Weather Records on 23 March 1942

187 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 March 1942. Highest significance: Warren, US.

Key Facts for 23 March 1942

On 23 March 1942, 187 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
14 were record highs and 64 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 186 daily.
Warren set a daily record snowfall of 22.9 cm (9.0 in) on 23 March 1942.
Across 157 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 501 records.

Record Map

187 stations

187 station records on 23 March 1942 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 March 1942: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Warren	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Wyong (Wyong Golf Club)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	212.1 mm (8.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Gosford (Gertrude Place)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	127.5 mm (5.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Sulitjelma	Norway	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Gresford Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Menangle	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mahackala	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-10.8 C (12.6 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
East Maitland Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bulahdelah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	116.1 mm (4.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dungog Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Moorland (Denro-An)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	156.0 mm (6.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Brush	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tg Jiu	Romania	Record low minimum temperature	-14.1 C (6.6 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cockle Creek (Pasminco Metals)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ostas I Hegra	Norway	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
De Grey	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Westbrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Forster - Tuncurry R.V.C.P.	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Raymond Terrace Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lochinvar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Maitland West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Barduar	India	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lowell	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Morven Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Turnu Magurele	Romania	Record low minimum temperature	-9.6 C (14.7 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Astrakan	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-18.6 C (-1.5 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Drobeta Turnu Severin	Romania	Record low maximum temperature	-1.5 C (29.3 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Drobeta Turnu Severin	Romania	Record low minimum temperature	-9.5 C (14.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kazan	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Uralla (Salisbury Court)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Buzau	Romania	Record low minimum temperature	-9.3 C (15.3 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kjobli I Snaasa	Norway	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tustervatnet	Norway	Record daily precipitation	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	4.5 mm (0.18 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Meka Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Carnarvon Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ust Tzilma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	6.2 mm (0.24 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pesaro	Italy	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Riksgransen	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Agassiz Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Namdalseid	Norway	Record daily precipitation	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Thylungra Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Afton Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
White Well	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
McKinlay Roadhouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Clifton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cessnock Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dunvegan	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sveg	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	10.3 C (50.5 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Murgon Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Nashlyn	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Liepaja	Latvia	Record low minimum temperature	-9.2 C (15.4 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kazan	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Callagiddy Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Nashlyn	Canada	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Astrakan	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-6.8 C (19.8 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Nome AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Karratha Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Dinmore Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

187 records

Records set or tied on 23 March 1942 by type: Highest daily maximum 8, Lowest daily maximum 23, Highest daily minimum 6, Lowest daily minimum 41, Heaviest daily rainfall 91, Heaviest daily snowfall 14, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 23 March 1942 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	8
Lowest daily maximum	23
Highest daily minimum	6
Lowest daily minimum	41
Heaviest daily rainfall	91
Heaviest daily snowfall	14
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 23 March 1942 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 186.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

163 broken records

Margins by which the 163 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 178.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 March 1942

Top 20 records on 23 March 1942 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 March 1942	Warren, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	31 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1942	Wyong (Wyong Golf Club), AU	daily rain	212.1 mm (8.4 in)	176.3 mm (6.9 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1942	Gosford (Gertrude Place), AU	daily rain	127.5 mm (5.0 in)	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	48 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1942	Sulitjelma, NO	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1942	Gresford Post Office, AU	daily rain	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	16 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1942	Menangle, AU	daily rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	17 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1942	Mahackala, RU	daily low min	-10.8 C (12.6 F)	6.2 C (11.2 F)	54 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1942	East Maitland Bowling Club, AU	daily rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	36 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1942	Bulahdelah Post Office, AU	daily rain	116.1 mm (4.6 in)	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	28 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1942	Dungog Post Office, AU	daily rain	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	28 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1942	Moorland (Denro-An), AU	monthly rain	156.0 mm (6.1 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	55 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1942	Pine Brush, AU	daily rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	16 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1942	Woodstock West, AU	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1942	Tg Jiu, RO	daily low min	-14.1 C (6.6 F)	9.8 C (17.6 F)	35 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1942	Cockle Creek (Pasminco Metals), AU	daily rain	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
23 March 1942	Ostas I Hegra, NO	daily rain	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	24 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
23 March 1942	De Grey, AU	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	19 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
23 March 1942	Westbrook, AU	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	15 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
23 March 1942	Forster - Tuncurry R.V.C.P., AU	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
23 March 1942	Raymond Terrace Post Office, AU	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	28 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 1942

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1942. 1942 had 187 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 25	143
25 to 50	13
50 to 75	4
75 to 100	1
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	2