Weather Records on 23 October 1913

38 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 October 1913. Highest significance: Kazalinsk, KZ.

Key Facts for 23 October 1913

On 23 October 1913, 38 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
5 were record highs and 4 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 36 daily.
Kazalinsk set a monthly record daily precipitation of 43.2 mm (1.7 in) on 23 October 1913.
Across 160 earlier years (1795 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 465 records.

Record Map

38 stations

38 station records on 23 October 1913 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 October 1913: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kazalinsk	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Gnalta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wilcannia (Reid St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Southampton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Watford	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Menindee (Weinteriga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Charlotte Waters	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bindara (Netley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Curnomona (Curnamona)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wentworth (Cuthero)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Tolarno	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
London South	Canada	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Stuarts Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Benerembah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Stony Mountain	Canada	Record daily snowfall	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Panban	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Roto Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Burrawang South Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Elmore	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Powell Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Wilcannia (Billilla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Balranald (Rsl)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Little Rock St Capitol	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar (Paddington)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Charlton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Mahackala	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	1.0 C (33.8 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Boolcoomatta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Poole	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Wycheproof (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record high minimum temperature	14.2 C (57.6 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	15.5 C (59.9 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Qu'appelle	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Wilcannia (Mount Murchison)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Malmesbury	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Montgomery Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

38 records

Records set or tied on 23 October 1913 by type: Highest daily maximum 2, Lowest daily maximum 3, Highest daily minimum 3, Lowest daily minimum 1, Heaviest daily rainfall 28, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 23 October 1913 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	2
Lowest daily maximum	3
Highest daily minimum	3
Lowest daily minimum	1
Heaviest daily rainfall	28
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 23 October 1913 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 36.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

35 broken records

Margins by which the 35 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 25.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 October 1913

Top 20 records on 23 October 1913 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 October 1913	Kazalinsk, KZ	monthly rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	19 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1913	Gnalta, AU	monthly rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	21 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1913	Wilcannia (Reid St), AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	33 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
23 October 1913	Southampton, CA	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	36 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
23 October 1913	Watford, CA	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	25 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
23 October 1913	Bathurst Gaol, AU	daily high min	14.4 C (57.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	51 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
23 October 1913	Menindee (Weinteriga), AU	daily rain	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	30 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 October 1913	Charlotte Waters, AU	daily rain	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	20 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 October 1913	Bindara (Netley), AU	daily rain	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	30 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 October 1913	Curnomona (Curnamona), AU	daily rain	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	31 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 October 1913	Wentworth (Cuthero), AU	daily rain	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	12 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
23 October 1913	Tolarno, AU	daily rain	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	30 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
23 October 1913	London South, CA	daily rain	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	28 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
23 October 1913	Stuarts Creek, AU	daily rain	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	35 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
23 October 1913	Benerembah, AU	daily rain	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	8 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
23 October 1913	Stony Mountain, CA	daily snowfall	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	34 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
23 October 1913	Panban, AU	daily rain	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	8 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
23 October 1913	Roto Station, AU	daily rain	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	30 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
23 October 1913	Burrawang South Station, AU	daily rain	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	33 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
23 October 1913	Elmore, AU	daily rain	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	30 years	14 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

1795 to 1913

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1913. 1913 had 38 records.

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

Records on 10-23 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1802	2
1843	1
1845	1
1850	1
1851	2
1855	1
1859	2
1861	1
1863	1
1865	2
1866	1
1869	3
1871	2
1872	1
1873	2
1876	2
1878	1
1880	7
1881	2
1882	1
1883	1
1885	2
1888	1
1889	2
1890	2
1891	8
1892	3
1893	3
1894	5
1895	4
1896	2
1897	3
1898	5
1899	4
1900	8
1901	7
1902	7
1903	10
1904	7
1905	15
1906	17
1907	5
1908	19
1909	12
1910	6
1911	40
1912	50
1913	38
1914	9
1915	167
1916	290
1917	62
1918	12
1919	42
1920	262
1921	58
1922	38
1923	165
1924	160
1925	191
1926	131
1927	266
1928	120
1929	352
1930	310
1931	353
1932	310
1933	241
1934	333
1935	519
1936	490
1937	816
1938	403
1939	717
1940	304
1941	499
1942	306
1943	446
1944	283
1945	533
1946	258
1947	631
1948	251
1949	432
1950	507
1951	626
1952	432
1953	373
1954	317
1955	266
1956	587
1957	1,266
1958	255
1959	682
1960	341
1961	329
1962	141
1963	1,297
1964	264
1965	330
1966	625
1967	297
1968	175
1969	1,200
1970	617
1971	705
1972	601
1973	712
1974	653
1975	1,028
1976	879
1977	578
1978	570
1979	1,094
1980	584
1981	1,502
1982	1,071
1983	853
1984	1,261
1985	846
1986	968
1987	694
1988	619
1989	1,363
1990	954
1991	1,232
1992	1,176
1993	670
1994	558
1995	1,471
1996	1,396
1997	1,172
1998	1,221
1999	1,011
2000	1,275
2001	1,091
2002	1,868
2003	1,952
2004	1,224
2005	679
2006	1,976
2007	1,673
2008	993
2009	838
2010	683
2011	701
2012	1,017
2013	754
2014	755
2015	760
2016	460
2017	603
2018	322
2019	459
2020	1,777
2021	298
2022	1,342
2023	544
2024	674
2025	343

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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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 5	20
5 to 10	9
10 to 15	1
15 to 20	2
20 to 25	2
25 to 30	1