Weather Records on 23 July 1963

490 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 July 1963. Highest significance: Sarapul, RU.

Key Facts for 23 July 1963

On 23 July 1963, 490 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
227 were record highs and 168 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 482 daily.
Sarapul set a daily record precipitation of 31.6 mm (1.2 in) on 23 July 1963.
Across 167 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 448 records.

Record Map

490 stations

490 station records on 23 July 1963 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 July 1963: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sarapul	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Koln-Bonn	Germany	Record daily precipitation	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Dixon	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mott	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
St Joseph 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Oelrichs	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kodanand	India	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Esengyly	Turkmenistan	Record high maximum temperature	42.0 C (107.6 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Middletown 4 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Jacksonburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Orlando Executive AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nanaimo	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Greifswald	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kalahasti	India	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Waterville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bonn-Friesdorf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Port Gibson 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pindron	India	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Petrun	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	20.9 C (69.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Spokane Intl AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Moscow U of I	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Darlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Augsburg (Sankt Stephan)	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	17.6 C (63.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	12.1 C (53.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
St Petersburg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lakin	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Yates Ctr	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
San Jon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
San Jon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Kachess	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Leavenworth 3 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Rosalia	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Skagway	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Stuttgart-Stadt	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	19.9 C (67.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Agartala	India	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Arlington	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hood Rvr Exp STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lacrosse	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hedley	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Riva	Italy	Record high maximum temperature	32.0 C (89.6 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Eads	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bradenton Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Syracuse 1NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cimarron 4 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Paisley	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Talkeetna AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tuttlingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Apalachicola AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bradenton Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bell Ranch	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Westhope	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bumping Lake	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Brownsville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Merritt	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Carrabelle 1 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Foxholm 7 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Freeland	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bowie	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

490 records

Records set or tied on 23 July 1963 by type: Highest daily maximum 109, Lowest daily maximum 54, Highest daily minimum 118, Lowest daily minimum 114, Heaviest daily rainfall 95.

Records on 23 July 1963 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	109
Lowest daily maximum	54
Highest daily minimum	118
Lowest daily minimum	114
Heaviest daily rainfall	95
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 23 July 1963 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 7, daily 482.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

352 broken records

Margins by which the 352 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 43.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 July 1963

Top 20 records on 23 July 1963 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 July 1963	Sarapul, RU	daily rain	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	38 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1963	Koln-Bonn, DE	daily rain	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1963	Dixon, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1963	Mott, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	4 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1963	St Joseph 3 N, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	53 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1963	Oelrichs, US	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	60 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1963	Kodanand, IN	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	46 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1963	Esengyly, TM	daily high max	42.0 C (107.6 F)	5.9 C (10.6 F)	30 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1963	Middletown 4 W, US	daily low max	21.1 C (70.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	87 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1963	Jacksonburg, US	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	30 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1963	Orlando Executive AP, US	daily low max	27.8 C (82.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	63 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
23 July 1963	Nanaimo, CA	daily low min	6.1 C (43.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	70 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
23 July 1963	Greifswald, DE	daily high max	31.1 C (88.0 F)	4.3 C (7.7 F)	52 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
23 July 1963	Kalahasti, IN	daily rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	37 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
23 July 1963	Waterville, US	daily low min	2.2 C (36.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	65 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
23 July 1963	Bonn-Friesdorf, DE	daily rain	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	12 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
23 July 1963	Port Gibson 1 NE, US	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	61 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
23 July 1963	Pindron, IN	daily rain	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	36 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
23 July 1963	Ponce 4 E, PR	daily high min	25.0 C (77.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	60 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
23 July 1963	Petrun, RU	all-time high min	20.9 C (69.6 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	9 years	30 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

1794 to 1963

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1963. 1963 had 490 records.

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

Records on 07-23 in each year
Year	Records
1794	2
1797	1
1804	1
1810	1
1811	2
1832	1
1835	1
1836	2
1838	1
1845	1
1846	2
1851	1
1852	1
1855	2
1856	1
1859	1
1860	1
1861	1
1863	1
1867	1
1868	5
1870	1
1873	2
1875	2
1877	1
1879	2
1880	2
1882	1
1883	1
1884	1
1885	5
1886	1
1887	2
1888	1
1889	5
1890	4
1894	3
1895	7
1896	4
1898	9
1899	5
1900	8
1901	10
1902	6
1903	4
1904	18
1905	11
1906	19
1907	9
1908	15
1909	27
1910	54
1911	37
1912	43
1913	36
1914	59
1915	35
1916	34
1917	42
1918	96
1919	26
1920	40
1921	221
1922	113
1923	104
1924	158
1925	173
1926	266
1927	308
1928	146
1929	174
1930	214
1931	334
1932	232
1933	432
1934	898
1935	329
1936	403
1937	319
1938	354
1939	277
1940	494
1941	292
1942	265
1943	245
1944	350
1945	239
1946	531
1947	1,240
1948	610
1949	453
1950	500
1951	422
1952	788
1953	660
1954	545
1955	585
1956	402
1957	513
1958	633
1959	606
1960	568
1961	937
1962	465
1963	490
1964	373
1965	368
1966	368
1967	347
1968	480
1969	436
1970	935
1971	648
1972	640
1973	798
1974	578
1975	359
1976	425
1977	570
1978	1,064
1979	648
1980	703
1981	1,030
1982	594
1983	1,324
1984	980
1985	711
1986	1,239
1987	1,164
1988	1,124
1989	868
1990	1,033
1991	1,050
1992	1,469
1993	1,466
1994	1,215
1995	827
1996	1,227
1997	1,088
1998	885
1999	846
2000	1,225
2001	1,242
2002	875
2003	1,649
2004	1,148
2005	997
2006	1,757
2007	1,262
2008	1,057
2009	1,069
2010	1,627
2011	1,907
2012	822
2013	648
2014	783
2015	559
2016	760
2017	517
2018	873
2019	786
2020	514
2021	506
2022	707
2023	629
2024	798
2025	917
2026	788

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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	322
10 to 20	17
20 to 30	7
30 to 40	5
40 to 50	1