Weather Records on 23 August 1934

308 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 August 1934. Highest significance: Ambikapur, IN.

Key Facts for 23 August 1934

On 23 August 1934, 308 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
102 were record highs and 95 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 302 daily.
Ambikapur set a daily record precipitation of 248.4 mm (9.8 in) on 23 August 1934.
Across 164 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 445 records.

Record Map

308 stations

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

Weather records on 23 August 1934: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ambikapur	India	Record daily precipitation	248.4 mm (9.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Panki	India	Record daily precipitation	203.7 mm (8.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mawana	India	Record daily precipitation	116.6 mm (4.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mungaoli	India	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Hill 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Vilsandi	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cloud Chief 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bowling Green Warren Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Maihar	India	Record daily precipitation	178.6 mm (7.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg (Sternwarte)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Caroleen	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Monroe 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lalitpur	India	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Brookhaven City	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Olga 2 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Qu'appelle	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Russell	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Basel Binningen	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Highlands	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Regina Int'l A	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Marhaura(Amnar)	India	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Jonesboro 3 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Teonthar	India	Record daily precipitation	145.3 mm (5.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Milstead	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Decatur 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bay Saint Louis	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Chattanooga Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Rock House	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Woodward	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lancaster 4 WSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Nawabganj	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Shahjahanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Corning	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bad Lauchstadt	Germany	Record daily precipitation	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	16.1 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Greiz-Dolau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ravenswood Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Miles City	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Blinman (Wirrealpa)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rosewood Walloon Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Roto Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Minnedosa	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bad Muskau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dindori	India	Record daily precipitation	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tilhar	India	Record daily precipitation	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Darjeeling	India	Record daily precipitation	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Little Rock St Capitol	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Carroll	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Denison	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chama	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Brevard	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Beaufort Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Havre Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cananeia G4-001	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Grenfell	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

308 records

Records set or tied on 23 August 1934 by type: Highest daily maximum 41, Lowest daily maximum 66, Highest daily minimum 61, Lowest daily minimum 29, Heaviest daily rainfall 111.

Records on 23 August 1934 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	41
Lowest daily maximum	66
Highest daily minimum	61
Lowest daily minimum	29
Heaviest daily rainfall	111
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 23 August 1934 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 302.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

229 broken records

Margins by which the 229 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 132.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 August 1934

Top 20 records on 23 August 1934 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 August 1934	Ambikapur, IN	daily rain	248.4 mm (9.8 in)	113.8 mm (4.5 in)	29 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1934	Panki, IN	daily rain	203.7 mm (8.0 in)	132.6 mm (5.2 in)	11 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1934	Mawana, IN	daily rain	116.6 mm (4.6 in)	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	31 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1934	Mungaoli, IN	daily rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	82.5 mm (3.2 in)	11 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1934	Cedar Hill 1, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1934	Jena Sternwarte, DE	daily rain	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	25 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1934	Vilsandi, EE	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	0 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1934	Cloud Chief 2 SE, US	monthly rain	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1934	Bowling Green Warren Co AP, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1934	Maihar, IN	monthly rain	178.6 mm (7.0 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	0 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
23 August 1934	Franklin, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	12 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
23 August 1934	Bamberg (Sternwarte), DE	daily rain	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	13.1 mm (0.5 in)	12 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
23 August 1934	Caroleen, US	daily high min	25.6 C (78.1 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	33 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
23 August 1934	Monroe 2 SE, US	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	20 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
23 August 1934	Lalitpur, IN	daily rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	63.7 mm (2.5 in)	0 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
23 August 1934	Brookhaven City, US	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	13 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
23 August 1934	Bamberg, DE	daily rain	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	8 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
23 August 1934	Olga 2 SE, US	daily high max	30.0 C (86.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	35 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
23 August 1934	Qu'appelle, CA	daily low max	8.3 C (46.9 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	48 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
23 August 1934	Russell, CA	monthly low max	6.7 C (44.1 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	19 years	28 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

1802 to 1934

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1934. 1934 had 308 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 20	204
20 to 40	16
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	1