Weather Records on 24 September 1963

715 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 September 1963. Highest significance: Milton Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 24 September 1963

On 24 September 1963, 715 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
123 were record highs and 466 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 63 monthly and 652 daily.
Milton Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 118.6 mm (4.7 in) on 24 September 1963.
Across 166 earlier years (1803 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 426 records.

Record Map

715 stations

715 station records on 24 September 1963 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 September 1963: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Milton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	118.6 mm (4.7 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Nerriga Composite	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Mount Fairy (Merigan)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Cathcart (Old Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Sutton Forest (Uralba)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Exeter	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Chatsbury (Maryland)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Copainala	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bundanoon Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Penrose (Panorama)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Marulan (George St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hickeys Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	137.7 mm (5.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	54.5 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cooma (Kiaora)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Malmo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Eastern View	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Taralga (Grathawai)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Araluen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Fellsmere 7 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.2 mm (4.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kangaroo Valley (Main Rd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nimmitabel Wastewater Treatmen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ebersberg-Halbing	Germany	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Inverness 3 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Villahermosa (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Majors Creek (the Old School)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Estevan Point	Canada	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lund	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Walhalla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Chengannur	India	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Middletown 4 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Canton 4 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nowra Treatment Works	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Grafton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock 2 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Champoton (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rhinelander	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Port Dover	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Carlisle	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericksburg Np	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Philadelphia City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dwtn Charleston	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Guelph Oac	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Springfield	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
State College	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Winnsboro	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Greeneville Exp STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Manchester	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Brockport	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Huntingdon	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Little Mtn	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Blackwarry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Alton	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cottbus	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	15.4 C (59.7 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hirekerur	India	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
St Petersburg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Chestertown	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

715 records

Records set or tied on 24 September 1963 by type: Highest daily maximum 29, Lowest daily maximum 101, Highest daily minimum 94, Lowest daily minimum 365, Heaviest daily rainfall 126.

Records on 24 September 1963 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	29
Lowest daily maximum	101
Highest daily minimum	94
Lowest daily minimum	365
Heaviest daily rainfall	126
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 24 September 1963 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 63, daily 652.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

565 broken records

Margins by which the 565 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 116.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 September 1963

Top 20 records on 24 September 1963 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 September 1963	Milton Post Office, AU	daily rain	118.6 mm (4.7 in)	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	85 years	73 of 100 (Major)
24 September 1963	Nerriga Composite, AU	monthly rain	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	60 years	72 of 100 (Major)
24 September 1963	Mount Fairy (Merigan), AU	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	45 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 1963	Cathcart (Old Post Office), AU	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	49 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 1963	Sutton Forest (Uralba), AU	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	30 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 1963	Exeter, AU	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	30 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 1963	Chatsbury (Maryland), AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 1963	Copainala, MX	daily rain	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	33 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 1963	Bundanoon Bowling Club, AU	daily rain	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	30 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 1963	Penrose (Panorama), AU	monthly rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	46 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 1963	Marulan (George St), AU	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	13 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 1963	Hickeys Creek Post Office, AU	daily rain	137.7 mm (5.4 in)	116.1 mm (4.6 in)	14 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 1963	Hohenpeissenberg, DE	daily rain	54.5 mm (2.1 in)	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	18 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 1963	Cooma (Kiaora), AU	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 1963	Malmo, SE	daily rain	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 1963	Eastern View, AU	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	0 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 1963	Taralga (Grathawai), AU	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	38 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 1963	Araluen Post Office, AU	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	70 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 1963	Fellsmere 7 SSW, US	daily rain	121.2 mm (4.8 in)	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	20 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 1963	Kangaroo Valley (Main Rd), AU	daily rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	12 years	41 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

1803 to 1963

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1803 to 1963. 1963 had 715 records.

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

Records on 09-24 in each year
Year	Records
1803	1
1835	1
1836	1
1842	1
1847	1
1852	2
1854	2
1857	2
1858	1
1859	1
1860	1
1863	1
1864	1
1865	1
1866	1
1867	2
1868	1
1870	3
1871	1
1872	1
1873	1
1874	2
1875	2
1876	1
1877	3
1878	2
1881	5
1884	1
1885	2
1887	1
1889	5
1890	1
1891	2
1892	5
1893	1
1894	2
1895	7
1896	2
1898	1
1899	4
1900	5
1901	3
1902	10
1903	8
1904	9
1905	7
1906	5
1907	20
1908	23
1909	31
1910	8
1911	11
1912	49
1913	9
1914	23
1915	159
1916	253
1917	87
1918	7
1919	26
1920	69
1921	23
1922	49
1923	70
1924	175
1925	146
1926	630
1927	194
1928	603
1929	137
1930	488
1931	463
1932	354
1933	424
1934	367
1935	449
1936	329
1937	237
1938	355
1939	331
1940	319
1941	319
1942	918
1943	413
1944	334
1945	475
1946	425
1947	704
1948	422
1949	554
1950	778
1951	580
1952	425
1953	346
1954	269
1955	577
1956	427
1957	370
1958	725
1959	414
1960	487
1961	680
1962	360
1963	715
1964	329
1965	624
1966	410
1967	394
1968	433
1969	278
1970	1,046
1971	485
1972	480
1973	1,208
1974	1,204
1975	1,116
1976	556
1977	814
1978	619
1979	577
1980	633
1981	604
1982	702
1983	1,128
1984	1,565
1985	771
1986	1,207
1987	729
1988	740
1989	1,668
1990	969
1991	519
1992	1,250
1993	1,055
1994	842
1995	1,251
1996	676
1997	1,238
1998	945
1999	933
2000	1,966
2001	1,097
2002	885
2003	863
2004	600
2005	1,256
2006	1,306
2007	1,244
2008	633
2009	866
2010	1,340
2011	770
2012	545
2013	514
2014	764
2015	770
2016	732
2017	1,402
2018	497
2019	516
2020	754
2021	457
2022	395
2023	689
2024	778
2025	576
2026	389

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Data for records on 1963-09-24: 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	538
20 to 40	12
40 to 60	9
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	1