Weather Records on 17 October 1963

513 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 October 1963. Highest significance: Sachor, IN.

Key Facts for 17 October 1963

On 17 October 1963, 513 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
298 were record highs and 22 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 512 daily.
Sachor set a daily record precipitation of 37.0 mm (1.5 in) on 17 October 1963.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 439 records.

Record Map

513 stations

513 station records on 17 October 1963 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 October 1963: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sachor	India	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Porterville	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Visalia	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Udaipur	India	Record daily precipitation	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Rahapur	India	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Somwarpet	India	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Malegaon	India	Record daily precipitation	72.2 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Manohar Thana	India	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Shrigonda	India	Record daily precipitation	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Escanaba	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kurgan	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	7.6 C (45.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
El Salto (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Caliente	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Muir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pathardi	India	Record daily precipitation	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Jamkhed	India	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Harvey Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bishop AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dahiwadi	India	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Zinder	Niger	Record low maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Porterville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pinjarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Burdekin Shire Council	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pimpelner	India	Record daily precipitation	57.5 mm (2.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Eagle Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Moscow U of I	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sublette 7WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Richland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Follett	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Yaval	India	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Farmerville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Supply 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Spokane Intl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Visalia	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cresco 1 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Elkhart	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Millport 4 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hamel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Le Roy	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Iron Mtn-Kingsford Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisonville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Franklinville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Barrow AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Moosehorn	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lenoir	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sloan 3 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kewaunee	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Esperance Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Chipewyan	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Indian Head Cda	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Moosomin	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Muenster	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Malayattur	India	Record daily precipitation	86.3 mm (3.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Anatone	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mather 3 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bhatkal	India	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Twin Lakes	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Jetmore	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Fortine 1 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Alma	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

513 records

Records set or tied on 17 October 1963 by type: Highest daily maximum 193, Lowest daily maximum 10, Highest daily minimum 105, Lowest daily minimum 12, Heaviest daily rainfall 192, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 17 October 1963 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	193
Lowest daily maximum	10
Highest daily minimum	105
Lowest daily minimum	12
Heaviest daily rainfall	192
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 17 October 1963 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 512.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

397 broken records

Margins by which the 397 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 45.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 October 1963

Top 20 records on 17 October 1963 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 October 1963	Sachor, IN	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	61 years	61 of 100 (Major)
17 October 1963	Porterville, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	54 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1963	Visalia, US	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1963	Udaipur, IN	daily rain	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	22 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1963	Rahapur, IN	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	61 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1963	Somwarpet, IN	daily rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	46 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1963	Malegaon, IN	daily rain	72.2 mm (2.8 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	61 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1963	Manohar Thana, IN	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	61 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1963	Shrigonda, IN	daily rain	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	45 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1963	Escanaba, US	daily high min	13.9 C (57.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	83 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1963	Kurgan, RU	daily high min	7.6 C (45.7 F)	3.2 C (5.8 F)	68 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
17 October 1963	El Salto (Smn), MX	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
17 October 1963	Caliente, US	daily high min	12.2 C (54.0 F)	6.6 C (11.9 F)	26 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
17 October 1963	Lake Muir, AU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	56 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
17 October 1963	Pathardi, IN	daily rain	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	30 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
17 October 1963	Jamkhed, IN	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	12.3 mm (0.5 in)	60 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
17 October 1963	Harvey Post Office, AU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	56 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
17 October 1963	Bishop AP, US	daily high min	10.6 C (51.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	61 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
17 October 1963	Dahiwadi, IN	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	57 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
17 October 1963	Zinder, NE	daily low max	32.8 C (91.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	52 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

1793 to 1963

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1963. 1963 had 513 records.

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

Records on 10-17 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1796	2
1808	2
1810	1
1811	1
1817	1
1820	1
1830	1
1836	1
1844	1
1845	1
1868	1
1869	2
1870	1
1872	1
1874	1
1875	1
1876	3
1877	1
1878	1
1879	7
1881	1
1882	1
1883	1
1884	2
1885	2
1886	1
1889	1
1890	3
1891	2
1892	6
1893	5
1894	2
1895	1
1897	3
1898	6
1899	3
1900	3
1901	3
1902	4
1903	9
1904	17
1905	12
1906	3
1907	16
1908	46
1909	18
1910	13
1911	24
1912	12
1913	26
1914	72
1915	7
1916	81
1917	29
1918	20
1919	34
1920	82
1921	64
1922	60
1923	149
1924	81
1925	324
1926	153
1927	163
1928	530
1929	119
1930	441
1931	431
1932	345
1933	190
1934	262
1935	337
1936	338
1937	865
1938	710
1939	424
1940	580
1941	194
1942	349
1943	1,173
1944	415
1945	289
1946	437
1947	744
1948	724
1949	442
1950	809
1951	274
1952	474
1953	463
1954	579
1955	562
1956	353
1957	245
1958	415
1959	403
1960	432
1961	525
1962	350
1963	513
1964	492
1965	920
1966	551
1967	576
1968	929
1969	714
1970	815
1971	1,053
1972	866
1973	542
1974	1,055
1975	605
1976	1,381
1977	1,060
1978	583
1979	468
1980	1,366
1981	555
1982	575
1983	526
1984	1,551
1985	585
1986	354
1987	828
1988	827
1989	1,163
1990	1,109
1991	1,352
1992	1,384
1993	1,001
1994	1,306
1995	1,076
1996	987
1997	1,114
1998	1,455
1999	815
2000	461
2001	878
2002	992
2003	764
2004	935
2005	643
2006	1,506
2007	690
2008	467
2009	1,606
2010	625
2011	734
2012	550
2013	516
2014	530
2015	843
2016	1,559
2017	743
2018	1,163
2019	504
2020	889
2021	294
2022	964
2023	544
2024	994
2025	363

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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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 17 October 1963
Margin	Records
0 to 10	346
10 to 20	29
20 to 30	14
30 to 40	6
40 to 50	2