Weather Records on 27 July 1963

584 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 July 1963. Highest significance: Beardsley, US.

Key Facts for 27 July 1963

On 27 July 1963, 584 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
262 were record highs and 184 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 10 were all-time records, 20 monthly and 554 daily.
Beardsley set a daily record precipitation of 71.4 mm (2.8 in) on 27 July 1963.
Across 162 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 452 records.

Record Map

584 stations

584 station records on 27 July 1963 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 July 1963: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Beardsley	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Milbank 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Campbell	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Morris W Cntrl Rsch & Outreach	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Menno	United States	Record daily precipitation	119.1 mm (4.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Ripley	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Flandreau	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Brookings 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Castlewood	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Arlington 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Parkston 8 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Canby	United States	Record daily precipitation	134.4 mm (5.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Holyoke	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Armour	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Koolau Dam 833	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Howard	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Marion	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Eastport	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wentworth 2.5 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wakefield 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Canton	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
De Smet	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Eastport	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Chamberlain	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kenogami	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	6.3 C (43.3 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Manchester	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Porter 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Paris	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Freiburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	8.4 C (47.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	8.5 C (47.3 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	5.9 C (42.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	33.1 C (91.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wadena 3 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Arcadia	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
King City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Port Hastings	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gyshgy	Turkmenistan	Record high minimum temperature	26.0 C (78.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Oakley	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lynch	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.4 mm (4.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Brevard	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wagner	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sundance	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Manoa 712.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Baunsi	India	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Aibonito 1 S	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sandy Lake Dam Libby	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Natchez	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
White Sulphur Springs	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Vivian	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Garland 1 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Albuquerque Intl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Muenster	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	6.2 C (43.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kokshetay	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
De Bilt	Netherlands	Record low minimum temperature	4.8 C (40.6 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Omsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wray	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Waren	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

584 records

Records set or tied on 27 July 1963 by type: Highest daily maximum 136, Lowest daily maximum 87, Highest daily minimum 126, Lowest daily minimum 97, Heaviest daily rainfall 138.

Records on 27 July 1963 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	136
Lowest daily maximum	87
Highest daily minimum	126
Lowest daily minimum	97
Heaviest daily rainfall	138
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 27 July 1963 by timescale: all-time 10, monthly 20, daily 554.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

423 broken records

Margins by which the 423 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 60.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 July 1963

Top 20 records on 27 July 1963 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 July 1963	Beardsley, US	daily rain	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	61 years	65 of 100 (Major)
27 July 1963	Milbank 4 NW, US	monthly rain	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	60 years	64 of 100 (Major)
27 July 1963	Campbell, US	daily rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	40 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1963	Morris W Cntrl Rsch & Outreach, US	daily rain	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1963	Menno, US	monthly rain	119.1 mm (4.7 in)	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	39 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1963	Ft Ripley, US	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	41 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1963	Flandreau, US	daily rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	21 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1963	Brookings 2 NE, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	61 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1963	Castlewood, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	17 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1963	Arlington 1 W, US	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1963	Parkston 8 ENE, US	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	0 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1963	Canby, US	monthly rain	134.4 mm (5.3 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	43 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1963	Holyoke, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	63 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1963	Armour, US	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	62 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1963	Koolau Dam 833, US	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	12 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1963	Howard, US	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	17 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1963	Marion, US	daily rain	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	40 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1963	Eastport, US	daily high max	33.9 C (93.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	70 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1963	Bloomfield, US	monthly rain	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	6 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1963	Wentworth 2.5 WNW, US	daily rain	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	12 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

1805 to 1963

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1963. 1963 had 584 records.

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

Records on 07-27 in each year
Year	Records
1805	1
1815	2
1820	1
1832	2
1847	1
1852	1
1856	2
1857	2
1862	1
1863	1
1867	2
1868	4
1870	1
1871	1
1872	2
1873	1
1875	1
1876	2
1877	2
1881	2
1882	1
1883	5
1884	2
1886	1
1887	3
1888	3
1889	4
1890	5
1891	1
1893	2
1894	1
1895	2
1896	1
1897	5
1898	2
1899	4
1900	5
1901	11
1902	4
1903	13
1904	13
1905	7
1906	16
1907	14
1908	17
1909	18
1910	7
1911	51
1912	89
1913	43
1914	44
1915	31
1916	143
1917	46
1918	103
1919	86
1920	67
1921	123
1922	95
1923	142
1924	71
1925	234
1926	131
1927	69
1928	222
1929	177
1930	786
1931	429
1932	172
1933	414
1934	471
1935	289
1936	971
1937	407
1938	287
1939	284
1940	632
1941	457
1942	258
1943	326
1944	398
1945	337
1946	680
1947	389
1948	485
1949	418
1950	797
1951	207
1952	476
1953	248
1954	294
1955	521
1956	325
1957	372
1958	491
1959	395
1960	385
1961	277
1962	1,009
1963	584
1964	335
1965	434
1966	594
1967	559
1968	391
1969	588
1970	379
1971	1,083
1972	790
1973	751
1974	403
1975	588
1976	426
1977	878
1978	583
1979	749
1980	760
1981	1,233
1982	584
1983	1,455
1984	1,613
1985	571
1986	836
1987	1,108
1988	936
1989	1,103
1990	846
1991	763
1992	791
1993	1,317
1994	1,851
1995	1,192
1996	950
1997	1,173
1998	1,363
1999	820
2000	1,019
2001	1,265
2002	816
2003	1,064
2004	1,552
2005	1,743
2006	1,321
2007	904
2008	784
2009	829
2010	1,330
2011	1,007
2012	823
2013	1,110
2014	591
2015	744
2016	564
2017	460
2018	737
2019	597
2020	842
2021	1,131
2022	855
2023	826
2024	646
2025	853
2026	1,170

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Data for records on 1963-07-27: 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	361
10 to 20	25
20 to 30	18
30 to 40	8
40 to 50	4
50 to 60	6
60 to 70	1