Weather Records on 23 July 1928

146 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 July 1928. Highest significance: Grants Pass, US.

Key Facts for 23 July 1928

On 23 July 1928, 146 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
76 were record highs and 24 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 141 daily.
Grants Pass set an all-time record high maximum temperature of 45.6 C (114.1 F) on 23 July 1928.
Across 167 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 450 records.

Record Map

146 stations

146 station records on 23 July 1928 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 July 1928: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Grants Pass	United States	Record high maximum temperature	45.6 C (114.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Saint John	Canada	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Decatur	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Yuma	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Brinkworth (Bungaree)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	5.5 C (41.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Point Pleasant	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Charlotte Waters	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Constantine	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	5.9 mm (0.23 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moonta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide (Morphett Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Toulby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hallett (Old Canowie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pakri	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	13.1 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Victoria	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Willsons River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yanco Glen (Corona Homestead)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Covington 8 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gadsden	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Surgut	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	4.5 C (40.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Olympia Priest Pt Park	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Corny Point	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Yorketown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Moscow U of I	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Brookhaven City	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Hermannsburg	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Tempe Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.3 mm (0.01 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Grenfell	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Bancroft	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	14.6 C (58.3 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Vilnius	Lithuania	Record low minimum temperature	6.5 C (43.7 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Shelbyville 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Johnsonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Runnymede Spottsville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Broken Hill (Langawirra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Tasiilaq	Greenland [Denmark]	Record high minimum temperature	7.9 C (46.2 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Boulder	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Delta	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
St Augustine	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Earlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Chapel Hill 2 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Burra (Poonunda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsboro	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Wray	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Tuckerton 2 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Dover	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Santuck	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Carthage	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Perryville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Martinsburg E W Virginia Rgnl	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Cobbora (Ellismayne)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Barbara	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
New Brunswick Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

146 records

Records set or tied on 23 July 1928 by type: Highest daily maximum 31, Lowest daily maximum 10, Highest daily minimum 45, Lowest daily minimum 14, Heaviest daily rainfall 46.

Records on 23 July 1928 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	31
Lowest daily maximum	10
Highest daily minimum	45
Lowest daily minimum	14
Heaviest daily rainfall	46
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 23 July 1928 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 1, daily 141.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

109 broken records

Margins by which the 109 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 22.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 July 1928

Top 20 records on 23 July 1928 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 July 1928	Grants Pass, US	all-time high max	45.6 C (114.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	23 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
23 July 1928	Saint John, CA	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	40 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
23 July 1928	Decatur, US	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
23 July 1928	Yuma, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	20 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
23 July 1928	Brinkworth (Bungaree), AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	37 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
23 July 1928	Karlshamn, SE	daily low min	5.5 C (41.9 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	43 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
23 July 1928	Calgary Int'l A, CA	daily high min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	40 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
23 July 1928	Point Pleasant, US	daily high min	26.1 C (79.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	30 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
23 July 1928	Charlotte Waters, AU	daily rain	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	53 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 July 1928	Constantine, DZ	daily rain	5.9 mm (0.23 in)	5.9 mm (0.23 in)	47 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 July 1928	Moonta, AU	daily rain	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	30 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 July 1928	Adelaide (Morphett Vale), AU	daily rain	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	32 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 July 1928	Toulby, AU	daily rain	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	40 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 July 1928	Hallett (Old Canowie), AU	daily rain	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	29 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 July 1928	Pakri, EE	daily rain	13.1 mm (0.5 in)	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	29 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 July 1928	Port Victoria, AU	daily rain	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	2.6 mm (0.10 in)	30 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 July 1928	Willsons River, AU	daily rain	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	24 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 July 1928	Yanco Glen (Corona Homestead), AU	daily rain	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	41 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 July 1928	Covington 8 WNW, US	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	23 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 July 1928	Gadsden, US	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	28 years	19 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 1928

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1928. 1928 had 146 records.

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

Records on 07-23 in each year
Year	Records
1794	2
1797	1
1804	1
1810	1
1811	2
1832	1
1835	1
1836	2
1838	1
1845	1
1846	2
1851	1
1852	1
1855	2
1856	1
1859	1
1860	1
1861	1
1863	1
1867	1
1868	5
1870	1
1873	2
1875	2
1877	1
1879	2
1880	2
1882	1
1883	1
1884	1
1885	5
1886	1
1887	2
1888	1
1889	5
1890	4
1894	3
1895	7
1896	4
1898	9
1899	5
1900	8
1901	10
1902	6
1903	4
1904	18
1905	11
1906	19
1907	9
1908	15
1909	27
1910	54
1911	37
1912	43
1913	36
1914	59
1915	35
1916	34
1917	42
1918	96
1919	26
1920	40
1921	221
1922	113
1923	104
1924	158
1925	173
1926	266
1927	308
1928	146
1929	174
1930	214
1931	334
1932	232
1933	432
1934	898
1935	329
1936	403
1937	319
1938	354
1939	277
1940	494
1941	292
1942	265
1943	245
1944	350
1945	239
1946	531
1947	1,240
1948	610
1949	453
1950	500
1951	422
1952	788
1953	660
1954	545
1955	585
1956	402
1957	513
1958	633
1959	606
1960	568
1961	937
1962	465
1963	490
1964	373
1965	368
1966	368
1967	347
1968	480
1969	436
1970	935
1971	648
1972	640
1973	798
1974	578
1975	359
1976	425
1977	570
1978	1,064
1979	648
1980	703
1981	1,030
1982	594
1983	1,324
1984	980
1985	711
1986	1,239
1987	1,164
1988	1,124
1989	868
1990	1,033
1991	1,050
1992	1,469
1993	1,466
1994	1,215
1995	827
1996	1,227
1997	1,088
1998	885
1999	846
2000	1,225
2001	1,242
2002	875
2003	1,649
2004	1,148
2005	997
2006	1,757
2007	1,262
2008	1,057
2009	1,069
2010	1,627
2011	1,907
2012	822
2013	648
2014	783
2015	559
2016	760
2017	517
2018	873
2019	786
2020	514
2021	506
2022	707
2023	629
2024	798
2025	917
2026	788

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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	86
5 to 10	14
10 to 15	5
15 to 20	1
20 to 25	3