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ibeka (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.5 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Warren (Haddon Rig)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nyngan (Merryanbone)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mullaley Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ulmarra (Newsagency)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Denman (Palace Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bombala (Therry Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cwencwe (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	84.5 mm (3.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Umzonia (Rsv)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Jeogla Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cullendale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mill Holme	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sitka Magnetic Obsy	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dandaloo (Kelvin)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cassilis (Dalkeith)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Poortjie-Wes	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Marrar (Centenary Drive)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Darlington Point (Tubbo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sihota	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Werris Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Innes Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hillgrove (Hillview)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Brushgrove Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	108.2 mm (4.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cootamundra (Landgrove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Groothoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rooipoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Scone (Philip Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lebanon (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Eenstroom	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Grootvlakte	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Insizwa (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Zevenfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Silverdales	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Spring Ridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Curlewis (Wandobah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Megan (the Mount)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wyalong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

559 records

Records set or tied on 4 January 1963 by type: Highest daily maximum 38, Lowest daily maximum 5, Highest daily minimum 57, Lowest daily minimum 12, Heaviest daily rainfall 409, Heaviest daily snowfall 26, Deepest snow cover 12.

Records on 4 January 1963 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	38
Lowest daily maximum	5
Highest daily minimum	57
Lowest daily minimum	12
Heaviest daily rainfall	409
Heaviest daily snowfall	26
Deepest snow cover	12

Records on 4 January 1963 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 14, daily 544.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

498 broken records

Margins by which the 498 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 149.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 January 1963

Top 20 records on 4 January 1963 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 January 1963	Pirie (Bos), ZA	daily rain	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	66 years	67 of 100 (Major)
4 January 1963	Trangie (Old Bundemar), AU	daily rain	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	58.1 mm (2.3 in)	65 years	63 of 100 (Major)
4 January 1963	Nyngan (Mudall), AU	daily rain	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	73 years	61 of 100 (Major)
4 January 1963	Grafton City Council, AU	daily rain	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	43 years	61 of 100 (Major)
4 January 1963	Invergwali, ZA	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1963	S.Joao Do Piaui, BR	daily rain	120.0 mm (4.7 in)	103.2 mm (4.1 in)	33 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1963	Buxton (Bos), ZA	monthly rain	87.0 mm (3.4 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	40 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1963	Rabula (Bos), ZA	daily rain	82.5 mm (3.2 in)	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	35 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1963	Calliope Public School, AU	daily rain	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1963	Aguirre, PR	monthly rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	26 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1963	Seymour (Mag), ZA	daily rain	55.5 mm (2.2 in)	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	48 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1963	Emgcewe (Bos), ZA	daily rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	35 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1963	Lawrence Post Office, AU	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	59 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1963	Ulamambri Post Office, AU	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	67 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1963	Schootefountain, ZA	daily rain	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	21 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1963	Komga (Pol), ZA	daily rain	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	47 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1963	Kieskamahoek (Pol), ZA	daily rain	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	3 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1963	Izeleni (Bos), ZA	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	8 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1963	Breeza (Main Street), AU	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1963	Wolfridge (Bos), ZA	monthly rain	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	20 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

1795 to 1963

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1963. 1963 had 559 records.

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

Records on 01-04 in each year
Year	Records
1795	2
1803	2
1824	1
1845	1
1855	1
1860	2
1864	4
1866	1
1867	2
1869	2
1871	2
1872	1
1873	2
1874	3
1876	1
1877	3
1878	3
1879	1
1880	1
1881	3
1882	2
1884	2
1886	5
1887	2
1888	4
1889	4
1890	2
1891	4
1892	1
1893	2
1894	9
1895	8
1896	2
1897	1
1898	2
1899	4
1900	6
1901	9
1902	7
1903	16
1904	51
1905	21
1906	15
1907	13
1908	8
1909	23
1910	20
1911	17
1912	30
1913	27
1914	45
1915	21
1916	59
1917	59
1918	78
1919	34
1920	113
1921	121
1922	56
1923	54
1924	184
1925	128
1926	310
1927	185
1928	150
1929	96
1930	134
1931	94
1932	200
1933	231
1934	319
1935	207
1936	394
1937	251
1938	136
1939	647
1940	332
1941	1,010
1942	1,191
1943	453
1944	300
1945	194
1946	371
1947	858
1948	391
1949	1,261
1950	2,015
1951	394
1952	349
1953	267
1954	249
1955	659
1956	462
1957	262
1958	448
1959	1,124
1960	358
1961	378
1962	359
1963	559
1964	349
1965	403
1966	798
1967	319
1968	661
1969	645
1970	497
1971	1,191
1972	728
1973	667
1974	957
1975	394
1976	534
1977	524
1978	656
1979	1,606
1980	643
1981	1,430
1982	2,261
1983	953
1984	996
1985	1,049
1986	705
1987	1,172
1988	903
1989	1,205
1990	509
1991	1,016
1992	1,201
1993	1,538
1994	1,418
1995	922
1996	1,389
1997	3,256
1998	1,246
1999	1,842
2000	1,486
2001	1,350
2002	1,151
2003	1,229
2004	1,611
2005	1,581
2006	1,167
2007	2,045
2008	845
2009	824
2010	1,183
2011	586
2012	1,357
2013	797
2014	770
2015	715
2016	618
2017	997
2018	1,096
2019	616
2020	497
2021	427
2022	698
2023	1,236
2024	562
2025	477
2026	1,013

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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 20	378
20 to 40	84
40 to 60	25
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	1
140 to 160	1