Weather Records on 23 February 1936

430 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 February 1936. Highest significance: Ayrshire Downs, AU.

Key Facts for 23 February 1936

On 23 February 1936, 430 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
77 were record highs and 76 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 414 daily.
Ayrshire Downs set a daily record precipitation of 97.8 mm (3.9 in) on 23 February 1936.
Across 156 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 554 records.

Record Map

430 stations

430 station records on 23 February 1936 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 February 1936: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ayrshire Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Venkatagiri	India	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Hampton	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Gudur	India	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Delaware 3 WSW	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Storm Lake	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Fairfax	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
St John's	Canada	Record daily snowfall	52.8 cm (20.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Glenwood 3SW	United States	Record snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Broken Bow 2 W	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Halsey 2 W	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Galva	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Springs (Rwb)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mitchell 2 N	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Krishnapatnam	India	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lenox	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Onawa 3NW	United States	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabethtown	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
St John's	Canada	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Washington	United States	Record snow depth	457.2 cm (180.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tennant Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rapur	India	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mestad I Oddernes	Norway	Record snow depth	156.0 cm (61.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kulu	India	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chandur Railway	India	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ramtek	India	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Saidapet	India	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Powell Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fairfield	United States	Record snow depth	254.0 cm (100.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Augusta	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bhimavaram	India	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nagpur (Mayo Hospit	India	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Schoonoord	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Holland Wtp	United States	Record snow depth	127.0 cm (50.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gujjran	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bremerton	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Aledo	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Carroll	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Rockwell City	United States	Record snow depth	406.4 cm (160.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Alix	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pitea	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tunis	Tunisia	Record high minimum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Independence	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Paso Robles	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Atlantic 1 NE	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Regina Int'l A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kavali	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kotarh	India	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mykland	Norway	Record snow depth	150.0 cm (59.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
W Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Corning	United States	Record snow depth	279.4 cm (110.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Budapest	Hungary	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Pakala	India	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Katol	India	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Pandherikawara	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Geilo	Norway	Record snow depth	244.0 cm (96.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Keosauqua	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Waterloo	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Heber	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

430 records

Records set or tied on 23 February 1936 by type: Highest daily maximum 24, Lowest daily maximum 15, Highest daily minimum 53, Lowest daily minimum 61, Heaviest daily rainfall 202, Heaviest daily snowfall 18, Deepest snow cover 57.

Records on 23 February 1936 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	24
Lowest daily maximum	15
Highest daily minimum	53
Lowest daily minimum	61
Heaviest daily rainfall	202
Heaviest daily snowfall	18
Deepest snow cover	57

Records on 23 February 1936 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 10, daily 414.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

366 broken records

Margins by which the 366 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 2540.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 February 1936

Top 20 records on 23 February 1936 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 February 1936	Ayrshire Downs, AU	daily rain	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	47 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1936	Venkatagiri, IN	monthly rain	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	19 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1936	Hampton, US	daily snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	39 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1936	Gudur, IN	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	34 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1936	Delaware 3 WSW, US	daily snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1936	Storm Lake, US	daily snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	30 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1936	Fairfax, US	daily snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	21 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1936	St John's, CA	daily snowfall	52.8 cm (20.8 in)	32.5 cm (12.8 in)	25 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1936	Glenwood 3SW, US	daily snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1936	Broken Bow 2 W, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	21 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1936	Halsey 2 W, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1936	Galva, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	34 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1936	Springs (Rwb), ZA	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	30 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1936	Mitchell 2 N, US	daily snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	33.1 cm (13.0 in)	25 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1936	Krishnapatnam, IN	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1936	Lenox, US	daily snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	21 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1936	Onawa 3NW, US	daily snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	24 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1936	Elizabethtown, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	4 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1936	St John's, CA	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1936	Washington, US	daily snow depth	457.2 cm (180.0 in)	254.0 cm (100.0 in)	34 years	36 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

1794 to 1936

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1936. 1936 had 430 records.

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

Records on 02-23 in each year
Year	Records
1794	2
1802	2
1804	2
1810	1
1814	4
1815	1
1839	1
1846	2
1849	1
1850	1
1855	1
1867	1
1868	1
1871	1
1873	1
1874	1
1875	3
1879	3
1884	1
1886	2
1887	1
1888	5
1889	2
1891	1
1892	2
1895	1
1896	1
1897	1
1898	8
1899	1
1900	5
1901	9
1902	3
1903	17
1904	13
1905	12
1906	21
1907	31
1908	19
1909	27
1910	35
1911	23
1912	46
1913	11
1914	37
1915	58
1916	80
1917	100
1918	31
1919	49
1920	44
1921	74
1922	158
1923	42
1924	156
1925	264
1926	63
1927	298
1928	199
1929	179
1930	690
1931	209
1932	318
1933	321
1934	725
1935	214
1936	430
1937	172
1938	224
1939	616
1940	274
1941	362
1942	355
1943	518
1944	430
1945	335
1946	346
1947	718
1948	450
1949	406
1950	517
1951	397
1952	414
1953	450
1954	654
1955	880
1956	599
1957	807
1958	958
1959	357
1960	802
1961	677
1962	659
1963	1,003
1964	594
1965	640
1966	614
1967	689
1968	1,038
1969	1,010
1970	422
1971	741
1972	843
1973	353
1974	562
1975	1,764
1976	737
1977	1,274
1978	1,263
1979	1,374
1980	520
1981	1,234
1982	972
1983	790
1984	942
1985	1,913
1986	955
1987	916
1988	412
1989	1,413
1990	2,157
1991	712
1992	760
1993	1,477
1994	1,452
1995	1,011
1996	1,603
1997	989
1998	1,401
1999	773
2000	1,701
2001	956
2002	1,228
2003	1,326
2004	802
2005	702
2006	581
2007	883
2008	914
2009	858
2010	1,440
2011	829
2012	770
2013	792
2014	502
2015	1,830
2016	660
2017	1,946
2018	1,728
2019	1,246
2020	794
2021	929
2022	2,595
2023	2,768
2024	373
2025	984
2026	951

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Data for records on 1936-02-23: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 500	358
500 to 1000	4
1000 to 1500	0
1500 to 2000	3
2000 to 2500	0
2500 to 3000	1