Weather Records on 23 April 1934

272 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 April 1934. Highest significance: Gallivare_A, SE.

Key Facts for 23 April 1934

On 23 April 1934, 272 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
171 were record highs and 9 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 23 monthly and 249 daily.
Gallivare_A set a monthly record daily precipitation of 28.8 mm (1.1 in) on 23 April 1934.
Across 167 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 446 records.

Record Map

272 stations

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

Weather records on 23 April 1934: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Gallivare_A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Caulfield (Racecourse)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Barwon Heads (Jirrahlinga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Port Arthur	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tylden "Tulden"	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Barramunga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lugano	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rosalia	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Spokane Intl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Barkerville	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wien	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pathalipam	India	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Moxee	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
American Falls 6 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ellensburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Heppner	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Snoqualmie Falls	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Zeehan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kennewick	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Umatilla	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lakeside	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Wenatchee 6 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Wilbur	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kelowna	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Micurinsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Umea	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Buena Vista 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Thorpdale State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pitea	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ljungby	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hoburg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Urjupinsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Maffra Forestry Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
La Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lakeview 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	10.8 C (51.4 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Middle Creek (Leneva)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	9.6 C (49.3 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Steveston	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Isabela Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Landsort	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	9.5 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Columbia Falls 5 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cle Elum	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Traralgon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Haileybury	Canada	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bjuroklubb	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Collins	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Odessa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Cameron Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Leichardt	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Agnes River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Hobart (Waterworks Reserve)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Rokeby (the Mall)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Vernon Coldstream Ranch	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Kenora	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Ventspils	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	9.3 mm (0.37 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Chardzhev	Turkmenistan	Record daily precipitation	7.0 mm (0.28 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Priest Rvr Exp STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

272 records

Records set or tied on 23 April 1934 by type: Highest daily maximum 81, Lowest daily maximum 5, Highest daily minimum 90, Lowest daily minimum 4, Heaviest daily rainfall 90, Heaviest daily snowfall 2.

Records on 23 April 1934 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	81
Lowest daily maximum	5
Highest daily minimum	90
Lowest daily minimum	4
Heaviest daily rainfall	90
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 23 April 1934 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 23, daily 249.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

224 broken records

Margins by which the 224 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 51.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 April 1934

Top 20 records on 23 April 1934 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 April 1934	Gallivare_A, SE	monthly rain	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	8 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1934	Caulfield (Racecourse), AU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1934	Barwon Heads (Jirrahlinga), AU	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	21 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1934	Port Arthur, AU	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	56 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1934	Tylden "Tulden", ZA	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	12 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1934	Barramunga, AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	37 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1934	Lugano, CH	daily rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	31 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
23 April 1934	Rosalia, US	monthly high min	13.9 C (57.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	24 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
23 April 1934	Spokane Intl AP, US	monthly high min	13.9 C (57.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	43 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
23 April 1934	Barkerville, CA	daily high max	26.7 C (80.1 F)	7.8 C (14.0 F)	28 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
23 April 1934	Wien, AT	daily high min	13.0 C (55.4 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	57 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
23 April 1934	Pathalipam, IN	daily rain	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	15 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
23 April 1934	Moxee, US	daily high min	15.0 C (59.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	39 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
23 April 1934	American Falls 6 NE, US	daily high min	11.1 C (52.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	39 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
23 April 1934	Ellensburg, US	monthly high min	13.3 C (55.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	37 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
23 April 1934	Heppner, US	daily high min	11.1 C (52.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	38 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
23 April 1934	Snoqualmie Falls, US	daily high min	12.2 C (54.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	28 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
23 April 1934	Zeehan Post Office, AU	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	12 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
23 April 1934	Kennewick, US	monthly high min	16.1 C (61.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	28 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
23 April 1934	Kremsmuenster, AT	daily high min	11.7 C (53.1 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	53 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

1800 to 1934

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 1934. 1934 had 272 records.

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

Records on 04-23 in each year
Year	Records
1800	1
1809	1
1812	1
1817	3
1838	1
1840	1
1842	1
1851	1
1852	2
1854	1
1855	5
1857	2
1859	1
1861	1
1865	1
1868	2
1870	1
1872	1
1873	4
1874	4
1875	1
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1881	2
1882	1
1883	2
1884	3
1885	4
1886	4
1888	1
1889	1
1890	4
1891	2
1892	1
1893	2
1895	3
1896	4
1897	2
1898	1
1899	6
1900	4
1901	9
1902	12
1903	20
1904	8
1905	7
1906	23
1907	12
1908	14
1909	28
1910	35
1911	21
1912	29
1913	40
1914	71
1915	41
1916	35
1917	37
1918	92
1919	66
1920	75
1921	81
1922	45
1923	132
1924	111
1925	506
1926	124
1927	562
1928	302
1929	103
1930	487
1931	506
1932	231
1933	361
1934	272
1935	152
1936	342
1937	321
1938	177
1939	339
1940	319
1941	277
1942	473
1943	819
1944	678
1945	364
1946	649
1947	242
1948	401
1949	401
1950	577
1951	426
1952	500
1953	300
1954	548
1955	654
1956	581
1957	623
1958	649
1959	442
1960	1,648
1961	884
1962	389
1963	801
1964	958
1965	660
1966	386
1967	1,183
1968	816
1969	705
1970	1,209
1971	508
1972	332
1973	518
1974	486
1975	411
1976	386
1977	979
1978	523
1979	554
1980	1,460
1981	1,124
1982	1,191
1983	1,031
1984	971
1985	1,011
1986	1,541
1987	676
1988	1,051
1989	1,469
1990	1,077
1991	638
1992	592
1993	1,256
1994	666
1995	1,464
1996	1,520
1997	1,024
1998	1,446
1999	1,198
2000	1,003
2001	1,435
2002	971
2003	557
2004	610
2005	940
2006	839
2007	847
2008	775
2009	920
2010	1,040
2011	1,190
2012	1,796
2013	1,655
2014	362
2015	511
2016	542
2017	474
2018	684
2019	668
2020	564
2021	562
2022	692
2023	980
2024	583
2025	410
2026	503

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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	208
10 to 20	8
20 to 30	4
30 to 40	3
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	1