Weather Records on 1 February 1963

1,161 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 February 1963. Highest significance: Livermore, US.

Key Facts for 1 February 1963

On 1 February 1963, 1,161 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
624 were record highs and 47 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 12 were all-time records, 139 monthly and 1,010 daily.
Livermore set a monthly record daily precipitation of 74.4 mm (2.9 in) on 1 February 1963.
Across 159 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 492 records.

Record Map

1,161 stations

1,161 station records on 1 February 1963 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 February 1963: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Livermore	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Stockton Fire STN 4	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Independence	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Boorara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Delegate (Weewalla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Ritzville 1 SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Lind 3 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Bedford 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Heber	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Laketown	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown	United States	Record daily precipitation	133.9 mm (5.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Blackleaf	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Rosalia	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Binthalya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Truckee Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	132.3 mm (5.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Grace	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Farmland 5 NNW	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mariposa	United States	Record daily precipitation	117.3 mm (4.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Walnut Creek 2 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Fremont 5 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ash Mtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	145.0 mm (5.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Montpelier Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Paris Stp	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Powell	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Milparinka Hotel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Boca	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Keno	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Pommelsbrunn	Germany	Record snow depth	43.0 cm (16.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Garden Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Camptonville Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	150.1 mm (5.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Twin Lakes	United States	Record daily precipitation	136.4 mm (5.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
W Lafayette 6 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gibson Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Caninde de Sao Francisco	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Elliott	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tahoe City	United States	Record daily precipitation	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tiger Creek Ph	United States	Record daily precipitation	144.5 mm (5.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Coeur D'Alene	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ritzville 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Clarke River Telecom	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Teryawynia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Snake Creek Powerhouse	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rosalia	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pahala 21	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
White Cliffs (Wonnaminta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record low minimum temperature	-21.0 C (-5.8 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wallace	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wapato	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cochrane	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Holbrook	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hetch Hetchy	United States	Record daily precipitation	138.4 mm (5.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sonora	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hailey 3 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Edgar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Maryvale Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Regensburg	Germany	Record snow depth	26.0 cm (10.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Muskau	Germany	Record snow depth	31.0 cm (12.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Noblesville River	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.4 cm (2.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cameron Falls	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,161 records

Records set or tied on 1 February 1963 by type: Highest daily maximum 242, Lowest daily maximum 17, Highest daily minimum 382, Lowest daily minimum 30, Heaviest daily rainfall 342, Heaviest daily snowfall 98, Deepest snow cover 50.

Records on 1 February 1963 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	242
Lowest daily maximum	17
Highest daily minimum	382
Lowest daily minimum	30
Heaviest daily rainfall	342
Heaviest daily snowfall	98
Deepest snow cover	50

Records on 1 February 1963 by timescale: all-time 12, monthly 139, daily 1,010.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,000 broken records

Margins by which the 1,000 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

1 February 1963

Top 20 records on 1 February 1963 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 February 1963	Livermore, US	monthly rain	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 years	68 of 100 (Major)
1 February 1963	Stockton Fire STN 4, US	all-time rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	47 years	66 of 100 (Major)
1 February 1963	Independence, US	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	57 years	64 of 100 (Major)
1 February 1963	Boorara, AU	daily rain	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	56 years	63 of 100 (Major)
1 February 1963	Delegate (Weewalla), AU	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	55 years	63 of 100 (Major)
1 February 1963	Ritzville 1 SSE, US	all-time snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	56 years	61 of 100 (Major)
1 February 1963	Lind 3 NE, US	all-time snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	3 years	60 of 100 (Major)
1 February 1963	Bedford 2 SE, US	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	57 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1963	Heber, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	29 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1963	Laketown, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	49 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1963	Georgetown, US	daily rain	133.9 mm (5.3 in)	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	56 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1963	Blackleaf, US	monthly rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	52 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1963	Rosalia, US	all-time snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	43 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1963	Binthalya, AU	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1963	Truckee Rs, US	all-time rain	132.3 mm (5.2 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	47 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1963	Grace, US	monthly rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	53 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1963	Farmland 5 NNW, US	monthly snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	61 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1963	Mariposa, US	monthly rain	117.3 mm (4.6 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	67 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1963	Walnut Creek 2 ESE, US	daily rain	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	17 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1963	Fremont 5 NW, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	11 years	48 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 1,161 records.

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

Records on 02-01 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1796	1
1830	1
1831	1
1846	1
1850	1
1851	1
1853	1
1854	1
1862	3
1866	1
1867	1
1869	4
1871	1
1873	1
1877	2
1878	2
1881	2
1884	3
1885	2
1886	2
1887	1
1888	2
1889	4
1891	1
1892	4
1893	1
1894	1
1895	3
1896	4
1897	5
1898	4
1899	5
1900	2
1901	3
1902	10
1903	4
1904	9
1905	7
1906	29
1907	13
1908	85
1909	23
1910	5
1911	38
1912	37
1913	35
1914	54
1915	51
1916	68
1917	69
1918	71
1919	21
1920	84
1921	36
1922	68
1923	249
1924	193
1925	80
1926	56
1927	110
1928	281
1929	178
1930	102
1931	264
1932	142
1933	283
1934	515
1935	441
1936	514
1937	270
1938	299
1939	271
1940	328
1941	365
1942	157
1943	281
1944	240
1945	469
1946	273
1947	352
1948	397
1949	604
1950	1,223
1951	1,756
1952	907
1953	552
1954	1,012
1955	296
1956	1,013
1957	539
1958	369
1959	398
1960	646
1961	479
1962	657
1963	1,161
1964	453
1965	453
1966	756
1967	628
1968	941
1969	485
1970	397
1971	1,597
1972	385
1973	716
1974	865
1975	634
1976	723
1977	516
1978	904
1979	1,728
1980	689
1981	961
1982	1,029
1983	1,463
1984	278
1985	2,572
1986	709
1987	826
1988	1,699
1989	1,772
1990	1,122
1991	554
1992	1,501
1993	819
1994	917
1995	1,330
1996	1,632
1997	883
1998	737
1999	1,031
2000	687
2001	1,124
2002	2,087
2003	1,301
2004	1,146
2005	714
2006	638
2007	930
2008	1,136
2009	506
2010	1,239
2011	1,204
2012	1,027
2013	704
2014	635
2015	958
2016	1,496
2017	424
2018	512
2019	816
2020	1,608
2021	570
2022	254
2023	416
2024	1,204
2025	557
2026	1,241

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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 25	877
25 to 50	63
50 to 75	38
75 to 100	5
100 to 125	10
125 to 150	3
150 to 175	3
175 to 200	1