Weather Records on 15 January 1963

1,422 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 January 1963. Highest significance: Mainpuri, IN.

Key Facts for 15 January 1963

On 15 January 1963, 1,422 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
44 were record highs and 921 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 26 monthly and 1,390 daily.
Mainpuri set a monthly record daily precipitation of 58.2 mm (2.3 in) on 15 January 1963.
Across 159 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 497 records.

Record Map

1,422 stations

1,422 station records on 15 January 1963 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 January 1963: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mainpuri	India	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Oberon (Jenolan Caves)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Shikohabad	India	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Middelpos (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Hardoi	India	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Wyandra Railway St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Middleburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Meadow Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bikram	India	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Forked Mountain	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Farrukhabad	India	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cresco 1 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-37.2 C (-35.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Caledonia	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-38.3 C (-36.9 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pooncarie (Tarcoola)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Leeu Gamka (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Baldwin	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-36.7 C (-34.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pawayan	India	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
South Wales Emery Park	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tilhar	India	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Isisford Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	136.7 mm (5.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Nome AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Coongoola	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Queanbeyan (Carwoola)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mainpuri	India	Record daily precipitation	53.9 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
La Motte (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Watertown	United States	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Te Kowai Exp STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	195.6 mm (7.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tangorin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sagar	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Aliganj	India	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Zoetvlei	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Groenfontein "Montagu"	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sutton Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bangate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Coonamble (Pier Pier)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
The Oaks John Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Woronora Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wooragee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fichtelberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sikandra Rao	India	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Moab	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Albert (the Meadows)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pommelsbrunn	Germany	Record snow depth	42.0 cm (16.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Riva	Italy	Record low minimum temperature	-7.0 C (19.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Manistee 3SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
W Branch 3SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Watertown	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Watertown Wwtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-35.0 C (-31.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Marquette	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-27.8 C (-18.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Khutar	India	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Purwa	India	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kisinev	Moldova	Record low minimum temperature	-24.2 C (-11.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Safford	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-27.2 C (-17.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Fe	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bayfield 6 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-28.3 C (-18.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Merrill	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gumri	Armenia	Record high minimum temperature	2.4 C (36.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,422 records

Records set or tied on 15 January 1963 by type: Highest daily maximum 19, Lowest daily maximum 388, Highest daily minimum 25, Lowest daily minimum 533, Heaviest daily rainfall 414, Heaviest daily snowfall 12, Deepest snow cover 31.

Records on 15 January 1963 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	19
Lowest daily maximum	388
Highest daily minimum	25
Lowest daily minimum	533
Heaviest daily rainfall	414
Heaviest daily snowfall	12
Deepest snow cover	31

Records on 15 January 1963 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 26, daily 1,390.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,248 broken records

Margins by which the 1,248 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

15 January 1963

Top 20 records on 15 January 1963 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 January 1963	Mainpuri, IN	monthly rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 years	66 of 100 (Major)
15 January 1963	Oberon (Jenolan Caves), AU	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	52 years	61 of 100 (Major)
15 January 1963	Shikohabad, IN	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	61 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1963	Middelpos (Pol), ZA	monthly rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	80 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1963	Hardoi, IN	daily rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	61 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1963	Wyandra Railway St, AU	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	64 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1963	Middleburg, ZA	daily rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	78 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1963	Meadow Station, AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1963	Bikram, IN	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	61 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1963	Forked Mountain, AU	daily rain	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	20 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1963	Farrukhabad, IN	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	9 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1963	Cresco 1 NE, US	all-time low min	-37.2 C (-35.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	63 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1963	Caledonia, US	all-time low min	-38.3 C (-36.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	63 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1963	Pooncarie (Tarcoola), AU	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	67 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1963	Leeu Gamka (Sar), ZA	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	19 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1963	Baldwin, US	daily low min	-36.7 C (-34.1 F)	15.0 C (27.0 F)	65 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1963	Pawayan, IN	daily rain	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	61 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1963	South Wales Emery Park, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	15 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1963	Tilhar, IN	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	61 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1963	Isisford Post Office, AU	daily rain	136.7 mm (5.4 in)	66.1 mm (2.6 in)	9 years	42 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 1,422 records.

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

Records on 01-15 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1799	2
1820	2
1838	1
1845	3
1849	1
1852	1
1853	1
1862	1
1864	1
1866	2
1868	1
1870	1
1871	1
1873	1
1874	1
1875	2
1876	1
1878	1
1881	4
1882	1
1883	1
1884	3
1886	1
1890	3
1891	1
1893	7
1894	2
1895	6
1896	4
1897	5
1898	1
1899	10
1900	3
1901	10
1902	7
1903	1
1904	11
1905	22
1906	23
1907	12
1908	5
1909	29
1910	78
1911	14
1912	28
1913	10
1914	27
1915	67
1916	26
1917	35
1918	241
1919	39
1920	79
1921	55
1922	19
1923	48
1924	43
1925	398
1926	41
1927	406
1928	410
1929	151
1930	581
1931	156
1932	1,069
1933	241
1934	101
1935	218
1936	230
1937	587
1938	679
1939	234
1940	265
1941	376
1942	402
1943	613
1944	348
1945	417
1946	333
1947	604
1948	738
1949	727
1950	963
1951	577
1952	665
1953	1,193
1954	515
1955	273
1956	531
1957	790
1958	453
1959	261
1960	707
1961	740
1962	660
1963	1,422
1964	829
1965	643
1966	437
1967	518
1968	812
1969	989
1970	406
1971	600
1972	1,748
1973	753
1974	1,663
1975	744
1976	517
1977	773
1978	951
1979	1,441
1980	901
1981	671
1982	1,187
1983	756
1984	1,121
1985	1,022
1986	515
1987	1,124
1988	742
1989	880
1990	829
1991	748
1992	1,159
1993	1,121
1994	1,465
1995	1,808
1996	1,199
1997	1,330
1998	855
1999	1,159
2000	1,020
2001	929
2002	775
2003	586
2004	1,371
2005	727
2006	767
2007	2,717
2008	629
2009	1,125
2010	820
2011	943
2012	476
2013	1,132
2014	507
2015	479
2016	597
2017	988
2018	916
2019	339
2020	1,330
2021	717
2022	593
2023	672
2024	2,651
2025	439
2026	683

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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 50	1,216
50 to 100	22
100 to 150	4
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	3