Weather Records on 23 July 1934

898 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 July 1934. Highest significance: Newlands, ZA.

Key Facts for 23 July 1934

On 23 July 1934, 898 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
679 were record highs and 47 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 43 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 838 daily.
Newlands set a daily record precipitation of 37.6 mm (1.5 in) on 23 July 1934.
Across 167 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 446 records.

Record Map

898 stations

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

Weather records on 23 July 1934: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Newlands	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Weimar	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cathcart (Old Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ocala	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rosera	India	Record daily precipitation	151.4 mm (6.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.3 mm (3.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Banjar(Saraj-Teh)	India	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Griggsville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Maple Plain	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sidney 2 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Lauchstadt	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Guntur	India	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Narsaraopet	India	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Federal Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Valparaiso Wtr Wks	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Crohamhurst	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Quincy	United States	Record high maximum temperature	44.4 C (111.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Caguas	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Minocqua	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Maharajganj	India	Record daily precipitation	163.8 mm (6.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hernando	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.3 C (109.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Philo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Fond du Lac Wwtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Montgomery Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Danville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Rockville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Blacksburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lewisburg 3 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Minsk	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sathenapalli	India	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Albert Lea 3SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Florence	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Stanley Wwtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Carthage	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Albany	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Spencer	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Rushville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.9 C (111.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sparta 1 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	45.0 C (113.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Belle Plaine	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Norton 9SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kalamazoo State Hospital	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Minneapolis Wb Dwtn	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mtn Grove 2 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Crete 4ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Miller	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Asheville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Addanki	India	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Madison Sewage Plt	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Moores Hill	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ironwood	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin Sewage Plt	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Burkes Garden	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Spooner Ag Rsch STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Marshall	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Avanigadda	India	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hoopeston	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.8 C (109.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksonville 2E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.3 C (109.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Veedersburg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
W Lafayette 6 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.3 C (109.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

898 records

Records set or tied on 23 July 1934 by type: Highest daily maximum 393, Lowest daily maximum 13, Highest daily minimum 286, Lowest daily minimum 34, Heaviest daily rainfall 172.

Records on 23 July 1934 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	393
Lowest daily maximum	13
Highest daily minimum	286
Lowest daily minimum	34
Heaviest daily rainfall	172
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 23 July 1934 by timescale: all-time 43, monthly 17, daily 838.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

695 broken records

Margins by which the 695 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 85.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 July 1934

Top 20 records on 23 July 1934 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 July 1934	Newlands, ZA	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	34 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1934	Weimar, DE	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1934	Cathcart (Old Post Office), AU	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	21 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1934	Ocala, US	daily rain	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	19 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1934	Rosera, IN	daily rain	151.4 mm (6.0 in)	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	15 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1934	Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt, US	daily rain	96.3 mm (3.8 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	34 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1934	Banjar(Saraj-Teh), IN	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	25 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1934	Griggsville, US	all-time high min	31.7 C (89.1 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	6 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1934	Maple Plain, US	all-time high min	26.7 C (80.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	39 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1934	Sidney 2 N, US	all-time high min	28.9 C (84.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	25 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1934	Bad Lauchstadt, DE	daily rain	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1934	Guntur, IN	daily rain	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	0 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1934	Narsaraopet, IN	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	1 year	35 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1934	Federal Pt, US	daily rain	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	25 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1934	Valparaiso Wtr Wks, US	all-time high max	40.6 C (105.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	33 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
23 July 1934	Crohamhurst, AU	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	33 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
23 July 1934	Quincy, US	all-time high max	44.4 C (111.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	33 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
23 July 1934	Caguas, PR	daily low max	25.0 C (77.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	32 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
23 July 1934	Minocqua, US	all-time high max	37.8 C (100.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	24 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
23 July 1934	Maharajganj, IN	daily rain	163.8 mm (6.4 in)	64.7 mm (2.5 in)	24 years	30 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 1934

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1934. 1934 had 898 records.

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

Records on 07-23 in each year
Year	Records
1794	2
1797	1
1804	1
1810	1
1811	2
1832	1
1835	1
1836	2
1838	1
1845	1
1846	2
1851	1
1852	1
1855	2
1856	1
1859	1
1860	1
1861	1
1863	1
1867	1
1868	5
1870	1
1873	2
1875	2
1877	1
1879	2
1880	2
1882	1
1883	1
1884	1
1885	5
1886	1
1887	2
1888	1
1889	5
1890	4
1894	3
1895	7
1896	4
1898	9
1899	5
1900	8
1901	10
1902	6
1903	4
1904	18
1905	11
1906	19
1907	9
1908	15
1909	27
1910	54
1911	37
1912	43
1913	36
1914	59
1915	35
1916	34
1917	42
1918	96
1919	26
1920	40
1921	221
1922	113
1923	104
1924	158
1925	173
1926	266
1927	308
1928	146
1929	174
1930	214
1931	334
1932	232
1933	432
1934	898
1935	329
1936	403
1937	319
1938	354
1939	277
1940	494
1941	292
1942	265
1943	245
1944	350
1945	239
1946	531
1947	1,240
1948	610
1949	453
1950	500
1951	422
1952	788
1953	660
1954	545
1955	585
1956	402
1957	513
1958	633
1959	606
1960	568
1961	937
1962	465
1963	490
1964	373
1965	368
1966	368
1967	347
1968	480
1969	436
1970	935
1971	648
1972	640
1973	798
1974	578
1975	359
1976	425
1977	570
1978	1,064
1979	648
1980	703
1981	1,030
1982	594
1983	1,324
1984	980
1985	711
1986	1,239
1987	1,164
1988	1,124
1989	868
1990	1,033
1991	1,050
1992	1,469
1993	1,466
1994	1,215
1995	827
1996	1,227
1997	1,088
1998	885
1999	846
2000	1,225
2001	1,242
2002	875
2003	1,649
2004	1,148
2005	997
2006	1,757
2007	1,262
2008	1,057
2009	1,069
2010	1,627
2011	1,907
2012	822
2013	648
2014	783
2015	559
2016	760
2017	517
2018	873
2019	786
2020	514
2021	506
2022	707
2023	629
2024	798
2025	917
2026	788

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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 20	669
20 to 40	18
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	1