Weather Records on 28 July 1963

484 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 July 1963. Highest significance: Johnson 11 ESE, US.

Key Facts for 28 July 1963

On 28 July 1963, 484 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
183 were record highs and 118 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 462 daily.
Johnson 11 ESE set a monthly record daily precipitation of 140.2 mm (5.5 in) on 28 July 1963.
Across 155 earlier years (1815 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 472 records.

Record Map

484 stations

484 station records on 28 July 1963 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 July 1963: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Johnson 11 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	140.2 mm (5.5 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Stanley Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Chandor	India	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Midland 4 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bramfield Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Corny Point	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kappawanta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Colton (Boola Boola)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kelso	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sublette 7WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Deddington (Marathon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Raleigh 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hahndorf	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Second Valley (Spring Grove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Alva 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Guthrie 5S	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Avoca (Railway House)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gove 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	13.6 C (56.5 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Northdown (Hamley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Huntingdon	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Karjat	India	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Inwood 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Eastport	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Touros	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	54.5 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bathurst	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Deerfield 10 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Geary	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	6.6 C (43.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Springfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Purcell 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Birdwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Amity	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hobbs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego de la Union	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Stratford	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Esperance Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Plains	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Perry	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gavle	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	4.1 C (39.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sveg	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-1.0 C (30.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Two Buttes	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Albion	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Poughkeepsie	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Yankalilla (Inman Valley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Port Hastings	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Los Gatos	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Parkton 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Parbhani	India	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Falun	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	4.7 C (40.5 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Miles City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Roberval Nord	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Jogeva	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Guhagar	India	Record daily precipitation	182.0 mm (7.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
La Piedad de Cabadas (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Flahult	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	0.9 C (33.6 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Carmel 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
College Park	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

484 records

Records set or tied on 28 July 1963 by type: Highest daily maximum 66, Lowest daily maximum 40, Highest daily minimum 117, Lowest daily minimum 78, Heaviest daily rainfall 183.

Records on 28 July 1963 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	66
Lowest daily maximum	40
Highest daily minimum	117
Lowest daily minimum	78
Heaviest daily rainfall	183
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 28 July 1963 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 18, daily 462.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

377 broken records

Margins by which the 377 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 76.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 July 1963

Top 20 records on 28 July 1963 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 July 1963	Johnson 11 ESE, US	monthly rain	140.2 mm (5.5 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	68 years	77 of 100 (Major)
28 July 1963	Stanley Post Office, AU	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	46 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1963	Chandor, IN	daily rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1963	Midland 4 ENE, US	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	65 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1963	Bramfield Post Office, AU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	60 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1963	Corny Point, AU	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1963	Kappawanta, AU	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	53 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1963	Colton (Boola Boola), AU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	60 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1963	Kelso, AU	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	16 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1963	Sublette 7WSW, US	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	36 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1963	Deddington (Marathon), AU	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1963	Raleigh 4 SW, US	daily rain	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	60.9 mm (2.4 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1963	Hahndorf, AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	77 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1963	Second Valley (Spring Grove), AU	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	52 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1963	Alva 1W, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	56 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1963	Guthrie 5S, US	daily rain	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	4 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1963	Avoca (Railway House), AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	8 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1963	Gove 4W, US	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	4 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1963	Sydney (Observatory Hill), AU	daily high min	13.6 C (56.5 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	91 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1963	Northdown (Hamley), AU	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	8 years	37 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

1815 to 1963

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1815 to 1963. 1963 had 484 records.

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

Records on 07-28 in each year
Year	Records
1815	1
1832	2
1834	1
1838	1
1846	1
1848	1
1853	1
1857	1
1860	2
1866	2
1867	1
1872	3
1873	1
1874	1
1882	1
1883	3
1884	3
1886	2
1887	2
1888	3
1890	3
1891	8
1892	3
1893	5
1894	4
1895	6
1896	4
1897	4
1898	6
1900	8
1901	14
1902	4
1903	16
1904	23
1905	10
1906	18
1907	39
1908	15
1909	19
1910	18
1911	61
1912	32
1913	54
1914	42
1915	36
1916	134
1917	84
1918	34
1919	53
1920	95
1921	92
1922	82
1923	193
1924	79
1925	361
1926	175
1927	129
1928	341
1929	215
1930	603
1931	464
1932	184
1933	390
1934	533
1935	354
1936	471
1937	315
1938	264
1939	339
1940	507
1941	525
1942	165
1943	429
1944	349
1945	399
1946	380
1947	630
1948	535
1949	496
1950	1,035
1951	320
1952	669
1953	251
1954	355
1955	537
1956	309
1957	298
1958	549
1959	417
1960	416
1961	357
1962	772
1963	484
1964	422
1965	422
1966	349
1967	458
1968	547
1969	737
1970	343
1971	1,161
1972	675
1973	500
1974	343
1975	537
1976	493
1977	724
1978	681
1979	692
1980	1,170
1981	1,315
1982	774
1983	1,389
1984	1,373
1985	627
1986	868
1987	1,202
1988	761
1989	936
1990	757
1991	768
1992	678
1993	1,026
1994	2,266
1995	1,251
1996	1,178
1997	1,024
1998	1,835
1999	985
2000	857
2001	938
2002	866
2003	932
2004	1,345
2005	1,387
2006	1,398
2007	998
2008	923
2009	964
2010	1,306
2011	1,143
2012	731
2013	1,428
2014	713
2015	911
2016	648
2017	476
2018	655
2019	469
2020	721
2021	831
2022	990
2023	765
2024	668
2025	845
2026	863

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Data for records on 1963-07-28: 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	302
10 to 20	42
20 to 30	19
30 to 40	5
40 to 50	5
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	1
70 to 80	1