Weather Records on 15 November 1963

482 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 November 1963. Highest significance: Belle Isle, CA.

Key Facts for 15 November 1963

On 15 November 1963, 482 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
156 were record highs and 120 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 471 daily.
Belle Isle set a daily record snowfall of 27.9 cm (11.0 in) on 15 November 1963.
Across 159 earlier years (1794 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 464 records.

Record Map

482 stations

482 station records on 15 November 1963 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 November 1963: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Belle Isle	Canada	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Buique	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	65.6 mm (2.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Oxley Island (Lyndhurst)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Alfred	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Turkeen Sfr 151	Australia	Record daily precipitation	142.0 mm (5.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Parelhas (Dnocs)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Camoola Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Campi	Portugal	Record daily precipitation	138.0 mm (5.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
High Prairie	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kalimpong Obsy Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Parur	India	Record daily precipitation	88.7 mm (3.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ashley (the Prairies)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Catus	France	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Freiburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	20.5 C (68.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Burenda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Baramulla	India	Record daily precipitation	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rockport 1 ESE	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gundare	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Brocken	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Heartsease	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Alcozauca (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Richfield Radio Ksvc	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Durroo	India	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Leslie (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sonora	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Albany 3 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kynnersley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Indiga	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-13.8 C (7.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Evergreen	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Moore Haven Lock 1	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Glennville 3NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
South Pass City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Moree (Talmoi)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mayaguez City	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Girona (Antic Institut)	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Squirrel Inn 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Avon Park 2 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bainbridge	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Manila	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Netherby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Angellala Downs Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bizana (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-23.0 C (-9.4 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hawkinsville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Ignatius	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Wingate	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Andrews	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Anderson	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Newberry	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Walhalla	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Woodruff	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Chipewyan	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Zuara	Libya	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Valley Head	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lemon Cove	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Collbran	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

482 records

Records set or tied on 15 November 1963 by type: Highest daily maximum 76, Lowest daily maximum 32, Highest daily minimum 80, Lowest daily minimum 88, Heaviest daily rainfall 190, Heaviest daily snowfall 15, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 15 November 1963 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	76
Lowest daily maximum	32
Highest daily minimum	80
Lowest daily minimum	88
Heaviest daily rainfall	190
Heaviest daily snowfall	15
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 15 November 1963 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 11, daily 471.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

401 broken records

Margins by which the 401 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 203.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 November 1963

Top 20 records on 15 November 1963 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 November 1963	Belle Isle, CA	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	49 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1963	Buique, BR	daily rain	65.6 mm (2.6 in)	58.6 mm (2.3 in)	26 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1963	Oxley Island (Lyndhurst), AU	daily rain	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	67.5 mm (2.7 in)	17 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1963	Mount Alfred, AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	45 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1963	Turkeen Sfr 151, AU	monthly rain	142.0 mm (5.6 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	17 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1963	Parelhas (Dnocs), BR	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	41 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1963	Camoola Park, AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	45 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1963	Campi, PT	monthly rain	138.0 mm (5.4 in)	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	18 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1963	High Prairie, CA	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	20 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1963	Kalimpong Obsy Sr, IN	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1963	Parur, IN	daily rain	88.7 mm (3.5 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	52 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1963	Ashley (the Prairies), AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	20 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1963	Catus, FR	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	2 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1963	Freiburg, DE	daily high max	20.5 C (68.9 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	65 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1963	Burenda, AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	37 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
15 November 1963	Baramulla, IN	monthly rain	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	45 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
15 November 1963	Rockport 1 ESE, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	60 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
15 November 1963	Gundare, AU	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
15 November 1963	Brocken, DE	daily rain	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	15.1 mm (0.6 in)	34 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
15 November 1963	Heartsease, ZA	daily rain	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	20 years	31 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

1794 to 1963

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1963. 1963 had 482 records.

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

Records on 11-15 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1805	3
1823	1
1824	1
1835	2
1846	1
1850	1
1852	1
1856	1
1859	1
1867	3
1869	1
1876	4
1877	3
1878	2
1879	3
1880	1
1881	2
1882	4
1883	3
1886	1
1887	1
1888	3
1889	4
1890	3
1891	7
1892	1
1893	2
1894	5
1895	3
1896	1
1897	6
1898	1
1899	2
1900	7
1901	9
1902	5
1903	8
1904	3
1905	22
1906	11
1907	9
1908	28
1909	22
1910	14
1911	35
1912	42
1913	18
1914	44
1915	33
1916	127
1917	369
1918	46
1919	74
1920	184
1921	56
1922	30
1923	67
1924	57
1925	154
1926	383
1927	469
1928	375
1929	279
1930	635
1931	626
1932	482
1933	714
1934	388
1935	175
1936	304
1937	239
1938	221
1939	374
1940	1,180
1941	569
1942	375
1943	278
1944	220
1945	195
1946	386
1947	637
1948	536
1949	244
1950	649
1951	486
1952	481
1953	855
1954	307
1955	1,850
1956	645
1957	448
1958	893
1959	861
1960	574
1961	679
1962	423
1963	482
1964	893
1965	633
1966	519
1967	607
1968	615
1969	1,184
1970	634
1971	657
1972	603
1973	693
1974	392
1975	478
1976	780
1977	412
1978	906
1979	623
1980	562
1981	591
1982	568
1983	1,083
1984	362
1985	1,299
1986	872
1987	759
1988	830
1989	1,113
1990	868
1991	684
1992	675
1993	1,962
1994	960
1995	1,717
1996	1,139
1997	1,951
1998	735
1999	1,049
2000	1,345
2001	1,560
2002	684
2003	567
2004	858
2005	1,132
2006	1,114
2007	647
2008	789
2009	830
2010	1,270
2011	705
2012	302
2013	403
2014	1,651
2015	672
2016	918
2017	437
2018	1,319
2019	507
2020	872
2021	816
2022	848
2023	504
2024	473
2025	1,236

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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 50	393
50 to 100	7
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1