Weather Records on 23 October 1932

310 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 October 1932. Highest significance: Groningen-1, NL.

Key Facts for 23 October 1932

On 23 October 1932, 310 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
36 were record highs and 22 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 308 daily.
Groningen-1 set a daily record precipitation of 26.3 mm (1.0 in) on 23 October 1932.
Across 160 earlier years (1795 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 464 records.

Record Map

310 stations

310 station records on 23 October 1932 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 October 1932: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Groningen-1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Sakti	India	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sitapur	India	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bilaspur	India	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Barpukhuri	India	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bulsar Obsy Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sekoni	India	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Midnapore	India	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Devrukh	India	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Korba	India	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Barduar	India	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hajo	India	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Arambagh	India	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hoorn	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Saraipali	India	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mahespur	India	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ghatal	India	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pakri	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kjobli I Snaasa	Norway	Record daily precipitation	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dinhata	India	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Aurangabad	India	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Namdalseid	Norway	Record daily precipitation	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Napa State Hospital	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bakhtiarpur	India	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Gazole	India	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Goalpara	India	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Guhagar	India	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Gangajalghati	India	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Boko	India	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hiranpur	India	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sohagpur	India	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bhor	India	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Siliguri	India	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kunda	India	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tallinn	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wandering Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fraserburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Buena Vista 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
West Terschelling	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bihar	India	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Williston Sloulin Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Brandon Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kiruna	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Durg(Drug)	India	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Schwerin	Germany	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sherghati	India	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Matjiesfontein (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pearston (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sorve	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Soltau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Latehar	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hussainabad	India	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Paraiyahat	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Songadh	India	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Calcutta/Alipore	India	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Klipplaat (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gyzylarbat	Turkmenistan	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Perth Regional Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

310 records

Records set or tied on 23 October 1932 by type: Highest daily maximum 21, Lowest daily maximum 14, Highest daily minimum 15, Lowest daily minimum 8, Heaviest daily rainfall 251, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 23 October 1932 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	21
Lowest daily maximum	14
Highest daily minimum	15
Lowest daily minimum	8
Heaviest daily rainfall	251
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 23 October 1932 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 308.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

292 broken records

Margins by which the 292 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 100.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 October 1932

Top 20 records on 23 October 1932 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 October 1932	Groningen-1, NL	daily rain	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	79 years	64 of 100 (Major)
23 October 1932	Sakti, IN	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	30 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1932	Sitapur, IN	daily rain	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	31 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1932	Bilaspur, IN	daily rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	22 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1932	Barpukhuri, IN	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	54.3 mm (2.1 in)	1 year	37 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1932	Bulsar Obsy Sr, IN	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	16 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1932	Sekoni, IN	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	17 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1932	Midnapore, IN	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	16 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1932	Devrukh, IN	daily rain	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	31 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
23 October 1932	Korba, IN	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	13 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
23 October 1932	Barduar, IN	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	6 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
23 October 1932	Hajo, IN	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	6 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
23 October 1932	Arambagh, IN	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	27 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
23 October 1932	Hoorn, NL	daily rain	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	7.8 mm (0.31 in)	41 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
23 October 1932	Saraipali, IN	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	22 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
23 October 1932	Mahespur, IN	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	31 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
23 October 1932	Ghatal, IN	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	27 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
23 October 1932	Pakri, EE	monthly rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	2.7 mm (0.11 in)	29 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
23 October 1932	Kjobli I Snaasa, NO	daily rain	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	8.8 mm (0.35 in)	30 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
23 October 1932	Dinhata, IN	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	31 years	27 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 1932

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1932. 1932 had 310 records.

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

Records on 10-23 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1802	2
1843	1
1845	1
1850	1
1851	2
1855	1
1859	2
1861	1
1863	1
1865	2
1866	1
1869	3
1871	2
1872	1
1873	2
1876	2
1878	1
1880	7
1881	2
1882	1
1883	1
1885	2
1888	1
1889	2
1890	2
1891	8
1892	3
1893	3
1894	5
1895	4
1896	2
1897	3
1898	5
1899	4
1900	8
1901	7
1902	7
1903	10
1904	7
1905	15
1906	17
1907	5
1908	19
1909	12
1910	6
1911	40
1912	50
1913	38
1914	9
1915	167
1916	290
1917	62
1918	12
1919	42
1920	262
1921	58
1922	38
1923	165
1924	160
1925	191
1926	131
1927	266
1928	120
1929	352
1930	310
1931	353
1932	310
1933	241
1934	333
1935	519
1936	490
1937	816
1938	403
1939	717
1940	304
1941	499
1942	306
1943	446
1944	283
1945	533
1946	258
1947	631
1948	251
1949	432
1950	507
1951	626
1952	432
1953	373
1954	317
1955	266
1956	587
1957	1,266
1958	255
1959	682
1960	341
1961	329
1962	141
1963	1,297
1964	264
1965	330
1966	625
1967	297
1968	175
1969	1,200
1970	617
1971	705
1972	601
1973	712
1974	653
1975	1,028
1976	879
1977	578
1978	570
1979	1,094
1980	584
1981	1,502
1982	1,071
1983	853
1984	1,261
1985	846
1986	968
1987	694
1988	619
1989	1,363
1990	954
1991	1,232
1992	1,176
1993	670
1994	558
1995	1,471
1996	1,396
1997	1,172
1998	1,221
1999	1,011
2000	1,275
2001	1,091
2002	1,868
2003	1,952
2004	1,224
2005	679
2006	1,976
2007	1,673
2008	993
2009	838
2010	683
2011	701
2012	1,017
2013	754
2014	755
2015	760
2016	460
2017	603
2018	322
2019	459
2020	1,777
2021	298
2022	1,342
2023	544
2024	674
2025	343

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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 20	245
20 to 40	33
40 to 60	13
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1