Weather Records on 23 August 1933

342 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 August 1933. Highest significance: Baltimore Customs House, US.

Key Facts for 23 August 1933

On 23 August 1933, 342 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
64 were record highs and 27 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 326 daily.
Baltimore Customs House set an all-time record daily precipitation of 193.5 mm (7.6 in) on 23 August 1933.
Across 164 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 445 records.

Record Map

342 stations

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

Weather records on 23 August 1933: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record daily precipitation	193.5 mm (7.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Ringtown	United States	Record daily precipitation	168.1 mm (6.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Landsort	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hagerstown 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Washington	United States	Record daily precipitation	162.3 mm (6.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Pimpalgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tartu	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Rocky Ford 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Frederick Police Brks	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Williamsburg 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	157.5 mm (6.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cheltenham 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	185.4 mm (7.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Beatrice	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
College Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Emmitsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Princess Anne	United States	Record daily precipitation	149.4 mm (5.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
W Chester 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgeville 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.8 mm (5.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Laurel 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Huntingdon	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Takoma Park # 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hutchinson River	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Elmira	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ephrata	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Medicine Lodge	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Quakertown	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Philadelphia City	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Brandon Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bassawan	India	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lebanon 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	145.3 mm (5.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Philadelphia Shawmont	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Yarraloola	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Atherton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rajmahal	India	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mohania(Mahania)	India	Record daily precipitation	121.2 mm (4.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Saidpur Bhitari	India	Record daily precipitation	163.1 mm (6.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Alva 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Angus 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Scotland Neck	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sorve	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Yarrabah Comm Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Arrah Obsy Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	137.7 mm (5.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Champhai	India	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Holly	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Delaware Cy Reedy Poin	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Milford 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.4 mm (4.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kunzelsau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kottayam P.W.D	India	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chandauli	India	Record daily precipitation	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Annapolis US Naval Aca	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Leominster	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Crookston NW Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Coatesville 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kuppam	India	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ghazipur	India	Record daily precipitation	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Orlando Executive AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Channapatana	India	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pipestone	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
State College	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

342 records

Records set or tied on 23 August 1933 by type: Highest daily maximum 35, Lowest daily maximum 18, Highest daily minimum 29, Lowest daily minimum 9, Heaviest daily rainfall 251.

Records on 23 August 1933 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	35
Lowest daily maximum	18
Highest daily minimum	29
Lowest daily minimum	9
Heaviest daily rainfall	251
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 23 August 1933 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 10, daily 326.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

296 broken records

Margins by which the 296 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 168.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 August 1933

Top 20 records on 23 August 1933 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 August 1933	Baltimore Customs House, US	all-time rain	193.5 mm (7.6 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	20 years	61 of 100 (Major)
23 August 1933	Ringtown, US	all-time rain	168.1 mm (6.6 in)	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	12 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1933	Landsort, SE	daily rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	42 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1933	Hagerstown 1E, US	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	26 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1933	Washington, US	all-time rain	162.3 mm (6.4 in)	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	76 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1933	Pimpalgaon, IN	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	23 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1933	Tartu, EE	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	53 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1933	Rocky Ford 2 SE, US	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	34 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1933	Frederick Police Brks, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1933	Williamsburg 2 NW, US	daily rain	157.5 mm (6.2 in)	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1933	Cheltenham 1 NW, US	daily rain	185.4 mm (7.3 in)	168.1 mm (6.6 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1933	Beatrice, US	daily rain	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1933	College Park, US	daily rain	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	2 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1933	Emmitsburg, US	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	16 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1933	Princess Anne, US	daily rain	149.4 mm (5.9 in)	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	2 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1933	W Chester 2 NW, US	daily rain	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	2 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1933	Bridgeville 1 NW, US	daily rain	127.8 mm (5.0 in)	61.8 mm (2.4 in)	2 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1933	Laurel 3 W, US	daily rain	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	2 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1933	Huntingdon, US	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	26 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1933	Takoma Park # 1, US	all-time rain	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	28 years	42 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

1802 to 1933

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1933. 1933 had 342 records.

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

Records on 08-23 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1805	1
1813	2
1816	2
1817	1
1818	1
1829	1
1839	3
1840	1
1846	1
1847	1
1848	1
1853	2
1857	1
1858	1
1864	1
1867	1
1869	1
1870	1
1871	1
1874	2
1877	2
1881	1
1882	2
1883	1
1884	2
1886	1
1887	2
1890	3
1891	4
1892	4
1893	4
1894	2
1895	3
1896	6
1897	1
1898	8
1899	8
1900	2
1901	10
1902	9
1903	9
1904	6
1905	8
1906	27
1907	15
1908	18
1909	10
1910	15
1911	23
1912	44
1913	9
1914	23
1915	63
1916	23
1917	26
1918	91
1919	24
1920	102
1921	280
1922	58
1923	284
1924	127
1925	182
1926	99
1927	198
1928	196
1929	240
1930	432
1931	412
1932	211
1933	342
1934	308
1935	220
1936	980
1937	522
1938	654
1939	439
1940	535
1941	375
1942	540
1943	505
1944	578
1945	338
1946	416
1947	1,071
1948	594
1949	456
1950	461
1951	347
1952	456
1953	292
1954	438
1955	375
1956	501
1957	645
1958	402
1959	494
1960	806
1961	644
1962	364
1963	380
1964	724
1965	357
1966	802
1967	541
1968	1,384
1969	728
1970	518
1971	610
1972	614
1973	650
1974	612
1975	627
1976	703
1977	557
1978	577
1979	459
1980	552
1981	663
1982	713
1983	1,264
1984	862
1985	1,187
1986	839
1987	1,119
1988	1,604
1989	902
1990	661
1991	697
1992	1,291
1993	796
1994	738
1995	1,212
1996	1,161
1997	1,599
1998	1,138
1999	802
2000	936
2001	834
2002	931
2003	1,103
2004	862
2005	786
2006	728
2007	1,513
2008	966
2009	1,241
2010	1,244
2011	1,412
2012	688
2013	397
2014	960
2015	673
2016	595
2017	543
2018	479
2019	445
2020	1,093
2021	629
2022	781
2023	1,287
2024	1,150
2025	1,295
2026	592

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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 25	235
25 to 50	38
50 to 75	17
75 to 100	3
100 to 125	1
125 to 150	1
150 to 175	1