Weather Records on 24 January 1963

1,710 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 January 1963. Highest significance: Parnamirim (Leopoldina), BR.

Key Facts for 24 January 1963

On 24 January 1963, 1,710 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
71 were record highs and 1,385 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 95 were all-time records, 121 monthly and 1,494 daily.
Parnamirim (Leopoldina) set a monthly record daily precipitation of 120.0 mm (4.7 in) on 24 January 1963.
Across 160 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 476 records.

Record Map

1,710 stations

1,710 station records on 24 January 1963 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 January 1963: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Parnamirim (Leopoldina)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	120.0 mm (4.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Bamboo Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Crawfordsville Pwr Plt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Greencastle 1 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Governador Dix-Sept Rosado	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Boonton 1 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wooster Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Clarksville Wwtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-27.2 C (-17.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Logan	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-29.4 C (-20.9 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Glenville	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Gudauri	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Vincennes 4 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hiram	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-30.6 C (-23.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Poranga	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Carrollton Lock 1	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Fulton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Ignatius	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-13.8 C (7.2 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
W Lafayette 6 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dickson	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-29.4 C (-20.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Port Stanley	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cornwall	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Notinsila (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Weston	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Claysville 3 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Corry	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-12.7 C (9.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Frankfort Downtown	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Westfield 2 SSE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Catawba Hospital	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Fairmont	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ntsubane (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	87.0 mm (3.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Griffin	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lumpkin 2 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rochester	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Frankfort Downtown	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-27.8 C (-18.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Guelph Oac	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Riva	Italy	Record low minimum temperature	-8.0 C (17.6 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Boetsap (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	82.5 mm (3.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ravenshill	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	116.0 mm (4.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Albion 5 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-30.6 C (-23.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Greensburg	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-31.7 C (-25.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Chelsea	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pommelsbrunn	Germany	Record snow depth	37.0 cm (14.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Albion	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-26.1 C (-15.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Paducah	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Williamstown	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-29.4 C (-20.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lamar 7N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tiffin	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-27.8 C (-18.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kingsport	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Riva	Italy	Record low maximum temperature	-1.0 C (30.2 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Louisville 1 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Greenfield	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Farmerville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,710 records

Records set or tied on 24 January 1963 by type: Highest daily maximum 43, Lowest daily maximum 482, Highest daily minimum 28, Lowest daily minimum 903, Heaviest daily rainfall 151, Heaviest daily snowfall 57, Deepest snow cover 46.

Records on 24 January 1963 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	43
Lowest daily maximum	482
Highest daily minimum	28
Lowest daily minimum	903
Heaviest daily rainfall	151
Heaviest daily snowfall	57
Deepest snow cover	46

Records on 24 January 1963 by timescale: all-time 95, monthly 121, daily 1,494.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,451 broken records

Margins by which the 1,451 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 406.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 January 1963

Top 20 records on 24 January 1963 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 January 1963	Parnamirim (Leopoldina), BR	monthly rain	120.0 mm (4.7 in)	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	48 years	60 of 100 (Major)
24 January 1963	Bamboo Creek, AU	daily rain	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	48 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1963	Crawfordsville Pwr Plt, US	all-time low max	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	63 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1963	Greencastle 1 W, US	all-time low max	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	65 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1963	Ashland, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	65 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1963	Governador Dix-Sept Rosado, BR	daily rain	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	45 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1963	Boonton 1 SE, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	69 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1963	Wooster Exp STN, US	all-time low max	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	51 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1963	Clarksville Wwtp, US	all-time low min	-27.2 C (-17.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	63 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1963	Logan, US	all-time low min	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	59 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1963	Lexington Bluegrass AP, US	all-time low min	-29.4 C (-20.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	63 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1963	Glenville, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	8.8 cm (3.5 in)	68 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1963	Gudauri, GE	daily rain	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	16 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1963	Vincennes 4 E, US	all-time low max	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	63 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1963	Hiram, US	all-time low min	-30.6 C (-23.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	63 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1963	Poranga, BR	daily rain	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	45 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1963	Carrollton Lock 1, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	63 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1963	Fulton, US	all-time low max	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	57 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1963	Saint Ignatius, US	daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	45 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1963	Oxford, GB	daily low min	-13.8 C (7.2 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	147 years	44 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

1796 to 1963

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1963. 1963 had 1,710 records.

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

Records on 01-24 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1800	1
1817	1
1823	2
1828	2
1834	2
1845	1
1846	1
1849	1
1855	1
1858	1
1864	1
1866	1
1869	1
1871	1
1872	1
1873	1
1875	1
1879	2
1881	6
1882	2
1883	1
1884	1
1887	1
1888	1
1890	1
1891	4
1892	1
1893	2
1894	3
1895	3
1896	15
1897	2
1899	7
1900	4
1901	2
1902	7
1903	6
1904	11
1905	8
1906	20
1907	24
1908	12
1909	69
1910	20
1911	11
1912	11
1913	27
1914	27
1915	30
1916	28
1917	63
1918	52
1919	55
1920	34
1921	45
1922	89
1923	78
1924	116
1925	67
1926	100
1927	172
1928	215
1929	396
1930	639
1931	436
1932	245
1933	605
1934	361
1935	731
1936	1,085
1937	600
1938	545
1939	198
1940	827
1941	987
1942	634
1943	715
1944	634
1945	130
1946	355
1947	788
1948	1,257
1949	1,123
1950	1,342
1951	466
1952	383
1953	815
1954	368
1955	536
1956	366
1957	305
1958	381
1959	702
1960	348
1961	508
1962	478
1963	1,710
1964	461
1965	537
1966	553
1967	1,249
1968	711
1969	1,049
1970	834
1971	534
1972	756
1973	472
1974	636
1975	523
1976	631
1977	532
1978	1,427
1979	1,436
1980	782
1981	1,324
1982	759
1983	786
1984	677
1985	583
1986	415
1987	842
1988	766
1989	673
1990	929
1991	1,034
1992	894
1993	1,433
1994	634
1995	578
1996	1,150
1997	822
1998	524
1999	1,745
2000	1,135
2001	750
2002	1,724
2003	1,485
2004	719
2005	1,078
2006	928
2007	1,136
2008	973
2009	1,046
2010	1,225
2011	810
2012	503
2013	768
2014	926
2015	617
2016	887
2017	958
2018	721
2019	627
2020	789
2021	517
2022	434
2023	657
2024	1,018
2025	715
2026	1,625

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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 100	1,438
100 to 200	11
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	1