Weather Records on 19 August 1923

97 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 August 1923. Highest significance: Uman, UA.

Key Facts for 19 August 1923

On 19 August 1923, 97 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
10 were record highs and 33 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 95 daily.
Uman set a daily record precipitation of 35.3 mm (1.4 in) on 19 August 1923.
Across 168 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 441 records.

Record Map

97 stations

97 station records on 19 August 1923 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 August 1923: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Uman	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Vaexjoe	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Boras	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	44.3 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Quebec	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kalmar_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Collaroy Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Guelph Oac	Canada	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hoburg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Charters Towers Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pentland Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bogantungan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ljungby	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ingham Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Maytown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Townsville Pilot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Burdekin Shire Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ravenswood Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mackay Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bryson City 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Irvinebank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Barcaldine Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Emerald Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Toronto Deer Park	Canada	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Storrs	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Las Vegas 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Palmerville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Westwood Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Swift Current	Canada	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Lakefield	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Varberg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Fe	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Maseskar	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Spokane Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Darwin Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	28.1 C (82.6 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Nebo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Clermont Sirius St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Camden 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Bowen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
St Lawrence Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Alpha Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Bauhinia Downs Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Junsele	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	14.6 mm (0.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Calhoun 2 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Emerald Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Rutherglen	Canada	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Hutchinson River	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Fairview Outstation	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Cudgen Plantation	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Ohringen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Kunzelsau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

97 records

Records set or tied on 19 August 1923 by type: Highest daily maximum 3, Lowest daily maximum 16, Highest daily minimum 7, Lowest daily minimum 17, Heaviest daily rainfall 54.

Records on 19 August 1923 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	3
Lowest daily maximum	16
Highest daily minimum	7
Lowest daily minimum	17
Heaviest daily rainfall	54
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 19 August 1923 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 95.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

85 broken records

Margins by which the 85 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 30.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 August 1923

Top 20 records on 19 August 1923 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 August 1923	Uman, UA	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	26 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1923	Vaexjoe, SE	daily rain	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	52 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1923	Boras, SE	daily rain	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	17 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1923	Vanersborg, SE	daily rain	44.3 mm (1.7 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	16 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1923	Quebec, CA	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	46 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1923	Kalmar_D, SE	daily rain	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	7.7 mm (0.30 in)	52 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
19 August 1923	Collaroy Station, AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	29 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
19 August 1923	Guelph Oac, CA	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	4 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
19 August 1923	Hoburg, SE	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	32 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
19 August 1923	Charters Towers Post Office, AU	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	29 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
19 August 1923	Pentland Post Office, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	29 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
19 August 1923	Ulricehamn, SE	daily rain	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	6 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
19 August 1923	Bogantungan Post Office, AU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	29 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
19 August 1923	Ljungby, SE	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	17 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
19 August 1923	Ingham Post Office, AU	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	29 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
19 August 1923	Maytown, AU	daily rain	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	29 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
19 August 1923	Townsville Pilot Station, AU	daily rain	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
19 August 1923	Burdekin Shire Council, AU	daily rain	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
19 August 1923	Ravenswood Post Office, AU	daily rain	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	29 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
19 August 1923	Mackay Post Office, AU	daily rain	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	29 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

1797 to 1923

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1923. 1923 had 97 records.

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

Records on 08-19 in each year
Year	Records
1797	2
1800	1
1809	1
1820	1
1830	2
1831	1
1838	2
1844	2
1845	1
1846	1
1849	2
1857	1
1861	1
1862	1
1864	2
1867	1
1870	2
1872	1
1873	1
1874	1
1875	2
1877	3
1879	1
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1883	2
1884	2
1885	2
1886	2
1887	2
1888	1
1889	1
1890	4
1892	5
1893	2
1894	2
1895	1
1896	2
1897	2
1898	3
1899	9
1900	5
1901	13
1902	4
1903	6
1904	14
1905	16
1906	37
1907	17
1908	5
1909	24
1910	17
1911	9
1912	18
1913	9
1914	39
1915	34
1916	74
1917	200
1918	33
1919	31
1920	36
1921	22
1922	71
1923	97
1924	174
1925	154
1926	179
1927	343
1928	112
1929	163
1930	182
1931	207
1932	373
1933	328
1934	438
1935	389
1936	679
1937	305
1938	321
1939	432
1940	687
1941	431
1942	308
1943	596
1944	259
1945	427
1946	427
1947	896
1948	371
1949	411
1950	893
1951	362
1952	475
1953	412
1954	576
1955	780
1956	831
1957	325
1958	374
1959	733
1960	864
1961	425
1962	419
1963	570
1964	455
1965	550
1966	1,095
1967	839
1968	948
1969	501
1970	468
1971	376
1972	547
1973	519
1974	466
1975	561
1976	1,144
1977	938
1978	863
1979	1,492
1980	648
1981	1,004
1982	596
1983	1,387
1984	598
1985	713
1986	848
1987	811
1988	982
1989	660
1990	871
1991	656
1992	1,094
1993	771
1994	798
1995	1,542
1996	800
1997	958
1998	717
1999	980
2000	954
2001	1,027
2002	1,389
2003	918
2004	1,310
2005	920
2006	850
2007	1,360
2008	1,186
2009	1,039
2010	1,440
2011	975
2012	1,377
2013	765
2014	701
2015	989
2016	931
2017	439
2018	471
2019	601
2020	1,271
2021	1,366
2022	1,198
2023	910
2024	568
2025	786
2026	755

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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	47
5 to 10	9
10 to 15	11
15 to 20	8
20 to 25	4
25 to 30	5
30 to 35	1