Weather Records on 8 August 1963

601 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 August 1963. Highest significance: Palermo, IT.

Key Facts for 8 August 1963

On 8 August 1963, 601 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
171 were record highs and 89 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 33 monthly and 565 daily.
Palermo set a daily record precipitation of 45.0 mm (1.8 in) on 8 August 1963.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 467 records.

Record Map

601 stations

601 station records on 8 August 1963 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 August 1963: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Palermo	Italy	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Ljungby	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Piketberg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	86.5 mm (3.4 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Welbedacht	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Eersterivier (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Mainpuri	India	Record daily precipitation	154.6 mm (6.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Kalsia	India	Record daily precipitation	216.4 mm (8.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Morrisville 6 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Wupperthal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	70.5 mm (2.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Reenen	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Dom Mauricio	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Jeoli Jansath	India	Record daily precipitation	215.9 mm (8.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lokenburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Melmoth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lunawada	India	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Khandar	India	Record daily precipitation	142.0 mm (5.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Botany No.1 Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Dingo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Itatira	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Niwai	India	Record daily precipitation	109.1 mm (4.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Muzaffarnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	150.0 mm (5.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Puts	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tehachapi	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Philadelphia Polisie	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kluitjeskraal (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sydney Airport AMO	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cromer Golf Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
La Plaisante	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Independence	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tropic	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jaora	India	Record daily precipitation	172.0 mm (6.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Malmesbury	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gandai	India	Record daily precipitation	104.2 mm (4.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Miranda (Blackwood St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Naraingarh	India	Record daily precipitation	109.8 mm (4.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hedal I Valdres	Norway	Record daily precipitation	54.5 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Langgewens (Wrs)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Barstow	United States	Record low maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Barud(Warud)	India	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Elandsfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	101.0 mm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Nieuwoudville (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tuddal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Vrugbaar	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.9 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Aktobe	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	5.2 C (41.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Orje	Norway	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Villiersdorp	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rhebokskraal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Jacampari	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Budapest	Hungary	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Vredenburg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Uman	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	35.1 C (95.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Paso Robles	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pioche	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Byfield Childs Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mosman (Bapaume Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Randwick Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Amethi	India	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tunhovd	Norway	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
South Wales Emery Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

601 records

Records set or tied on 8 August 1963 by type: Highest daily maximum 60, Lowest daily maximum 47, Highest daily minimum 111, Lowest daily minimum 42, Heaviest daily rainfall 341.

Records on 8 August 1963 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	60
Lowest daily maximum	47
Highest daily minimum	111
Lowest daily minimum	42
Heaviest daily rainfall	341
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 8 August 1963 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 33, daily 565.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

497 broken records

Margins by which the 497 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 133.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 August 1963

Top 20 records on 8 August 1963 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 August 1963	Palermo, IT	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	106 years	67 of 100 (Major)
8 August 1963	Ljungby, SE	daily rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	64 years	67 of 100 (Major)
8 August 1963	Piketberg (Pol), ZA	monthly rain	86.5 mm (3.4 in)	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	27 years	66 of 100 (Major)
8 August 1963	Welbedacht, ZA	all-time rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	46 years	64 of 100 (Major)
8 August 1963	Eersterivier (Bos), ZA	daily rain	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	53 years	63 of 100 (Major)
8 August 1963	Mainpuri, IN	daily rain	154.6 mm (6.1 in)	80.7 mm (3.2 in)	46 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1963	Kalsia, IN	daily rain	216.4 mm (8.5 in)	121.1 mm (4.8 in)	41 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1963	Morrisville 6 SW, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	46 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1963	Wupperthal, ZA	monthly rain	70.5 mm (2.8 in)	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	60 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1963	Reenen, ZA	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	33 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1963	Dom Mauricio, BR	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	44 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1963	Jeoli Jansath, IN	daily rain	215.9 mm (8.5 in)	133.9 mm (5.3 in)	14 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1963	Lokenburg, ZA	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1963	Melmoth, AU	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	48 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1963	Lunawada, IN	daily rain	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1963	Khandar, IN	daily rain	142.0 mm (5.6 in)	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	18 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1963	Botany No.1 Dam, AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	74 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1963	Dingo Post Office, AU	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1963	Itatira, BR	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1963	Niwai, IN	daily rain	109.1 mm (4.3 in)	76.1 mm (3.0 in)	16 years	44 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

1793 to 1963

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1963. 1963 had 601 records.

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

Records on 08-08 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1798	1
1800	1
1808	3
1815	1
1833	1
1843	1
1844	2
1845	1
1854	1
1859	3
1860	1
1861	1
1863	1
1865	1
1868	2
1869	1
1871	1
1873	3
1875	2
1876	2
1877	1
1878	1
1879	2
1880	1
1884	3
1888	3
1890	2
1891	1
1892	2
1893	1
1895	8
1896	2
1897	5
1898	10
1899	8
1900	11
1901	2
1902	2
1903	20
1904	13
1905	7
1906	9
1907	9
1908	13
1909	34
1910	5
1911	38
1912	57
1913	28
1914	7
1915	47
1916	39
1917	35
1918	160
1919	28
1920	138
1921	42
1922	74
1923	70
1924	99
1925	149
1926	190
1927	278
1928	252
1929	166
1930	801
1931	318
1932	234
1933	228
1934	734
1935	508
1936	359
1937	362
1938	855
1939	671
1940	333
1941	324
1942	614
1943	512
1944	352
1945	572
1946	349
1947	442
1948	543
1949	675
1950	516
1951	513
1952	305
1953	393
1954	558
1955	537
1956	273
1957	517
1958	496
1959	470
1960	399
1961	270
1962	567
1963	601
1964	467
1965	520
1966	598
1967	432
1968	868
1969	584
1970	703
1971	646
1972	1,073
1973	446
1974	726
1975	1,041
1976	1,202
1977	607
1978	976
1979	466
1980	919
1981	964
1982	711
1983	1,110
1984	619
1985	726
1986	575
1987	861
1988	733
1989	2,398
1990	1,124
1991	1,230
1992	1,267
1993	654
1994	1,009
1995	1,503
1996	814
1997	1,381
1998	1,304
1999	1,248
2000	961
2001	1,557
2002	1,059
2003	1,432
2004	1,115
2005	882
2006	842
2007	1,660
2008	834
2009	1,112
2010	1,254
2011	1,256
2012	754
2013	841
2014	542
2015	835
2016	560
2017	831
2018	731
2019	722
2020	894
2021	502
2022	711
2023	979
2024	774
2025	752
2026	1,000

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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 20	441
20 to 40	39
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	3
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	2