Weather Records on 8 July 1963

592 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 July 1963. Highest significance: Lois River Dam, CA.

Key Facts for 8 July 1963

On 8 July 1963, 592 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
133 were record highs and 189 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 22 monthly and 569 daily.
Lois River Dam set a monthly record daily precipitation of 78.7 mm (3.1 in) on 8 July 1963.
Across 159 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 444 records.

Record Map

592 stations

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

Weather records on 8 July 1963: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lois River Dam	Canada	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Ardrossan (Winulta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Tasiilaq	Greenland [Denmark]	Record high minimum temperature	14.3 C (57.7 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Thasra	India	Record daily precipitation	128.6 mm (5.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Orange (Canobolas Public Schoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Naco	Canada	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Pembroke Eddy Match	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Taunton	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ashta	India	Record daily precipitation	140.5 mm (5.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Haverhill	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mellette 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ste Rose du Degelis	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Riverton	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Orange (McLaughlin St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ottawa Cda	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kaliakheri	India	Record daily precipitation	157.5 mm (6.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Orange 3	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Naracoopa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Peterborough	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Stillwater Power House	Canada	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rio Grande (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dixon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Biggar	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Miraj Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Collinsville 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gage	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lavers Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tadoussac	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Orange Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lumber City	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Alert Bay	Canada	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Estevan Point	Canada	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Hat A	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Arlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Torrington Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Revelstoke	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lindsay	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
San Gabriel	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolskoye/Beringa Ostrov	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rockport 1 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Benton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Orange (Adair)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Maniwaki 2	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Barrage Cabonga	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Astrakan	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	13.8 C (56.8 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wakefield 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hargraves (the Elders)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Wellwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Enisejsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	31.6 C (88.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Idria	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
McCloud	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Meeker	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Marengo	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Vogelstruiskuil	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

592 records

Records set or tied on 8 July 1963 by type: Highest daily maximum 35, Lowest daily maximum 132, Highest daily minimum 98, Lowest daily minimum 57, Heaviest daily rainfall 270.

Records on 8 July 1963 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	35
Lowest daily maximum	132
Highest daily minimum	98
Lowest daily minimum	57
Heaviest daily rainfall	270
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 8 July 1963 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 22, daily 569.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

457 broken records

Margins by which the 457 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 94.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 July 1963

Top 20 records on 8 July 1963 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 July 1963	Lois River Dam, CA	monthly rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	23 years	60 of 100 (Major)
8 July 1963	Ardrossan (Winulta), AU	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	71 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1963	Tasiilaq, GL	daily high min	14.3 C (57.7 F)	6.8 C (12.2 F)	52 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1963	Thasra, IN	daily rain	128.6 mm (5.1 in)	75.3 mm (3.0 in)	60 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1963	Orange (Canobolas Public Schoo, AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1963	Naco, CA	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1963	Pembroke Eddy Match, CA	monthly low max	12.8 C (55.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	81 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1963	Taunton, US	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	48 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1963	Ashta, IN	daily rain	140.5 mm (5.5 in)	72.7 mm (2.9 in)	41 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1963	Haverhill, US	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	48 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1963	Mellette 4 W, US	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	53 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1963	Ste Rose du Degelis, CA	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	26 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1963	Riverton, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	25 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1963	Orange (McLaughlin St), AU	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	72 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1963	Ottawa Cda, CA	monthly low max	12.2 C (54.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	67 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1963	Kaliakheri, IN	daily rain	157.5 mm (6.2 in)	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	17 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1963	Orange 3, AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	58 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1963	Naracoopa, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	40 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1963	Peterborough, CA	daily low max	13.9 C (57.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	68 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1963	Stillwater Power House, CA	monthly rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	23 years	36 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 592 records.

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

Records on 07-08 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1811	1
1815	2
1819	3
1844	1
1845	4
1848	2
1852	2
1856	1
1860	1
1864	2
1865	1
1867	2
1868	1
1873	1
1874	1
1876	2
1878	2
1879	1
1882	1
1883	1
1885	2
1886	3
1888	1
1889	2
1890	2
1891	2
1892	2
1893	2
1894	3
1896	7
1898	2
1899	6
1900	9
1901	4
1902	13
1903	9
1904	21
1905	9
1906	8
1907	9
1908	16
1909	24
1910	32
1911	28
1912	60
1913	29
1914	54
1915	47
1916	206
1917	37
1918	45
1919	34
1920	123
1921	75
1922	146
1923	134
1924	201
1925	141
1926	132
1927	142
1928	191
1929	235
1930	360
1931	250
1932	240
1933	360
1934	226
1935	496
1936	940
1937	287
1938	293
1939	399
1940	294
1941	198
1942	210
1943	248
1944	495
1945	291
1946	380
1947	400
1948	410
1949	352
1950	518
1951	580
1952	741
1953	502
1954	497
1955	554
1956	516
1957	429
1958	651
1959	485
1960	483
1961	356
1962	271
1963	592
1964	603
1965	266
1966	293
1967	266
1968	540
1969	847
1970	375
1971	443
1972	982
1973	831
1974	1,009
1975	537
1976	697
1977	743
1978	727
1979	703
1980	958
1981	945
1982	625
1983	1,198
1984	837
1985	1,024
1986	822
1987	814
1988	1,133
1989	1,174
1990	763
1991	1,152
1992	1,017
1993	1,875
1994	1,389
1995	642
1996	1,356
1997	734
1998	1,616
1999	816
2000	876
2001	916
2002	897
2003	779
2004	1,096
2005	1,250
2006	928
2007	943
2008	1,406
2009	971
2010	1,411
2011	838
2012	1,237
2013	501
2014	692
2015	1,455
2016	670
2017	887
2018	457
2019	569
2020	521
2021	890
2022	607
2023	765
2024	1,269
2025	616
2026	438

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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	427
20 to 40	24
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1