Weather Records on 3 August 1963

352 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 August 1963. Highest significance: Hathwa, IN.

Key Facts for 3 August 1963

On 3 August 1963, 352 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
116 were record highs and 101 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 340 daily.
Hathwa set a daily record precipitation of 144.0 mm (5.7 in) on 3 August 1963.
Across 156 earlier years (1815 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 464 records.

Record Map

352 stations

352 station records on 3 August 1963 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 August 1963: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hathwa	India	Record daily precipitation	144.0 mm (5.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Morekulam	India	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Defiance	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mont-Aigoual	France	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Fenelon Falls	Canada	Record daily precipitation	116.1 mm (4.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Muzaffarpur	India	Record daily precipitation	220.0 mm (8.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Amos	Canada	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Blagovescensk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tbilisi	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mandawar	India	Record daily precipitation	79.7 mm (3.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ordway 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Angola	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Amsterdam	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	41.3 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record high minimum temperature	8.8 C (47.8 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	34.8 C (94.6 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ayodhya Ajobhy	India	Record daily precipitation	113.2 mm (4.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Zegveld	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Strijen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Aracaju	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tarabganj	India	Record daily precipitation	115.8 mm (4.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cochrane	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lalganj	India	Record daily precipitation	86.2 mm (3.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Atyrau	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	9.1 C (48.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Marsrakh	India	Record daily precipitation	133.3 mm (5.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mogumber	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Peterborough	Canada	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lesliganj	India	Record daily precipitation	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sihccajavri	Norway	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kirov	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	4.9 C (40.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Asthawan	India	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gyzylarbat	Turkmenistan	Record low maximum temperature	28.4 C (83.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Eupora 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gran Quivira Natl Mon	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Husum	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	28.8 C (83.8 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Baunsi	India	Record daily precipitation	115.0 mm (4.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Faizabad	India	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Eelde	Netherlands	Record high maximum temperature	32.0 C (89.6 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Umea	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	16.5 C (61.7 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wannerie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Abitibi Canyon	Canada	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	31.5 C (88.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gonda	India	Record daily precipitation	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Uil	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	8.7 C (47.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Missoula 6 NW WFO	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cherdyn'	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	3.7 C (38.7 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Talladega	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Salida	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Henderson 8 SSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Magdalena	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Zion Np	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Neosho	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Macdonald College	Canada	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Voru	Estonia	Record high maximum temperature	30.9 C (87.6 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tbilisi	Georgia	Record low maximum temperature	21.3 C (70.3 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Greifswald	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	29.9 C (85.8 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Marhaura(Amnar)	India	Record daily precipitation	111.5 mm (4.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mannargudi	India	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Akbarpur	India	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Denekamp	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cortez	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

352 records

Records set or tied on 3 August 1963 by type: Highest daily maximum 57, Lowest daily maximum 39, Highest daily minimum 59, Lowest daily minimum 62, Heaviest daily rainfall 135.

Records on 3 August 1963 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	57
Lowest daily maximum	39
Highest daily minimum	59
Lowest daily minimum	62
Heaviest daily rainfall	135
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 3 August 1963 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 12, daily 340.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

276 broken records

Margins by which the 276 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 173.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 August 1963

Top 20 records on 3 August 1963 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 August 1963	Hathwa, IN	daily rain	144.0 mm (5.7 in)	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1963	Morekulam, IN	daily rain	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	62.4 mm (2.5 in)	37 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1963	Defiance, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	29 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1963	Mont-Aigoual, FR	daily rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	28 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1963	Fenelon Falls, CA	monthly rain	116.1 mm (4.6 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	9 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1963	Muzaffarpur, IN	daily rain	220.0 mm (8.7 in)	173.5 mm (6.8 in)	14 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1963	Amos, CA	daily rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	4 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1963	Blagovescensk, RU	daily rain	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	67 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1963	Tbilisi, GE	daily rain	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	13 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1963	Mandawar, IN	daily rain	79.7 mm (3.1 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	56 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1963	Ordway 4 W, US	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	26 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1963	Angola, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	63 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1963	Amsterdam, NL	daily rain	41.3 mm (1.6 in)	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	12 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1963	Col du Grand St-Bernard, CH	daily high min	8.8 C (47.8 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	94 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1963	Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel, DE	daily high max	34.8 C (94.6 F)	5.7 C (10.3 F)	52 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1963	Ayodhya Ajobhy, IN	daily rain	113.2 mm (4.5 in)	61.9 mm (2.4 in)	32 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1963	Zegveld, NL	daily rain	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	12 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1963	Strijen, NL	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	12 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1963	Aracaju, BR	daily rain	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	37 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1963	Tarabganj, IN	daily rain	115.8 mm (4.6 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	57 years	35 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 352 records.

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

Records on 08-03 in each year
Year	Records
1815	1
1827	1
1834	2
1835	1
1838	1
1841	1
1847	1
1849	1
1854	1
1855	2
1856	1
1859	1
1868	1
1872	1
1875	1
1876	1
1877	4
1879	3
1880	1
1885	2
1886	1
1887	2
1888	4
1890	2
1891	1
1894	1
1895	11
1896	3
1897	1
1898	4
1899	6
1900	2
1902	6
1903	12
1904	6
1905	7
1906	20
1907	31
1908	23
1909	21
1910	14
1911	31
1912	68
1913	21
1914	24
1915	49
1916	55
1917	72
1918	71
1919	34
1920	56
1921	181
1922	33
1923	149
1924	165
1925	99
1926	300
1927	315
1928	332
1929	207
1930	816
1931	313
1932	319
1933	304
1934	434
1935	520
1936	555
1937	350
1938	542
1939	866
1940	292
1941	305
1942	328
1943	521
1944	530
1945	259
1946	316
1947	586
1948	414
1949	415
1950	445
1951	547
1952	326
1953	617
1954	401
1955	713
1956	640
1957	378
1958	389
1959	360
1960	482
1961	620
1962	359
1963	352
1964	891
1965	679
1966	444
1967	327
1968	368
1969	625
1970	394
1971	891
1972	757
1973	724
1974	906
1975	978
1976	892
1977	544
1978	832
1979	486
1980	800
1981	579
1982	778
1983	807
1984	925
1985	691
1986	750
1987	1,105
1988	1,046
1989	824
1990	845
1991	705
1992	869
1993	1,033
1994	973
1995	1,216
1996	965
1997	709
1998	1,406
1999	893
2000	869
2001	1,021
2002	1,000
2003	1,504
2004	980
2005	912
2006	1,514
2007	750
2008	926
2009	746
2010	1,392
2011	1,518
2012	685
2013	535
2014	961
2015	615
2016	640
2017	1,144
2018	1,039
2019	451
2020	708
2021	841
2022	654
2023	1,044
2024	1,401
2025	929
2026	1,242

Download the Data

Data for records on 1963-08-03: 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 25	249
25 to 50	19
50 to 75	4
75 to 100	3
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	1