Weather Records on 23 January 1935

588 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 January 1935. Highest significance: Moorestown 4 E, US.

Key Facts for 23 January 1935

On 23 January 1935, 588 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
38 were record highs and 391 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 7 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 565 daily.
Moorestown 4 E set a daily record snowfall of 27.9 cm (11.0 in) on 23 January 1935.
Across 165 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 469 records.

Record Map

588 stations

588 station records on 23 January 1935 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 January 1935: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Moorestown 4 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Trenton 2	United States	Record daily snowfall	31.0 cm (12.2 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record daily snowfall	32.5 cm (12.8 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Agassiz Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Radford	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Revelstoke	Canada	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
New Westminster	Canada	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgeton 1 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Milford 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record daily snowfall	31.8 cm (12.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Washington	United States	Record daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
World Trade Ctr	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.7 cm (10.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Revelstoke	Canada	Record daily snowfall	57.2 cm (22.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
College Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Takoma Park # 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Plainfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	23.4 cm (9.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Cochituate	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hightstown 2 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgeport	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Scotland Neck	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Indian Mills 2 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dale Enterprise	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.8 cm (7.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Philadelphia City	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.2 cm (11.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Henderson 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sfax El-Maou	Tunisia	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cheltenham 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Easton	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Princess Anne	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cle Elum	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Vancouver Pmo	Canada	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
White River	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-51.7 C (-61.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
New Bedford Coop	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hot Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Coleman 3 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
New Canton	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
World Trade Ctr	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dras	India	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nes Pa Hedmark	Norway	Record snow depth	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Moorestown 4 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Riverton	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge Water Trmt P	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Fallston	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericksburg Np	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Grantsburg	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-45.6 C (-50.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dover	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland Exp Farm	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-26.7 C (-16.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.7 cm (5.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Reading Wb City	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Washington	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Victoria Gonzales Hts	Canada	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Millington 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond City Locks	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Steveston	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Millsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Great Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tuckerton 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Buchanan	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Colville	United States	Record snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Pahala 21	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

588 records

Records set or tied on 23 January 1935 by type: Highest daily maximum 22, Lowest daily maximum 161, Highest daily minimum 16, Lowest daily minimum 230, Heaviest daily rainfall 113, Heaviest daily snowfall 32, Deepest snow cover 14.

Records on 23 January 1935 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	22
Lowest daily maximum	161
Highest daily minimum	16
Lowest daily minimum	230
Heaviest daily rainfall	113
Heaviest daily snowfall	32
Deepest snow cover	14

Records on 23 January 1935 by timescale: all-time 7, monthly 16, daily 565.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

503 broken records

Margins by which the 503 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 394.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 January 1935

Top 20 records on 23 January 1935 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 January 1935	Moorestown 4 E, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	68 years	67 of 100 (Major)
23 January 1935	Trenton 2, US	daily snowfall	31.0 cm (12.2 in)	25.9 cm (10.2 in)	63 years	65 of 100 (Major)
23 January 1935	Ny City Cntrl Park, US	daily snowfall	32.5 cm (12.8 in)	23.6 cm (9.3 in)	61 years	64 of 100 (Major)
23 January 1935	Agassiz Cda, CA	daily rain	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	62.8 mm (2.5 in)	41 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1935	Radford, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	38 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1935	Revelstoke, CA	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	34 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1935	New Westminster, CA	daily rain	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1935	Bridgeton 1 NE, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	26.6 cm (10.5 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1935	Milford 2 SE, US	monthly rain	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1935	Baltimore Customs House, US	daily snowfall	31.8 cm (12.5 in)	27.7 cm (10.9 in)	27 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1935	Washington, US	daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	23.1 cm (9.1 in)	27 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1935	World Trade Ctr, US	daily snowfall	25.7 cm (10.1 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	15 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1935	Revelstoke, CA	daily snowfall	57.2 cm (22.5 in)	39.4 cm (15.5 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1935	College Park, US	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	15 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1935	Takoma Park # 1, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1935	Plainfield, US	daily snowfall	23.4 cm (9.2 in)	20.4 cm (8.0 in)	27 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1935	Lake Cochituate, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1935	Hightstown 2 W, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	22.4 cm (8.8 in)	15 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1935	Bridgeport, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	5 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1935	Scotland Neck, US	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	61 years	42 of 100 (Notable)

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 1935

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1935. 1935 had 588 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	475
50 to 100	9
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	4
200 to 250	7
250 to 300	4
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1