Weather Records on 23 October 1921

58 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 October 1921. Highest significance: Linkoeping-Malmslaett, SE.

Key Facts for 23 October 1921

On 23 October 1921, 58 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
6 were record highs and 7 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 53 daily.
Linkoeping-Malmslaett set a daily record precipitation of 30.8 mm (1.2 in) on 23 October 1921.
Across 160 earlier years (1795 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 465 records.

Record Map

58 stations

58 station records on 23 October 1921 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 October 1921: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Vaexjoe	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kalmar_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Godegard	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bologna	Italy	Record high minimum temperature	17.3 C (63.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Olands Norra Udde	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wyong (Wyong Golf Club)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Vinga	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Maseskar	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jonkoping	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lund	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Olands Sodra Udde	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kingscote	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ljungby	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Burwood 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	47.9 mm (1.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bondi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Hoburg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Gotska Sandon	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Bauhinia Downs Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Orebro	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Stroud Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Metten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Troicko-Pecherskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Waverley (Belltrees 2)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	21.3 C (70.3 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Croydon Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Landsort	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Branxton (Dalwood Vineyard)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Tahlee (Carrington (Church St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Wollong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	16.9 mm (0.7 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Needles	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Beenleigh Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Bourke Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Goonoo Goonoo Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Darwin Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	23.1 C (73.6 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Teterow	Germany	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Goldberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Goondiwindi Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Jerrys Plains Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Charleville Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	1.0 C (33.8 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Emerald Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Hornsby Junction (Thornleigh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Mena	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Prescott 2 NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Cherdyn'	Russia	Record daily precipitation	6.8 mm (0.27 in)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

58 records

Records set or tied on 23 October 1921 by type: Highest daily maximum 3, Lowest daily maximum 2, Highest daily minimum 3, Lowest daily minimum 5, Heaviest daily rainfall 45.

Records on 23 October 1921 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	3
Lowest daily maximum	2
Highest daily minimum	3
Lowest daily minimum	5
Heaviest daily rainfall	45
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 23 October 1921 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 53.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

51 broken records

Margins by which the 51 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 27.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 October 1921

Top 20 records on 23 October 1921 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 October 1921	Linkoeping-Malmslaett, SE	daily rain	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	58 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1921	Karlshamn, SE	daily rain	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	38 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1921	Vaexjoe, SE	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	47 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1921	Vastervik, SE	monthly rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	53 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1921	Skara 1, SE	monthly rain	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	37 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1921	Kalmar_D, SE	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	38 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1921	Godegard, SE	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	42 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1921	Bologna, IT	daily high min	17.3 C (63.1 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	93 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1921	Olands Norra Udde, SE	monthly rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	21 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
23 October 1921	Vestervig, DK	daily rain	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	9.8 mm (0.39 in)	37 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
23 October 1921	Wyong (Wyong Golf Club), AU	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	16 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
23 October 1921	Vinga, SE	daily rain	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	4 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
23 October 1921	Maseskar, SE	monthly rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	4.9 mm (0.19 in)	1 year	23 of 100 (Routine)
23 October 1921	Sydney (Observatory Hill), AU	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	5.9 mm (0.23 in)	38 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
23 October 1921	Visby_Flygplats, SE	daily rain	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	47 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 October 1921	Jonkoping, SE	daily rain	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	58 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 October 1921	Lund, SE	daily rain	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	33 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 October 1921	Olands Sodra Udde, SE	daily rain	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	5.0 mm (0.20 in)	38 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 October 1921	Kingscote, AU	daily rain	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	5.9 mm (0.23 in)	30 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 October 1921	Ljungby, SE	daily rain	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	4 years	20 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 1921

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1921. 1921 had 58 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	27
5 to 10	10
10 to 15	8
15 to 20	4
20 to 25	1
25 to 30	1