Weather Records on 16 November 1963

683 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 November 1963. Highest significance: Chinchilla Water Treatment Pla, AU.

Key Facts for 16 November 1963

On 16 November 1963, 683 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
240 were record highs and 26 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 22 monthly and 660 daily.
Chinchilla Water Treatment Pla set a daily record precipitation of 78.7 mm (3.1 in) on 16 November 1963.
Across 156 earlier years (1805 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 468 records.

Record Map

683 stations

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

Weather records on 16 November 1963: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Chinchilla Water Treatment Pla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Muhammadpur	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Mitchell Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Coolatai (Willunga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Pikedale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Brigalow Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Madowla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Glenelg	Australia	Record daily precipitation	108.5 mm (4.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Oakey Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Isabela Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Westbrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Laurieton (Elouera St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	135.1 mm (5.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Harrington (Oxley Anchorage Ca	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Port Macquarie (Bellevue Garde	Australia	Record daily precipitation	116.6 mm (4.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kalsia	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Memooloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Toolamba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Dalby Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	152.1 mm (6.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Texas Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kathgodam	India	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Jondaryan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cundletown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Taree (Radio Station 2Re)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Maryland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Brandfort (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Widgee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Croppa Creek (Krui Plains)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nimbin Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Stillewoning	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gunbower	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Avington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Christmas Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cambooya Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jimbour State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Drake (Village Resource Centre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Woodburn Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Giligulgul	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
North End	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.5 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Spring Bluff Railway STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bowenville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Blakefield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ivanhoe Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	14.3 C (57.7 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mazelspoort Dam	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Boonah Stark Ave	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Yangan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wingham (Lanark Close)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Allora Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Texas Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Miles Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Coolatai (Orana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Steynsrus (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gaddede	Sweden	Record snow depth	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dalby Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	18.8 C (65.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Emu Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Goombungee Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kurrowah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Toowoomba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Akuna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

683 records

Records set or tied on 16 November 1963 by type: Highest daily maximum 118, Lowest daily maximum 7, Highest daily minimum 122, Lowest daily minimum 19, Heaviest daily rainfall 396, Heaviest daily snowfall 15, Deepest snow cover 6.

Records on 16 November 1963 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	118
Lowest daily maximum	7
Highest daily minimum	122
Lowest daily minimum	19
Heaviest daily rainfall	396
Heaviest daily snowfall	15
Deepest snow cover	6

Records on 16 November 1963 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 22, daily 660.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

608 broken records

Margins by which the 608 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 150.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 November 1963

Top 20 records on 16 November 1963 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 November 1963	Chinchilla Water Treatment Pla, AU	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	64 years	61 of 100 (Major)
16 November 1963	Muhammadpur, IN	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	61 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1963	Mitchell Post Office, AU	daily rain	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	36 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1963	Coolatai (Willunga), AU	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	37 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1963	Pikedale, AU	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	41 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1963	Brigalow Post Office, AU	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	42 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1963	Madowla, AU	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	45 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1963	Glenelg, AU	monthly rain	108.5 mm (4.3 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	12 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1963	Oakey Post Office, AU	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	60 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1963	Isabela Substn, PR	daily rain	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	24 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1963	Westbrook, AU	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	56 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1963	Laurieton (Elouera St), AU	daily rain	135.1 mm (5.3 in)	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	16 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1963	Harrington (Oxley Anchorage Ca, AU	daily rain	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	20 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1963	Hohenpeissenberg, DE	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	7.0 mm (0.28 in)	120 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1963	Port Macquarie (Bellevue Garde, AU	daily rain	116.6 mm (4.6 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	17 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1963	Kalsia, IN	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	34 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1963	Memooloo, AU	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	21 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1963	Toolamba, AU	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	29 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1963	Dalby Post Office, AU	all-time rain	152.1 mm (6.0 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	21 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1963	Texas Station, AU	daily rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	44 years	49 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

1805 to 1963

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1963. 1963 had 683 records.

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

Records on 11-16 in each year
Year	Records
1805	3
1835	1
1837	1
1844	1
1845	2
1846	1
1848	1
1854	1
1856	2
1858	4
1860	1
1867	1
1871	2
1874	1
1876	1
1877	2
1879	2
1881	1
1883	4
1884	2
1885	1
1887	7
1891	2
1892	1
1893	1
1894	5
1895	7
1896	4
1897	2
1898	3
1899	4
1900	3
1901	4
1902	2
1903	10
1904	3
1905	12
1906	13
1907	7
1908	19
1909	30
1910	14
1911	21
1912	52
1913	25
1914	42
1915	22
1916	185
1917	52
1918	61
1919	72
1920	310
1921	28
1922	24
1923	57
1924	37
1925	164
1926	376
1927	513
1928	534
1929	128
1930	539
1931	1,166
1932	678
1933	1,082
1934	237
1935	240
1936	366
1937	288
1938	178
1939	577
1940	533
1941	482
1942	520
1943	326
1944	247
1945	306
1946	434
1947	275
1948	351
1949	362
1950	569
1951	656
1952	962
1953	806
1954	357
1955	2,289
1956	405
1957	468
1958	1,151
1959	935
1960	308
1961	1,070
1962	264
1963	683
1964	872
1965	651
1966	634
1967	662
1968	454
1969	521
1970	646
1971	760
1972	484
1973	471
1974	383
1975	448
1976	814
1977	451
1978	679
1979	563
1980	902
1981	692
1982	485
1983	1,087
1984	348
1985	896
1986	657
1987	1,064
1988	1,125
1989	1,098
1990	970
1991	726
1992	527
1993	1,040
1994	614
1995	1,561
1996	1,406
1997	1,789
1998	675
1999	1,020
2000	1,153
2001	1,396
2002	974
2003	555
2004	599
2005	1,012
2006	1,563
2007	693
2008	715
2009	898
2010	1,030
2011	789
2012	328
2013	660
2014	1,923
2015	780
2016	986
2017	829
2018	1,384
2019	458
2020	641
2021	526
2022	600
2023	638
2024	506
2025	927

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Data for records on 1963-11-16: 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 20	524
20 to 40	57
40 to 60	19
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1