Weather Records on 23 April 1936

342 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 April 1936. Highest significance: Altastenberg, DE.

Key Facts for 23 April 1936

On 23 April 1936, 342 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
53 were record highs and 244 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 342 daily.
Altastenberg set a daily record snow depth of 50.0 cm (19.7 in) on 23 April 1936.
Across 167 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 445 records.

Record Map

342 stations

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

Weather records on 23 April 1936: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Altastenberg	Germany	Record snow depth	50.0 cm (19.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Thalli	India	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	-1.6 C (29.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	4.5 C (40.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
St Cloud State Clg	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record high minimum temperature	27.5 C (81.5 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Idaho City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Duchesne	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Schwerin	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Orofino	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Olands Sodra Udde	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	19.7 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Butte Bert Mooney AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Virginia City	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kalmar_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
St Cloud State Clg	United States	Record snow depth	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record snow depth	3.0 cm (1.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Edmonton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	0.3 cm (0.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Arthur	Canada	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Falsterbo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	8.5 mm (0.33 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Olands Norra Udde	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-2.3 C (27.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Camp Hill 2NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Idaho City	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Onaway 12 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Carmel	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bajramaly	Turkmenistan	Record daily precipitation	7.0 mm (0.28 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Danville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Farmland 5 NNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
New London	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Huntsville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Conconully	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Aachen	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-1.6 C (29.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Feodosiia	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	22.1 C (71.8 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Represa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Laurel	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Beaufort	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Southern Pines 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Romney 1 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Kamloops	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Battleford	Canada	Record daily snowfall	0.3 cm (0.1 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Marseille Obs. Palais-Lonchamp	France	Record low maximum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Delta	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Whitefish Pt	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Hattiesburg 5SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Southport 5 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Sunnyside	United States	Record daily precipitation	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Moose Factory	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater	Canada	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Greifswald	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	5.2 C (41.4 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Lake City 2 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus Dardc	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Eastman 1 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Maries	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge St Hospital	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus Ohio St UNIV	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Pawhuska	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

342 records

Records set or tied on 23 April 1936 by type: Highest daily maximum 13, Lowest daily maximum 45, Highest daily minimum 40, Lowest daily minimum 199, Heaviest daily rainfall 36, Heaviest daily snowfall 5, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 23 April 1936 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	13
Lowest daily maximum	45
Highest daily minimum	40
Lowest daily minimum	199
Heaviest daily rainfall	36
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 23 April 1936 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 342.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

254 broken records

Margins by which the 254 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 300.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 April 1936

Top 20 records on 23 April 1936 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 April 1936	Altastenberg, DE	daily snow depth	50.0 cm (19.7 in)	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	44 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1936	Thalli, IN	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	1 year	32 of 100 (Routine)
23 April 1936	Oran-Hopital Militaire, DZ	daily high min	16.0 C (60.8 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	71 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
23 April 1936	Nordby (Fano), DK	daily low min	-1.6 C (29.1 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	60 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
23 April 1936	Kirchdorf/Poel, DE	daily low max	4.5 C (40.1 F)	2.1 C (3.8 F)	47 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
23 April 1936	St Cloud State Clg, US	daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	42 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
23 April 1936	Hambantota, LK	daily high min	27.5 C (81.5 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	20 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
23 April 1936	Idaho City, US	daily high min	6.7 C (44.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	41 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
23 April 1936	Ft Duchesne, US	daily high min	10.6 C (51.1 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	47 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
23 April 1936	Schwerin, DE	daily low max	3.9 C (39.0 F)	3.7 C (6.7 F)	31 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
23 April 1936	Orofino, US	daily high min	11.1 C (52.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	30 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
23 April 1936	Olands Sodra Udde, SE	daily rain	19.7 mm (0.8 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	23 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 April 1936	Butte Bert Mooney AP, US	daily rain	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	36 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 April 1936	Virginia City, US	daily rain	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	15 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 April 1936	Kalmar_D, SE	daily rain	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	73 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 April 1936	St Cloud State Clg, US	daily snow depth	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	42 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 April 1936	Arnsberg, DE	daily snow depth	3.0 cm (1.2 in)	3.0 cm (1.2 in)	55 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 April 1936	Edmonton, CA	daily snowfall	0.3 cm (0.1 in)	0.3 cm (0.1 in)	54 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 April 1936	Port Arthur, CA	daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	0.7 cm (0.3 in)	46 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 April 1936	Falsterbo, SE	daily rain	8.5 mm (0.33 in)	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	27 years	20 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

1800 to 1936

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 1936. 1936 had 342 records.

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

Records on 04-23 in each year
Year	Records
1800	1
1809	1
1812	1
1817	3
1838	1
1840	1
1842	1
1851	1
1852	2
1854	1
1855	5
1857	2
1859	1
1861	1
1865	1
1868	2
1870	1
1872	1
1873	4
1874	4
1875	1
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1881	2
1882	1
1883	2
1884	3
1885	4
1886	4
1888	1
1889	1
1890	4
1891	2
1892	1
1893	2
1895	3
1896	4
1897	2
1898	1
1899	6
1900	4
1901	9
1902	12
1903	20
1904	8
1905	7
1906	23
1907	12
1908	14
1909	28
1910	35
1911	21
1912	29
1913	40
1914	71
1915	41
1916	35
1917	37
1918	92
1919	66
1920	75
1921	81
1922	45
1923	132
1924	111
1925	506
1926	124
1927	562
1928	302
1929	103
1930	487
1931	506
1932	231
1933	361
1934	272
1935	152
1936	342
1937	321
1938	177
1939	339
1940	319
1941	277
1942	473
1943	819
1944	678
1945	364
1946	649
1947	242
1948	401
1949	401
1950	577
1951	426
1952	500
1953	300
1954	548
1955	654
1956	581
1957	623
1958	649
1959	442
1960	1,648
1961	884
1962	389
1963	801
1964	958
1965	660
1966	386
1967	1,183
1968	816
1969	705
1970	1,209
1971	508
1972	332
1973	518
1974	486
1975	411
1976	386
1977	979
1978	523
1979	554
1980	1,460
1981	1,124
1982	1,191
1983	1,031
1984	971
1985	1,011
1986	1,541
1987	676
1988	1,051
1989	1,469
1990	1,077
1991	638
1992	592
1993	1,256
1994	666
1995	1,464
1996	1,520
1997	1,024
1998	1,446
1999	1,198
2000	1,003
2001	1,435
2002	971
2003	557
2004	610
2005	940
2006	839
2007	847
2008	775
2009	920
2010	1,040
2011	1,190
2012	1,796
2013	1,655
2014	362
2015	511
2016	542
2017	474
2018	684
2019	668
2020	564
2021	562
2022	692
2023	980
2024	583
2025	410
2026	503

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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	251
50 to 100	2
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1