Weather Records on 11 January 1963

1,600 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 January 1963. Highest significance: Tada, IN.

Key Facts for 11 January 1963

On 11 January 1963, 1,600 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
188 were record highs and 723 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 32 were all-time records, 52 monthly and 1,516 daily.
Tada set a monthly record daily precipitation of 196.6 mm (7.7 in) on 11 January 1963.
Across 158 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 509 records.

Record Map

1,600 stations

1,600 station records on 11 January 1963 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 11 January 1963: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tada	India	Record daily precipitation	196.6 mm (7.7 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Brickhouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Bell Ranch	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Cue	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Eumundi - Crescent Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	220.7 mm (8.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Burnerbinmah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Binthalya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Cananeia G4-001	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	298.0 mm (11.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Ludlow	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	157.0 mm (6.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Wydgee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Central Kin Kin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	177.0 mm (7.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Thiruvalla	India	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Mallow	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	133.0 mm (5.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Iguape	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	151.8 mm (6.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Wooramel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Beringarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Rufus Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Moorine Rock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Sturt Meadows	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Luiz Correia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	108.3 mm (4.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Illawarra	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Buderim Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	165.9 mm (6.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bryah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Magnet	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mbarara	Uganda	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lyons River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Palisade	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Gabyon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wilgarrup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bulong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Yandina Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	172.2 mm (6.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-11.8 C (10.8 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Grangeville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Karonie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cooloolabin Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	156.5 mm (6.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Le Mars	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Yellowstone Park Mammoth	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-28.9 C (-20.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Manfred	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Pullagaroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wanarie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	110.2 mm (4.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wiluna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Maroochydore Swan Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	116.3 mm (4.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Palmwoods Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Taio (Pcd)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	63.9 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Castle Rock	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lamar	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Webster City	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Holdrege	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wheatland 4N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Coolgardie Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ora Banda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Higginsville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Glenwood 3SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cullculli	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cooran Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	122.4 mm (4.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Adur	India	Record daily precipitation	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
N Loup	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Norseman	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gillespie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Goomboorian	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,600 records

Records set or tied on 11 January 1963 by type: Highest daily maximum 107, Lowest daily maximum 453, Highest daily minimum 81, Lowest daily minimum 270, Heaviest daily rainfall 521, Heaviest daily snowfall 149, Deepest snow cover 19.

Records on 11 January 1963 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	107
Lowest daily maximum	453
Highest daily minimum	81
Lowest daily minimum	270
Heaviest daily rainfall	521
Heaviest daily snowfall	149
Deepest snow cover	19

Records on 11 January 1963 by timescale: all-time 32, monthly 52, daily 1,516.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,391 broken records

Margins by which the 1,391 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 254.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 January 1963

Top 20 records on 11 January 1963 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 January 1963	Tada, IN	monthly rain	196.6 mm (7.7 in)	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	56 years	65 of 100 (Major)
11 January 1963	Brickhouse, AU	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	57 years	63 of 100 (Major)
11 January 1963	Bell Ranch, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	57 years	63 of 100 (Major)
11 January 1963	Cue, AU	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	49 years	61 of 100 (Major)
11 January 1963	Eumundi - Crescent Rd, AU	daily rain	220.7 mm (8.7 in)	162.3 mm (6.4 in)	52 years	61 of 100 (Major)
11 January 1963	Burnerbinmah, AU	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	48 years	60 of 100 (Major)
11 January 1963	Binthalya, AU	monthly rain	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	29 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1963	Cananeia G4-001, BR	monthly rain	298.0 mm (11.7 in)	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	12 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1963	Ludlow, ZA	monthly rain	157.0 mm (6.2 in)	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	10 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1963	Wydgee, AU	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1963	Central Kin Kin, AU	daily rain	177.0 mm (7.0 in)	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1963	Thiruvalla, IN	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	56 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1963	Mallow, ZA	monthly rain	133.0 mm (5.2 in)	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	10 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1963	Iguape, BR	daily rain	151.8 mm (6.0 in)	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	35 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1963	Wooramel, AU	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	63 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1963	Beringarra, AU	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	24 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1963	Rufus Downs, AU	monthly rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	7 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1963	Moorine Rock, AU	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	37 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1963	Sturt Meadows, AU	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	32 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1963	Luiz Correia, BR	daily rain	108.3 mm (4.3 in)	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	33 years	55 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

1794 to 1963

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1963. 1963 had 1,600 records.

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

Records on 01-11 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1803	2
1840	1
1851	1
1853	1
1858	1
1862	1
1863	1
1864	1
1871	1
1873	3
1876	1
1877	3
1878	1
1879	4
1880	1
1881	1
1883	1
1884	1
1885	1
1888	2
1889	4
1890	1
1891	6
1892	3
1893	1
1894	2
1895	1
1896	8
1897	14
1898	5
1899	3
1900	8
1901	6
1902	6
1903	15
1904	3
1905	10
1906	4
1907	9
1908	7
1909	28
1910	50
1911	48
1912	47
1913	32
1914	41
1915	26
1916	79
1917	107
1918	208
1919	17
1920	101
1921	65
1922	131
1923	106
1924	367
1925	116
1926	102
1927	278
1928	589
1929	112
1930	186
1931	115
1932	180
1933	239
1934	192
1935	163
1936	475
1937	325
1938	192
1939	370
1940	419
1941	348
1942	687
1943	206
1944	109
1945	624
1946	325
1947	259
1948	342
1949	970
1950	420
1951	325
1952	214
1953	797
1954	526
1955	214
1956	594
1957	506
1958	344
1959	439
1960	548
1961	414
1962	2,062
1963	1,600
1964	248
1965	431
1966	246
1967	412
1968	1,103
1969	511
1970	539
1971	871
1972	1,400
1973	675
1974	1,878
1975	2,114
1976	685
1977	1,319
1978	654
1979	1,379
1980	1,319
1981	959
1982	2,363
1983	1,486
1984	828
1985	699
1986	873
1987	1,598
1988	1,065
1989	836
1990	1,459
1991	1,469
1992	718
1993	1,883
1994	667
1995	1,297
1996	1,366
1997	1,558
1998	1,165
1999	923
2000	1,122
2001	778
2002	970
2003	752
2004	848
2005	1,539
2006	1,096
2007	994
2008	1,019
2009	682
2010	1,093
2011	1,709
2012	881
2013	1,468
2014	684
2015	533
2016	555
2017	1,124
2018	1,027
2019	345
2020	1,617
2021	702
2022	295
2023	676
2024	614
2025	806
2026	499

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Data for records on 1963-01-11: 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 50	1,305
50 to 100	65
100 to 150	15
150 to 200	4
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1