Weather Records on 23 January 1934

287 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 January 1934. Highest significance: Idaho City, US.

Key Facts for 23 January 1934

On 23 January 1934, 287 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
136 were record highs and 13 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 281 daily.
Idaho City set a daily record precipitation of 40.4 mm (1.6 in) on 23 January 1934.
Across 165 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 471 records.

Record Map

287 stations

287 station records on 23 January 1934 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 January 1934: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Idaho City	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Smithfield (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Farmington	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Qu'appelle	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sterkspruit	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Browning	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hughenden	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Potchefstroom	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Jagersfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
North Bridgton	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rumford	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cananeia G4-001	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Rocklands	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Herschel	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pembroke Eddy Match	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tarkastad (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	20.1 C (68.2 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Vale	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Namdalseid	Norway	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Battleford	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Orleansville (Chlef)	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Geryville (El-Bayadh)	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	-2.0 C (28.4 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Swift Current	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Moab	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Qu'appelle	Canada	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Graaff Reinet	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cradock	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Barkly East	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Swift Current	Canada	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Battleford	Canada	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Windsor Kings College	Canada	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ovando	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Regina Int'l A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Radhapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hillmoor	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Browning	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Minnedosa	Canada	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Minnedosa	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Unb	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-32.8 C (-27.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pieter Meintjies (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nqamakwe (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Aliwal North	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cedarville	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cornwall	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Atherton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Moscow U of I	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Keene	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Charlotteburg Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Scarsdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Riverside 7 SSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kennebec	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Simpson	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-42.8 C (-45.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Tafelberg Hall	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Avoca	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Benson	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Ashton 1N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Battle Mtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Duchesne	United States	Record high maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Northfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond City Locks	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

287 records

Records set or tied on 23 January 1934 by type: Highest daily maximum 93, Lowest daily maximum 4, Highest daily minimum 43, Lowest daily minimum 9, Heaviest daily rainfall 126, Heaviest daily snowfall 11, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 23 January 1934 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	93
Lowest daily maximum	4
Highest daily minimum	43
Lowest daily minimum	9
Heaviest daily rainfall	126
Heaviest daily snowfall	11
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 23 January 1934 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 281.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

238 broken records

Margins by which the 238 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 1934

Top 20 records on 23 January 1934 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 January 1934	Idaho City, US	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	18 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1934	Smithfield (Mun), ZA	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	39 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
23 January 1934	Farmington, US	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
23 January 1934	Qu'appelle, CA	daily snowfall	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	4.8 cm (1.9 in)	40 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
23 January 1934	Sterkspruit, ZA	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	12 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
23 January 1934	Browning, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	35 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
23 January 1934	Hughenden, ZA	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
23 January 1934	Potchefstroom, ZA	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	4 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
23 January 1934	Jagersfontein, ZA	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	39 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
23 January 1934	North Bridgton, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	30 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
23 January 1934	Rumford, US	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	19 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
23 January 1934	Cananeia G4-001, BR	monthly rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	16.9 mm (0.7 in)	13 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
23 January 1934	Rocklands, ZA	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	38 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
23 January 1934	Herschel, ZA	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	39 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
23 January 1934	Pembroke Eddy Match, CA	daily high max	6.7 C (44.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	65 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
23 January 1934	Tarkastad (Pol), ZA	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	38 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
23 January 1934	Hobart (Ellerslie Road), AU	daily high min	20.1 C (68.2 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	46 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
23 January 1934	Vale, US	monthly high min	5.0 C (41.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	40 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
23 January 1934	Namdalseid, NO	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	11 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
23 January 1934	Battleford, CA	daily snowfall	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	35 years	23 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 1934

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1934. 1934 had 287 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	236
50 to 100	1
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1