Weather Records on 23 April 1920

75 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 April 1920. Highest significance: Hambantota, LK.

Key Facts for 23 April 1920

On 23 April 1920, 75 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
7 were record highs and 10 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 75 daily.
Hambantota set a daily record low maximum temperature of 27.4 C (81.3 F) on 23 April 1920.
Across 167 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 447 records.

Record Map

75 stations

75 station records on 23 April 1920 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 April 1920: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record low maximum temperature	27.4 C (81.3 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	27.3 C (81.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Medford	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Quebec	Canada	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa	Canada	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stonecliffe	Canada	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Warwick Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Clontarf	Canada	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Southampton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cudgen Plantation	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Owen Sound	Canada	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	4.5 mm (0.18 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Sfax El-Maou	Tunisia	Record low minimum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Alice Springs Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Innisfail	Australia	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Tabulam Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Gilbert River Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Cardwell Marine Pde	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Lucknow	Canada	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Stratford	Canada	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Esk Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Tweed Heads Golf Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Wiarton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	19.7 C (67.5 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Tampa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Charleville Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Port Stanley	Canada	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Dordrecht - Tnk 14	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Malvern	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Wilmington Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Englesberg Village	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Laidley Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Woodford Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Brome	Canada	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record daily precipitation	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Ellesmere	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Cochituate	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Constantine	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Charters Towers Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Boulia Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.3 mm (0.01 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Caboolture Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Cambooya Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Condong Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Parnu	Estonia	Record high minimum temperature	5.9 C (42.6 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Texas Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Barraba (Mount Lindsay)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Bannockburn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Tarriaro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Lawrence Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Enisejsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	4.0 mm (0.16 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Gardiner	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Palmerville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Gotska Sandon	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Pittsworth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Hoburg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

75 records

Records set or tied on 23 April 1920 by type: Highest daily maximum 3, Lowest daily maximum 5, Highest daily minimum 4, Lowest daily minimum 5, Heaviest daily rainfall 57, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 23 April 1920 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	3
Lowest daily maximum	5
Highest daily minimum	4
Lowest daily minimum	5
Heaviest daily rainfall	57
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 23 April 1920 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 75.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

72 broken records

Margins by which the 72 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 54.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 April 1920

Top 20 records on 23 April 1920 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 April 1920	Hambantota, LK	daily low max	27.4 C (81.3 F)	2.6 C (4.7 F)	46 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1920	Blue Hill Coop, US	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	11 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
23 April 1920	Sydney (Observatory Hill), AU	daily high max	27.3 C (81.1 F)	1.9 C (3.4 F)	51 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
23 April 1920	Medford, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	23 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
23 April 1920	Quebec, CA	daily rain	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	8 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 April 1920	Ottawa, CA	daily rain	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	4 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 April 1920	Stonecliffe, CA	daily rain	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	4.5 mm (0.18 in)	32 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 April 1920	Visby_Flygplats, SE	daily rain	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	36 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 April 1920	Warwick Post Office, AU	daily rain	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	30 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 April 1920	Clontarf, CA	daily rain	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	22 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 April 1920	Southampton, CA	daily rain	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	2 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 April 1920	Cudgen Plantation, AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
23 April 1920	Owen Sound, CA	daily rain	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	22 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
23 April 1920	Gunnee, AU	daily rain	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	36 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
23 April 1920	Arhangelsk, RU	daily rain	4.5 mm (0.18 in)	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	27 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
23 April 1920	Sfax El-Maou, TN	daily low min	7.0 C (44.6 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	32 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
23 April 1920	Alice Springs Post Office, AU	daily rain	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	45 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
23 April 1920	Innisfail, AU	daily rain	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	16 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
23 April 1920	Tabulam Post Office, AU	daily rain	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	23 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
23 April 1920	Nuwara Eliya, LK	daily low max	18.9 C (66.0 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	26 years	17 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

1800 to 1920

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 1920. 1920 had 75 records.

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

Records on 04-23 in each year
Year	Records
1800	1
1809	1
1812	1
1817	3
1838	1
1840	1
1842	1
1851	1
1852	2
1854	1
1855	5
1857	2
1859	1
1861	1
1865	1
1868	2
1870	1
1872	1
1873	4
1874	4
1875	1
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1881	2
1882	1
1883	2
1884	3
1885	4
1886	4
1888	1
1889	1
1890	4
1891	2
1892	1
1893	2
1895	3
1896	4
1897	2
1898	1
1899	6
1900	4
1901	9
1902	12
1903	20
1904	8
1905	7
1906	23
1907	12
1908	14
1909	28
1910	35
1911	21
1912	29
1913	40
1914	71
1915	41
1916	35
1917	37
1918	92
1919	66
1920	75
1921	81
1922	45
1923	132
1924	111
1925	506
1926	124
1927	562
1928	302
1929	103
1930	487
1931	506
1932	231
1933	361
1934	272
1935	152
1936	342
1937	321
1938	177
1939	339
1940	319
1941	277
1942	473
1943	819
1944	678
1945	364
1946	649
1947	242
1948	401
1949	401
1950	577
1951	426
1952	500
1953	300
1954	548
1955	654
1956	581
1957	623
1958	649
1959	442
1960	1,648
1961	884
1962	389
1963	801
1964	958
1965	660
1966	386
1967	1,183
1968	816
1969	705
1970	1,209
1971	508
1972	332
1973	518
1974	486
1975	411
1976	386
1977	979
1978	523
1979	554
1980	1,460
1981	1,124
1982	1,191
1983	1,031
1984	971
1985	1,011
1986	1,541
1987	676
1988	1,051
1989	1,469
1990	1,077
1991	638
1992	592
1993	1,256
1994	666
1995	1,464
1996	1,520
1997	1,024
1998	1,446
1999	1,198
2000	1,003
2001	1,435
2002	971
2003	557
2004	610
2005	940
2006	839
2007	847
2008	775
2009	920
2010	1,040
2011	1,190
2012	1,796
2013	1,655
2014	362
2015	511
2016	542
2017	474
2018	684
2019	668
2020	564
2021	562
2022	692
2023	980
2024	583
2025	410
2026	503

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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 10	61
10 to 20	8
20 to 30	1
30 to 40	1
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	1