Weather Records on 9 July 1963

1,029 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 July 1963. Highest significance: Trafalgar Toseland Road, AU.

Key Facts for 9 July 1963

On 9 July 1963, 1,029 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
116 were record highs and 536 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 50 monthly and 978 daily.
Trafalgar Toseland Road set a daily record precipitation of 42.4 mm (1.7 in) on 9 July 1963.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 441 records.

Record Map

1,029 stations

1,029 station records on 9 July 1963 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 July 1963: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Trafalgar Toseland Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Canton 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Jackman	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Regina Int'l A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Cheviot Fells	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Espanola	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Gavilan	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mikhailovka	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kolhapur	India	Record daily precipitation	190.0 mm (7.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Busselton Shire	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Naturaliste	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gembrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Matar	India	Record daily precipitation	146.0 mm (5.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Fordyce (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Borsad	India	Record daily precipitation	125.5 mm (4.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Buckland (Brockley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cambay	India	Record daily precipitation	106.5 mm (4.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Margaret River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Quindalup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Moe Gippsland Water	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jonacatepec	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dover	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sidney 6NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Runnymede (Whitemarsh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ithaca Cornell UNIV	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
West Burke	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Killora (Grasmere)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Baunsi	India	Record daily precipitation	115.0 mm (4.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
New Castle 1 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lunawanna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Clarks Siding	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gilman	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Palmer 3 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Premaydena Hatchery	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Stellenbosch (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Port Arthur	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Guelph Oac	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lockport 2SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Warburton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tasiilaq	Greenland [Denmark]	Record high maximum temperature	20.5 C (68.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Abbeville 4S	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Charlotte	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Holly Bluff	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Manchester	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Saranac Lake	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chippewa Lake	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chambersburg 1 ESE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Collingwood	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lucknow	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Welland	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Groot Constantia	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsdale	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lawrenceville 2 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bens Run 1 SSE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Canton 4 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond (Brookbank)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Quatsino	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Qu'appelle	Canada	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,029 records

Records set or tied on 9 July 1963 by type: Highest daily maximum 25, Lowest daily maximum 195, Highest daily minimum 91, Lowest daily minimum 341, Heaviest daily rainfall 377.

Records on 9 July 1963 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	25
Lowest daily maximum	195
Highest daily minimum	91
Lowest daily minimum	341
Heaviest daily rainfall	377
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 9 July 1963 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 50, daily 978.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

795 broken records

Margins by which the 795 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 76.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 July 1963

Top 20 records on 9 July 1963 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 July 1963	Trafalgar Toseland Road, AU	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1963	Canton 4N, US	daily rain	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	64 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1963	Jackman, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1963	Regina Int'l A, CA	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	16 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1963	Cheviot Fells, ZA	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	20 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1963	Espanola, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	54 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1963	Gavilan, US	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	33 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1963	Mikhailovka, KZ	daily rain	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	30 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1963	Kolhapur, IN	all-time rain	190.0 mm (7.5 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	48 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1963	Busselton Shire, AU	daily rain	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	40 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1963	Cape Naturaliste, AU	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	40 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1963	Gembrook, AU	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	44 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1963	Matar, IN	daily rain	146.0 mm (5.7 in)	76.1 mm (3.0 in)	50 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1963	Fort Fordyce (Bos), ZA	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	14 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1963	Borsad, IN	daily rain	125.5 mm (4.9 in)	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	57 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1963	Buckland (Brockley), AU	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	30 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1963	Cambay, IN	daily rain	106.5 mm (4.2 in)	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	36 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1963	Margaret River, AU	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1963	Quindalup, AU	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1963	Moe Gippsland Water, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	40 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 1,029 records.

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

Records on 07-09 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1815	3
1826	1
1828	2
1837	1
1845	2
1847	1
1852	1
1856	1
1859	1
1860	1
1861	1
1865	1
1867	4
1868	1
1870	2
1871	1
1873	1
1874	2
1875	1
1876	4
1879	1
1886	3
1887	2
1888	4
1889	1
1890	2
1891	3
1892	3
1893	3
1894	3
1895	2
1896	4
1897	2
1898	4
1899	5
1900	10
1901	10
1902	8
1903	15
1904	31
1905	28
1906	4
1907	10
1908	16
1909	16
1910	19
1911	26
1912	28
1913	42
1914	54
1915	42
1916	43
1917	19
1918	60
1919	33
1920	28
1921	73
1922	145
1923	90
1924	140
1925	135
1926	242
1927	123
1928	115
1929	250
1930	436
1931	202
1932	216
1933	444
1934	339
1935	433
1936	1,128
1937	274
1938	196
1939	345
1940	319
1941	273
1942	324
1943	252
1944	415
1945	371
1946	436
1947	684
1948	377
1949	433
1950	522
1951	502
1952	694
1953	450
1954	479
1955	513
1956	438
1957	385
1958	472
1959	483
1960	332
1961	564
1962	253
1963	1,029
1964	425
1965	444
1966	428
1967	216
1968	645
1969	619
1970	471
1971	406
1972	606
1973	588
1974	1,013
1975	567
1976	740
1977	617
1978	882
1979	721
1980	970
1981	1,009
1982	598
1983	1,039
1984	783
1985	1,228
1986	843
1987	882
1988	1,109
1989	965
1990	770
1991	1,295
1992	1,126
1993	1,454
1994	1,151
1995	939
1996	1,690
1997	930
1998	1,403
1999	952
2000	1,055
2001	965
2002	1,127
2003	906
2004	824
2005	1,373
2006	965
2007	949
2008	1,188
2009	1,165
2010	1,477
2011	1,047
2012	904
2013	478
2014	806
2015	1,221
2016	631
2017	638
2018	555
2019	602
2020	614
2021	1,198
2022	674
2023	833
2024	1,530
2025	696
2026	508

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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 2026-10-17 (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	692
10 to 20	61
20 to 30	23
30 to 40	10
40 to 50	4
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	2
70 to 80	1