Weather Records on 23 March 1941

188 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 March 1941. Highest significance: Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse, AU.

Key Facts for 23 March 1941

On 23 March 1941, 188 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
22 were record highs and 15 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 179 daily.
Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse set a daily record precipitation of 54.6 mm (2.1 in) on 23 March 1941.
Across 157 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 501 records.

Record Map

188 stations

188 station records on 23 March 1941 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 March 1941: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record daily precipitation	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Mount Surprise Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Liveringa Upper	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Harrismith (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kempten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Karina	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Oberstdorf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Poowong (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ram/Udayagiri	India	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Roodepoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ohringen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	5.7 C (42.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Grace	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Reit Im Winkl	Germany	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Masset Airport	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Philipsburg	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Iguape	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	119.0 mm (4.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Saentis	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Loch	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kamferskraal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bundaberg Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Steveston	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Junction Walker Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gollhofen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	15.9 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Passau-Maierhof	Germany	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Weilerswist-Lommersum	Germany	Record daily precipitation	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rothenburg Ob der Tauber	Germany	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kunzelsau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bad-Neunkirchen Mergentheim	Germany	Record daily precipitation	15.4 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Shoshone	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Silverspur	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chimur	India	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg (Sternwarte)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	7.0 mm (0.28 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Trier-Zewen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lankaran	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Albion	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wichita Falls Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gilbert River Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Grover 10 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gordon 6N	United States	Record snow depth	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Garnet Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kaisersbach-Cronhutte	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tonteldoos	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Morgan	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kimball 2NE	United States	Record snow depth	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Eastland	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ullawarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Abbotsford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Inverell Comparison	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Lardner (Brandie Braes)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Gorki	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kunghari	India	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Sonepur	India	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Blagovescensk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-27.3 C (-17.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Morgan	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Gordon 6N	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Gothenburg	United States	Record snow depth	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

188 records

Records set or tied on 23 March 1941 by type: Highest daily maximum 13, Lowest daily maximum 6, Highest daily minimum 9, Lowest daily minimum 9, Heaviest daily rainfall 133, Heaviest daily snowfall 13, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 23 March 1941 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	13
Lowest daily maximum	6
Highest daily minimum	9
Lowest daily minimum	9
Heaviest daily rainfall	133
Heaviest daily snowfall	13
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 23 March 1941 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 9, daily 179.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

165 broken records

Margins by which the 165 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 92.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 March 1941

Top 20 records on 23 March 1941 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 March 1941	Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	66 years	67 of 100 (Major)
23 March 1941	Kremsmuenster, AT	daily rain	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	63 years	65 of 100 (Major)
23 March 1941	Mount Surprise Township, AU	daily rain	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1941	Liveringa Upper, AU	daily rain	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	24 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1941	Harrismith (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1941	Georgetown Post Office, AU	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	42 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1941	Kempten, DE	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1941	Karina, ZA	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	20 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1941	Oberstdorf, DE	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	12 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1941	Poowong (Post Office), AU	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	38 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1941	Ram/Udayagiri, IN	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1941	Roodepoort, ZA	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1941	Ohringen, DE	monthly rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	3.1 mm (0.12 in)	27 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
23 March 1941	Forbes (Camp Street), AU	daily low min	5.7 C (42.3 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	66 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
23 March 1941	Grace, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	24 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
23 March 1941	Reit Im Winkl, DE	monthly rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	26 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
23 March 1941	Masset Airport, CA	monthly high min	7.8 C (46.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	36 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
23 March 1941	Philipsburg, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	11 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
23 March 1941	Iguape, BR	daily rain	119.0 mm (4.7 in)	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	3 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
23 March 1941	Saentis, CH	daily rain	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	32 years	24 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

1796 to 1941

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1941. 1941 had 188 records.

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

Records on 03-23 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1808	1
1836	2
1837	2
1853	2
1858	1
1862	1
1864	2
1865	2
1868	2
1871	3
1874	2
1875	4
1877	2
1878	3
1879	1
1882	1
1883	6
1884	2
1885	3
1886	1
1887	1
1888	3
1889	2
1890	1
1891	1
1893	1
1895	4
1896	13
1897	9
1898	6
1899	3
1901	5
1902	26
1903	32
1904	3
1905	16
1906	23
1907	53
1908	11
1909	7
1910	12
1911	8
1912	22
1913	76
1914	72
1915	11
1916	50
1917	65
1918	31
1919	17
1920	75
1921	10
1922	30
1923	97
1924	78
1925	164
1926	283
1927	202
1928	154
1929	517
1930	135
1931	267
1932	169
1933	123
1934	689
1935	486
1936	437
1937	243
1938	601
1939	565
1940	1,031
1941	188
1942	187
1943	286
1944	466
1945	386
1946	170
1947	275
1948	331
1949	390
1950	874
1951	337
1952	1,479
1953	589
1954	483
1955	999
1956	420
1957	354
1958	486
1959	249
1960	1,004
1961	361
1962	306
1963	839
1964	815
1965	1,537
1966	793
1967	822
1968	1,490
1969	634
1970	380
1971	758
1972	533
1973	537
1974	1,099
1975	618
1976	399
1977	642
1978	608
1979	1,012
1980	422
1981	940
1982	845
1983	1,522
1984	715
1985	437
1986	1,104
1987	1,279
1988	710
1989	805
1990	1,389
1991	1,264
1992	883
1993	1,151
1994	1,499
1995	1,514
1996	673
1997	743
1998	1,253
1999	722
2000	1,162
2001	995
2002	1,130
2003	971
2004	1,516
2005	1,014
2006	1,311
2007	1,595
2008	956
2009	952
2010	918
2011	1,245
2012	2,269
2013	1,270
2014	594
2015	577
2016	536
2017	739
2018	790
2019	525
2020	465
2021	1,050
2022	1,031
2023	1,135
2024	611
2025	702
2026	1,806

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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 20	141
20 to 40	14
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	1