Weather Records on 4 February 1963

1,348 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 February 1963. Highest significance: Lillooet, CA.

Key Facts for 4 February 1963

On 4 February 1963, 1,348 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
862 were record highs and 241 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 50 monthly and 1,296 daily.
Lillooet set a monthly record daily precipitation of 35.6 mm (1.4 in) on 4 February 1963.
Across 158 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 531 records.

Record Map

1,348 stations

1,348 station records on 4 February 1963 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 February 1963: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lillooet	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Legume (New Koreelah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Emu Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Crows Nest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Pechey Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	106.4 mm (4.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Tannymorel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Yangan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record snow depth	31.0 cm (12.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Putbus	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-14.2 C (6.4 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cape St James	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record snow depth	21.0 cm (8.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Spring Bluff Railway STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Zerbst	Germany	Record snow depth	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Garnet Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nominingue	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gowrie Junction	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wallowa	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Canning Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dresden Wahnsdorf	Germany	Record snow depth	39.0 cm (15.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Motozintla (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bathurst	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mina	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Monroe	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hermitage	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Killarney Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Swanfels Upper	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Weimar	Germany	Record snow depth	27.0 cm (10.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Albion 5 E	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Coorada	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hattonvale Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Houlton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ellendale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Avington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pommelsbrunn	Germany	Record snow depth	42.0 cm (16.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bernburg/Saale (Nord)	Germany	Record snow depth	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Auburn	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Idaho Springs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Brooksville Chin Hill	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Carire	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Fallon Exp STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ely AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ullawarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Jimbour State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Warwick Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gooloogong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Den Helder	Netherlands	Record low minimum temperature	-14.3 C (6.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Riggins	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Condon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Evanston 1 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Helidon Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Doctors Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Jondaryan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Saanich Dom Astro Obs	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bralorne	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Virden	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-27.2 C (-17.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lennoxville	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,348 records

Records set or tied on 4 February 1963 by type: Highest daily maximum 461, Lowest daily maximum 126, Highest daily minimum 401, Lowest daily minimum 115, Heaviest daily rainfall 195, Heaviest daily snowfall 16, Deepest snow cover 34.

Records on 4 February 1963 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	461
Lowest daily maximum	126
Highest daily minimum	401
Lowest daily minimum	115
Heaviest daily rainfall	195
Heaviest daily snowfall	16
Deepest snow cover	34

Records on 4 February 1963 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 50, daily 1,296.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,094 broken records

Margins by which the 1,094 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 180.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 February 1963

Top 20 records on 4 February 1963 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 February 1963	Lillooet, CA	monthly rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	82 years	63 of 100 (Major)
4 February 1963	Legume (New Koreelah), AU	daily rain	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	51 years	61 of 100 (Major)
4 February 1963	Emu Creek, AU	daily rain	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	48 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1963	Crows Nest, AU	daily rain	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	45 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1963	Pechey Forestry, AU	daily rain	106.4 mm (4.2 in)	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1963	Tannymorel, AU	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	24 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1963	Yangan Post Office, AU	daily rain	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	45 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1963	Magdeburg, DE	daily snow depth	31.0 cm (12.2 in)	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	65 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1963	Putbus, DE	daily low min	-14.2 C (6.4 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	92 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1963	Cape St James, CA	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1963	Bremen-Seefahrtschule, DE	monthly snow depth	21.0 cm (8.3 in)	3.0 cm (1.2 in)	56 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1963	Spring Bluff Railway STN, AU	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	45 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1963	Zerbst, DE	daily snow depth	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	67 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1963	Mt Garnet Post Office, AU	daily rain	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	37 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1963	Nominingue, CA	daily snowfall	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	35 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1963	Gowrie Junction, AU	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	48 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1963	Wallowa, US	monthly high max	18.9 C (66.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	57 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1963	Winnemucca AP, US	daily high max	19.4 C (66.9 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	76 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1963	Canning Downs, AU	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1963	Dresden Wahnsdorf, DE	daily snow depth	39.0 cm (15.4 in)	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	45 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

1795 to 1963

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1963. 1963 had 1,348 records.

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

Records on 02-04 in each year
Year	Records
1795	2
1796	1
1800	2
1826	2
1827	2
1828	2
1829	1
1830	2
1839	1
1841	1
1845	1
1848	2
1851	1
1852	2
1862	2
1869	3
1873	2
1875	1
1876	1
1877	1
1882	2
1883	1
1886	3
1887	1
1888	1
1889	4
1890	5
1893	1
1894	2
1895	2
1897	2
1898	6
1900	7
1901	5
1902	7
1903	17
1904	4
1905	8
1906	8
1907	11
1908	23
1909	33
1910	13
1911	81
1912	83
1913	39
1914	31
1915	20
1916	25
1917	123
1918	80
1919	57
1920	76
1921	41
1922	86
1923	76
1924	276
1925	257
1926	149
1927	537
1928	547
1929	87
1930	316
1931	176
1932	329
1933	162
1934	200
1935	253
1936	497
1937	190
1938	481
1939	179
1940	339
1941	288
1942	378
1943	417
1944	244
1945	336
1946	506
1947	573
1948	585
1949	439
1950	502
1951	391
1952	751
1953	546
1954	853
1955	968
1956	713
1957	620
1958	393
1959	448
1960	421
1961	648
1962	968
1963	1,348
1964	608
1965	461
1966	573
1967	432
1968	298
1969	399
1970	1,195
1971	989
1972	666
1973	616
1974	368
1975	667
1976	672
1977	448
1978	594
1979	1,477
1980	591
1981	566
1982	1,812
1983	787
1984	588
1985	1,865
1986	1,550
1987	472
1988	1,006
1989	3,693
1990	1,546
1991	1,773
1992	952
1993	1,032
1994	597
1995	1,012
1996	3,525
1997	1,270
1998	1,331
1999	1,055
2000	531
2001	1,323
2002	1,232
2003	703
2004	1,431
2005	1,610
2006	633
2007	1,254
2008	1,331
2009	610
2010	1,384
2011	1,913
2012	1,748
2013	398
2014	530
2015	786
2016	1,023
2017	603
2018	1,241
2019	1,435
2020	1,198
2021	644
2022	954
2023	418
2024	911
2025	1,846
2026	782

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Data for records on 1963-02-04: 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 25	1,040
25 to 50	30
50 to 75	12
75 to 100	4
100 to 125	5
125 to 150	1
150 to 175	1
175 to 200	1