Weather Records on 4 March 1963

502 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 March 1963. Highest significance: Rantoul, US.

Key Facts for 4 March 1963

On 4 March 1963, 502 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
86 were record highs and 71 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 20 monthly and 482 daily.
Rantoul set a daily record precipitation of 51.8 mm (2.0 in) on 4 March 1963.
Across 167 earlier years (1801 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 493 records.

Record Map

502 stations

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

Weather records on 4 March 1963: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Rantoul	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Castle Rock	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Parkersburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Clarksburg 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Clinton 1SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Eskridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Havana	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Claflin	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Regensburg	Germany	Record snow depth	24.0 cm (9.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lyons 3 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cornwall	United States	Record snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Vilatnikulam	India	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Logan 1 WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Coshocton Wpc Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Talkeetna AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Canna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Doberlug-Kirchhain	Germany	Record snow depth	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Muskau	Germany	Record snow depth	27.0 cm (10.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kazan	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-23.1 C (-9.6 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Albion	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hoopeston	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ottapidaram	India	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Paonia 1SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Morekulam	India	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrence	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Xenia 6 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Canon City	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Effingham 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Maryville 2E	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tarkio	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 N McLeansboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
St Louis Eads Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
McPherson	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Jefferson City Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Newkirk 5NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Burlington Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Poretskoye	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-21.4 C (-6.5 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lindsborg 3E	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Edgerton	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Warsaw 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Canna 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ellsworth	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Chillicothe Radio Kchi	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bamberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Thiruvalla	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kirov	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-20.8 C (-5.4 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kazan	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-31.7 C (-25.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Paris Stp	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Logan 1 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Albany	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hamilton Fairfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Newton 6 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Quincy	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rushville	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield Abraham Lincoln Ca	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

502 records

Records set or tied on 4 March 1963 by type: Highest daily maximum 32, Lowest daily maximum 34, Highest daily minimum 54, Lowest daily minimum 37, Heaviest daily rainfall 281, Heaviest daily snowfall 36, Deepest snow cover 28.

Records on 4 March 1963 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	32
Lowest daily maximum	34
Highest daily minimum	54
Lowest daily minimum	37
Heaviest daily rainfall	281
Heaviest daily snowfall	36
Deepest snow cover	28

Records on 4 March 1963 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 20, daily 482.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

432 broken records

Margins by which the 432 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 635.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 March 1963

Top 20 records on 4 March 1963 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 March 1963	Rantoul, US	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	65 years	63 of 100 (Major)
4 March 1963	Castle Rock, US	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	48 years	61 of 100 (Major)
4 March 1963	Parkersburg, US	monthly rain	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	29 years	61 of 100 (Major)
4 March 1963	Clarksburg 1, US	monthly rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	38 years	60 of 100 (Major)
4 March 1963	Clinton 1SSW, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	49.1 mm (1.9 in)	42 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1963	Eskridge, US	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	48 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1963	Greenville, US	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	65 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1963	Havana, US	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	65 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1963	Claflin, US	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1963	Regensburg, DE	daily snow depth	24.0 cm (9.4 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	8 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1963	Lyons 3 S, US	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	9 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1963	Cornwall, US	daily snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	6 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1963	Vilatnikulam, IN	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	61 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1963	Logan 1 WNW, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	56 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1963	Coshocton Wpc Plt, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	8 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1963	Talkeetna AP, US	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1963	Canna, AU	daily rain	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	37 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1963	Doberlug-Kirchhain, DE	daily snow depth	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	12 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1963	Bad Muskau, DE	daily snow depth	27.0 cm (10.6 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1963	Kazan, RU	monthly low max	-23.1 C (-9.6 F)	4.9 C (8.8 F)	65 years	45 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

1801 to 1963

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1801 to 1963. 1963 had 502 records.

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

Records on 03-04 in each year
Year	Records
1801	1
1804	1
1810	1
1814	1
1816	1
1817	1
1837	1
1842	1
1843	1
1845	5
1846	1
1851	1
1852	2
1853	1
1857	1
1859	2
1862	1
1863	1
1868	1
1871	1
1872	1
1873	2
1874	1
1875	2
1876	1
1878	1
1880	6
1881	5
1882	2
1884	1
1886	3
1888	4
1889	3
1890	7
1891	3
1892	1
1893	2
1894	1
1895	2
1896	11
1897	2
1900	1
1901	3
1902	5
1903	18
1904	8
1905	8
1906	14
1907	13
1908	15
1909	23
1910	7
1911	6
1912	46
1913	23
1914	27
1915	27
1916	37
1917	51
1918	79
1919	162
1920	76
1921	99
1922	59
1923	206
1924	139
1925	272
1926	144
1927	132
1928	100
1929	252
1930	148
1931	295
1932	341
1933	357
1934	402
1935	528
1936	171
1937	336
1938	628
1939	278
1940	242
1941	278
1942	266
1943	1,123
1944	564
1945	465
1946	679
1947	407
1948	698
1949	299
1950	638
1951	740
1952	747
1953	540
1954	528
1955	1,317
1956	504
1957	294
1958	414
1959	743
1960	2,289
1961	773
1962	536
1963	502
1964	677
1965	855
1966	1,050
1967	359
1968	1,100
1969	252
1970	332
1971	1,217
1972	632
1973	569
1974	1,456
1975	514
1976	1,696
1977	1,240
1978	1,905
1979	1,100
1980	742
1981	742
1982	758
1983	2,210
1984	671
1985	1,118
1986	1,113
1987	1,577
1988	924
1989	1,369
1990	738
1991	1,343
1992	1,283
1993	749
1994	959
1995	1,062
1996	727
1997	1,013
1998	1,720
1999	990
2000	878
2001	762
2002	2,015
2003	861
2004	1,092
2005	782
2006	711
2007	779
2008	919
2009	1,460
2010	517
2011	682
2012	755
2013	708
2014	1,792
2015	577
2016	748
2017	571
2018	645
2019	2,178
2020	873
2021	492
2022	516
2023	807
2024	1,328
2025	695
2026	747

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Data for records on 1963-03-04: 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 100	415
100 to 200	14
200 to 300	2
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	1