Weather Records on 31 March 1963

987 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 31 March 1963. Highest significance: Evora Station, AU.

Key Facts for 31 March 1963

On 31 March 1963, 987 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
590 were record highs and 81 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 30 monthly and 956 daily.
Evora Station set a daily record precipitation of 134.1 mm (5.3 in) on 31 March 1963.
Across 155 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 503 records.

Record Map

987 stations

987 station records on 31 March 1963 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 31 March 1963: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Evora Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	134.1 mm (5.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Augsburg (Sankt Stephan)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Aramac Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Mungindi (Cambo Cambo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Jalgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Holmleigh	Australia	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Longreach Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Harden Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	127.8 mm (5.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Brighton Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Emmet Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Milo Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Shirpur	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Strathdarr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	174.8 mm (6.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Marlow 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Toolebuc	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Krumbach-Edenhausen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hat Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bogantungan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Hill Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lucknow Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Albilbah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Winton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Geary	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Darr River Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Listowel Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Frederick	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Munday	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ventry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Virden	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Warthausen-Birkenhard	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Rolla Missouri S&T	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Barcaldine Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Vastrap	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pokegama Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pauls Valley 4 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Walters	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bulgroo Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Steelville 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Watonga	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Glenlands	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Upanema (Dnocs)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	88.3 mm (3.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sigmarszell-Zeisertsweiler	Germany	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Biser	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-30.8 C (-23.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Perm	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-29.0 C (-20.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mayville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sulphur Platt Nat'l Pk	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Intl Falls Intl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lochnagar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mungindi (Wongwie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tobolsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-18.4 C (-1.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Logan 1 WNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Forks UNIV (NWS)	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ewa Plantation 741	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Torrens Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Maneroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lorne Peak	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Summer Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hechingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ufa	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-23.0 C (-9.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

987 records

Records set or tied on 31 March 1963 by type: Highest daily maximum 354, Lowest daily maximum 34, Highest daily minimum 236, Lowest daily minimum 47, Heaviest daily rainfall 299, Heaviest daily snowfall 13, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 31 March 1963 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	354
Lowest daily maximum	34
Highest daily minimum	236
Lowest daily minimum	47
Heaviest daily rainfall	299
Heaviest daily snowfall	13
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 31 March 1963 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 30, daily 956.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

817 broken records

Margins by which the 817 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 114.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

31 March 1963

Top 20 records on 31 March 1963 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 March 1963	Evora Station, AU	daily rain	134.1 mm (5.3 in)	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	46 years	61 of 100 (Major)
31 March 1963	Augsburg (Sankt Stephan), DE	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	54 years	61 of 100 (Major)
31 March 1963	Aramac Post Office, AU	daily rain	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	65.2 mm (2.6 in)	46 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1963	Mungindi (Cambo Cambo), AU	daily rain	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	58 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1963	Jalgaon, IN	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	61 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1963	Holmleigh, AU	daily rain	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	70.8 mm (2.8 in)	46 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1963	Longreach Post Office, AU	daily rain	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	46 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1963	Harden Park, AU	daily rain	127.8 mm (5.0 in)	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1963	Brighton Downs, AU	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	12 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1963	Emmet Downs, AU	daily rain	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	46 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1963	Milo Station, AU	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	74.5 mm (2.9 in)	6 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1963	Shirpur, IN	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	61 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1963	Strathdarr, AU	all-time rain	174.8 mm (6.9 in)	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	46 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1963	Marlow 1 WSW, US	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	53 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1963	Toolebuc, AU	daily rain	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1963	Krumbach-Edenhausen, DE	daily rain	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	0 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1963	Hat Creek, US	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	40 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1963	Bogantungan Post Office, AU	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	68 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1963	Pine Hill Railway Station, AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	72 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1963	Lucknow Station, AU	monthly rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	46 years	41 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

1808 to 1963

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 1963. 1963 had 987 records.

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

Records on 03-31 in each year
Year	Records
1808	2
1815	2
1843	1
1848	1
1850	1
1854	1
1855	3
1856	2
1859	3
1865	2
1869	1
1872	4
1873	1
1874	1
1876	1
1878	1
1880	2
1881	1
1883	1
1887	2
1889	1
1890	1
1891	1
1892	2
1893	3
1896	3
1897	2
1898	5
1899	3
1900	9
1901	7
1902	3
1903	14
1904	16
1905	29
1906	10
1907	11
1908	5
1909	4
1910	45
1911	24
1912	18
1913	62
1914	16
1915	57
1916	17
1917	52
1918	42
1919	86
1920	65
1921	238
1922	102
1923	459
1924	160
1925	110
1926	306
1927	198
1928	98
1929	323
1930	137
1931	365
1932	360
1933	311
1934	181
1935	310
1936	1,242
1937	258
1938	649
1939	197
1940	697
1941	250
1942	245
1943	794
1944	327
1945	778
1946	897
1947	658
1948	355
1949	452
1950	579
1951	490
1952	382
1953	302
1954	549
1955	286
1956	767
1957	373
1958	414
1959	622
1960	327
1961	525
1962	547
1963	987
1964	1,345
1965	457
1966	845
1967	1,025
1968	504
1969	1,126
1970	945
1971	516
1972	427
1973	755
1974	852
1975	1,032
1976	519
1977	1,021
1978	1,362
1979	722
1980	640
1981	1,060
1982	926
1983	564
1984	532
1985	1,471
1986	1,507
1987	2,256
1988	850
1989	1,335
1990	842
1991	634
1992	747
1993	668
1994	871
1995	940
1996	743
1997	962
1998	2,587
1999	1,100
2000	581
2001	686
2002	861
2003	1,722
2004	1,055
2005	861
2006	1,088
2007	1,150
2008	1,471
2009	927
2010	984
2011	1,020
2012	942
2013	753
2014	631
2015	861
2016	823
2017	1,423
2018	663
2019	544
2020	534
2021	949
2022	683
2023	1,128
2024	488
2025	942
2026	1,275

Download the Data

Data for records on 1963-03-31: 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 20	741
20 to 40	44
40 to 60	18
60 to 80	10
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	3