Weather Records on 12 July 1963

418 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 July 1963. Highest significance: Thundelarra, AU.

Key Facts for 12 July 1963

On 12 July 1963, 418 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
39 were record highs and 179 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 409 daily.
Thundelarra set a monthly record daily precipitation of 60.2 mm (2.4 in) on 12 July 1963.
Across 158 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 452 records.

Record Map

418 stations

418 station records on 12 July 1963 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 July 1963: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Thundelarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Mount Narryer	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Frankston 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Port Lincoln (Woolga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	2.5 C (36.5 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sharon Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
New Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Boolardy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Coodardy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Beachport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Carrabelle 1 NNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hoxie	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Meka Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Northumberland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Warroora	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Guymon	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cue	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Purnea	India	Record daily precipitation	134.4 mm (5.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sloan 3 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lakeside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Palmiet, Kokstad	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Szeged	Hungary	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Wittenoom	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gangarampur	India	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Clayton 1 SSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Healy	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chapel Hill 2 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cardabia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pesaro	Italy	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Louisville 1 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tahlee (Carrington (Church St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Waren	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	7.3 C (45.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Crookston NW Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Biswan	India	Record daily precipitation	140.2 mm (5.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wick	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	2.0 C (35.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ness City	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rayne 6 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wauneta	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Blackville 3 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bordeaux-Merignac	France	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sarmera	India	Record daily precipitation	175.0 mm (6.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Weldon	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Murgoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ukiah	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Illgiddy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Motihari	India	Record daily precipitation	92.0 mm (3.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Prescott 2 NNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Marshalltown	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kingstree	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bon Wier	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sulphur Springs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Vicksburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Austin Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Yuma	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Osceola	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Great Bend 3WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Statesville 2 NNE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Wagoner	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Glenville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Pocomoke City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

418 records

Records set or tied on 12 July 1963 by type: Highest daily maximum 8, Lowest daily maximum 28, Highest daily minimum 31, Lowest daily minimum 151, Heaviest daily rainfall 200.

Records on 12 July 1963 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	8
Lowest daily maximum	28
Highest daily minimum	31
Lowest daily minimum	151
Heaviest daily rainfall	200
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 12 July 1963 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 8, daily 409.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

327 broken records

Margins by which the 327 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 69.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 July 1963

Top 20 records on 12 July 1963 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 July 1963	Thundelarra, AU	monthly rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	68 of 100 (Major)
12 July 1963	Mount Narryer, AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	46 years	60 of 100 (Major)
12 July 1963	Frankston 1, AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	29 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1963	Port Lincoln (Woolga), AU	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	10 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1963	Stornoway Airport, GB	daily low min	2.5 C (36.5 F)	3.1 C (5.6 F)	87 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1963	Sharon Springs, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	62.8 mm (2.5 in)	12 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1963	New Forest, AU	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	46 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1963	Boolardy, AU	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	2 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1963	Coodardy, AU	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	2 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1963	Beachport, AU	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	68 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1963	Carrabelle 1 NNW, US	daily low min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	64 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1963	Hoxie, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	44 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1963	Meka Station, AU	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	48 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1963	Cape Northumberland, AU	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	68 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1963	Warroora, AU	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	9 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1963	Guymon, US	all-time rain	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	51 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1963	Cue, AU	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	2 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1963	Purnea, IN	daily rain	134.4 mm (5.3 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	34 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1963	Sloan 3 S, US	daily low min	11.7 C (53.1 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	68 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1963	Lakeside, AU	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 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

1796 to 1963

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1963. 1963 had 418 records.

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

Records on 07-12 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1816	1
1821	2
1841	1
1847	2
1848	2
1850	3
1851	1
1858	1
1860	2
1866	1
1870	2
1873	1
1874	2
1875	1
1876	2
1879	1
1880	2
1882	1
1886	4
1887	1
1888	4
1889	1
1890	4
1891	3
1892	2
1893	1
1894	4
1895	7
1896	3
1897	2
1898	1
1900	2
1901	5
1902	2
1903	11
1904	13
1905	28
1906	22
1907	19
1908	46
1909	24
1910	12
1911	93
1912	19
1913	20
1914	57
1915	16
1916	39
1917	163
1918	99
1919	56
1920	37
1921	94
1922	42
1923	85
1924	68
1925	231
1926	272
1927	84
1928	79
1929	137
1930	561
1931	309
1932	305
1933	609
1934	348
1935	379
1936	1,082
1937	353
1938	257
1939	509
1940	623
1941	796
1942	363
1943	421
1944	446
1945	1,118
1946	234
1947	319
1948	379
1949	357
1950	485
1951	765
1952	680
1953	688
1954	907
1955	263
1956	474
1957	381
1958	434
1959	459
1960	466
1961	606
1962	447
1963	418
1964	898
1965	457
1966	614
1967	502
1968	466
1969	745
1970	298
1971	538
1972	716
1973	633
1974	617
1975	1,321
1976	812
1977	377
1978	635
1979	555
1980	998
1981	645
1982	526
1983	955
1984	871
1985	558
1986	1,015
1987	1,189
1988	961
1989	559
1990	1,489
1991	1,028
1992	1,167
1993	1,443
1994	904
1995	1,070
1996	964
1997	800
1998	1,244
1999	1,397
2000	796
2001	856
2002	1,537
2003	910
2004	799
2005	1,068
2006	1,038
2007	749
2008	719
2009	707
2010	1,450
2011	1,468
2012	979
2013	570
2014	437
2015	618
2016	740
2017	586
2018	398
2019	598
2020	875
2021	830
2022	507
2023	839
2024	968
2025	567
2026	1,100

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Data for records on 1963-07-12: 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	267
10 to 20	34
20 to 30	14
30 to 40	6
40 to 50	3
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	2