Weather Records on 5 July 1963

642 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 July 1963. Highest significance: Burnie (No 1), AU.

Key Facts for 5 July 1963

On 5 July 1963, 642 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
82 were record highs and 135 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 626 daily.
Burnie (No 1) set a daily record precipitation of 74.4 mm (2.9 in) on 5 July 1963.
Across 170 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 419 records.

Record Map

642 stations

642 station records on 5 July 1963 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 July 1963: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Burnie (No 1)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Ridgley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Lady Barron (Franklin Parade)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Joao Pessoa	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	157.2 mm (6.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Graball	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Eden (Caravan Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Thule	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Whitemark	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Browning	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bruce Rock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Moningarin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Madden	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Indarrie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Louwsburg (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Nongoma	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	75.5 mm (3.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cunderdin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Murrays Lagoon (Bayside)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kaiserslautern	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Berkshire Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kondut	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kitlane	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bulyee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Newdegate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Walebing	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Yolla (Sea View)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Doodlakine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Devonport Harbour Master	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hubbard	Canada	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Myrup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kununoppin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mamanguape	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	125.1 mm (4.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Round Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Krumbach-Edenhausen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Caraubas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
The Pines	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Millston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dahanu	India	Record daily precipitation	306.0 mm (12.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mogumber Farm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bega (Newtown Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Candelo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mundaring	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Baandee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Korrelocking Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bendering	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rocky Hall Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Elliott Research Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Latrobe (Coal Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Canby	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hampshire (Neena Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mulungu (Camarazal)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wye Wye	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Noonegin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cowcowing	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wyalkatchem	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cuballing	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lughrata	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Osmond	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Clark	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

642 records

Records set or tied on 5 July 1963 by type: Highest daily maximum 22, Lowest daily maximum 22, Highest daily minimum 60, Lowest daily minimum 113, Heaviest daily rainfall 425.

Records on 5 July 1963 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	22
Lowest daily maximum	22
Highest daily minimum	60
Lowest daily minimum	113
Heaviest daily rainfall	425
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 5 July 1963 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 16, daily 626.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

537 broken records

Margins by which the 537 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 105.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 July 1963

Top 20 records on 5 July 1963 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 July 1963	Burnie (No 1), AU	daily rain	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	66 years	64 of 100 (Major)
5 July 1963	Ridgley, AU	monthly rain	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	14 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1963	Lady Barron (Franklin Parade), AU	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	33 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1963	Joao Pessoa, BR	daily rain	157.2 mm (6.2 in)	105.6 mm (4.2 in)	34 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1963	Graball, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1963	Eden (Caravan Park), AU	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	75 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1963	Thule, AU	daily rain	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	81.6 mm (3.2 in)	26 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1963	Whitemark, AU	daily rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1963	Browning, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	22 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1963	Bruce Rock, AU	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1963	Moningarin, AU	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	50 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1963	Mount Madden, AU	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1963	Indarrie, AU	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1963	Louwsburg (Mag), ZA	daily rain	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	52.7 mm (2.1 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1963	Nongoma, ZA	daily rain	75.5 mm (3.0 in)	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1963	Cunderdin, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1963	Murrays Lagoon (Bayside), AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	45 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1963	Kaiserslautern, DE	daily rain	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	15.6 mm (0.6 in)	56 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1963	Berkshire Valley, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	54 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1963	Kondut, AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	47 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

1796 to 1963

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1963. 1963 had 642 records.

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

Records on 07-05 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1806	1
1816	1
1819	2
1822	1
1828	2
1835	1
1839	1
1841	1
1842	1
1844	1
1845	1
1852	1
1856	1
1858	1
1859	1
1860	2
1864	1
1866	1
1867	1
1868	1
1870	1
1871	1
1874	1
1876	2
1877	1
1878	1
1879	2
1881	6
1882	2
1883	1
1887	1
1888	1
1889	3
1890	6
1891	2
1892	2
1893	4
1894	1
1895	2
1896	1
1897	2
1898	3
1899	4
1900	8
1901	8
1902	11
1903	6
1904	4
1905	9
1906	25
1907	12
1908	10
1909	22
1910	33
1911	46
1912	12
1913	23
1914	56
1915	75
1916	37
1917	32
1918	30
1919	40
1920	206
1921	75
1922	66
1923	67
1924	112
1925	108
1926	183
1927	206
1928	185
1929	224
1930	233
1931	395
1932	344
1933	335
1934	505
1935	242
1936	714
1937	340
1938	328
1939	398
1940	352
1941	309
1942	443
1943	418
1944	438
1945	244
1946	273
1947	815
1948	655
1949	444
1950	480
1951	635
1952	341
1953	532
1954	417
1955	437
1956	499
1957	491
1958	634
1959	318
1960	515
1961	604
1962	324
1963	642
1964	421
1965	298
1966	305
1967	923
1968	828
1969	822
1970	552
1971	431
1972	1,580
1973	766
1974	488
1975	806
1976	639
1977	740
1978	804
1979	919
1980	557
1981	914
1982	981
1983	841
1984	832
1985	695
1986	1,155
1987	665
1988	1,828
1989	930
1990	1,103
1991	936
1992	937
1993	1,383
1994	1,137
1995	1,243
1996	1,130
1997	962
1998	957
1999	1,838
2000	729
2001	1,153
2002	892
2003	646
2004	853
2005	797
2006	974
2007	1,206
2008	779
2009	946
2010	1,085
2011	696
2012	1,356
2013	768
2014	420
2015	1,303
2016	932
2017	619
2018	754
2019	742
2020	416
2021	639
2022	855
2023	688
2024	1,030
2025	632
2026	505

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Data for records on 1963-07-05: 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	490
20 to 40	33
40 to 60	10
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	2