Weather Records on 23 March 1963

839 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 March 1963. Highest significance: Booligal (Ulonga), AU.

Key Facts for 23 March 1963

On 23 March 1963, 839 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
225 were record highs and 84 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 823 daily.
Booligal (Ulonga) set a daily record precipitation of 35.6 mm (1.4 in) on 23 March 1963.
Across 157 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 497 records.

Record Map

839 stations

839 station records on 23 March 1963 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 March 1963: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Booligal (Ulonga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Fulham Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Bangate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Beulah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Wilcannia (Billilla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Glenlee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Beauchamp	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Gunbower Gee Tee Stud	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Anantnag	India	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Boga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Forest Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Moama	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Balranald (Rsl)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Lonsdale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Barham 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Donald Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Vantipura	India	Record daily precipitation	68.2 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Muckadilla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Swan Hill Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Moira Lower	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ivanhoe (Wokabity)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nhill (Woorak)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bolagamy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ouyen (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Benjeroop (Davey)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Honomu Mauka 138	United States	Record daily precipitation	159.5 mm (6.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kyabram Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tsumeb - Pol	Namibia	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gum Lake (Albemarle)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Peak Hill (Bruie Plains)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Patho West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kulgam	India	Record daily precipitation	69.4 mm (2.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Horseshoe Lagoon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	136.1 mm (5.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Narromine (Mumble Peg)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nulkwyne Kiamal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Charm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Condobolin Retirement Village	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tullamore (Old Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nyah (Yarraby Tank)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cohuna (Goulburn Murray)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nelson Bay (Nelson Head)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kerang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bealiba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Brewarrina (Talawanta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nevertire (Beverley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tyntynder Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Boort (Gredgwin)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cornelia Creek Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Echuca Aerodrome	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record low minimum temperature	-2.9 C (26.8 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Srinagar	India	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Aunet	Norway	Record daily precipitation	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ulamambri Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cromer Golf Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mallan (Niemur Valley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tiega	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gama	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Beazleys Bridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Murrabit R.W.C.	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

839 records

Records set or tied on 23 March 1963 by type: Highest daily maximum 87, Lowest daily maximum 26, Highest daily minimum 138, Lowest daily minimum 58, Heaviest daily rainfall 510, Heaviest daily snowfall 13, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 23 March 1963 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	87
Lowest daily maximum	26
Highest daily minimum	138
Lowest daily minimum	58
Heaviest daily rainfall	510
Heaviest daily snowfall	13
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 23 March 1963 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 15, daily 823.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

733 broken records

Margins by which the 733 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 330.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 March 1963

Top 20 records on 23 March 1963 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 March 1963	Booligal (Ulonga), AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	86 years	64 of 100 (Major)
23 March 1963	Fulham Park, AU	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	57 years	62 of 100 (Major)
23 March 1963	Bangate, AU	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	36 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1963	Beulah, AU	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	60 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1963	Wilcannia (Billilla), AU	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	28 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1963	Glenlee, AU	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	49 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1963	Beauchamp, AU	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1963	Gunbower Gee Tee Stud, AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1963	Anantnag, IN	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	56 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1963	Lake Boga, AU	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1963	Forest Vale, AU	daily rain	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	10 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1963	Moama, AU	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1963	Balranald (Rsl), AU	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1963	Lake Lonsdale, AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1963	Barham 2, AU	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	50 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1963	Donald Post Office, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	68 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1963	Vantipura, IN	daily rain	68.2 mm (2.7 in)	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	24 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1963	Muckadilla Post Office, AU	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	10 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1963	Swan Hill Post Office, AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1963	Moira Lower, AU	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	10 years	45 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 839 records.

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

Records on 03-23 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1808	1
1836	2
1837	2
1853	2
1858	1
1862	1
1864	2
1865	2
1868	2
1871	3
1874	2
1875	4
1877	2
1878	3
1879	1
1882	1
1883	6
1884	2
1885	3
1886	1
1887	1
1888	3
1889	2
1890	1
1891	1
1893	1
1895	4
1896	13
1897	9
1898	6
1899	3
1901	5
1902	26
1903	32
1904	3
1905	16
1906	23
1907	53
1908	11
1909	7
1910	12
1911	8
1912	22
1913	76
1914	72
1915	11
1916	50
1917	65
1918	31
1919	17
1920	75
1921	10
1922	30
1923	97
1924	78
1925	164
1926	283
1927	202
1928	154
1929	517
1930	135
1931	267
1932	169
1933	123
1934	689
1935	486
1936	437
1937	243
1938	601
1939	565
1940	1,031
1941	188
1942	187
1943	286
1944	466
1945	386
1946	170
1947	275
1948	331
1949	390
1950	874
1951	337
1952	1,479
1953	589
1954	483
1955	999
1956	420
1957	354
1958	486
1959	249
1960	1,004
1961	361
1962	306
1963	839
1964	815
1965	1,537
1966	793
1967	822
1968	1,490
1969	634
1970	380
1971	758
1972	533
1973	537
1974	1,099
1975	618
1976	399
1977	642
1978	608
1979	1,012
1980	422
1981	940
1982	845
1983	1,522
1984	715
1985	437
1986	1,104
1987	1,279
1988	710
1989	805
1990	1,389
1991	1,264
1992	883
1993	1,151
1994	1,499
1995	1,514
1996	673
1997	743
1998	1,253
1999	722
2000	1,162
2001	995
2002	1,130
2003	971
2004	1,516
2005	1,014
2006	1,311
2007	1,595
2008	956
2009	952
2010	918
2011	1,245
2012	2,269
2013	1,270
2014	594
2015	577
2016	536
2017	739
2018	790
2019	525
2020	465
2021	1,050
2022	1,031
2023	1,135
2024	611
2025	702
2026	1,806

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Data for records on 1963-03-23: 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 50	723
50 to 100	8
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1