Weather Records on 23 February 1933

321 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 February 1933. Highest significance: Betul(Badnur), IN.

Key Facts for 23 February 1933

On 23 February 1933, 321 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
188 were record highs and 39 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 316 daily.
Betul(Badnur) set a daily record precipitation of 44.5 mm (1.8 in) on 23 February 1933.
Across 156 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 555 records.

Record Map

321 stations

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

Weather records on 23 February 1933: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Betul(Badnur)	India	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Dhakuakhana	India	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Talegaon	India	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Somerset East	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Peterborough	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chindwara	India	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lakhnadon	India	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pearston (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Setif	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	1.0 C (33.8 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sakoli	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Alicedale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Portland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record low minimum temperature	-0.4 C (31.3 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cata (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Fort National	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	2.0 C (35.6 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mandla	India	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Seoni	India	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Woodville 4 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Heidelberg Cape (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sausar	India	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Uniondale (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Multai	India	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tulbagh (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	0.3 mm (0.01 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Svenska Hogarna	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	5.9 mm (0.23 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Feodosiia	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Umatilla	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dudhi	India	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vytegra	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-36.8 C (-34.2 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hattiesburg 5SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dayton 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pullman Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-4.3 C (24.3 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Potsdam	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-4.0 C (24.8 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Potsdam	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-11.0 C (12.2 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Wardha	India	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Wappingers Falls	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Junction Walker Fld	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Waren	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-4.7 C (23.5 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Katol	India	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bizerte Cap Blanc	Tunisia	Record low minimum temperature	2.0 C (35.6 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Headworks Portland Wtr B	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Ilulissat (Jakobshavn)	Greenland [Denmark]	Record high minimum temperature	-1.3 C (29.7 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Shahpur	India	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Akola	India	Record daily precipitation	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Amraoti	India	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Middleton (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Fruita	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Moscow U of I	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Fichtelberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-10.8 C (12.6 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Nawa	India	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Rocky Ford 2 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Atherton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Muenster	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-6.0 C (21.2 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

321 records

Records set or tied on 23 February 1933 by type: Highest daily maximum 134, Lowest daily maximum 20, Highest daily minimum 54, Lowest daily minimum 19, Heaviest daily rainfall 91, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 23 February 1933 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	134
Lowest daily maximum	20
Highest daily minimum	54
Lowest daily minimum	19
Heaviest daily rainfall	91
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 23 February 1933 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 316.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

256 broken records

Margins by which the 256 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 44.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 February 1933

Top 20 records on 23 February 1933 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 February 1933	Betul(Badnur), IN	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1933	Dhakuakhana, IN	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1933	Talegaon, IN	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	19 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1933	Somerset East, ZA	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	23 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1933	Peterborough, CA	monthly high min	2.8 C (37.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	51 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
23 February 1933	Chindwara, IN	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	29 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
23 February 1933	Lakhnadon, IN	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	29 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
23 February 1933	Pearston (Pol), ZA	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	29 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
23 February 1933	Gunnedah Pool, AU	monthly high min	27.8 C (82.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	36 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
23 February 1933	Stornoway Airport, GB	daily low max	1.7 C (35.1 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	44 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
23 February 1933	Setif, DZ	daily low max	1.0 C (33.8 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	44 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
23 February 1933	Sakoli, IN	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	6 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
23 February 1933	Alicedale, ZA	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	23 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
23 February 1933	Portland, US	daily high max	10.0 C (50.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	57 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
23 February 1933	Dublin Phoenix Park, IE	daily low min	-0.4 C (31.3 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	59 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
23 February 1933	Cata (Bos), ZA	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	23 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
23 February 1933	Fort National, DZ	daily low max	2.0 C (35.6 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	44 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
23 February 1933	Mandla, IN	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	29 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
23 February 1933	Seoni, IN	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	29 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
23 February 1933	Woodville 4 ESE, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	38 years	22 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 1933

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1933. 1933 had 321 records.

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

Records on 02-23 in each year
Year	Records
1794	2
1802	2
1804	2
1810	1
1814	4
1815	1
1839	1
1846	2
1849	1
1850	1
1855	1
1867	1
1868	1
1871	1
1873	1
1874	1
1875	3
1879	3
1884	1
1886	2
1887	1
1888	5
1889	2
1891	1
1892	2
1895	1
1896	1
1897	1
1898	8
1899	1
1900	5
1901	9
1902	3
1903	17
1904	13
1905	12
1906	21
1907	31
1908	19
1909	27
1910	35
1911	23
1912	46
1913	11
1914	37
1915	58
1916	80
1917	100
1918	31
1919	49
1920	44
1921	74
1922	158
1923	42
1924	156
1925	264
1926	63
1927	298
1928	199
1929	179
1930	690
1931	209
1932	318
1933	321
1934	725
1935	214
1936	430
1937	172
1938	224
1939	616
1940	274
1941	362
1942	355
1943	518
1944	430
1945	335
1946	346
1947	718
1948	450
1949	406
1950	517
1951	397
1952	414
1953	450
1954	654
1955	880
1956	599
1957	807
1958	958
1959	357
1960	802
1961	677
1962	659
1963	1,003
1964	594
1965	640
1966	614
1967	689
1968	1,038
1969	1,010
1970	422
1971	741
1972	843
1973	353
1974	562
1975	1,764
1976	737
1977	1,274
1978	1,263
1979	1,374
1980	520
1981	1,234
1982	972
1983	790
1984	942
1985	1,913
1986	955
1987	916
1988	412
1989	1,413
1990	2,157
1991	712
1992	760
1993	1,477
1994	1,452
1995	1,011
1996	1,603
1997	989
1998	1,401
1999	773
2000	1,701
2001	956
2002	1,228
2003	1,326
2004	802
2005	702
2006	581
2007	883
2008	914
2009	858
2010	1,440
2011	829
2012	770
2013	792
2014	502
2015	1,830
2016	660
2017	1,946
2018	1,728
2019	1,246
2020	794
2021	929
2022	2,595
2023	2,768
2024	373
2025	984
2026	951

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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 10	229
10 to 20	19
20 to 30	3
30 to 40	4
40 to 50	1