Weather Records on 28 October 1963

492 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 October 1963. Highest significance: Barnawartha, AU.

Key Facts for 28 October 1963

On 28 October 1963, 492 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
172 were record highs and 24 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 477 daily.
Barnawartha set a daily record precipitation of 42.4 mm (1.7 in) on 28 October 1963.
Across 152 earlier years (1802 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 487 records.

Record Map

492 stations

492 station records on 28 October 1963 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 October 1963: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Barnawartha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Jerilderie (Pooginook)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Darlington Point (St Pauls Clo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Benjeroop (Davey)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Clover Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Bungowannah Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Rutherglen Research	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
North Adelaide	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Cargelligo Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Devenish	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Molka (Lowana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Carrathool (Uardry)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hamley Bridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Beechworth Composite	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
San Gabriel	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Balldale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Darlington Point (Tubbo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ruthven	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cobar (the Meadows)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ariah Park Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Walbundrie (Crediton Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Rossarden (Aberfoyle)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kameruka (Kameruka Estate)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tocumwal Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Eulo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Goorambat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tangambalanga NE Dairy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Roseworthy Agric College	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Brewarrina (Talawanta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Whitton (Conapaira St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bungowannah (Roseleigh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Cargelligo (Merri-Merriga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Harrow (Pine Hills)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Rennie (Pine View)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Clare Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Urana (Cocketgedong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Corowa Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Beazleys Bridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Warrenbayne (Baddaginnie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Branxholme (Bassett)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hawkesdale (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Puckapunyal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ntywenka (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.3 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Adavale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Miepoll South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Darlington Point (Tubbo Well)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Elamang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Merriwagga (Devon Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Naradhan (Uralba)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Numurkah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Rowan (Bungeet)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide (Port Dock Railway St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Boatman Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tinnenburra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mulwala Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Henty Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cowley Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Yenda (Blue Plains)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Barmedman Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Griffith Csiro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

492 records

Records set or tied on 28 October 1963 by type: Highest daily maximum 113, Lowest daily maximum 7, Highest daily minimum 59, Lowest daily minimum 17, Heaviest daily rainfall 290, Heaviest daily snowfall 6.

Records on 28 October 1963 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	113
Lowest daily maximum	7
Highest daily minimum	59
Lowest daily minimum	17
Heaviest daily rainfall	290
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 28 October 1963 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 13, daily 477.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

415 broken records

Margins by which the 415 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 66.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 October 1963

Top 20 records on 28 October 1963 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 October 1963	Barnawartha, AU	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	61 years	65 of 100 (Major)
28 October 1963	Jerilderie (Pooginook), AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	70 years	63 of 100 (Major)
28 October 1963	Darlington Point (St Pauls Clo, AU	monthly rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	25 years	62 of 100 (Major)
28 October 1963	Benjeroop (Davey), AU	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	49 years	62 of 100 (Major)
28 October 1963	Clover Creek, AU	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	49 years	61 of 100 (Major)
28 October 1963	Bungowannah Park, AU	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	75 years	60 of 100 (Major)
28 October 1963	Rutherglen Research, AU	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	49 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1963	North Adelaide, AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	61 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1963	Lake Cargelligo Airport, AU	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	71 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1963	Devenish, AU	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	49 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1963	Molka (Lowana), AU	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	32 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1963	Carrathool (Uardry), AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	75 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1963	Hamley Bridge, AU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	64 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1963	Beechworth Composite, AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	75 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1963	San Gabriel, MX	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1963	Balldale Post Office, AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	49 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1963	Darlington Point (Tubbo), AU	monthly rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	7 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1963	Ruthven, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	74 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1963	Cobar (the Meadows), AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	73 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1963	Ariah Park Post Office, AU	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	45 years	47 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

1802 to 1963

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1963. 1963 had 492 records.

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

Records on 10-28 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1827	1
1842	1
1856	2
1861	1
1866	2
1867	1
1869	4
1873	1
1876	1
1880	3
1881	1
1882	1
1883	1
1886	1
1888	6
1889	2
1890	3
1891	1
1892	7
1893	4
1894	1
1895	3
1896	5
1897	4
1898	5
1899	8
1900	8
1901	15
1902	18
1903	11
1904	13
1905	8
1906	15
1907	15
1908	12
1909	18
1910	26
1911	16
1912	28
1913	153
1914	31
1915	66
1916	13
1917	31
1918	79
1919	87
1920	48
1921	32
1922	90
1923	74
1924	109
1925	598
1926	123
1927	504
1928	77
1929	224
1930	144
1931	205
1932	164
1933	240
1934	227
1935	406
1936	578
1937	697
1938	170
1939	279
1940	652
1941	324
1942	355
1943	310
1944	501
1945	462
1946	712
1947	462
1948	370
1949	341
1950	544
1951	195
1952	485
1953	341
1954	486
1955	462
1956	353
1957	812
1958	198
1959	430
1960	225
1961	437
1962	432
1963	492
1964	332
1965	402
1966	254
1967	404
1968	523
1969	651
1970	846
1971	1,666
1972	1,012
1973	444
1974	805
1975	282
1976	1,606
1977	616
1978	292
1979	387
1980	1,657
1981	922
1982	578
1983	427
1984	1,553
1985	754
1986	590
1987	973
1988	816
1989	1,083
1990	917
1991	2,462
1992	676
1993	576
1994	675
1995	1,049
1996	1,396
1997	1,767
1998	1,457
1999	1,092
2000	935
2001	1,089
2002	982
2003	1,403
2004	1,641
2005	949
2006	1,295
2007	906
2008	1,207
2009	984
2010	1,029
2011	655
2012	1,097
2013	1,007
2014	850
2015	753
2016	1,139
2017	755
2018	710
2019	1,437
2020	1,646
2021	605
2022	879
2023	1,381
2024	650
2025	462

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Data for records on 1963-10-28: 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 10	306
10 to 20	70
20 to 30	27
30 to 40	6
40 to 50	3
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	1