Weather Records on 16 July 1923

180 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 July 1923. Highest significance: Balmoral (Post Office), AU.

Key Facts for 16 July 1923

On 16 July 1923, 180 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
37 were record highs and 16 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 177 daily.
Balmoral (Post Office) set a daily record precipitation of 42.9 mm (1.7 in) on 16 July 1923.
Across 162 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 442 records.

Record Map

180 stations

180 station records on 16 July 1923 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 July 1923: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Balmoral (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Soltau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Marmal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Blackwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Guelph Oac	Canada	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Concord	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Penola Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wartook Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Beales Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lund	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Halls Gap	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Halifax	Canada	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Naracoorte	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Seymour Shire Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dingo Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Watertown Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Naracoorte Cave Range	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Edenhope (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Casterton (Roseneath)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Merino	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Wien	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Keene	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Apsley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cavendish (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Gardiner	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lyndoch (Pewsey Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Wheeling (1)	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Moyston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Beaufort (Wongan)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hanover	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tulsa	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Pleasant	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Minimay (Booroopki)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Victor Harbor Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide (Thorndon Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Frances	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
North Adelaide	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide (Pooraka)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Serviceton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Murtoa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Karnak (Rosedale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stawell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Charlton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Heathcote	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Magill Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nhill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Trawalla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Horsham Polkemmet Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Glenelg Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Lobethal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Korong Vale (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Torrens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Birchip (Woodlands)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Ballan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Glenthompson (Brie Brie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

180 records

Records set or tied on 16 July 1923 by type: Highest daily maximum 9, Lowest daily maximum 10, Highest daily minimum 28, Lowest daily minimum 6, Heaviest daily rainfall 127.

Records on 16 July 1923 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	9
Lowest daily maximum	10
Highest daily minimum	28
Lowest daily minimum	6
Heaviest daily rainfall	127
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 16 July 1923 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 2, daily 177.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

149 broken records

Margins by which the 149 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 31.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 July 1923

Top 20 records on 16 July 1923 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 July 1923	Balmoral (Post Office), AU	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	18 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1923	Soltau, DE	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	6 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1923	Lake Marmal, AU	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	13 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1923	Blackwood, AU	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	16 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1923	Guelph Oac, CA	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	12 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
16 July 1923	Concord, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	39 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
16 July 1923	Penola Post Office, AU	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	28 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
16 July 1923	Wartook Post Office, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	30 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
16 July 1923	Beales Reservoir, AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	16 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
16 July 1923	Lund, SE	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	49 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
16 July 1923	Halls Gap, AU	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	0 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
16 July 1923	Halifax, CA	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	27 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
16 July 1923	Naracoorte, AU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	1 year	29 of 100 (Routine)
16 July 1923	Seymour Shire Depot, AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	16 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
16 July 1923	Dingo Vale, AU	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	16 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
16 July 1923	Watertown Wwtp, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	22 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
16 July 1923	Naracoorte Cave Range, AU	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	1 year	27 of 100 (Routine)
16 July 1923	Edenhope (Post Office), AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	1 year	27 of 100 (Routine)
16 July 1923	Casterton (Roseneath), AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	1 year	26 of 100 (Routine)
16 July 1923	Merino, AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	1 year	26 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

1798 to 1923

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1923. 1923 had 180 records.

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

Records on 07-16 in each year
Year	Records
1798	1
1801	1
1802	1
1808	1
1819	1
1829	1
1832	1
1833	1
1840	2
1845	1
1852	2
1862	1
1863	1
1865	3
1866	1
1868	2
1870	1
1871	1
1875	2
1876	2
1878	1
1879	2
1880	1
1881	2
1883	4
1886	1
1887	2
1888	2
1890	5
1891	2
1892	5
1894	6
1896	1
1897	2
1898	2
1899	2
1900	5
1901	9
1902	2
1903	18
1904	20
1905	4
1906	23
1907	7
1908	21
1909	17
1910	9
1911	24
1912	28
1913	23
1914	53
1915	41
1916	39
1917	90
1918	18
1919	56
1920	46
1921	66
1922	303
1923	180
1924	75
1925	179
1926	295
1927	170
1928	405
1929	192
1930	402
1931	527
1932	446
1933	224
1934	432
1935	284
1936	715
1937	307
1938	213
1939	599
1940	255
1941	363
1942	321
1943	297
1944	193
1945	702
1946	454
1947	568
1948	259
1949	417
1950	542
1951	537
1952	560
1953	366
1954	592
1955	548
1956	417
1957	221
1958	1,270
1959	341
1960	329
1961	402
1962	538
1963	251
1964	341
1965	437
1966	415
1967	1,067
1968	788
1969	702
1970	674
1971	766
1972	641
1973	880
1974	666
1975	742
1976	840
1977	829
1978	1,095
1979	543
1980	1,457
1981	569
1982	985
1983	1,362
1984	937
1985	528
1986	845
1987	916
1988	1,306
1989	1,074
1990	955
1991	627
1992	943
1993	1,053
1994	730
1995	929
1996	739
1997	707
1998	1,051
1999	998
2000	1,207
2001	1,073
2002	1,029
2003	1,492
2004	724
2005	1,023
2006	1,527
2007	1,186
2008	669
2009	839
2010	927
2011	1,221
2012	829
2013	853
2014	1,448
2015	605
2016	706
2017	419
2018	694
2019	476
2020	464
2021	661
2022	538
2023	1,150
2024	938
2025	764
2026	727

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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	83
5 to 10	32
10 to 15	19
15 to 20	3
20 to 25	7
25 to 30	4
30 to 35	1