Weather Records on 7 July 1963

510 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 July 1963. Highest significance: Watervale, AU.

Key Facts for 7 July 1963

On 7 July 1963, 510 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
97 were record highs and 149 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 491 daily.
Watervale set a monthly record daily precipitation of 69.9 mm (2.8 in) on 7 July 1963.
Across 165 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 432 records.

Record Map

510 stations

510 station records on 7 July 1963 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 July 1963: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Watervale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Clare (Hill River)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Mintaro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Lyndoch (Pewsey Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Manoora	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Auburn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Collingrove	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Hallett (Lorraine)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Burnie (No 1)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Salida	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Houghton (Glen Ewin)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Bryan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Port Lincoln	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Farrell Flat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mundoora	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hedal I Valdres	Norway	Record daily precipitation	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Clare Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Port Lincoln (Westmere)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Burquitlam Vancouver Golf Cour	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Golden Grove	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Schwabisch Hall-Bibersfeld	Germany	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pardi	India	Record daily precipitation	245.1 mm (9.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Huntingdon	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kangiara (Laverstock)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ellwangen-Rindelbach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Brinkworth (Bungaree)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bassein	India	Record daily precipitation	235.0 mm (9.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sasvad	India	Record daily precipitation	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Orange 3	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tasgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Keyneton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Vancouver Pmo	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bowling Green 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Potter	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
New Westminster	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ponca City	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bowie	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lois River Dam	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Morden Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mahad	India	Record daily precipitation	205.0 mm (8.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Maria (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Deland 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Harlingen	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Port Lincoln (Woolga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Khed	India	Record daily precipitation	60.8 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Vaexjoe	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Binghamton Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
La Belle	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gordon 6N	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Laketown	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Salem	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsburg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Chipewyan	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Rems-Murr-Kreis Winterbach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sampaje	India	Record daily precipitation	168.4 mm (6.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Poona	India	Record daily precipitation	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Guayama 1SW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Holdenville 2SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cudlee Creek (Millbrook)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mahabaleshwar	India	Record daily precipitation	371.2 mm (14.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

510 records

Records set or tied on 7 July 1963 by type: Highest daily maximum 49, Lowest daily maximum 103, Highest daily minimum 48, Lowest daily minimum 46, Heaviest daily rainfall 264.

Records on 7 July 1963 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	49
Lowest daily maximum	103
Highest daily minimum	48
Lowest daily minimum	46
Heaviest daily rainfall	264
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 7 July 1963 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 18, daily 491.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

402 broken records

Margins by which the 402 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 122.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 July 1963

Top 20 records on 7 July 1963 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 July 1963	Watervale, AU	monthly rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	68 years	78 of 100 (Major)
7 July 1963	Clare (Hill River), AU	monthly rain	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	65 years	77 of 100 (Major)
7 July 1963	Mintaro, AU	monthly rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	65 years	76 of 100 (Major)
7 July 1963	Lyndoch (Pewsey Vale), AU	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	72 years	69 of 100 (Major)
7 July 1963	Manoora, AU	monthly rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	65 years	66 of 100 (Major)
7 July 1963	Auburn, AU	monthly rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	7 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1963	Collingrove, AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	72 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1963	Hallett (Lorraine), AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1963	Burnie (No 1), AU	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	52 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1963	Salida, US	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	21 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1963	Houghton (Glen Ewin), AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	45 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1963	Mount Bryan, AU	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	14 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1963	Port Lincoln, AU	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	36 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1963	Farrell Flat, AU	monthly rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	7 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1963	Mundoora, AU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	42 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1963	Hedal I Valdres, NO	daily rain	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1963	Clare Post Office, AU	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	52 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1963	Port Lincoln (Westmere), AU	monthly rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	37 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1963	Burquitlam Vancouver Golf Cour, CA	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1963	Golden Grove, AU	monthly rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	45 years	42 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

1793 to 1963

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1963. 1963 had 510 records.

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

Records on 07-07 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1812	1
1813	1
1815	1
1819	3
1821	1
1825	1
1828	2
1835	1
1845	1
1850	1
1856	2
1857	1
1860	1
1863	1
1864	2
1865	2
1867	1
1870	1
1872	1
1873	2
1874	1
1875	1
1877	3
1878	2
1879	1
1883	1
1887	4
1889	2
1890	8
1891	3
1892	3
1893	2
1894	1
1895	4
1896	5
1897	2
1898	3
1899	2
1900	14
1901	5
1902	13
1903	10
1904	4
1905	11
1906	12
1907	6
1908	26
1909	22
1910	16
1911	67
1912	31
1913	17
1914	49
1915	72
1916	126
1917	120
1918	42
1919	37
1920	42
1921	65
1922	135
1923	166
1924	166
1925	198
1926	135
1927	184
1928	200
1929	122
1930	332
1931	442
1932	315
1933	337
1934	390
1935	311
1936	795
1937	280
1938	268
1939	359
1940	467
1941	334
1942	516
1943	309
1944	411
1945	299
1946	208
1947	532
1948	404
1949	374
1950	431
1951	416
1952	515
1953	623
1954	622
1955	485
1956	1,170
1957	394
1958	749
1959	391
1960	663
1961	318
1962	294
1963	510
1964	549
1965	388
1966	304
1967	430
1968	624
1969	967
1970	391
1971	467
1972	1,155
1973	1,120
1974	652
1975	571
1976	679
1977	828
1978	794
1979	924
1980	848
1981	1,025
1982	795
1983	1,013
1984	1,044
1985	939
1986	770
1987	728
1988	1,251
1989	1,040
1990	781
1991	1,040
1992	938
1993	1,762
1994	1,394
1995	576
1996	1,218
1997	752
1998	1,382
1999	971
2000	823
2001	983
2002	667
2003	664
2004	1,084
2005	949
2006	1,061
2007	1,067
2008	1,174
2009	930
2010	1,411
2011	749
2012	1,423
2013	549
2014	539
2015	1,263
2016	717
2017	904
2018	550
2019	506
2020	556
2021	930
2022	744
2023	577
2024	1,277
2025	562
2026	522

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Data for records on 1963-07-07: 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 2026-10-16 (16 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	358
20 to 40	35
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1