Weather Records on 23 April 1942

473 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 April 1942. Highest significance: Black Lake, US.

Key Facts for 23 April 1942

On 23 April 1942, 473 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
201 were record highs and 65 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 22 monthly and 450 daily.
Black Lake set an all-time record daily precipitation of 200.7 mm (7.9 in) on 23 April 1942.
Across 167 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 444 records.

Record Map

473 stations

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

Weather records on 23 April 1942: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Black Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	200.7 mm (7.9 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Headingly Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mescalero	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Miami	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Espanola	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Taos Canyon	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Chama	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pasamonte	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Koilkuntla	India	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Walnut Grove	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Virginia City	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Taos	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mossman South Alchera Drive	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kyabra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Adanakottai	India	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cerro	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Moran 5WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Luz (Estacao)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pastura 6 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nawarangpur	India	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Myklebust I Breim	Norway	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Darjeeling	India	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Abbott 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Logan	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Springer	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Port Douglas - Warner St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Yarrabah Comm Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	137.7 mm (5.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sirkali	India	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Oracle	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Jamestown State Hosp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mulgrave Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Britton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Raton	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Alberni Beaver Creek	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Savanne	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nidamangalam	India	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Warroad	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Amenia	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hosdurg	India	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Prescott	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Angus 1 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Waukomis	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hewitt	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Quatsino	Canada	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Williams	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Moorhead St Teachers C	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Capitan	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Roy	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Forman 5 SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cloud Chief 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hallock	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Carlsbad	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hoosier Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Fergana	Uzbekistan	Record low minimum temperature	0.4 C (32.7 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Thylungra Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bear Creek	Canada	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Two Harbors	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

473 records

Records set or tied on 23 April 1942 by type: Highest daily maximum 112, Lowest daily maximum 35, Highest daily minimum 89, Lowest daily minimum 30, Heaviest daily rainfall 190, Heaviest daily snowfall 16, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 23 April 1942 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	112
Lowest daily maximum	35
Highest daily minimum	89
Lowest daily minimum	30
Heaviest daily rainfall	190
Heaviest daily snowfall	16
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 23 April 1942 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 22, daily 450.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

390 broken records

Margins by which the 390 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 153.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 April 1942

Top 20 records on 23 April 1942 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 April 1942	Black Lake, US	all-time rain	200.7 mm (7.9 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	0 years	63 of 100 (Major)
23 April 1942	Headingly Station, AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	53 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1942	Mescalero, US	monthly rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	26 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1942	Miami, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	0 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1942	Espanola, US	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	36 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1942	Taos Canyon, US	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	23 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1942	Chama, US	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	11 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1942	Pasamonte, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	28 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1942	Koilkuntla, IN	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	4 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1942	Walnut Grove, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	36 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1942	Virginia City, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	16 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1942	Taos, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	0 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1942	Mossman South Alchera Drive, AU	daily rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	8 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1942	Kyabra, AU	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	21 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1942	Adanakottai, IN	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	20 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1942	Cerro, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	9 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
23 April 1942	Moran 5WNW, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
23 April 1942	Luz (Estacao), BR	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
23 April 1942	Pastura 6 SSE, US	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	9 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
23 April 1942	Bathurst, CA	daily high max	21.7 C (71.1 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	55 years	32 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 1942

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 1942. 1942 had 473 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 20	341
20 to 40	30
40 to 60	12
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	1
140 to 160	1