Weather Records on 22 September 1963

351 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 September 1963. Highest significance: Beloit, US.

Key Facts for 22 September 1963

On 22 September 1963, 351 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
108 were record highs and 96 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 342 daily.
Beloit set a daily record precipitation of 59.9 mm (2.4 in) on 22 September 1963.
Across 166 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 429 records.

Record Map

351 stations

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

Weather records on 22 September 1963: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Beloit	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Beaver City	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
McCracken	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Hays 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Alma	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Norton 9SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Plainville 4WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Luroy	Norway	Record daily precipitation	112.2 mm (4.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Pundi	India	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Natoma	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Alert Bay	Canada	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Andenes	Norway	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Akhty	Russia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Orleans 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Minden	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Alton 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cintalapa	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ness City	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ottapidaram	India	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Narsipatnam	India	Record daily precipitation	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Densmore 2N	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bertrand	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kahuku 912	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hosur	India	Record daily precipitation	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kilanilai	India	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Marquette	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Konda	India	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hosadurga	India	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pitea	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	19.8 C (67.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Fremont 5 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bull Harbour	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Magadi	India	Record daily precipitation	82.5 mm (3.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wakeeney	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nelson	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	14.2 C (57.6 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hebron	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Port Hastings	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kodumudi	India	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Holdrege	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Richland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Vale	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Minsk	Belarus	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cawker City	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Elwood 8 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Wilsonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gettysburg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Vasilevici	Belarus	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sulur	India	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Robinson	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Cda	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Smith Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
McAdam	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Gundlupet	India	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Seetapal	India	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Motozintla (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bajramaly	Turkmenistan	Record high maximum temperature	39.5 C (103.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Dresden	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Franklinville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

351 records

Records set or tied on 22 September 1963 by type: Highest daily maximum 19, Lowest daily maximum 66, Highest daily minimum 89, Lowest daily minimum 30, Heaviest daily rainfall 146, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 22 September 1963 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	19
Lowest daily maximum	66
Highest daily minimum	89
Lowest daily minimum	30
Heaviest daily rainfall	146
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 22 September 1963 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 9, daily 342.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

278 broken records

Margins by which the 278 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 79.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 September 1963

Top 20 records on 22 September 1963 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 September 1963	Beloit, US	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	67 years	60 of 100 (Major)
22 September 1963	Beaver City, US	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	67 years	60 of 100 (Major)
22 September 1963	McCracken, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	48 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1963	Hays 1 S, US	daily rain	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	22 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1963	Alma, US	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	60 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1963	Norton 9SSE, US	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	67 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1963	Plainville 4WNW, US	daily rain	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	22 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1963	Luroy, NO	daily rain	112.2 mm (4.4 in)	79.1 mm (3.1 in)	14 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1963	Pundi, IN	daily rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	24 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1963	Natoma, US	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	48 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1963	Alert Bay, CA	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	38 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1963	Andenes, NO	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	25 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1963	Akhty, RU	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	15.9 mm (0.6 in)	52 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1963	Orleans 2 W, US	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	37 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1963	Minden, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	67 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1963	Alton 1 W, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	37 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1963	Cintalapa, MX	daily rain	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	18 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1963	Ness City, US	daily rain	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	52 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1963	Ottapidaram, IN	monthly rain	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	3.9 mm (0.15 in)	55 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1963	Narsipatnam, IN	daily rain	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	14 years	34 of 100 (Routine)

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 351 records.

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

Records on 09-22 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1796	1
1824	1
1825	1
1827	1
1830	1
1835	1
1838	1
1840	1
1842	2
1845	1
1846	1
1848	1
1851	3
1855	1
1856	1
1858	1
1863	1
1865	1
1868	1
1872	1
1874	1
1875	1
1877	4
1878	1
1881	2
1882	3
1885	1
1886	1
1888	1
1889	2
1890	2
1892	3
1893	1
1894	1
1895	7
1896	2
1897	3
1898	8
1899	12
1900	3
1901	3
1902	7
1903	4
1904	34
1905	5
1906	16
1907	12
1908	10
1909	6
1910	18
1911	17
1912	17
1913	43
1914	48
1915	23
1916	236
1917	128
1918	25
1919	64
1920	35
1921	44
1922	27
1923	118
1924	132
1925	265
1926	214
1927	160
1928	119
1929	166
1930	231
1931	732
1932	189
1933	230
1934	348
1935	231
1936	448
1937	507
1938	394
1939	266
1940	621
1941	424
1942	323
1943	266
1944	299
1945	739
1946	288
1947	583
1948	345
1949	385
1950	394
1951	419
1952	383
1953	253
1954	359
1955	584
1956	490
1957	580
1958	633
1959	416
1960	360
1961	555
1962	732
1963	351
1964	249
1965	841
1966	595
1967	507
1968	526
1969	488
1970	1,197
1971	500
1972	448
1973	509
1974	1,075
1975	591
1976	538
1977	632
1978	620
1979	991
1980	1,199
1981	754
1982	1,122
1983	2,060
1984	614
1985	820
1986	729
1987	1,300
1988	665
1989	1,155
1990	795
1991	758
1992	1,011
1993	1,448
1994	941
1995	2,498
1996	916
1997	851
1998	1,251
1999	1,172
2000	1,508
2001	604
2002	718
2003	1,472
2004	948
2005	1,155
2006	1,260
2007	896
2008	830
2009	985
2010	1,217
2011	611
2012	568
2013	673
2014	812
2015	666
2016	1,096
2017	1,272
2018	574
2019	651
2020	687
2021	432
2022	985
2023	905
2024	502
2025	387
2026	309

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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 10	221
10 to 20	30
20 to 30	10
30 to 40	8
40 to 50	3
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	1
70 to 80	4