Weather Records on 8 October 1963

363 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 October 1963. Highest significance: Agartala, IN.

Key Facts for 8 October 1963

On 8 October 1963, 363 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
288 were record highs and 21 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 347 daily.
Agartala set a daily record precipitation of 184.1 mm (7.2 in) on 8 October 1963.
Across 164 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 467 records.

Record Map

363 stations

363 station records on 8 October 1963 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 October 1963: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Agartala	India	Record daily precipitation	184.1 mm (7.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Khibiny	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Manchester	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Oktjabrskij-Gorodok	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	13.2 C (55.8 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	3.8 C (38.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Zametchino	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	12.3 C (54.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Spier Falls	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Drummonds	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Port Blair	India	Record daily precipitation	98.4 mm (3.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Huatusco de Chicuellar	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Liberty 1 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hosur	India	Record daily precipitation	80.2 mm (3.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Birch Tree	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bethlehem	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sangli	India	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Fordyce	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hot Springs 1 NNE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Fitchburg 4 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Willow Sprg Radio Kuku	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Norman 3SSE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Purcell 2 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Vernon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Oktjabrskij-Gorodok	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	24.5 C (76.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Farmerville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sviland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Poretskoye	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	11.5 C (52.7 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kamennaja-Step	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	14.1 C (57.4 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Dardanelle	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ozark	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Warren 2 ENE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mohonk Lake	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Port Hastings	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Venkatagirikota	India	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lalgudi	India	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sotchi	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Marianna 2 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Paterson	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cornwall	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Narsaraopet	India	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hanover	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Keene	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sussex 1 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Fruitland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ithaca Cornell UNIV	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Claremore 2 ENE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Healdton 3 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hugo	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Johnsbury	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
McAlester Rgnl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Amarapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hadagalli	India	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Fayetteville Exp STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Richfield	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Beloit	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Houston	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Morrisville 6 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ada	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

363 records

Records set or tied on 8 October 1963 by type: Highest daily maximum 246, Lowest daily maximum 11, Highest daily minimum 42, Lowest daily minimum 10, Heaviest daily rainfall 53, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 8 October 1963 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	246
Lowest daily maximum	11
Highest daily minimum	42
Lowest daily minimum	10
Heaviest daily rainfall	53
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 8 October 1963 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 16, daily 347.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

276 broken records

Margins by which the 276 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 84.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 October 1963

Top 20 records on 8 October 1963 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 October 1963	Agartala, IN	daily rain	184.1 mm (7.2 in)	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	42 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1963	Khibiny, RU	daily rain	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	28 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1963	Manchester, US	monthly high max	32.2 C (90.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	72 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1963	Oktjabrskij-Gorodok, RU	daily high min	13.2 C (55.8 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	67 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1963	Sandvig, DK	daily low min	3.8 C (38.8 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	72 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1963	Zametchino, RU	daily high min	12.3 C (54.1 F)	2.1 C (3.8 F)	69 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1963	Spier Falls, US	daily high max	30.6 C (87.1 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	53 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1963	Drummonds, AU	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	25 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1963	Port Blair, IN	daily rain	98.4 mm (3.9 in)	43.3 mm (1.7 in)	10 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1963	Huatusco de Chicuellar, MX	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	52 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1963	Liberty 1 NE, US	daily high max	28.9 C (84.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	54 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1963	Burketown Post Office, AU	daily low max	27.8 C (82.0 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	66 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1963	Hosur, IN	daily rain	80.2 mm (3.2 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	46 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1963	Birch Tree, US	daily high max	32.2 C (90.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	69 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1963	Bethlehem, US	daily high max	27.8 C (82.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	46 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1963	Sangli, IN	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1963	Fordyce, US	daily high max	35.6 C (96.1 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	50 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1963	Hot Springs 1 NNE, US	daily high max	36.1 C (97.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	50 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1963	Fitchburg 4 SE, US	daily high max	31.7 C (89.1 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	46 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1963	Willow Sprg Radio Kuku, US	daily high max	31.1 C (88.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	65 years	28 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 363 records.

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

Records on 10-08 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1812	1
1815	1
1824	2
1829	1
1834	1
1839	2
1843	1
1849	1
1852	1
1854	1
1857	1
1863	1
1864	3
1865	2
1869	1
1870	1
1873	2
1874	1
1876	2
1877	1
1878	1
1880	2
1881	2
1882	2
1884	1
1886	2
1887	1
1888	6
1889	5
1890	2
1891	2
1893	4
1894	1
1895	4
1896	3
1897	2
1898	4
1899	1
1900	13
1901	5
1903	6
1904	11
1905	12
1906	2
1907	17
1908	27
1909	9
1910	13
1911	14
1912	17
1913	66
1914	27
1915	18
1916	121
1917	47
1918	33
1919	98
1920	104
1921	90
1922	51
1923	127
1924	118
1925	207
1926	162
1927	106
1928	303
1929	75
1930	400
1931	391
1932	283
1933	237
1934	241
1935	427
1936	645
1937	262
1938	331
1939	810
1940	170
1941	587
1942	209
1943	405
1944	191
1945	314
1946	471
1947	311
1948	344
1949	1,198
1950	535
1951	417
1952	1,034
1953	401
1954	521
1955	600
1956	556
1957	473
1958	451
1959	962
1960	316
1961	630
1962	597
1963	363
1964	1,078
1965	449
1966	394
1967	452
1968	405
1969	307
1970	1,672
1971	468
1972	367
1973	770
1974	604
1975	1,034
1976	1,302
1977	818
1978	671
1979	882
1980	758
1981	719
1982	1,184
1983	712
1984	694
1985	1,635
1986	429
1987	1,271
1988	793
1989	641
1990	1,438
1991	915
1992	1,277
1993	946
1994	1,259
1995	703
1996	1,261
1997	2,604
1998	941
1999	1,196
2000	2,916
2001	810
2002	706
2003	1,225
2004	748
2005	1,303
2006	625
2007	1,924
2008	582
2009	1,506
2010	1,062
2011	1,055
2012	943
2013	496
2014	554
2015	682
2016	550
2017	944
2018	1,135
2019	532
2020	1,163
2021	766
2022	572
2023	720
2024	877
2025	585
2026	784

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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	270
20 to 40	3
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1