Weather Records on 10 December 1963

511 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 10 December 1963. Highest significance: Tweed Heads Golf Club, AU.

Key Facts for 10 December 1963

On 10 December 1963, 511 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
23 were record highs and 32 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 508 daily.
Tweed Heads Golf Club set a daily record precipitation of 123.2 mm (4.9 in) on 10 December 1963.
Across 161 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 447 records.

Record Map

511 stations

511 station records on 10 December 1963 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 10 December 1963: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tweed Heads Golf Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Yalgogrin North (Roloma)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Hay (Illilawa)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Canbelego Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Candelo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Elamang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Condong Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Carrathool Motors	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Inverary	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Byron Bay (Jacaranda Drive)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bemboka Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Burrabogie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Boksburg (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Barellan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Darlington Point (Tubbo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Tamborine Fern St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Guerrero (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sulak	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Leeton Caravan Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Uardry (Oolambeyan)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bybera	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Coolangatta Bowls Comp	Australia	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Binya (Merribee)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Groongal (Groongal Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hatfield (Clare)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bolagamy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Moulamein Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Chaco Canyon Natl Mon	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kilcoy Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kameruka (Kameruka Estate)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hay (Miller Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Holyoke	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Carrathool (Gum Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bangalow Motel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Carrathool (Uardry)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Moreton Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	108.5 mm (4.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wylie Creek (Aloomba)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Binya Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nerang Gilston Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Blikana	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tomewin (Border Gate)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Camden (Brownlow Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bega (Newtown Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hartebeespoort-Agrc.	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bryn Euryn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
University of Queensland Gatto	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Oxenford (Oberon Way)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rocky Hall Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Eden (Timbillica)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Germiston-Fj Payne Park	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Southport Ridgeway Ave	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Griffith Csiro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Piracicaba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Glengallan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Carinda (Boorooma)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Alstonville Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ballina (Crowley Village)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
West Wyalong (Tallimbalong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Guanacevi (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
New Market	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

511 records

Records set or tied on 10 December 1963 by type: Highest daily maximum 6, Lowest daily maximum 16, Highest daily minimum 17, Lowest daily minimum 16, Heaviest daily rainfall 364, Heaviest daily snowfall 85, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 10 December 1963 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	6
Lowest daily maximum	16
Highest daily minimum	17
Lowest daily minimum	16
Heaviest daily rainfall	364
Heaviest daily snowfall	85
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 10 December 1963 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 508.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

461 broken records

Margins by which the 461 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

10 December 1963

Top 20 records on 10 December 1963 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
10 December 1963	Tweed Heads Golf Club, AU	daily rain	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	41 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1963	Yalgogrin North (Roloma), AU	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	71 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1963	Hay (Illilawa), AU	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1963	Canbelego Post Office, AU	daily rain	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1963	Candelo Post Office, AU	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	42 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1963	Elamang, AU	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	52 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1963	Condong Sugar Mill, AU	daily rain	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1963	Carrathool Motors, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	52 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1963	Inverary, AU	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1963	Byron Bay (Jacaranda Drive), AU	daily rain	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	101.4 mm (4.0 in)	8 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1963	Bemboka Post Office, AU	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	52 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1963	Burrabogie, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	52 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1963	Boksburg (Mun), ZA	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	52 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1963	Barellan Post Office, AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	42 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1963	Darlington Point (Tubbo), AU	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	52 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1963	Mt Tamborine Fern St, AU	daily rain	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	16 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1963	Guerrero (Smn), MX	monthly rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	56 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1963	Sulak, RU	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	26 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1963	Leeton Caravan Park, AU	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	48 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1963	Uardry (Oolambeyan), AU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	52 years	44 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

1796 to 1963

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1963. 1963 had 511 records.

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

Records on 12-10 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1812	2
1815	1
1816	1
1825	2
1841	1
1844	1
1848	1
1849	1
1852	2
1855	1
1856	1
1860	1
1867	2
1869	1
1870	1
1871	1
1872	1
1873	2
1875	1
1876	4
1877	1
1878	3
1879	10
1880	2
1882	2
1884	1
1886	1
1889	1
1891	17
1893	2
1894	2
1895	4
1897	1
1898	4
1899	4
1900	1
1901	5
1902	8
1903	7
1904	15
1905	18
1906	15
1907	29
1908	11
1909	16
1910	47
1911	35
1912	23
1913	21
1914	35
1915	123
1916	89
1917	76
1918	30
1919	80
1920	186
1921	52
1922	157
1923	121
1924	64
1925	83
1926	106
1927	202
1928	131
1929	250
1930	141
1931	318
1932	511
1933	265
1934	331
1935	194
1936	178
1937	449
1938	272
1939	924
1940	163
1941	249
1942	282
1943	504
1944	431
1945	193
1946	1,073
1947	378
1948	174
1949	536
1950	336
1951	582
1952	633
1953	408
1954	336
1955	385
1956	455
1957	449
1958	751
1959	205
1960	390
1961	878
1962	405
1963	511
1964	447
1965	843
1966	991
1967	829
1968	576
1969	423
1970	1,338
1971	1,646
1972	1,858
1973	453
1974	372
1975	688
1976	376
1977	1,370
1978	1,299
1979	1,378
1980	531
1981	1,035
1982	748
1983	685
1984	605
1985	1,421
1986	601
1987	803
1988	599
1989	787
1990	935
1991	940
1992	795
1993	754
1994	940
1995	1,758
1996	1,193
1997	1,198
1998	709
1999	568
2000	882
2001	460
2002	1,030
2003	1,086
2004	1,247
2005	833
2006	998
2007	1,202
2008	1,083
2009	1,354
2010	1,424
2011	362
2012	825
2013	1,010
2014	602
2015	1,166
2016	858
2017	719
2018	500
2019	572
2020	567
2021	934
2022	570
2023	926
2024	477
2025	1,969

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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 20	353
20 to 40	72
40 to 60	15
60 to 80	14
80 to 100	3
100 to 120	3
120 to 140	1