Weather Records on 23 January 1933

757 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 January 1933. Highest significance: Picton Council Depot, AU.

Key Facts for 23 January 1933

On 23 January 1933, 757 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
227 were record highs and 44 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 8 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 730 daily.
Picton Council Depot set an all-time record daily precipitation of 211.6 mm (8.3 in) on 23 January 1933.
Across 165 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 468 records.

Record Map

757 stations

757 station records on 23 January 1933 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 January 1933: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Picton Council Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	211.6 mm (8.3 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Helensburgh (Sawan St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	402.1 mm (15.8 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Kurrajong Heights (Bells Line	Australia	Record daily precipitation	132.3 mm (5.2 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Darkes Forest (Kintyre)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	335.3 mm (13.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Pleasant	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Ashfield Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	131.8 mm (5.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Spalding (Yakilo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Sans Souci (Public School)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	215.9 mm (8.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Camden Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	227.3 mm (8.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Palmer	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Laurieton (Elouera St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	121.4 mm (4.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Haldwani	India	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cambrai (Kongolia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
South Grafton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Blackheath (Lawrence St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Minchinbury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ambikapur	India	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Fatehpur	India	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wirrabara Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Maclean (McLachlan Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	138.9 mm (5.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bellingen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wentworth Falls Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Dapto West (Stane Dykes)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	168.4 mm (6.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Old Junee (Millbank)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Haraiya	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Barraba (Mount Lindsay)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kiama Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Narellan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bendemeer (Caroline St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lilli Pilli	Australia	Record daily precipitation	229.4 mm (9.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Latehar	India	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kaiserganj	India	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Clare Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Potts Hill Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Camden (Brownlow Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	198.6 mm (7.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bodalla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bahraich	India	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Woodside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
May Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Menangle	Australia	Record daily precipitation	145.3 mm (5.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sydney Botanic Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	112.5 mm (4.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cap Chat	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Windsor Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cap Chat	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sedan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Aurangabad	India	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lawson (Wilson Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Barmedman Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bumbaldry (Gold 'N' Grove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Balumath	India	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pakur	India	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrence Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Menangle Jmai	Australia	Record daily precipitation	170.7 mm (6.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Minto Surrey Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
West Wyalong (Tallimbalong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Baunsi	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gumla	India	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cataract River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	156.0 mm (6.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

757 records

Records set or tied on 23 January 1933 by type: Highest daily maximum 115, Lowest daily maximum 27, Highest daily minimum 112, Lowest daily minimum 17, Heaviest daily rainfall 479, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 23 January 1933 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	115
Lowest daily maximum	27
Highest daily minimum	112
Lowest daily minimum	17
Heaviest daily rainfall	479
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 23 January 1933 by timescale: all-time 8, monthly 19, daily 730.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

669 broken records

Margins by which the 669 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 203.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 January 1933

Top 20 records on 23 January 1933 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 January 1933	Picton Council Depot, AU	all-time rain	211.6 mm (8.3 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	22 years	67 of 100 (Major)
23 January 1933	Helensburgh (Sawan St), AU	all-time rain	402.1 mm (15.8 in)	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	22 years	65 of 100 (Major)
23 January 1933	Kurrajong Heights (Bells Line, AU	daily rain	132.3 mm (5.2 in)	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	61 years	64 of 100 (Major)
23 January 1933	Darkes Forest (Kintyre), AU	all-time rain	335.3 mm (13.2 in)	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	37 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1933	Mount Pleasant, AU	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1933	Ashfield Bowling Club, AU	daily rain	131.8 mm (5.2 in)	70.8 mm (2.8 in)	37 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1933	Spalding (Yakilo), AU	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	35 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1933	Sans Souci (Public School), AU	all-time rain	215.9 mm (8.5 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	22 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1933	Camden Bowling Club, AU	monthly rain	227.3 mm (8.9 in)	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	22 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1933	Palmer, AU	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1933	Laurieton (Elouera St), AU	daily rain	121.4 mm (4.8 in)	98.5 mm (3.9 in)	34 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1933	Haldwani, IN	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	28 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1933	Cambrai (Kongolia), AU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	34 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1933	South Grafton Post Office, AU	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	29 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1933	Blackheath (Lawrence St), AU	daily rain	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	82.5 mm (3.2 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1933	Minchinbury, AU	daily rain	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1933	Ambikapur, IN	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	14 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1933	Fatehpur, IN	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	14 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1933	Wirrabara Forest, AU	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	48 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1933	Maclean (McLachlan Street), AU	daily rain	138.9 mm (5.5 in)	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	9 years	46 of 100 (Notable)

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 1933

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1933. 1933 had 757 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).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	643
50 to 100	21
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	1