Weather Records on 16 June 1963

491 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 June 1963. Highest significance: Waterdale, US.

Key Facts for 16 June 1963

On 16 June 1963, 491 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
144 were record highs and 82 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 475 daily.
Waterdale set a daily record precipitation of 79.2 mm (3.1 in) on 16 June 1963.
Across 159 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 437 records.

Record Map

491 stations

491 station records on 16 June 1963 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 June 1963: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Waterdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Castle Rock	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Idaho Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Estes Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Ft Collins	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Parker 6 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Willow Sprg Radio Kuku	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Osceola	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kassler	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hill City 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Sumner	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Lupton 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ozark Beach 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	118.4 mm (4.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tada	India	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Boulder	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Laredo	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.7 mm (4.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pathfinder Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Parma	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hawthorne	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Naracoorte	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Birch Tree	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Fisk	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Kenzie	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Poplar Bluff	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Black Rock	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Byers 5 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dindori	India	Record daily precipitation	94.9 mm (3.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Liberal	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lund	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	56.3 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dialville 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Longmont 2 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hattiesburg 5SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Williamsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Currie Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Manoharpur	India	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Quinter	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Oswego 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jetsonville ( Muskfield )	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sublette 7WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Brewster	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sonepat	India	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Monument 2 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dexter	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Galena	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Riverton	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Uman	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Stover	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Francisco I. Madero	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mtn Home 1 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Houston	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fairview	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lagarto	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Perryton	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Amarpara	India	Record daily precipitation	95.1 mm (3.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dehradun	India	Record daily precipitation	46.1 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sveg	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-2.5 C (27.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Springer	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rush 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Riggins	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

491 records

Records set or tied on 16 June 1963 by type: Highest daily maximum 52, Lowest daily maximum 55, Highest daily minimum 92, Lowest daily minimum 27, Heaviest daily rainfall 265.

Records on 16 June 1963 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	52
Lowest daily maximum	55
Highest daily minimum	92
Lowest daily minimum	27
Heaviest daily rainfall	265
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 16 June 1963 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 15, daily 475.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

401 broken records

Margins by which the 401 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 69.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 June 1963

Top 20 records on 16 June 1963 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 June 1963	Waterdale, US	daily rain	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	60 years	64 of 100 (Major)
16 June 1963	Castle Rock, US	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	60 years	62 of 100 (Major)
16 June 1963	Idaho Springs, US	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	50 years	62 of 100 (Major)
16 June 1963	Estes Park, US	daily rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	50 years	61 of 100 (Major)
16 June 1963	Ft Collins, US	daily rain	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	40 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1963	Parker 6 E, US	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	40 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1963	Willow Sprg Radio Kuku, US	daily rain	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	28 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1963	Osceola, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	20 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1963	Kassler, US	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	40 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1963	Hill City 1 W, US	monthly rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	8 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1963	Ft Sumner, US	daily rain	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	14 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1963	Ft Lupton 2 SE, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	12 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1963	Ozark Beach 2 NNE, US	monthly rain	118.4 mm (4.7 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	34 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1963	Tada, IN	daily rain	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1963	Boulder, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	0 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1963	Laredo, US	monthly rain	109.7 mm (4.3 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1963	Pathfinder Dam, US	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	36 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1963	Parma, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	6 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1963	Hawthorne, US	monthly rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	44 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1963	Naracoorte, AU	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	74 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

1794 to 1963

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1963. 1963 had 491 records.

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

Records on 06-16 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1807	1
1822	1
1839	1
1840	2
1841	1
1844	1
1846	1
1853	1
1856	1
1857	2
1858	2
1866	1
1867	3
1869	2
1870	2
1874	1
1880	1
1882	1
1884	1
1885	2
1887	1
1888	1
1889	1
1890	3
1891	3
1892	1
1893	2
1895	6
1896	2
1897	1
1898	3
1899	2
1900	2
1901	8
1902	13
1903	11
1904	7
1905	9
1906	17
1907	17
1908	46
1909	7
1910	11
1911	18
1912	33
1913	41
1914	49
1915	26
1916	72
1917	71
1918	36
1919	189
1920	85
1921	50
1922	53
1923	115
1924	159
1925	207
1926	122
1927	361
1928	97
1929	193
1930	412
1931	250
1932	146
1933	477
1934	258
1935	301
1936	362
1937	260
1938	381
1939	602
1940	360
1941	239
1942	398
1943	648
1944	530
1945	980
1946	602
1947	348
1948	560
1949	541
1950	495
1951	276
1952	943
1953	428
1954	524
1955	628
1956	434
1957	751
1958	511
1959	389
1960	482
1961	1,345
1962	405
1963	491
1964	713
1965	940
1966	414
1967	529
1968	326
1969	870
1970	443
1971	465
1972	606
1973	564
1974	915
1975	302
1976	733
1977	466
1978	535
1979	585
1980	685
1981	1,500
1982	777
1983	818
1984	584
1985	744
1986	747
1987	1,400
1988	813
1989	1,310
1990	647
1991	851
1992	872
1993	695
1994	1,219
1995	1,674
1996	723
1997	1,104
1998	1,828
1999	1,012
2000	934
2001	606
2002	979
2003	569
2004	783
2005	740
2006	754
2007	1,001
2008	579
2009	729
2010	931
2011	890
2012	706
2013	407
2014	329
2015	988
2016	772
2017	620
2018	932
2019	560
2020	819
2021	1,652
2022	1,237
2023	637
2024	606
2025	676
2026	1,114

Download the Data

Data for records on 1963-06-16: 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 10	291
10 to 20	63
20 to 30	16
30 to 40	16
40 to 50	6
50 to 60	5
60 to 70	4