Weather Records on 19 January 1963

961 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 January 1963. Highest significance: Caucaia, BR.

Key Facts for 19 January 1963

On 19 January 1963, 961 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
33 were record highs and 657 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 7 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 936 daily.
Caucaia set a daily record precipitation of 109.0 mm (4.3 in) on 19 January 1963.
Across 161 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 497 records.

Record Map

961 stations

961 station records on 19 January 1963 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 January 1963: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Caucaia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Acarape	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	60.1 mm (2.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Pratten	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Junction Walker Fld	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Fraserburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Barcelona -Fabra Observatory	Spain	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Swaelfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Manyberries Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ardmore 1 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-38.3 C (-36.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Blouboskuil	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Bayard 4W	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Casino Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Greifswald	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Spencer 10 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-41.1 C (-42.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Baia Mare	Romania	Record low minimum temperature	-27.1 C (-16.8 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Virginia City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-40.0 C (-40.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record low minimum temperature	-1.3 C (29.7 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lugano	Switzerland	Record low maximum temperature	-2.6 C (27.3 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chicago Midway AP 3SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.4 cm (8.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pearlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Albuquerque Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Fairy (Merigan)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pommelsbrunn	Germany	Record snow depth	40.0 cm (15.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Greer	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Race (Aut)	Canada	Record daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pte de Chassiron	France	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Riva	Italy	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Paardekraal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Castle Rock	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kirksville	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pioche	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Arrojado	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	49.7 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	-13.7 C (7.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record snow depth	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gospic	Croatia	Record low maximum temperature	-13.1 C (8.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Feodosiia	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-16.0 C (3.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Brigalow Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Regensburg	Germany	Record snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
New Orleans Audubon	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ngukurr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Palhano	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record snow depth	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kleve	Germany	Record snow depth	21.0 cm (8.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bernburg/Saale (Nord)	Germany	Record snow depth	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Waren	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-14.0 C (6.8 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lamoni	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
El Reno 1 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington Muni AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.2 cm (4.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Jimbour State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Springerville	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Black Lake	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Moab	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Antigo	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Crandall Creek	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-44.4 C (-47.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Garden Head	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Trier	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-4.0 C (24.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kleve	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-7.0 C (19.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Trier-Zewen	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-4.0 C (24.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Henichesk	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-19.8 C (-3.6 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Harrison	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-36.1 C (-33.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

961 records

Records set or tied on 19 January 1963 by type: Highest daily maximum 14, Lowest daily maximum 377, Highest daily minimum 19, Lowest daily minimum 280, Heaviest daily rainfall 125, Heaviest daily snowfall 119, Deepest snow cover 27.

Records on 19 January 1963 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	14
Lowest daily maximum	377
Highest daily minimum	19
Lowest daily minimum	280
Heaviest daily rainfall	125
Heaviest daily snowfall	119
Deepest snow cover	27

Records on 19 January 1963 by timescale: all-time 7, monthly 18, daily 936.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

786 broken records

Margins by which the 786 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 153.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 January 1963

Top 20 records on 19 January 1963 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 January 1963	Caucaia, BR	daily rain	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	45 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1963	Acarape, BR	daily rain	60.1 mm (2.4 in)	49.9 mm (2.0 in)	31 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1963	Pratten, AU	daily rain	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	23 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1963	Grand Junction Walker Fld, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	47 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1963	Fraserburg, ZA	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	65 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1963	Barcelona -Fabra Observatory, ES	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	53.9 mm (2.1 in)	0 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1963	Swaelfontein, ZA	daily rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	8 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1963	Manyberries Cda, CA	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	20 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1963	Ardmore 1 NW, US	all-time low min	-38.3 C (-36.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	47 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1963	Blouboskuil, ZA	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	23 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1963	Ft Bayard 4W, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	64 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1963	Casino Airport, AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	67 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1963	Greifswald, DE	all-time low min	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	33 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1963	Spencer 10 NE, US	all-time low min	-41.1 C (-42.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	35 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1963	Baia Mare, RO	daily low min	-27.1 C (-16.8 F)	8.5 C (15.3 F)	51 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1963	Virginia City, US	all-time low min	-40.0 C (-40.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	29 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1963	Dublin Phoenix Park, IE	daily low min	-1.3 C (29.7 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	81 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
19 January 1963	Lugano, CH	daily low max	-2.6 C (27.3 F)	3.6 C (6.5 F)	60 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
19 January 1963	Chicago Midway AP 3SW, US	daily snowfall	22.4 cm (8.8 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	1 year	34 of 100 (Routine)
19 January 1963	Pearlington, US	daily rain	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	25 years	34 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

1796 to 1963

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1963. 1963 had 961 records.

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

Records on 01-19 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1800	1
1804	1
1822	1
1838	1
1843	1
1849	1
1853	1
1855	1
1858	1
1859	1
1861	1
1864	2
1866	1
1868	2
1871	1
1873	2
1874	2
1875	6
1876	5
1878	1
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1883	2
1890	6
1891	1
1892	1
1893	5
1894	2
1895	3
1896	4
1897	5
1898	7
1899	17
1900	8
1901	6
1902	5
1903	11
1904	26
1905	6
1906	6
1907	30
1908	7
1909	11
1910	37
1911	16
1912	11
1913	6
1914	39
1915	101
1916	46
1917	102
1918	66
1919	17
1920	116
1921	53
1922	45
1923	81
1924	141
1925	228
1926	190
1927	223
1928	526
1929	444
1930	617
1931	240
1932	160
1933	479
1934	147
1935	634
1936	777
1937	1,019
1938	361
1939	221
1940	1,781
1941	285
1942	471
1943	1,183
1944	452
1945	334
1946	850
1947	253
1948	540
1949	704
1950	1,044
1951	748
1952	704
1953	421
1954	276
1955	375
1956	457
1957	389
1958	627
1959	439
1960	368
1961	373
1962	1,086
1963	961
1964	327
1965	349
1966	583
1967	532
1968	759
1969	669
1970	1,128
1971	1,056
1972	636
1973	677
1974	964
1975	662
1976	846
1977	1,566
1978	953
1979	1,535
1980	656
1981	1,054
1982	776
1983	548
1984	1,499
1985	606
1986	1,737
1987	1,321
1988	1,377
1989	999
1990	1,356
1991	542
1992	757
1993	900
1994	2,752
1995	1,036
1996	1,824
1997	817
1998	784
1999	1,081
2000	1,061
2001	854
2002	712
2003	692
2004	813
2005	974
2006	1,418
2007	1,917
2008	1,731
2009	817
2010	814
2011	595
2012	1,133
2013	583
2014	489
2015	432
2016	682
2017	886
2018	622
2019	478
2020	428
2021	462
2022	456
2023	1,340
2024	828
2025	1,267
2026	293

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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	701
20 to 40	49
40 to 60	14
60 to 80	10
80 to 100	5
100 to 120	4
120 to 140	2
140 to 160	1