Weather Records on 27 April 1963

768 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 April 1963. Highest significance: Macksville Country Club, AU.

Key Facts for 27 April 1963

On 27 April 1963, 768 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
106 were record highs and 134 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 33 monthly and 733 daily.
Macksville Country Club set a daily record precipitation of 241.3 mm (9.5 in) on 27 April 1963.
Across 158 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 473 records.

Record Map

768 stations

768 station records on 27 April 1963 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 April 1963: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Macksville Country Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	241.3 mm (9.5 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Blackfoot Fire Dept	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Purcell 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Woomera (Arcoona)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Turriff	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Beulah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Waitchie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Hickeys Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	179.1 mm (7.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Norman 3SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Moroni	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Kempsey (Wide Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	158.8 mm (6.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Grafton City Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Bellbrook (East Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Bowraville Recreation Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	254.0 mm (10.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Nyah (Yarraby Tank)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Lower Bucca	Australia	Record daily precipitation	224.8 mm (8.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Coffs Harbour	Australia	Record daily precipitation	177.5 mm (7.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Pira Wild Horse Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Wells	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Brooklana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	198.1 mm (7.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Urunga (Sunset Place)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	177.8 mm (7.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Telegraph Point (Farrawells Ro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	163.6 mm (6.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Houghton (Glen Ewin)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Woolgoolga (Clear Place)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	127.8 mm (5.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Cody	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Bellingen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	217.9 mm (8.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Nambucca Heads Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	184.9 mm (7.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Krambach (Bellevue)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Oberon (Jenolan Caves)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide (Tea Tree Gully Counc	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Calliope Public School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Urara (the Knoll)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	212.6 mm (8.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Orara (Aurania)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	231.6 mm (9.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Hall 1 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Megan (the Mount)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	124.7 mm (4.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bowraville (Weeroona)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	217.2 mm (8.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hannam Vale (Hannam Vale Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Woomera (Purple Downs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lascelles	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Jiggs 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Powell	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Boigbeat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Balranald (Tillara)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Oxley (Walmer Downs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Harapanahalli	India	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Yeelana (Brimpton Lake)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Belair (Kalyra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Stewarts River Public School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	124.0 mm (4.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Speed (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wauchope (Avondale Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Brooklyn (Sandbrook Inlet)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Patchewollock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tyrrell Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lawton	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo Bill Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide (Pooraka)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Oxley Island (Lyndhurst)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	199.9 mm (7.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Haysdale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gama	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wyola 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

768 records

Records set or tied on 27 April 1963 by type: Highest daily maximum 20, Lowest daily maximum 60, Highest daily minimum 86, Lowest daily minimum 74, Heaviest daily rainfall 505, Heaviest daily snowfall 19, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 27 April 1963 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	20
Lowest daily maximum	60
Highest daily minimum	86
Lowest daily minimum	74
Heaviest daily rainfall	505
Heaviest daily snowfall	19
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 27 April 1963 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 33, daily 733.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

668 broken records

Margins by which the 668 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 205.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 April 1963

Top 20 records on 27 April 1963 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 April 1963	Macksville Country Club, AU	daily rain	241.3 mm (9.5 in)	193.0 mm (7.6 in)	73 years	69 of 100 (Major)
27 April 1963	Blackfoot Fire Dept, US	monthly rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	63 years	66 of 100 (Major)
27 April 1963	Purcell 2 SW, US	daily rain	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	71.3 mm (2.8 in)	65 years	66 of 100 (Major)
27 April 1963	Woomera (Arcoona), AU	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	58 years	65 of 100 (Major)
27 April 1963	Turriff, AU	monthly rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	49 years	65 of 100 (Major)
27 April 1963	Beulah, AU	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	60 years	64 of 100 (Major)
27 April 1963	Waitchie, AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	53 years	63 of 100 (Major)
27 April 1963	Hickeys Creek Post Office, AU	monthly rain	179.1 mm (7.1 in)	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	34 years	61 of 100 (Major)
27 April 1963	Norman 3SSE, US	daily rain	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	58.1 mm (2.3 in)	48 years	61 of 100 (Major)
27 April 1963	Moroni, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	53 years	61 of 100 (Major)
27 April 1963	Kempsey (Wide Street), AU	daily rain	158.8 mm (6.3 in)	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	40 years	60 of 100 (Major)
27 April 1963	Grafton City Council, AU	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	95 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1963	Bellbrook (East Street), AU	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	40 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1963	Bowraville Recreation Club, AU	monthly rain	254.0 mm (10.0 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	58 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1963	Nyah (Yarraby Tank), AU	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1963	Lower Bucca, AU	daily rain	224.8 mm (8.9 in)	205.2 mm (8.1 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1963	Coffs Harbour, AU	daily rain	177.5 mm (7.0 in)	156.7 mm (6.2 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1963	Pira Wild Horse Plains, AU	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1963	Wells, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	53 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1963	Brooklana, AU	daily rain	198.1 mm (7.8 in)	177.5 mm (7.0 in)	40 years	57 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

1795 to 1963

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1963. 1963 had 768 records.

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

Records on 04-27 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1801	1
1802	2
1812	1
1814	1
1817	3
1828	1
1838	1
1841	1
1843	1
1852	1
1853	1
1855	1
1856	1
1857	1
1862	2
1873	2
1874	4
1879	1
1882	2
1884	2
1885	5
1887	1
1888	4
1890	3
1891	1
1892	3
1893	3
1894	7
1895	2
1896	3
1897	4
1899	5
1900	4
1901	3
1903	5
1904	11
1905	16
1906	13
1907	31
1908	27
1909	51
1910	8
1911	37
1912	5
1913	73
1914	19
1915	77
1916	36
1917	47
1918	55
1919	69
1920	44
1921	71
1922	151
1923	110
1924	103
1925	113
1926	287
1927	114
1928	404
1929	71
1930	80
1931	454
1932	331
1933	328
1934	275
1935	227
1936	97
1937	377
1938	467
1939	212
1940	268
1941	361
1942	569
1943	374
1944	214
1945	476
1946	512
1947	373
1948	535
1949	516
1950	617
1951	409
1952	722
1953	651
1954	875
1955	937
1956	685
1957	552
1958	461
1959	470
1960	684
1961	313
1962	741
1963	768
1964	711
1965	568
1966	1,282
1967	733
1968	372
1969	543
1970	1,142
1971	758
1972	645
1973	1,188
1974	926
1975	820
1976	810
1977	801
1978	694
1979	758
1980	706
1981	1,148
1982	685
1983	921
1984	1,754
1985	1,141
1986	1,225
1987	1,482
1988	893
1989	1,320
1990	1,321
1991	1,028
1992	2,163
1993	1,285
1994	1,614
1995	806
1996	1,034
1997	1,588
1998	872
1999	544
2000	1,171
2001	1,138
2002	1,024
2003	840
2004	937
2005	675
2006	705
2007	1,055
2008	1,032
2009	1,299
2010	751
2011	1,291
2012	1,015
2013	568
2014	656
2015	608
2016	755
2017	918
2018	407
2019	626
2020	497
2021	450
2022	567
2023	536
2024	574
2025	659
2026	450

Download the Data

Data for records on 1963-04-27: 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	620
50 to 100	29
100 to 150	10
150 to 200	7
200 to 250	2