Weather Records on 23 January 1924

79 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 January 1924. Highest significance: Wyong (Wyong Golf Club), AU.

Key Facts for 23 January 1924

On 23 January 1924, 79 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
7 were record highs and 43 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 78 daily.
Wyong (Wyong Golf Club) set a monthly record daily precipitation of 135.6 mm (5.3 in) on 23 January 1924.
Across 165 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 472 records.

Record Map

79 stations

79 station records on 23 January 1924 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 January 1924: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Wyong (Wyong Golf Club)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	135.6 mm (5.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Trenton 1 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mnt Fletcher (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-45.0 C (-49.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Dobikin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tunis	Tunisia	Record daily precipitation	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Laghouat	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Minto	United States	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-11.8 C (10.8 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-23.0 C (-9.4 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Forks UNIV (NWS)	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
College STN 6 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Boggabilla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Athens	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-26.7 C (-16.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-14.5 C (5.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bungunya School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Orleansville (Chlef)	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Raymond Terrace Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Singleton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Kamloops	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-21.0 C (-5.8 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Burdekin Shire Council	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	38.7 C (101.7 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Maclean (McLachlan Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Dunmurray	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Pitea	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-19.5 C (-3.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Ogdensburg 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Mogil Mogil (Benimora)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-26.0 C (-14.8 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Orebro	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-24.2 C (-11.6 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Alice Springs Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett Council Depot	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Kamloops	Canada	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Indian Head Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Indian Head Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	4.6 cm (1.8 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Whitehead	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-19.0 C (-2.2 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Eustis 2 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Troicko-Pecherskoe	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-43.7 C (-46.7 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-10.4 C (13.3 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Sidi-Bel-Abbes	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Goondiwindi Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	21.6 C (70.9 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-21.2 C (-6.2 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-16.0 C (3.2 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Lebanon 3 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Mungindi Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Kenalea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-37.8 C (-36.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Gavle	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-12.0 C (10.4 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Gavle	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-22.5 C (-8.5 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Southern Pines 2 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Syktyvkar	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-36.4 C (-33.5 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Umea	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-31.0 C (-23.8 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Gadsden	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

79 records

Records set or tied on 23 January 1924 by type: Highest daily maximum 2, Lowest daily maximum 14, Highest daily minimum 5, Lowest daily minimum 29, Heaviest daily rainfall 24, Heaviest daily snowfall 4, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 23 January 1924 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	2
Lowest daily maximum	14
Highest daily minimum	5
Lowest daily minimum	29
Heaviest daily rainfall	24
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 23 January 1924 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 78.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

65 broken records

Margins by which the 65 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 43.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 January 1924

Top 20 records on 23 January 1924 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 January 1924	Wyong (Wyong Golf Club), AU	monthly rain	135.6 mm (5.3 in)	7.8 mm (0.31 in)	28 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
23 January 1924	Georgetown Post Office, AU	daily low min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	20 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
23 January 1924	Trenton 1 NNE, US	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	27 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
23 January 1924	Mnt Fletcher (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	31 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
23 January 1924	Jokkmokk, SE	daily low min	-45.0 C (-49.0 F)	9.0 C (16.2 F)	24 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
23 January 1924	Dobikin, AU	daily rain	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	27 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 January 1924	Tunis, TN	daily rain	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	34 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 January 1924	Laghouat, DZ	daily rain	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	7.0 mm (0.28 in)	4 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 January 1924	Minto, US	daily rain	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	29 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 January 1924	Linkoeping-Malmslaett, SE	daily low max	-11.8 C (10.8 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	30 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 January 1924	Vasteras-Hasslo, SE	daily low min	-23.0 C (-9.4 F)	3.5 C (6.3 F)	38 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 January 1924	Grand Forks UNIV (NWS), US	daily rain	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	30 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 January 1924	College STN 6 SW, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	29 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 January 1924	Boggabilla Post Office, AU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	30 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
23 January 1924	Athens, US	daily low min	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	38 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
23 January 1924	Oran-Hopital Militaire, DZ	daily high min	13.0 C (55.4 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	13 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
23 January 1924	Bathurst, CA	daily low min	-26.7 C (-16.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	44 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
23 January 1924	Vasteras-Hasslo, SE	daily low max	-14.5 C (5.9 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	38 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
23 January 1924	Bungunya School, AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	6 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
23 January 1924	Vanersborg, SE	daily low max	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	30 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

1795 to 1924

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1924. 1924 had 79 records.

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

Records on 01-23 in each year
Year	Records
1795	2
1800	2
1812	1
1815	1
1823	3
1827	1
1840	1
1845	1
1846	2
1849	1
1850	1
1852	1
1855	2
1856	1
1860	1
1867	1
1869	2
1871	1
1872	1
1873	1
1874	1
1879	1
1880	1
1881	2
1882	1
1884	3
1886	1
1887	4
1888	1
1890	2
1891	3
1892	3
1893	5
1894	4
1895	4
1896	6
1897	1
1898	5
1899	8
1900	5
1901	5
1902	6
1903	5
1904	11
1905	4
1906	49
1907	22
1908	7
1909	60
1910	18
1911	5
1912	8
1913	32
1914	17
1915	30
1916	31
1917	245
1918	69
1919	28
1920	49
1921	38
1922	54
1923	63
1924	79
1925	118
1926	223
1927	262
1928	39
1929	304
1930	697
1931	243
1932	265
1933	757
1934	287
1935	588
1936	1,202
1937	686
1938	335
1939	406
1940	701
1941	345
1942	535
1943	1,200
1944	478
1945	146
1946	417
1947	414
1948	918
1949	705
1950	644
1951	283
1952	498
1953	531
1954	472
1955	568
1956	354
1957	593
1958	259
1959	535
1960	544
1961	529
1962	624
1963	1,366
1964	455
1965	831
1966	973
1967	1,336
1968	547
1969	1,128
1970	1,157
1971	407
1972	695
1973	495
1974	484
1975	457
1976	1,092
1977	629
1978	911
1979	1,109
1980	743
1981	1,387
1982	1,884
1983	845
1984	736
1985	775
1986	611
1987	1,231
1988	741
1989	634
1990	1,376
1991	891
1992	737
1993	1,273
1994	798
1995	991
1996	889
1997	936
1998	724
1999	2,024
2000	1,155
2001	588
2002	1,174
2003	1,269
2004	726
2005	1,207
2006	1,104
2007	1,127
2008	802
2009	1,334
2010	1,284
2011	741
2012	610
2013	764
2014	916
2015	561
2016	1,168
2017	1,089
2018	643
2019	688
2020	896
2021	455
2022	685
2023	567
2024	868
2025	1,016
2026	535

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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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 23 January 1924
Margin	Records
0 to 10	56
10 to 20	5
20 to 30	2
30 to 40	0
40 to 50	2