Weather Records on 17 July 1963

223 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 July 1963. Highest significance: Kurinjipadi, IN.

Key Facts for 17 July 1963

On 17 July 1963, 223 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
72 were record highs and 48 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 221 daily.
Kurinjipadi set a daily record precipitation of 140.0 mm (5.5 in) on 17 July 1963.
Across 163 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 446 records.

Record Map

223 stations

223 station records on 17 July 1963 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 July 1963: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kurinjipadi	India	Record daily precipitation	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tiptur	India	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Yakutat AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Midville	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Darsi	India	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Manistee 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Chamberlain	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrenceville 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Matanuska Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Calico Rock 2 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tupelo	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Geneva	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Quincy Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cobar Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
St Peter	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ozark 6 NNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Stoughton Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Walhalla	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Humboldt 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kennebec	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
White Hall 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Eupora 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Waseca S Rsch & Outreach Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Winona	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pukwana 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Balingup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Proddatur	India	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Rockwell City	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Van Meter	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Washington	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Andrews	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Wellston Tippy Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Zumbrota	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Burnet	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Srimadhopur	India	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
S Haven	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Stoneville Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sac City	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tindivanam	India	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Indianola 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Keokuk L&D 19	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lubbock 9N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tropic	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Aibonito 1 S	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Valley Head	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Copperhill	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Racine Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ferndale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Jornada Exp Range	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mulege	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Rio Grande (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Roswell Muni AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Fremont 5 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Amontada	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cedartown	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bowman	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

223 records

Records set or tied on 17 July 1963 by type: Highest daily maximum 34, Lowest daily maximum 29, Highest daily minimum 38, Lowest daily minimum 19, Heaviest daily rainfall 103.

Records on 17 July 1963 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	34
Lowest daily maximum	29
Highest daily minimum	38
Lowest daily minimum	19
Heaviest daily rainfall	103
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 17 July 1963 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 221.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

168 broken records

Margins by which the 168 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 106.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 July 1963

Top 20 records on 17 July 1963 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 July 1963	Kurinjipadi, IN	daily rain	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	8 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1963	Ft Madison, US	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	60 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1963	Tiptur, IN	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	57 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1963	Yakutat AP, US	daily rain	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	40 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1963	Midville, US	daily rain	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	44.1 mm (1.7 in)	32 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1963	Darsi, IN	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	46 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1963	Manistee 3SE, US	daily rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1963	Chamberlain, US	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	60 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1963	Lawrenceville 2 S, US	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	50 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1963	Matanuska Exp Farm, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	45 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1963	Calico Rock 2 WSW, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	52 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1963	Tupelo, US	monthly rain	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	6 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1963	Geneva, US	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	12 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1963	Quincy Exp STN, US	daily high min	25.6 C (78.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	66 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1963	Cobar Post Office, AU	daily low min	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	81 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1963	Simferopol, UA	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	25 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1963	St Peter, US	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	54 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1963	Ozark 6 NNW, US	daily low min	18.3 C (64.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	58 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
17 July 1963	Stoughton Wwtp, US	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	9 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
17 July 1963	Walhalla, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	26 years	33 of 100 (Routine)

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 223 records.

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

Records on 07-17 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1798	1
1799	1
1801	2
1802	1
1821	1
1827	1
1833	1
1840	1
1842	1
1845	2
1852	1
1862	1
1863	1
1865	2
1866	1
1871	1
1874	1
1875	2
1877	1
1880	1
1881	2
1882	2
1883	5
1884	1
1887	1
1888	2
1889	4
1890	4
1892	5
1893	3
1894	4
1895	1
1896	3
1897	1
1898	2
1899	4
1900	4
1901	6
1902	6
1903	13
1904	4
1905	9
1906	13
1907	12
1908	32
1909	16
1910	8
1911	52
1912	13
1913	26
1914	67
1915	71
1916	27
1917	62
1918	41
1919	45
1920	50
1921	120
1922	206
1923	105
1924	165
1925	275
1926	251
1927	118
1928	116
1929	154
1930	366
1931	492
1932	293
1933	216
1934	438
1935	245
1936	815
1937	313
1938	303
1939	540
1940	319
1941	386
1942	522
1943	321
1944	236
1945	681
1946	523
1947	505
1948	278
1949	405
1950	645
1951	356
1952	772
1953	557
1954	517
1955	512
1956	608
1957	298
1958	693
1959	631
1960	324
1961	408
1962	421
1963	223
1964	481
1965	753
1966	454
1967	965
1968	707
1969	741
1970	486
1971	790
1972	634
1973	680
1974	691
1975	775
1976	1,041
1977	764
1978	794
1979	642
1980	1,137
1981	628
1982	850
1983	1,120
1984	875
1985	483
1986	1,214
1987	1,388
1988	1,239
1989	1,289
1990	953
1991	763
1992	1,055
1993	956
1994	631
1995	917
1996	911
1997	816
1998	1,031
1999	925
2000	1,166
2001	916
2002	995
2003	1,396
2004	908
2005	1,184
2006	1,509
2007	1,218
2008	508
2009	1,218
2010	965
2011	1,101
2012	934
2013	819
2014	1,456
2015	831
2016	679
2017	398
2018	750
2019	477
2020	515
2021	625
2022	791
2023	1,060
2024	814
2025	966
2026	860

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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 20	146
20 to 40	17
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1