Weather Records on 8 February 1963

933 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 February 1963. Highest significance: Peedamullah, AU.

Key Facts for 8 February 1963

On 8 February 1963, 933 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
533 were record highs and 102 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 41 monthly and 890 daily.
Peedamullah set an all-time record daily precipitation of 272.3 mm (10.7 in) on 8 February 1963.
Across 161 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 490 records.

Record Map

933 stations

933 station records on 8 February 1963 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 February 1963: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Peedamullah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	272.3 mm (10.7 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Red Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Doongin Peak	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Annean	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Tammin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Nalbarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Onslow	Australia	Record daily precipitation	355.6 mm (14.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mangochi	Malawi	Record daily precipitation	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Aleppo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Snoqualmie Falls	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Blaine	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wialki	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kleve	Germany	Record snow depth	11.0 cm (4.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Meedo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cowichan Bay Cherry Point	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Shackleton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Headworks Portland Wtr B	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Longmire Rainier Nps	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sedro-Woolley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Grapeview 3 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Snoqualmie Falls	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Burnerbinmah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cabrobo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	64.6 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Muskau	Germany	Record snow depth	35.0 cm (13.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ashton 1N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bernburg/Saale (Nord)	Germany	Record snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Levan	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Seattle Urban Site	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kooline	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wydgee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Joao Amaro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wheatlands	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Paterson	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Montrose	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-26.7 C (-16.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Beagle Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Yardie Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
McCall	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
W Pt	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-23.9 C (-11.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Boogardie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dresden Wahnsdorf	Germany	Record snow depth	35.0 cm (13.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Grants Pass	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Seattle UNIV of Washin	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hamersley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Esperance Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	16.8 C (62.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Saltspring Island	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Doberlug-Kirchhain	Germany	Record snow depth	27.0 cm (10.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Winkelman 6 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Meeker	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rockport 1 ESE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kirkalocka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Southern Cross	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	19.2 C (66.6 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Warralakin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Steveston	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Deer Lake	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record snow depth	32.0 cm (12.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Zerbst	Germany	Record snow depth	27.0 cm (10.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ai-Petri	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Colchester 2 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

933 records

Records set or tied on 8 February 1963 by type: Highest daily maximum 370, Lowest daily maximum 27, Highest daily minimum 163, Lowest daily minimum 75, Heaviest daily rainfall 266, Heaviest daily snowfall 13, Deepest snow cover 19.

Records on 8 February 1963 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	370
Lowest daily maximum	27
Highest daily minimum	163
Lowest daily minimum	75
Heaviest daily rainfall	266
Heaviest daily snowfall	13
Deepest snow cover	19

Records on 8 February 1963 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 41, daily 890.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

771 broken records

Margins by which the 771 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

8 February 1963

Top 20 records on 8 February 1963 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 February 1963	Peedamullah, AU	all-time rain	272.3 mm (10.7 in)	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	45 years	77 of 100 (Major)
8 February 1963	Red Hill, AU	daily rain	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	52 years	60 of 100 (Major)
8 February 1963	Doongin Peak, AU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	62 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1963	Annean, AU	monthly rain	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	2 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1963	Tammin, AU	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1963	Nalbarra, AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	56 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1963	Onslow, AU	all-time rain	355.6 mm (14.0 in)	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	4 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1963	Mangochi, MW	daily rain	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	25 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1963	Aleppo, AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	52 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1963	Snoqualmie Falls, US	monthly high min	14.4 C (57.9 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	62 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1963	Blaine, US	monthly high max	18.9 C (66.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	64 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1963	Wialki, AU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	31 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1963	Kleve, DE	daily snow depth	11.0 cm (4.3 in)	9.0 cm (3.5 in)	56 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1963	Meedo, AU	monthly rain	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	13 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1963	Cowichan Bay Cherry Point, CA	monthly high max	17.8 C (64.0 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	46 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1963	Shackleton Post Office, AU	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	47 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1963	Headworks Portland Wtr B, US	monthly high min	10.6 C (51.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	61 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1963	Longmire Rainier Nps, US	daily high max	17.2 C (63.0 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	48 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1963	Sedro-Woolley, US	monthly high max	22.2 C (72.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	64 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1963	Grapeview 3 SW, US	daily high max	19.4 C (66.9 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	48 years	38 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

1798 to 1963

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1963. 1963 had 933 records.

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

Records on 02-08 in each year
Year	Records
1798	1
1803	2
1822	1
1829	1
1838	1
1840	1
1846	1
1848	1
1854	1
1856	3
1857	2
1858	1
1863	2
1864	1
1865	2
1866	1
1869	4
1873	1
1875	1
1878	1
1881	1
1882	1
1883	1
1884	1
1885	1
1886	2
1887	1
1889	3
1890	1
1893	1
1894	4
1895	14
1896	1
1898	1
1899	9
1900	9
1901	5
1902	3
1903	18
1904	8
1905	2
1906	9
1907	16
1908	36
1909	8
1910	16
1911	47
1912	67
1913	22
1914	25
1915	30
1916	16
1917	45
1918	44
1919	39
1920	43
1921	39
1922	60
1923	41
1924	147
1925	685
1926	205
1927	59
1928	263
1929	458
1930	181
1931	398
1932	526
1933	1,064
1934	418
1935	370
1936	717
1937	738
1938	575
1939	315
1940	235
1941	342
1942	224
1943	459
1944	500
1945	530
1946	239
1947	553
1948	417
1949	346
1950	500
1951	811
1952	198
1953	462
1954	1,111
1955	448
1956	584
1957	998
1958	323
1959	274
1960	551
1961	863
1962	448
1963	933
1964	305
1965	793
1966	1,116
1967	539
1968	229
1969	561
1970	342
1971	1,146
1972	348
1973	759
1974	560
1975	346
1976	771
1977	704
1978	1,331
1979	1,355
1980	1,345
1981	736
1982	808
1983	492
1984	630
1985	1,256
1986	819
1987	835
1988	837
1989	2,241
1990	2,042
1991	1,376
1992	833
1993	894
1994	2,056
1995	1,004
1996	1,697
1997	725
1998	1,148
1999	1,633
2000	786
2001	1,743
2002	863
2003	719
2004	692
2005	865
2006	614
2007	657
2008	797
2009	1,217
2010	1,023
2011	883
2012	876
2013	733
2014	1,125
2015	1,344
2016	777
2017	1,648
2018	851
2019	1,386
2020	597
2021	970
2022	273
2023	414
2024	1,347
2025	886
2026	912

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Data for records on 1963-02-08: 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	730
25 to 50	19
50 to 75	10
75 to 100	5
100 to 125	4
125 to 150	2
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1