Weather Records on 16 October 1963

464 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 October 1963. Highest significance: Brunswick, US.

Key Facts for 16 October 1963

On 16 October 1963, 464 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
301 were record highs and 8 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 464 daily.
Brunswick set a daily record precipitation of 81.3 mm (3.2 in) on 16 October 1963.
Across 163 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 438 records.

Record Map

464 stations

464 station records on 16 October 1963 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 October 1963: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Brunswick	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
S.Joao Do Piaui	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Herington	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Nalia	India	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Westhaven	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Osage City	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Chintakunta	India	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Florence	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Neosho Rapids	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Borsad	India	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Halol	India	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lindsay	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lebo	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lyons 3 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Augusta	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Jetmore	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dwarka	India	Record daily precipitation	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Windom	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge Galt Moe	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Newton	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wellington	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nanded	India	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Eastport	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rockport 1 ESE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Richland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Akola	India	Record daily precipitation	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Big Sur STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Farmerville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisonville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Houston	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolskoye/Beringa Ostrov	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	7.5 C (45.5 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
San Luis Obispo Poly	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
McCracken	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Elizabeth	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Oshkosh	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Chandur Railway	India	Record daily precipitation	82.7 mm (3.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Apatzingan (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ellsworth	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Carson City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Neillsville 3ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Unionville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Appleton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kewaunee	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Haina 214	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mokpo	Korea, South	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Aibonito 1 S	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
San Jacinto	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Overbrook 5 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hugo	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Beloit	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Prairie du Sac 2 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Dearborn	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Esperance Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
The Pas	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Alisagar	India	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bhadran	India	Record daily precipitation	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Newman	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Garnett 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
McPherson	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

464 records

Records set or tied on 16 October 1963 by type: Highest daily maximum 181, Lowest daily maximum 4, Highest daily minimum 120, Lowest daily minimum 4, Heaviest daily rainfall 154, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 16 October 1963 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	181
Lowest daily maximum	4
Highest daily minimum	120
Lowest daily minimum	4
Heaviest daily rainfall	154
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 16 October 1963 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 464.

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 74.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 October 1963

Top 20 records on 16 October 1963 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 October 1963	Brunswick, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	32 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1963	S.Joao Do Piaui, BR	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	52 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1963	Herington, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	25 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1963	Nalia, IN	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	61 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1963	Westhaven, US	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1963	Osage City, US	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	64 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1963	Chintakunta, IN	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	10 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1963	Florence, US	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	34 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1963	Neosho Rapids, US	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	56 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1963	Borsad, IN	daily rain	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	61 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1963	Halol, IN	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	61 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1963	Lindsay, US	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1963	Lebo, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	64 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1963	Lyons 3 S, US	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	25 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1963	Madison, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	48 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1963	Augusta, US	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	64 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1963	Jetmore, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	16 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1963	Dwarka, IN	daily rain	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	44.1 mm (1.7 in)	41 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1963	Windom, US	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	25 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1963	Cambridge Galt Moe, CA	daily high max	27.2 C (81.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	83 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

1796 to 1963

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1963. 1963 had 464 records.

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

Records on 10-16 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1808	1
1810	1
1811	3
1817	1
1826	1
1830	1
1836	2
1838	1
1839	1
1856	1
1859	2
1862	2
1865	2
1870	3
1873	2
1876	2
1877	3
1878	2
1879	4
1880	1
1881	3
1882	1
1883	2
1884	2
1885	1
1886	4
1887	3
1889	1
1890	4
1891	5
1892	6
1893	12
1894	5
1895	2
1896	2
1897	9
1898	4
1899	8
1901	4
1902	7
1903	6
1904	7
1905	16
1906	3
1907	6
1908	49
1909	20
1910	10
1911	18
1912	16
1913	25
1914	52
1915	17
1916	28
1917	19
1918	25
1919	58
1920	44
1921	54
1922	57
1923	84
1924	81
1925	304
1926	180
1927	122
1928	543
1929	118
1930	312
1931	515
1932	379
1933	218
1934	712
1935	395
1936	244
1937	1,200
1938	606
1939	494
1940	531
1941	220
1942	426
1943	1,233
1944	609
1945	414
1946	398
1947	865
1948	279
1949	378
1950	344
1951	266
1952	698
1953	508
1954	1,068
1955	427
1956	620
1957	354
1958	494
1959	319
1960	540
1961	790
1962	504
1963	464
1964	513
1965	498
1966	669
1967	516
1968	987
1969	845
1970	789
1971	979
1972	464
1973	539
1974	1,061
1975	487
1976	1,053
1977	549
1978	822
1979	580
1980	1,383
1981	897
1982	430
1983	432
1984	1,507
1985	672
1986	450
1987	1,259
1988	703
1989	820
1990	890
1991	1,543
1992	1,646
1993	999
1994	1,176
1995	1,061
1996	585
1997	939
1998	934
1999	705
2000	519
2001	754
2002	1,079
2003	530
2004	687
2005	684
2006	1,330
2007	645
2008	778
2009	1,931
2010	1,049
2011	816
2012	728
2013	546
2014	695
2015	1,142
2016	1,063
2017	1,014
2018	1,558
2019	463
2020	484
2021	541
2022	676
2023	608
2024	721
2025	559

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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	295
10 to 20	31
20 to 30	10
30 to 40	8
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	2
70 to 80	1