Weather Records on 7 October 1963

453 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 October 1963. Highest significance: Khibiny, RU.

Key Facts for 7 October 1963

On 7 October 1963, 453 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
384 were record highs and 28 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 38 monthly and 415 daily.
Khibiny set a daily record precipitation of 30.6 mm (1.2 in) on 7 October 1963.
Across 165 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 460 records.

Record Map

453 stations

453 station records on 7 October 1963 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 October 1963: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Khibiny	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Yakutat AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	172.0 mm (6.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
S.Joao Do Piaui	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Toledo Blade	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Oberstdorf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	60.9 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Belaringar Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Toronto	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Keene	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Chanute Martin Johnson AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge Galt Moe	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge Galt Moe	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Grafton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kandalaksa	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Oktjabrskij-Gorodok	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	24.8 C (76.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mourilyan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kempten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Saentis	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Humboldt 3 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland #2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Plattsburgh AFB	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cornwall	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mather 3 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Oak Ridges	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Westfield 2 SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Fall Rvr Lake	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Haverhill	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Grinnell 3 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Wagoner	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sulphur Springs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hatteras	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tot-Ma	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	8.8 C (47.8 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Storm Lake	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Broken Bow 2 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hennessey 4 ESE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Manitowoc	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Marinette	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Stevens Pt	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Conway	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Fordyce	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomington Normal	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Greensburg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Meadow	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
St Peter	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lodgepole	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cortland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Westfield 2 SSE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bowling Green Wwtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Healdton 3 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Meeker 5 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Wallaceburg	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kon-Kolodez	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	12.6 C (54.7 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Grover 10 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Champaign 3S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Watseka Public Works	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Eureka 1E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Amidon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Marshall	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Westcliffe	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

453 records

Records set or tied on 7 October 1963 by type: Highest daily maximum 328, Lowest daily maximum 12, Highest daily minimum 56, Lowest daily minimum 16, Heaviest daily rainfall 40, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 7 October 1963 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	328
Lowest daily maximum	12
Highest daily minimum	56
Lowest daily minimum	16
Heaviest daily rainfall	40
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 7 October 1963 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 38, daily 415.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

311 broken records

Margins by which the 311 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 112.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 October 1963

Top 20 records on 7 October 1963 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 October 1963	Khibiny, RU	daily rain	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	58 years	61 of 100 (Major)
7 October 1963	Yakutat AP, US	daily rain	172.0 mm (6.8 in)	112.6 mm (4.4 in)	17 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1963	S.Joao Do Piaui, BR	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	41 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1963	Toledo Blade, US	daily high max	32.2 C (90.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	83 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1963	Oberstdorf, DE	daily rain	60.9 mm (2.4 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	2 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1963	Belaringar Station, AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	73 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1963	Woodstock, CA	daily high max	28.9 C (84.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	83 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1963	Toronto, CA	monthly high max	30.0 C (86.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	46 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1963	Keene, US	monthly high max	32.2 C (90.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	54 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1963	Chanute Martin Johnson AP, US	monthly high max	36.7 C (98.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	62 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1963	Cambridge Galt Moe, CA	daily high max	29.4 C (84.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	83 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
7 October 1963	Cambridge Galt Moe, CA	daily high min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	80 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
7 October 1963	Grafton, US	monthly high max	30.0 C (86.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	54 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
7 October 1963	Kandalaksa, RU	monthly rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	2.7 mm (0.11 in)	31 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
7 October 1963	Franklin, US	monthly high max	32.2 C (90.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	53 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
7 October 1963	Oktjabrskij-Gorodok, RU	daily high max	24.8 C (76.6 F)	2.4 C (4.3 F)	69 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
7 October 1963	Mourilyan Post Office, AU	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	48 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
7 October 1963	Kempten, DE	daily rain	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	22 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
7 October 1963	Saentis, CH	monthly rain	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	8.8 mm (0.35 in)	32 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
7 October 1963	Humboldt 3 W, US	daily high max	33.3 C (91.9 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	53 years	29 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

1802 to 1963

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1963. 1963 had 453 records.

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

Records on 10-07 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1811	1
1824	1
1839	1
1843	1
1852	2
1853	1
1854	1
1858	1
1861	1
1863	2
1864	4
1865	1
1867	2
1868	1
1869	1
1872	2
1873	4
1875	1
1876	2
1877	1
1878	1
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1884	1
1886	1
1887	1
1888	2
1889	3
1890	4
1891	2
1892	2
1893	5
1895	2
1896	2
1897	6
1898	7
1899	6
1900	6
1901	14
1902	3
1903	11
1904	27
1905	9
1906	5
1907	10
1908	14
1909	14
1910	18
1911	24
1912	36
1913	32
1914	20
1915	22
1916	35
1917	47
1918	121
1919	28
1920	106
1921	68
1922	43
1923	117
1924	86
1925	247
1926	157
1927	173
1928	120
1929	121
1930	517
1931	603
1932	476
1933	166
1934	237
1935	918
1936	436
1937	359
1938	471
1939	769
1940	159
1941	892
1942	184
1943	424
1944	265
1945	257
1946	1,128
1947	557
1948	333
1949	576
1950	363
1951	604
1952	1,470
1953	524
1954	465
1955	629
1956	548
1957	567
1958	598
1959	770
1960	413
1961	721
1962	449
1963	453
1964	961
1965	584
1966	398
1967	432
1968	764
1969	365
1970	1,148
1971	629
1972	537
1973	461
1974	773
1975	760
1976	1,087
1977	808
1978	406
1979	774
1980	1,253
1981	737
1982	1,079
1983	555
1984	717
1985	1,089
1986	519
1987	834
1988	753
1989	389
1990	948
1991	1,189
1992	872
1993	918
1994	1,144
1995	658
1996	1,073
1997	1,903
1998	1,331
1999	895
2000	2,427
2001	823
2002	704
2003	1,364
2004	518
2005	1,476
2006	1,004
2007	2,285
2008	621
2009	1,926
2010	994
2011	1,216
2012	1,350
2013	675
2014	569
2015	439
2016	537
2017	581
2018	1,063
2019	569
2020	1,175
2021	586
2022	557
2023	705
2024	849
2025	525
2026	917

Download the Data

Data for records on 1963-10-07: 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	307
20 to 40	3
40 to 60	0
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1