Weather Records on 8 April 1963

566 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 April 1963. Highest significance: Mossman Central Mill, AU.

Key Facts for 8 April 1963

On 8 April 1963, 566 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
243 were record highs and 40 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 546 daily.
Mossman Central Mill set a daily record precipitation of 242.3 mm (9.5 in) on 8 April 1963.
Across 157 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 503 records.

Record Map

566 stations

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

Weather records on 8 April 1963: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mossman Central Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	242.3 mm (9.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Low Isles Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	198.1 mm (7.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Cicero Dantas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	91.5 mm (3.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Port Douglas - Warner St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	231.6 mm (9.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Craig	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cooktown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mossman Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	253.0 mm (10.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Molloy Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Santana Do Matos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Desterro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Port Hastings	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Truro Nsac	Canada	Record daily snowfall	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ayton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	279.7 mm (11.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Yarrabah Comm Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	155.4 mm (6.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Nappan Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Julatten	Australia	Record daily precipitation	134.4 mm (5.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Serowe	Botswana	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mowbray	Australia	Record daily precipitation	231.9 mm (9.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Aguiar da Beira	Portugal	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Huelva	Spain	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mossman South Alchera Drive	Australia	Record daily precipitation	207.8 mm (8.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wexford	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hayden	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Peeramon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Aibonito 1 S	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Amarante	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Serra Negra Do Norte	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	89.0 mm (3.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Manan	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Snydersfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Vaalbank	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wind River	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Olyfenfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
A Coruna	Spain	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Jacampari	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Deeral	Australia	Record daily precipitation	216.7 mm (8.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ladybrand (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-12.7 C (9.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Williston Sloulin Fld	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Coen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Roodepoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Black Rock	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Upanema (Dnocs)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	100.5 mm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Salgueiro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kentville Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Laura Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottetown Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.1 cm (9.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
McKinlay Roadhouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Chipewyan	Canada	Record daily snowfall	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Weltevrede	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Durango	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Blountstown 2 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Monsenhor Tabosa	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Morada Nova	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sao Joao Do Sabugi	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	86.5 mm (3.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Denton	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Beloit	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Haxby 18 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Talkeetna AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sao Jose de Mipibu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Harvey Station	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

566 records

Records set or tied on 8 April 1963 by type: Highest daily maximum 104, Lowest daily maximum 15, Highest daily minimum 139, Lowest daily minimum 25, Heaviest daily rainfall 253, Heaviest daily snowfall 30.

Records on 8 April 1963 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	104
Lowest daily maximum	15
Highest daily minimum	139
Lowest daily minimum	25
Heaviest daily rainfall	253
Heaviest daily snowfall	30
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 8 April 1963 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 19, daily 546.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

482 broken records

Margins by which the 482 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 201.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 April 1963

Top 20 records on 8 April 1963 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 April 1963	Mossman Central Mill, AU	daily rain	242.3 mm (9.5 in)	201.2 mm (7.9 in)	52 years	60 of 100 (Major)
8 April 1963	Low Isles Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	198.1 mm (7.8 in)	127.7 mm (5.0 in)	38 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1963	Cicero Dantas, BR	monthly rain	91.5 mm (3.6 in)	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	42 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1963	Port Douglas - Warner St, AU	daily rain	231.6 mm (9.1 in)	198.6 mm (7.8 in)	36 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1963	Craig, US	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	13 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1963	Cooktown Post Office, AU	daily rain	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	61 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1963	Mossman Post Office, AU	monthly rain	253.0 mm (10.0 in)	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	5 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1963	Mount Molloy Post Office, AU	daily rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	37 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1963	Santana Do Matos, BR	daily rain	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	12 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1963	Desterro, BR	daily rain	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	67.4 mm (2.7 in)	36 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1963	Port Hastings, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	88 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1963	Truro Nsac, CA	monthly snowfall	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	38 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1963	Ayton, AU	monthly rain	279.7 mm (11.0 in)	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	27 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1963	Yarrabah Comm Council, AU	daily rain	155.4 mm (6.1 in)	72.8 mm (2.9 in)	53 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1963	Nappan Cda, CA	monthly snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	49 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1963	Julatten, AU	daily rain	134.4 mm (5.3 in)	118.9 mm (4.7 in)	10 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1963	Serowe, BW	daily rain	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	6 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1963	Mowbray, AU	monthly rain	231.9 mm (9.1 in)	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	13 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1963	Aguiar da Beira, PT	daily rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	20 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1963	Huelva, ES	daily rain	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	5 years	44 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 566 records.

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

Records on 04-08 in each year
Year	Records
1798	1
1809	3
1815	1
1830	1
1837	1
1838	1
1843	1
1847	1
1848	1
1854	1
1859	1
1860	1
1864	5
1865	1
1866	1
1871	3
1877	1
1879	1
1881	1
1883	2
1886	1
1887	2
1888	3
1889	4
1890	2
1894	3
1895	3
1896	2
1897	2
1898	3
1899	3
1900	7
1901	6
1902	9
1903	9
1904	7
1905	20
1906	4
1907	20
1908	18
1909	16
1910	20
1911	17
1912	84
1913	8
1914	42
1915	69
1916	100
1917	42
1918	43
1919	82
1920	90
1921	440
1922	117
1923	109
1924	194
1925	184
1926	164
1927	160
1928	450
1929	614
1930	261
1931	447
1932	105
1933	158
1934	190
1935	523
1936	662
1937	129
1938	813
1939	707
1940	254
1941	235
1942	359
1943	534
1944	283
1945	669
1946	337
1947	263
1948	569
1949	206
1950	932
1951	244
1952	562
1953	519
1954	322
1955	306
1956	621
1957	397
1958	360
1959	421
1960	366
1961	623
1962	470
1963	566
1964	814
1965	473
1966	315
1967	568
1968	499
1969	765
1970	399
1971	798
1972	1,636
1973	1,104
1974	559
1975	1,410
1976	383
1977	1,469
1978	822
1979	446
1980	755
1981	736
1982	2,690
1983	1,321
1984	1,041
1985	826
1986	901
1987	783
1988	1,224
1989	1,360
1990	907
1991	1,886
1992	534
1993	706
1994	678
1995	812
1996	1,289
1997	2,009
1998	1,101
1999	1,221
2000	817
2001	1,865
2002	761
2003	1,918
2004	676
2005	976
2006	680
2007	2,681
2008	896
2009	1,027
2010	1,128
2011	1,197
2012	407
2013	711
2014	715
2015	825
2016	924
2017	584
2018	1,745
2019	826
2020	916
2021	742
2022	930
2023	585
2024	1,256
2025	484
2026	407

Download the Data

Data for records on 1963-04-08: 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 50	454
50 to 100	19
100 to 150	6
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	1