Weather Records on 23 October 1934

333 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 October 1934. Highest significance: Spokane Intl AP, US.

Key Facts for 23 October 1934

On 23 October 1934, 333 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
210 were record highs and 13 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 331 daily.
Spokane Intl AP set a daily record precipitation of 28.2 mm (1.1 in) on 23 October 1934.
Across 160 earlier years (1795 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 464 records.

Record Map

333 stations

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

Weather records on 23 October 1934: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Spokane Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ernest Junction Rail STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Oxley Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
St George Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cavan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
O'Connell (Stratford)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Corvallis State UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wallowa	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
La Crosse Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
N Bend SW Oregon Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kickerbell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Drain	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cascade Locks	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gold Creek Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Harden (East St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Schreiber	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hood Rvr Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Forest Grove	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Wallabadah (Woodton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Greensboro	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Fergus Falls	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Newcastle Waters	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wittstock-Rote Muhle	Germany	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moscow U of I	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Maries	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Braunschweig (T.H.)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Montevideo 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Portland Rfc City	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Copley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Salisbury Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Tamborine Fern St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Toowong Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Castle Mountain	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Warranooke (Glenorchy)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Colville	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lakeside	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hallett (Old Canowie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oxenford (Oberon Way)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dutton Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Palermo	Italy	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sveg	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Storlien	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	9.6 C (49.3 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Paupong Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
La Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Graceville Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Yass (Derringullen)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	15.8 C (60.4 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Hyannis	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Pontotoc	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Haskell	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Conconully	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Mannum (Sanderston)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Murphys Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Nyngan (Merryanbone)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Tweed Heads Golf Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Port Arthur	Canada	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Orebro	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	9.2 C (48.6 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Brinkley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Little Rock St Capitol	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

333 records

Records set or tied on 23 October 1934 by type: Highest daily maximum 99, Lowest daily maximum 8, Highest daily minimum 111, Lowest daily minimum 5, Heaviest daily rainfall 109, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 23 October 1934 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	99
Lowest daily maximum	8
Highest daily minimum	111
Lowest daily minimum	5
Heaviest daily rainfall	109
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 23 October 1934 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 331.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

258 broken records

Margins by which the 258 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 52.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 October 1934

Top 20 records on 23 October 1934 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 October 1934	Spokane Intl AP, US	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1934	Ernest Junction Rail STN, AU	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	21 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1934	Oxley Post Office, AU	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	12 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1934	St George Post Office, AU	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	43 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1934	Cavan, AU	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	17 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1934	O'Connell (Stratford), AU	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	17 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1934	Corvallis State UNIV, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	33 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1934	Wallowa, US	monthly rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	4 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
23 October 1934	La Crosse Wb City, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	11.1 mm (0.4 in)	47 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
23 October 1934	N Bend SW Oregon Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	21 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
23 October 1934	Kickerbell, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
23 October 1934	Drain, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	21 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
23 October 1934	Cascade Locks, US	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	21 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
23 October 1934	Gold Creek Reservoir, AU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	36 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
23 October 1934	Harden (East St), AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	17 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
23 October 1934	Schreiber, CA	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
23 October 1934	Hood Rvr Exp STN, US	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	39 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
23 October 1934	Forest Grove, US	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	39 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
23 October 1934	Wallabadah (Woodton), AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	17 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
23 October 1934	Greensboro, US	daily high max	31.7 C (89.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	39 years	21 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 333 records.

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

Records on 10-23 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1802	2
1843	1
1845	1
1850	1
1851	2
1855	1
1859	2
1861	1
1863	1
1865	2
1866	1
1869	3
1871	2
1872	1
1873	2
1876	2
1878	1
1880	7
1881	2
1882	1
1883	1
1885	2
1888	1
1889	2
1890	2
1891	8
1892	3
1893	3
1894	5
1895	4
1896	2
1897	3
1898	5
1899	4
1900	8
1901	7
1902	7
1903	10
1904	7
1905	15
1906	17
1907	5
1908	19
1909	12
1910	6
1911	40
1912	50
1913	38
1914	9
1915	167
1916	290
1917	62
1918	12
1919	42
1920	262
1921	58
1922	38
1923	165
1924	160
1925	191
1926	131
1927	266
1928	120
1929	352
1930	310
1931	353
1932	310
1933	241
1934	333
1935	519
1936	490
1937	816
1938	403
1939	717
1940	304
1941	499
1942	306
1943	446
1944	283
1945	533
1946	258
1947	631
1948	251
1949	432
1950	507
1951	626
1952	432
1953	373
1954	317
1955	266
1956	587
1957	1,266
1958	255
1959	682
1960	341
1961	329
1962	141
1963	1,297
1964	264
1965	330
1966	625
1967	297
1968	175
1969	1,200
1970	617
1971	705
1972	601
1973	712
1974	653
1975	1,028
1976	879
1977	578
1978	570
1979	1,094
1980	584
1981	1,502
1982	1,071
1983	853
1984	1,261
1985	846
1986	968
1987	694
1988	619
1989	1,363
1990	954
1991	1,232
1992	1,176
1993	670
1994	558
1995	1,471
1996	1,396
1997	1,172
1998	1,221
1999	1,011
2000	1,275
2001	1,091
2002	1,868
2003	1,952
2004	1,224
2005	679
2006	1,976
2007	1,673
2008	993
2009	838
2010	683
2011	701
2012	1,017
2013	754
2014	755
2015	760
2016	460
2017	603
2018	322
2019	459
2020	1,777
2021	298
2022	1,342
2023	544
2024	674
2025	343

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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	231
10 to 20	19
20 to 30	6
30 to 40	0
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	1