Weather Records on 24 July 1963

521 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 July 1963. Highest significance: Culbertson, US.

Key Facts for 24 July 1963

On 24 July 1963, 521 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
269 were record highs and 108 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 513 daily.
Culbertson set a daily record precipitation of 51.8 mm (2.0 in) on 24 July 1963.
Across 158 earlier years (1799 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 476 records.

Record Map

521 stations

521 station records on 24 July 1963 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 July 1963: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Culbertson	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Palladam	India	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Viljujsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Tiruppur	India	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Three Hills	Canada	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Avanashi	India	Record daily precipitation	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Brookings 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Periyanaickampal	India	Record daily precipitation	41.3 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Krasnojarsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Fitzgerald	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Richardton Abbey	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tiruchengode	India	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pukwana 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gannavaram	India	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tirumayam	India	Record daily precipitation	83.2 mm (3.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Arantangi	India	Record daily precipitation	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pogranichnyj	Russia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Putbus	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	19.2 C (66.6 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson Int	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Apalachicola AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Karur	India	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Brevard	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tallapoosa 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Reidsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
White Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hubbard	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Valley 2 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Healy	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Providence	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Milbank 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gobichettipalaya	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Fairhope 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tularosa	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Healdton 3 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Indian Bay	Canada	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Schwerin	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	18.4 C (65.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Brocken	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	15.2 C (59.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bernburg/Saale (Nord)	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	34.1 C (93.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Marion	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kamuthi	India	Record daily precipitation	107.0 mm (4.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Paramathi	India	Record daily precipitation	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Calera	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Globe Rs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Madison	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Covington	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Rock Rapids	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Scott City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Valmora	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Milesovka	Czech Republic	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kleve	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	17.3 C (63.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Zerbst	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	33.4 C (92.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kumbhakonam	India	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	29.5 C (85.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tucson WFO	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.8 C (109.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Wray	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hays 1 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ness City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

521 records

Records set or tied on 24 July 1963 by type: Highest daily maximum 123, Lowest daily maximum 70, Highest daily minimum 146, Lowest daily minimum 38, Heaviest daily rainfall 144.

Records on 24 July 1963 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	123
Lowest daily maximum	70
Highest daily minimum	146
Lowest daily minimum	38
Heaviest daily rainfall	144
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 24 July 1963 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 5, daily 513.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

381 broken records

Margins by which the 381 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 53.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 July 1963

Top 20 records on 24 July 1963 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 July 1963	Culbertson, US	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	44 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1963	Palladam, IN	daily rain	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	50.9 mm (2.0 in)	38 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1963	Viljujsk, RU	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	37 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1963	Sarajevo, BA	daily rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	49 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1963	Tiruppur, IN	daily rain	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	53.7 mm (2.1 in)	17 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1963	Three Hills, CA	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	22 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1963	Avanashi, IN	daily rain	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	9 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1963	Brookings 2 NE, US	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	60 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1963	Periyanaickampal, IN	daily rain	41.3 mm (1.6 in)	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	46 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1963	Krasnojarsk, RU	daily rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	13 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1963	Fitzgerald, US	daily rain	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	60 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1963	Richardton Abbey, US	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1963	Tiruchengode, IN	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	8 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1963	Pukwana 3 W, US	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1963	Gannavaram, IN	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	48 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1963	Tirumayam, IN	daily rain	83.2 mm (3.3 in)	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	52 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1963	Lichtentanne, DE	daily high min	18.3 C (64.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	80 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1963	Arantangi, IN	daily rain	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	52 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1963	Pogranichnyj, RU	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1963	Putbus, DE	daily high min	19.2 C (66.6 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	85 years	38 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

1799 to 1963

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 1963. 1963 had 521 records.

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

Records on 07-24 in each year
Year	Records
1799	1
1813	1
1817	1
1832	1
1836	1
1838	2
1843	2
1844	1
1846	1
1849	2
1859	1
1860	1
1862	1
1867	1
1868	3
1869	1
1870	1
1872	3
1874	1
1875	2
1880	3
1882	1
1883	2
1885	3
1889	2
1891	2
1893	2
1894	5
1895	2
1896	5
1897	4
1899	3
1900	7
1901	6
1902	5
1903	8
1904	19
1905	19
1906	18
1907	8
1908	11
1909	21
1910	36
1911	51
1912	84
1913	30
1914	22
1915	35
1916	32
1917	40
1918	70
1919	19
1920	46
1921	67
1922	186
1923	87
1924	193
1925	154
1926	186
1927	251
1928	237
1929	187
1930	195
1931	364
1932	249
1933	356
1934	994
1935	342
1936	498
1937	327
1938	545
1939	225
1940	568
1941	335
1942	331
1943	278
1944	315
1945	252
1946	407
1947	852
1948	385
1949	408
1950	384
1951	333
1952	534
1953	403
1954	447
1955	445
1956	379
1957	428
1958	372
1959	522
1960	466
1961	612
1962	996
1963	521
1964	517
1965	333
1966	401
1967	344
1968	430
1969	585
1970	553
1971	678
1972	528
1973	743
1974	670
1975	521
1976	521
1977	829
1978	673
1979	652
1980	487
1981	1,025
1982	689
1983	1,425
1984	789
1985	829
1986	1,227
1987	1,220
1988	1,130
1989	896
1990	944
1991	1,092
1992	1,271
1993	1,705
1994	1,153
1995	927
1996	1,145
1997	1,097
1998	990
1999	1,201
2000	1,236
2001	1,186
2002	796
2003	2,254
2004	1,604
2005	1,158
2006	1,694
2007	1,310
2008	1,363
2009	856
2010	1,859
2011	1,514
2012	827
2013	572
2014	922
2015	483
2016	637
2017	559
2018	953
2019	1,221
2020	432
2021	541
2022	681
2023	804
2024	986
2025	879
2026	924

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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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 24 July 1963
Margin	Records
0 to 10	332
10 to 20	17
20 to 30	15
30 to 40	12
40 to 50	3
50 to 60	2