Weather Records on 21 January 1963

761 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 January 1963. Highest significance: Greenville, US.

Key Facts for 21 January 1963

On 21 January 1963, 761 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
50 were record highs and 500 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 751 daily.
Greenville set a daily record precipitation of 38.6 mm (1.5 in) on 21 January 1963.
Across 163 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 465 records.

Record Map

761 stations

761 station records on 21 January 1963 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 January 1963: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Cruz	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Evergreen	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Scheurfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Alapaha Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-19.5 C (-3.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Campbell (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Rienzi	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pommelsbrunn	Germany	Record snow depth	39.0 cm (15.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Butler	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Valley 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Waycross 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Fredrikstad (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Caucaia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record snow depth	23.0 cm (9.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fayetteville (Pwc)	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Junction Walker Fld	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record low minimum temperature	-2.1 C (28.2 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Eastland	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Harrington Harbour	Canada	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	-1.8 C (28.8 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Camden 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Vanderbilt 11ENE	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Conway	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Eenbult	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Syferfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Batesburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge Galt Moe	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Quitman 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Antioch	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Heritage	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Milledgeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
W Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Marquette	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Goondi Mill Csr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	264.2 mm (10.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wauseon Wtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Chilton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Riva	Italy	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Abbeville 4S	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Antioch	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-27.8 C (-18.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Belhaven 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Aiken 5SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cheraw	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Shaunavon	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-11.4 C (11.5 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kisinev	Moldova	Record low maximum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
De Ridder	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Three Rivers	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
New Bern 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Merrill	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Oshkosh	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Vertentes	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Regensburg	Germany	Record snow depth	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Milstead	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Yates Hydro Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hawkinsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lumber City	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Waynesboro 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
New Iberia AP - Acadiana Rgnl	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Rayne 6 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

761 records

Records set or tied on 21 January 1963 by type: Highest daily maximum 25, Lowest daily maximum 228, Highest daily minimum 25, Lowest daily minimum 272, Heaviest daily rainfall 153, Heaviest daily snowfall 31, Deepest snow cover 27.

Records on 21 January 1963 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	25
Lowest daily maximum	228
Highest daily minimum	25
Lowest daily minimum	272
Heaviest daily rainfall	153
Heaviest daily snowfall	31
Deepest snow cover	27

Records on 21 January 1963 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 8, daily 751.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

614 broken records

Margins by which the 614 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 190.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 January 1963

Top 20 records on 21 January 1963 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 January 1963	Greenville, US	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	85 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1963	Santa Cruz, BR	monthly rain	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	1 year	54 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1963	Evergreen, US	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	56 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1963	Scheurfontein, ZA	daily rain	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	55.3 mm (2.2 in)	4 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1963	Alapaha Exp STN, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	52 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1963	Lichtentanne, DE	daily low min	-19.5 C (-3.1 F)	5.9 C (10.6 F)	83 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1963	Campbell (Mun), ZA	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	73 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1963	Rienzi, ZA	daily rain	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	45 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1963	Pommelsbrunn, DE	daily snow depth	39.0 cm (15.4 in)	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	36 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1963	Butler, US	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	52 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1963	Ft Valley 2 E, US	daily rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	4 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1963	Waycross 4 NE, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	16 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1963	Fredrikstad (Sar), ZA	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1963	Caucaia, BR	daily rain	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	32 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1963	Magdeburg, DE	daily snow depth	23.0 cm (9.1 in)	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	71 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1963	Fayetteville (Pwc), US	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	6.0 mm (0.24 in)	80 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1963	Grand Junction Walker Fld, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	45 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1963	Dublin Phoenix Park, IE	daily low min	-2.1 C (28.2 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	82 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1963	Eastland, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	44 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1963	Harrington Harbour, CA	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	36 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

1793 to 1963

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1963. 1963 had 761 records.

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

Records on 01-21 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1795	2
1796	1
1798	1
1800	2
1803	1
1804	2
1829	1
1838	3
1840	2
1845	2
1846	1
1850	2
1864	2
1866	4
1867	1
1869	1
1871	1
1873	2
1876	1
1878	4
1880	3
1881	4
1884	1
1885	1
1886	1
1888	3
1890	2
1891	3
1892	2
1893	1
1894	3
1895	2
1896	2
1897	3
1898	3
1899	15
1900	5
1901	4
1902	8
1903	18
1904	30
1905	3
1906	53
1907	10
1908	11
1909	25
1910	11
1911	8
1912	7
1913	23
1914	37
1915	47
1916	38
1917	83
1918	49
1919	14
1920	75
1921	54
1922	35
1923	62
1924	535
1925	103
1926	157
1927	447
1928	206
1929	132
1930	616
1931	112
1932	167
1933	572
1934	255
1935	771
1936	314
1937	852
1938	250
1939	305
1940	562
1941	205
1942	522
1943	1,168
1944	324
1945	290
1946	339
1947	205
1948	387
1949	452
1950	643
1951	367
1952	436
1953	325
1954	1,094
1955	399
1956	653
1957	527
1958	506
1959	936
1960	319
1961	746
1962	741
1963	761
1964	771
1965	251
1966	636
1967	511
1968	1,179
1969	927
1970	1,770
1971	672
1972	598
1973	573
1974	992
1975	496
1976	860
1977	549
1978	1,301
1979	1,675
1980	425
1981	972
1982	1,339
1983	1,179
1984	2,132
1985	2,457
1986	883
1987	934
1988	771
1989	511
1990	927
1991	559
1992	447
1993	1,763
1994	1,195
1995	1,276
1996	528
1997	950
1998	606
1999	1,387
2000	686
2001	736
2002	796
2003	690
2004	535
2005	1,111
2006	1,116
2007	1,955
2008	1,061
2009	788
2010	1,166
2011	836
2012	1,148
2013	455
2014	522
2015	426
2016	580
2017	1,248
2018	664
2019	526
2020	894
2021	626
2022	430
2023	517
2024	1,015
2025	1,386
2026	201

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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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Margin	Records
0 to 25	570
25 to 50	27
50 to 75	9
75 to 100	4
100 to 125	3
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1