Weather Records on 22 August 1963

419 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 August 1963. Highest significance: Kaiserganj, IN.

Key Facts for 22 August 1963

On 22 August 1963, 419 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
48 were record highs and 73 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 411 daily.
Kaiserganj set a daily record precipitation of 160.3 mm (6.3 in) on 22 August 1963.
Across 167 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 437 records.

Record Map

419 stations

419 station records on 22 August 1963 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 August 1963: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kaiserganj	India	Record daily precipitation	160.3 mm (6.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Bidhuna	India	Record daily precipitation	192.5 mm (7.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Baunsi	India	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mundagod	India	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Tilhar	India	Record daily precipitation	126.2 mm (5.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tooma	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	49.7 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Rockingham Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Muzaffarnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	122.4 mm (4.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hathwa	India	Record daily precipitation	123.0 mm (4.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ayodhya Ajobhy	India	Record daily precipitation	163.0 mm (6.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Atraula	India	Record daily precipitation	140.7 mm (5.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mankapur	India	Record daily precipitation	157.5 mm (6.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gisela	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dillingham FAA AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dellyanine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pinehurst Sthrn Pines	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Riva	Italy	Record low minimum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wikieup	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Faizabad	India	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cushman Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Benson	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Marquette	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lilydale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Verhojansk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-7.5 C (18.5 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Duranillin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Jhajjar	India	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gonda	India	Record daily precipitation	161.0 mm (6.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Doctors Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Janwada	India	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Digri	India	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gonda	India	Record daily precipitation	169.6 mm (6.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Payson Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Balingup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sullurpet	India	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Columbia 2SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Serpentine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Jogeva	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bassein	India	Record daily precipitation	138.0 mm (5.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Port Blair	India	Record daily precipitation	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Reno Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Balkapur	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Keninup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Wagin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Baswa	India	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Haldwani	India	Record daily precipitation	138.7 mm (5.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Holbrook	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Safford	United States	Record low maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Pinjarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Woodperry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ratnagiri	India	Record daily precipitation	119.2 mm (4.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Edgeley 3WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-9.0 C (15.8 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Nellore	India	Record daily precipitation	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Jagalur	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mandya	India	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Dataganj	India	Record daily precipitation	98.5 mm (3.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Pinedale	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
La Belle	United States	Record low minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Moncure 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Port Townsend	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

419 records

Records set or tied on 22 August 1963 by type: Highest daily maximum 20, Lowest daily maximum 33, Highest daily minimum 28, Lowest daily minimum 40, Heaviest daily rainfall 298.

Records on 22 August 1963 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	20
Lowest daily maximum	33
Highest daily minimum	28
Lowest daily minimum	40
Heaviest daily rainfall	298
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 22 August 1963 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 8, daily 411.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

350 broken records

Margins by which the 350 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 126.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 August 1963

Top 20 records on 22 August 1963 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 August 1963	Kaiserganj, IN	daily rain	160.3 mm (6.3 in)	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1963	Bidhuna, IN	daily rain	192.5 mm (7.6 in)	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1963	Baunsi, IN	daily rain	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	44 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1963	Mundagod, IN	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	29 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1963	Tilhar, IN	daily rain	126.2 mm (5.0 in)	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	48 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1963	Tooma, EE	daily rain	49.7 mm (2.0 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	17 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1963	Rockingham Post Office, AU	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	8 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1963	Muzaffarnagar, IN	daily rain	122.4 mm (4.8 in)	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	44 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1963	Hathwa, IN	daily rain	123.0 mm (4.8 in)	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	40 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1963	Ayodhya Ajobhy, IN	daily rain	163.0 mm (6.4 in)	126.2 mm (5.0 in)	9 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1963	Atraula, IN	daily rain	140.7 mm (5.5 in)	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	13 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1963	Mankapur, IN	daily rain	157.5 mm (6.2 in)	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	12 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1963	Gisela, US	daily rain	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	4 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1963	Dillingham FAA AP, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1963	Dellyanine, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	38 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1963	Pinehurst Sthrn Pines, US	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	56 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1963	Riva, IT	monthly low min	9.0 C (48.2 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	49 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1963	Wikieup, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	2 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1963	Faizabad, IN	daily rain	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	64.1 mm (2.5 in)	13 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1963	Cushman Dam, US	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	22.7 mm (0.9 in)	10 years	36 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

1802 to 1963

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1963. 1963 had 419 records.

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

Records on 08-22 in each year
Year	Records
1802	2
1803	1
1805	1
1812	1
1816	1
1835	1
1839	2
1843	1
1846	2
1849	1
1850	1
1853	1
1857	1
1863	1
1864	1
1867	1
1868	1
1869	1
1870	4
1872	1
1875	1
1876	3
1877	3
1878	2
1882	1
1883	1
1884	1
1885	1
1886	1
1887	2
1888	2
1889	3
1891	2
1892	6
1893	3
1894	7
1895	6
1896	2
1897	4
1898	6
1899	5
1900	1
1901	5
1902	6
1903	3
1904	8
1905	7
1906	24
1907	7
1908	29
1909	5
1910	19
1911	20
1912	39
1913	30
1914	18
1915	31
1916	75
1917	47
1918	85
1919	18
1920	60
1921	64
1922	44
1923	279
1924	148
1925	219
1926	144
1927	154
1928	134
1929	240
1930	276
1931	388
1932	222
1933	367
1934	234
1935	337
1936	954
1937	421
1938	501
1939	517
1940	503
1941	249
1942	500
1943	517
1944	526
1945	475
1946	410
1947	1,034
1948	297
1949	570
1950	460
1951	452
1952	372
1953	348
1954	466
1955	553
1956	785
1957	371
1958	511
1959	547
1960	612
1961	562
1962	329
1963	419
1964	686
1965	423
1966	830
1967	404
1968	1,091
1969	727
1970	368
1971	1,021
1972	436
1973	611
1974	628
1975	597
1976	722
1977	655
1978	529
1979	547
1980	640
1981	795
1982	912
1983	1,366
1984	739
1985	793
1986	1,073
1987	801
1988	1,133
1989	753
1990	808
1991	808
1992	994
1993	845
1994	803
1995	1,002
1996	942
1997	1,381
1998	1,016
1999	756
2000	867
2001	940
2002	1,385
2003	1,550
2004	1,029
2005	887
2006	832
2007	1,801
2008	869
2009	1,347
2010	1,397
2011	1,255
2012	831
2013	450
2014	911
2015	529
2016	730
2017	537
2018	752
2019	558
2020	1,041
2021	683
2022	781
2023	1,525
2024	803
2025	1,359
2026	992

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Data for records on 1963-08-22: 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 20	310
20 to 40	23
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	4
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	1