Weather Records on 10 August 1963

479 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 10 August 1963. Highest significance: Janjgir, IN.

Key Facts for 10 August 1963

On 10 August 1963, 479 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
169 were record highs and 64 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 461 daily.
Janjgir set an all-time record daily precipitation of 254.0 mm (10.0 in) on 10 August 1963.
Across 160 earlier years (1814 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 468 records.

Record Map

479 stations

479 station records on 10 August 1963 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 10 August 1963: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Janjgir	India	Record daily precipitation	254.0 mm (10.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Clayton Muni Air Pk	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Merlin Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Homestead Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Umea	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mooramin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Conway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Chandbali	India	Record daily precipitation	272.2 mm (10.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Willcox	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mehkar	India	Record daily precipitation	99.0 mm (3.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Debrecen Airport	Hungary	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Khutar	India	Record daily precipitation	170.4 mm (6.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Girardeau	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Astrakan	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	9.8 C (49.6 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Albuquerque Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Fayetteville Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Asheville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Farleigh Co-Op Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Songadh	India	Record daily precipitation	54.5 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pueblo City Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fredericktown	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nara Visa	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Vada	India	Record daily precipitation	213.0 mm (8.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Harrisburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gatlinburg 2 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Farleigh Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tiree	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rajnandgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Peakvale Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bandher	India	Record daily precipitation	83.9 mm (3.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Vaughn	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Byad	India	Record daily precipitation	87.2 mm (3.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pagosa Springs 1SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kenton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gargett Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gordon Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Varanasi	India	Record daily precipitation	101.4 mm (4.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
De Hoop	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chinle	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
St Augustine	United States	Record low minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Holton	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Princeton	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Waynesboro 2 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Colfax	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sunnyside	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Knoxville AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Emerald Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ipira (Camisao)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record daily precipitation	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Loerie (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst Ns,	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Priest Rvr Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Williamstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tahlequah	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dayville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Perth Regional Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	22.7 C (72.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
New Westminster	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Millinocket	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Eldon	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

479 records

Records set or tied on 10 August 1963 by type: Highest daily maximum 40, Lowest daily maximum 36, Highest daily minimum 129, Lowest daily minimum 28, Heaviest daily rainfall 246.

Records on 10 August 1963 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	40
Lowest daily maximum	36
Highest daily minimum	129
Lowest daily minimum	28
Heaviest daily rainfall	246
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 10 August 1963 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 17, daily 461.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

395 broken records

Margins by which the 395 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 94.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

10 August 1963

Top 20 records on 10 August 1963 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
10 August 1963	Janjgir, IN	all-time rain	254.0 mm (10.0 in)	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	38 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1963	Clayton Muni Air Pk, US	monthly rain	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	6 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1963	Merlin Station, AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	52 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1963	Homestead Post Office, AU	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	68 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1963	Umea, SE	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	102 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1963	Mooramin, AU	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	20 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1963	Conway Station, AU	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	41 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1963	Chandbali, IN	monthly rain	272.2 mm (10.7 in)	77.9 mm (3.1 in)	3 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1963	Willcox, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	49 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1963	Mehkar, IN	daily rain	99.0 mm (3.9 in)	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	41 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1963	Debrecen Airport, HU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	44 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1963	Khutar, IN	daily rain	170.4 mm (6.7 in)	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	9 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1963	Cape Girardeau, US	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	70 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1963	Astrakan, RU	daily low min	9.8 C (49.6 F)	2.4 C (4.3 F)	78 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1963	Albuquerque Intl AP, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	4 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1963	Fayetteville Exp STN, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	61 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1963	Asheville, US	daily low max	20.0 C (68.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	83 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1963	Farleigh Co-Op Sugar Mill, AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	45 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1963	Songadh, IN	daily rain	54.5 mm (2.1 in)	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	50 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1963	Pueblo City Rsvr, US	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	29 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

1814 to 1963

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1814 to 1963. 1963 had 479 records.

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

Records on 08-10 in each year
Year	Records
1814	1
1815	1
1838	1
1845	2
1847	1
1849	1
1852	1
1853	1
1857	2
1859	1
1861	2
1862	2
1863	1
1864	1
1869	2
1871	1
1877	1
1879	4
1881	2
1884	2
1885	1
1886	1
1887	1
1888	1
1890	2
1891	6
1892	1
1893	1
1894	5
1895	1
1896	5
1897	7
1898	4
1899	6
1900	6
1901	5
1902	7
1903	8
1904	12
1905	5
1906	16
1907	9
1908	7
1909	33
1910	10
1911	40
1912	39
1913	44
1914	27
1915	26
1916	88
1917	51
1918	43
1919	51
1920	101
1921	66
1922	78
1923	175
1924	245
1925	430
1926	80
1927	294
1928	160
1929	264
1930	299
1931	424
1932	251
1933	305
1934	662
1935	480
1936	487
1937	399
1938	382
1939	593
1940	386
1941	459
1942	420
1943	304
1944	1,006
1945	360
1946	303
1947	766
1948	339
1949	586
1950	324
1951	425
1952	395
1953	431
1954	372
1955	309
1956	522
1957	322
1958	443
1959	528
1960	470
1961	640
1962	761
1963	479
1964	553
1965	700
1966	1,231
1967	766
1968	784
1969	588
1970	702
1971	760
1972	1,175
1973	597
1974	719
1975	664
1976	855
1977	786
1978	495
1979	700
1980	849
1981	857
1982	1,070
1983	915
1984	956
1985	918
1986	535
1987	896
1988	792
1989	1,291
1990	736
1991	819
1992	1,051
1993	774
1994	1,338
1995	1,119
1996	1,027
1997	1,504
1998	1,112
1999	945
2000	990
2001	1,192
2002	1,080
2003	1,556
2004	976
2005	1,225
2006	980
2007	1,476
2008	871
2009	869
2010	1,704
2011	1,247
2012	995
2013	599
2014	516
2015	583
2016	893
2017	636
2018	1,018
2019	754
2020	816
2021	553
2022	687
2023	782
2024	882
2025	659
2026	1,149

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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	360
20 to 40	30
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	2