Weather Records on 23 February 1963

1,003 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 February 1963. Highest significance: Uaroo, AU.

Key Facts for 23 February 1963

On 23 February 1963, 1,003 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
113 were record highs and 715 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 986 daily.
Uaroo set a daily record precipitation of 132.1 mm (5.2 in) on 23 February 1963.
Across 156 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 550 records.

Record Map

1,003 stations

1,003 station records on 23 February 1963 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 February 1963: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Uaroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Campestre	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cooktown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	142.7 mm (5.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Shelbyville	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pommelsbrunn	Germany	Record snow depth	43.0 cm (16.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Regensburg	Germany	Record snow depth	29.0 cm (11.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Rocky Mt	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bareli	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Paoli	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Adams	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Williamson	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Port Hastings	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Aurora Water	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Greencastle 1 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Palma 2 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hatteras	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mahlabatini (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Farmland 5 NNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Vernon	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Seymour 1 WSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Russellville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Shelbyville 1 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
University	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sidney 2 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Scott Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	9.9 cm (3.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Waseca	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Claremont Pomona Clg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Vincennes 4 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Maysville Wwtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Defiance	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-23.9 C (-11.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Everett	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
El-Golea	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	-1.0 C (30.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Brinkley	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Watseka Public Works	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Louisville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lucerne	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Claysville 3 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wytheville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Olho Dagua	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Port Hastings	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Decatur	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Highland Home	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tuscaloosa Oliver Dam	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Quitman 2 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge City 3 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Greenfield	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Williamstown	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hernando	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Palma 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Fremont	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Fremont	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ridgway	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Deadwood	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottesville 2W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dale Enterprise	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Weston	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Yerevan	Armenia	Record high minimum temperature	5.5 C (41.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Itaporanga (Misericordia)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	75.6 mm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Luroy	Norway	Record snow depth	97.0 cm (38.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,003 records

Records set or tied on 23 February 1963 by type: Highest daily maximum 61, Lowest daily maximum 228, Highest daily minimum 52, Lowest daily minimum 487, Heaviest daily rainfall 99, Heaviest daily snowfall 53, Deepest snow cover 23.

Records on 23 February 1963 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	61
Lowest daily maximum	228
Highest daily minimum	52
Lowest daily minimum	487
Heaviest daily rainfall	99
Heaviest daily snowfall	53
Deepest snow cover	23

Records on 23 February 1963 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 17, daily 986.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

863 broken records

Margins by which the 863 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 330.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 February 1963

Top 20 records on 23 February 1963 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 February 1963	Uaroo, AU	daily rain	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	37 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1963	Campestre, BR	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	23 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1963	Cooktown Post Office, AU	daily rain	142.7 mm (5.6 in)	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	69 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1963	Shelbyville, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	29 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1963	Pommelsbrunn, DE	daily snow depth	43.0 cm (16.9 in)	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	61 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1963	Regensburg, DE	daily snow depth	29.0 cm (11.4 in)	9.0 cm (3.5 in)	61 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1963	Rocky Mt, US	daily low min	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	61 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1963	Bareli, IN	monthly rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	51 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1963	Paoli, US	daily low min	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	8.8 C (15.8 F)	61 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1963	Adams, US	daily low max	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	61 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1963	Williamson, US	daily low min	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	61 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1963	Port Hastings, CA	daily low min	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	66 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
23 February 1963	Aurora Water, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	64 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
23 February 1963	Greencastle 1 W, US	daily low min	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	61 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
23 February 1963	Palma 2 NE, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	12 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
23 February 1963	Hatteras, US	daily low min	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	56 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
23 February 1963	Mahlabatini (Mag), ZA	daily rain	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	8 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
23 February 1963	Farmland 5 NNW, US	daily low min	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	7.7 C (13.9 F)	52 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
23 February 1963	Mt Vernon, US	daily low max	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	68 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
23 February 1963	Seymour 1 WSW, US	daily low min	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	7.3 C (13.1 F)	52 years	33 of 100 (Routine)

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

1794 to 1963

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1963. 1963 had 1,003 records.

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

Records on 02-23 in each year
Year	Records
1794	2
1802	2
1804	2
1810	1
1814	4
1815	1
1839	1
1846	2
1849	1
1850	1
1855	1
1867	1
1868	1
1871	1
1873	1
1874	1
1875	3
1879	3
1884	1
1886	2
1887	1
1888	5
1889	2
1891	1
1892	2
1895	1
1896	1
1897	1
1898	8
1899	1
1900	5
1901	9
1902	3
1903	17
1904	13
1905	12
1906	21
1907	31
1908	19
1909	27
1910	35
1911	23
1912	46
1913	11
1914	37
1915	58
1916	80
1917	100
1918	31
1919	49
1920	44
1921	74
1922	158
1923	42
1924	156
1925	264
1926	63
1927	298
1928	199
1929	179
1930	690
1931	209
1932	318
1933	321
1934	725
1935	214
1936	430
1937	172
1938	224
1939	616
1940	274
1941	362
1942	355
1943	518
1944	430
1945	335
1946	346
1947	718
1948	450
1949	406
1950	517
1951	397
1952	414
1953	450
1954	654
1955	880
1956	599
1957	807
1958	958
1959	357
1960	802
1961	677
1962	659
1963	1,003
1964	594
1965	640
1966	614
1967	689
1968	1,038
1969	1,010
1970	422
1971	741
1972	843
1973	353
1974	562
1975	1,764
1976	737
1977	1,274
1978	1,263
1979	1,374
1980	520
1981	1,234
1982	972
1983	790
1984	942
1985	1,913
1986	955
1987	916
1988	412
1989	1,413
1990	2,157
1991	712
1992	760
1993	1,477
1994	1,452
1995	1,011
1996	1,603
1997	989
1998	1,401
1999	773
2000	1,701
2001	956
2002	1,228
2003	1,326
2004	802
2005	702
2006	581
2007	883
2008	914
2009	858
2010	1,440
2011	829
2012	770
2013	792
2014	502
2015	1,830
2016	660
2017	1,946
2018	1,728
2019	1,246
2020	794
2021	929
2022	2,595
2023	2,768
2024	373
2025	984
2026	951

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Data for records on 1963-02-23: 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 50	842
50 to 100	14
100 to 150	4
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	2