Weather Records on 23 January 1940

701 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 January 1940. Highest significance: Salisbury, US.

Key Facts for 23 January 1940

On 23 January 1940, 701 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
20 were record highs and 314 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 21 were all-time records, 25 monthly and 655 daily.
Salisbury set a daily record snowfall of 16.5 cm (6.5 in) on 23 January 1940.
Across 165 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 468 records.

Record Map

701 stations

701 station records on 23 January 1940 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 January 1940: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Salisbury	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Settle	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bedford 2 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cowalla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Quellington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Emporia 1 S	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Florance	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bally Bally	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Chattanooga Wb City	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.8 cm (8.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nanutarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wannamal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Northam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-25.1 C (-13.2 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Toodyay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Healy	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Statesville 2 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Knoxville AP	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Charlotte Wb City	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Charlotte Wb City	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Durham	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Caroleen	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Knoxville AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	23.9 cm (9.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gingin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Inverloch	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Naples 1 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Asheville	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
De Grey	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Corsicana	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wallal Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Greifswald	Germany	Record snow depth	39.0 cm (15.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Alliance 1WNW	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Jackson Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hagansport	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Low Head (Comparison)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	14.7 C (58.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Uccle	Belgium	Record low minimum temperature	-18.7 C (-1.7 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Plain Dealing	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sugar Land	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Conway	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Rock House	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Beaumont City	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Brownwood 2NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Longview	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Le Bourget	France	Record low minimum temperature	-14.6 C (5.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ebrach	Germany	Record snow depth	37.0 cm (14.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record snow depth	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Little Rock St Capitol	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Camden 3 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hagansport	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kerrville	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Deols Chateauroux Aerodrome de	France	Record low minimum temperature	-16.4 C (2.5 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-10.5 C (13.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-22.3 C (-8.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-8.2 C (17.2 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Bluff	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kaufman 3 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mexia	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Honomanu 450	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Boodarie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett Council Depot	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

701 records

Records set or tied on 23 January 1940 by type: Highest daily maximum 6, Lowest daily maximum 210, Highest daily minimum 14, Lowest daily minimum 104, Heaviest daily rainfall 238, Heaviest daily snowfall 65, Deepest snow cover 64.

Records on 23 January 1940 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	6
Lowest daily maximum	210
Highest daily minimum	14
Lowest daily minimum	104
Heaviest daily rainfall	238
Heaviest daily snowfall	65
Deepest snow cover	64

Records on 23 January 1940 by timescale: all-time 21, monthly 25, daily 655.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

602 broken records

Margins by which the 602 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 204.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 January 1940

Top 20 records on 23 January 1940 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 January 1940	Salisbury, US	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	46 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1940	Settle, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	42 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1940	Bedford 2 SE, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	34 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1940	Cowalla, AU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	14 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1940	Quellington, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	14 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1940	Emporia 1 S, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	20.4 cm (8.0 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1940	Karlsruhe, DE	daily low min	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	10.0 C (18.0 F)	58 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1940	Mount Florance, AU	daily rain	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	28 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1940	Bally Bally, AU	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	16 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1940	Chattanooga Wb City, US	daily snowfall	20.8 cm (8.2 in)	13.7 cm (5.4 in)	4 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1940	Nanutarra, AU	monthly rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	32 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1940	Wannamal, AU	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	0 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1940	Northam, AU	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	14 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1940	Weissenburg, DE	daily low min	-25.1 C (-13.2 F)	8.4 C (15.1 F)	58 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1940	Toodyay, AU	monthly rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	23 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1940	Healy, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	20 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1940	Statesville 2 NNE, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	9 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1940	Knoxville AP, US	all-time snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	25 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1940	Charlotte Wb City, US	daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	16 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1940	Charlotte Wb City, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	21 years	35 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 1940

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1940. 1940 had 701 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	554
50 to 100	24
100 to 150	17
150 to 200	5
200 to 250	2