Weather Records on 20 January 1963

921 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 January 1963. Highest significance: Blakely, US.

Key Facts for 20 January 1963

On 20 January 1963, 921 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
65 were record highs and 499 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 909 daily.
Blakely set a daily record precipitation of 99.6 mm (3.9 in) on 20 January 1963.
Across 157 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 509 records.

Record Map

921 stations

921 station records on 20 January 1963 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 January 1963: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Blakely	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Suolovuopmi	Norway	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Luiz Do Curu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Lumpkin 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Louisville 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Seale	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
New Bern 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Butler	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Fortaleza	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	74.6 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Chorozinho	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pte de la Hague	France	Record low minimum temperature	-11.4 C (11.5 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Brewton 3 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Paris 5 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Elberton 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lead	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Warrenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Brookhaven City	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Forsyth 2 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lumberton	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
New Holland	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sloan 3 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Macon	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mescalero	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cascavel	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	102.0 mm (4.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Anadia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Union Springs 9 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gila Bend 2SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bainbridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Carlton Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Batalha	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Americus	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Eastland	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Chudleigh Park Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Maranguape	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	73.8 mm (2.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Brantley	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
River Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tombstone	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Albany 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cairo 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Willard 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bay Minette	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Geneva	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Abbeville 4S	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lovell	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mulungu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	70.5 mm (2.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kisinev	Moldova	Record low minimum temperature	-28.4 C (-19.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
De Funiak Springs 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Marianna Sch For Boys	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Little Mtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sumter	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Junction Walker Fld	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Evergreen	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Gaines	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Clinton 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Houston Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pommelsbrunn	Germany	Record snow depth	39.0 cm (15.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Milledgeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

921 records

Records set or tied on 20 January 1963 by type: Highest daily maximum 30, Lowest daily maximum 229, Highest daily minimum 35, Lowest daily minimum 270, Heaviest daily rainfall 240, Heaviest daily snowfall 87, Deepest snow cover 30.

Records on 20 January 1963 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	30
Lowest daily maximum	229
Highest daily minimum	35
Lowest daily minimum	270
Heaviest daily rainfall	240
Heaviest daily snowfall	87
Deepest snow cover	30

Records on 20 January 1963 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 7, daily 909.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

765 broken records

Margins by which the 765 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 158.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 January 1963

Top 20 records on 20 January 1963 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 January 1963	Blakely, US	daily rain	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	65 years	63 of 100 (Major)
20 January 1963	Suolovuopmi, NO	monthly rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	0 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1963	Sao Luiz Do Curu, BR	daily rain	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1963	Lumpkin 2 SE, US	daily rain	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	60 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1963	Sarajevo, BA	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	56 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1963	Louisville 1 E, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	52 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1963	Seale, US	daily rain	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1963	New Bern 3 NW, US	daily rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1963	Butler, US	daily rain	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	16 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1963	Fortaleza, BR	daily rain	74.6 mm (2.9 in)	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	41 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1963	Chorozinho, BR	daily rain	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	31 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1963	Pte de la Hague, FR	all-time low min	-11.4 C (11.5 F)	3.7 C (6.7 F)	35 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1963	Brewton 3 SSE, US	daily rain	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1963	Paris 5 S, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	69 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1963	Elberton 2 N, US	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	67 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1963	Lead, US	daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	48 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1963	Warrenton, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	37 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1963	Brookhaven City, US	daily rain	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	25 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1963	Forsyth 2 E, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	56 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1963	Lumberton, US	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	39 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 921 records.

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

Records on 01-20 in each year
Year	Records
1795	2
1796	1
1798	1
1804	2
1820	1
1844	1
1850	1
1858	2
1861	1
1862	1
1863	1
1866	2
1867	1
1872	1
1874	4
1875	4
1878	1
1879	1
1880	5
1881	4
1885	1
1890	2
1891	1
1892	3
1893	3
1894	1
1895	2
1896	1
1897	3
1898	6
1899	12
1900	15
1901	11
1902	5
1903	4
1904	14
1905	2
1906	25
1907	26
1908	9
1909	30
1910	11
1911	3
1912	7
1913	44
1914	57
1915	153
1916	34
1917	123
1918	71
1919	28
1920	103
1921	45
1922	86
1923	41
1924	298
1925	181
1926	110
1927	381
1928	383
1929	203
1930	540
1931	90
1932	139
1933	441
1934	118
1935	904
1936	602
1937	1,041
1938	219
1939	238
1940	1,147
1941	214
1942	979
1943	1,002
1944	568
1945	302
1946	487
1947	534
1948	422
1949	429
1950	653
1951	958
1952	386
1953	476
1954	791
1955	278
1956	906
1957	349
1958	494
1959	603
1960	329
1961	641
1962	1,162
1963	921
1964	567
1965	283
1966	634
1967	556
1968	1,096
1969	859
1970	1,301
1971	936
1972	823
1973	450
1974	978
1975	688
1976	848
1977	997
1978	1,669
1979	1,158
1980	423
1981	823
1982	958
1983	847
1984	1,957
1985	2,188
1986	1,327
1987	1,063
1988	1,637
1989	955
1990	1,257
1991	562
1992	493
1993	1,327
1994	2,035
1995	1,136
1996	851
1997	658
1998	576
1999	1,368
2000	1,132
2001	667
2002	666
2003	732
2004	451
2005	1,335
2006	1,395
2007	2,143
2008	1,366
2009	738
2010	986
2011	731
2012	848
2013	432
2014	480
2015	413
2016	726
2017	1,370
2018	634
2019	722
2020	498
2021	375
2022	346
2023	778
2024	841
2025	1,599
2026	193

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Data for records on 1963-01-20: 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 20	637
20 to 40	67
40 to 60	32
60 to 80	17
80 to 100	5
100 to 120	3
120 to 140	1
140 to 160	3