Weather Records on 15 October 1923

66 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 October 1923. Highest significance: Baton Rouge, US.

Key Facts for 15 October 1923

On 15 October 1923, 66 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
29 were record highs and 14 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 66 daily.
Baton Rouge set a daily record precipitation of 36.3 mm (1.4 in) on 15 October 1923.
Across 159 earlier years (1794 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 462 records.

Record Map

66 stations

66 station records on 15 October 1923 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 October 1923: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Baton Rouge	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Biskra	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	23.0 C (73.4 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kansas City	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Salekhard	Russia	Record daily precipitation	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Steinkopf (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pella	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Independence	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Emerald Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Vasilevici	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	6.5 mm (0.26 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
New Iberia AP - Acadiana Rgnl	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Barkerville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Syktyvkar	Russia	Record daily precipitation	6.7 mm (0.26 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Bogoroditskoye-Fenino	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	21.0 C (69.8 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Yates Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Prince Albert	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Waterbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin 3 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Melville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Moab	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Kon-Kolodez	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
New Orleans Audubon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Horton	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Minneapolis	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Sedan	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Troicko-Pecherskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	6.7 mm (0.26 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Grenola 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Guthrie 5S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
State College	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
El Paso	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Lafayette Rgnl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Battleford	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
St Albans	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
McPherson	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Agricultural College	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Sloan 3 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Paragonah	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Olney 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Corning	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Cheneyville 1 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Selinsgrove 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Bogoroditskoye-Fenino	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	9.6 C (49.3 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Fe	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Orenburg	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	6.5 C (43.7 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Prescott 2 NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Fort National	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Schriever	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Mexico	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Lakeside	United States	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Eau Claire	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Texarkana Webb Fld	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsbluff W B Heilig Fld AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Kamloops	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Uman	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	21.5 C (70.7 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Malvern	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Covington 8 WNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Donaldsonville 4 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

66 records

Records set or tied on 15 October 1923 by type: Highest daily maximum 7, Lowest daily maximum 8, Highest daily minimum 22, Lowest daily minimum 6, Heaviest daily rainfall 23.

Records on 15 October 1923 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	7
Lowest daily maximum	8
Highest daily minimum	22
Lowest daily minimum	6
Heaviest daily rainfall	23
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 15 October 1923 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 66.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

44 broken records

Margins by which the 44 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 29.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 October 1923

Top 20 records on 15 October 1923 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 October 1923	Baton Rouge, US	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	17 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
15 October 1923	Biskra, DZ	daily high min	23.0 C (73.4 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	30 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
15 October 1923	Kansas City, US	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	12 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
15 October 1923	Salekhard, RU	daily rain	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	2.7 mm (0.11 in)	37 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
15 October 1923	Steinkopf (Pol), ZA	daily rain	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	43 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
15 October 1923	Pella, ZA	daily rain	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	44 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
15 October 1923	Independence, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	6 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
15 October 1923	Emerald Post Office, AU	daily low min	6.7 C (44.1 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	25 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
15 October 1923	Vasilevici, BY	daily rain	6.5 mm (0.26 in)	2.9 mm (0.11 in)	29 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
15 October 1923	Kiev, UA	daily high min	11.1 C (52.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	37 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
15 October 1923	New Iberia AP - Acadiana Rgnl, US	daily rain	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	30 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
15 October 1923	Barkerville, CA	daily rain	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	25 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
15 October 1923	Syktyvkar, RU	daily rain	6.7 mm (0.26 in)	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	9 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
15 October 1923	Bogoroditskoye-Fenino, RU	daily high max	21.0 C (69.8 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	33 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
15 October 1923	Yates Ctr, US	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	5.4 mm (0.21 in)	24 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
15 October 1923	Prince Albert, CA	daily high max	22.2 C (72.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	16 years	12 of 100 (Routine)
15 October 1923	Waterbury, US	daily rain	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	5.4 mm (0.21 in)	24 years	12 of 100 (Routine)
15 October 1923	Franklin 3 NW, US	daily high min	22.2 C (72.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	25 years	12 of 100 (Routine)
15 October 1923	Melville, US	daily high min	20.6 C (69.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	23 years	12 of 100 (Routine)
15 October 1923	Moab, US	daily low min	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	16 years	12 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

1794 to 1923

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1923. 1923 had 66 records.

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

Records on 10-15 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1795	1
1796	1
1807	1
1808	2
1836	1
1838	1
1839	1
1849	1
1859	2
1862	1
1870	2
1871	4
1873	1
1875	1
1876	3
1877	1
1878	3
1879	3
1881	3
1882	4
1885	2
1886	1
1887	8
1889	2
1891	4
1892	1
1893	5
1894	9
1895	3
1896	8
1897	2
1898	3
1899	4
1900	3
1901	4
1902	7
1903	13
1904	10
1905	13
1906	7
1907	11
1908	13
1909	17
1910	14
1911	18
1912	17
1913	70
1914	28
1915	48
1916	21
1917	29
1918	21
1919	65
1920	38
1921	160
1922	43
1923	66
1924	118
1925	221
1926	125
1927	94
1928	385
1929	200
1930	282
1931	461
1932	213
1933	255
1934	434
1935	303
1936	126
1937	1,444
1938	598
1939	461
1940	458
1941	330
1942	494
1943	704
1944	246
1945	487
1946	354
1947	963
1948	224
1949	546
1950	321
1951	341
1952	662
1953	374
1954	945
1955	444
1956	555
1957	461
1958	606
1959	411
1960	600
1961	834
1962	1,009
1963	522
1964	488
1965	299
1966	1,265
1967	464
1968	1,111
1969	1,074
1970	642
1971	744
1972	584
1973	525
1974	768
1975	808
1976	791
1977	543
1978	886
1979	720
1980	1,006
1981	965
1982	297
1983	653
1984	1,236
1985	1,068
1986	768
1987	900
1988	896
1989	560
1990	1,134
1991	1,139
1992	1,530
1993	1,066
1994	1,103
1995	1,008
1996	458
1997	964
1998	806
1999	766
2000	625
2001	705
2002	965
2003	737
2004	716
2005	610
2006	1,305
2007	702
2008	959
2009	2,365
2010	1,095
2011	906
2012	909
2013	632
2014	901
2015	1,139
2016	674
2017	1,091
2018	2,682
2019	479
2020	499
2021	983
2022	633
2023	319
2024	748
2025	697

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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	33
5 to 10	8
10 to 15	0
15 to 20	0
20 to 25	1
25 to 30	2