Weather Records on 23 July 1942

265 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 July 1942. Highest significance: Gettysburg, US.

Key Facts for 23 July 1942

On 23 July 1942, 265 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
57 were record highs and 76 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 262 daily.
Gettysburg set a daily record precipitation of 99.1 mm (3.9 in) on 23 July 1942.
Across 167 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 449 records.

Record Map

265 stations

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

Weather records on 23 July 1942: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Gettysburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Moose Jaw Chab	Canada	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Berens River	Canada	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Patna Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	121.7 mm (4.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Raiford State Prison	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Duck Hill	United States	Record high minimum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Yellamanchili	India	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Asthawan	India	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rotenburg (Wumme)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gird	India	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tibri	India	Record daily precipitation	175.0 mm (6.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Chhipabarod	India	Record daily precipitation	224.3 mm (8.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Beberu	India	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gopalganj Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	113.8 mm (4.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Minapur	India	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Quitman 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kolaras	India	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Parsa	India	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Naraingarh	India	Record daily precipitation	209.0 mm (8.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Rath	India	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mau	India	Record daily precipitation	119.6 mm (4.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Albemarle	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Edgefield 3 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gola	India	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bihar	India	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Centralia	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mussoorie	India	Record daily precipitation	196.9 mm (7.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Garotha	India	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	5.2 C (41.4 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Goondi Mill Csr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bartow 1SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Florence #1	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Miami	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Barkerville	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Barh	India	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kunch	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Coleman	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bhadrachalam	India	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kissimmee	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Cave Run Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Chandler	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lebanon 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Sherman	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Semej	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gavle	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Timovskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Seven Persons	Canada	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Andenes	Norway	Record daily precipitation	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mundoora	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hallett (Willogoleche)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
High River	Canada	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
St Georges	Canada	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Marungapuri	India	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Barabinsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	15.4 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Norddal	Norway	Record snow depth	4.0 cm (1.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Alangudi	India	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ankenes	Norway	Record daily precipitation	20.2 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kilauea 1134	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bidar	India	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

265 records

Records set or tied on 23 July 1942 by type: Highest daily maximum 44, Lowest daily maximum 23, Highest daily minimum 13, Lowest daily minimum 53, Heaviest daily rainfall 131, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 23 July 1942 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	44
Lowest daily maximum	23
Highest daily minimum	13
Lowest daily minimum	53
Heaviest daily rainfall	131
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 23 July 1942 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 1, daily 262.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

205 broken records

Margins by which the 205 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 64.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 July 1942

Top 20 records on 23 July 1942 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 July 1942	Gettysburg, US	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	64.6 mm (2.5 in)	17 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1942	Moose Jaw Chab, CA	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	4 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1942	Berens River, CA	all-time rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	31 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1942	Patna Obsy, IN	daily rain	121.7 mm (4.8 in)	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	32 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1942	Raiford State Prison, US	daily low min	13.9 C (57.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	32 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1942	Duck Hill, US	daily high min	31.7 C (89.1 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	31 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1942	Yellamanchili, IN	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	35 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
23 July 1942	Asthawan, IN	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	32 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
23 July 1942	Rotenburg (Wumme), DE	daily rain	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	15.1 mm (0.6 in)	21 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
23 July 1942	Gird, IN	daily rain	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	13 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
23 July 1942	Tibri, IN	daily rain	175.0 mm (6.9 in)	54.3 mm (2.1 in)	28 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
23 July 1942	Chhipabarod, IN	daily rain	224.3 mm (8.8 in)	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	37 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
23 July 1942	Beberu, IN	daily rain	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	40 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
23 July 1942	Gopalganj Sr, IN	daily rain	113.8 mm (4.5 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	40 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
23 July 1942	Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij, RU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	24 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
23 July 1942	Minapur, IN	daily rain	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	25 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
23 July 1942	Quitman 2 NW, US	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	8 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
23 July 1942	Kolaras, IN	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	12 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
23 July 1942	Parsa, IN	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	4 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
23 July 1942	Naraingarh, IN	all-time rain	209.0 mm (8.2 in)	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	6 years	26 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

1794 to 1942

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1942. 1942 had 265 records.

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

Records on 07-23 in each year
Year	Records
1794	2
1797	1
1804	1
1810	1
1811	2
1832	1
1835	1
1836	2
1838	1
1845	1
1846	2
1851	1
1852	1
1855	2
1856	1
1859	1
1860	1
1861	1
1863	1
1867	1
1868	5
1870	1
1873	2
1875	2
1877	1
1879	2
1880	2
1882	1
1883	1
1884	1
1885	5
1886	1
1887	2
1888	1
1889	5
1890	4
1894	3
1895	7
1896	4
1898	9
1899	5
1900	8
1901	10
1902	6
1903	4
1904	18
1905	11
1906	19
1907	9
1908	15
1909	27
1910	54
1911	37
1912	43
1913	36
1914	59
1915	35
1916	34
1917	42
1918	96
1919	26
1920	40
1921	221
1922	113
1923	104
1924	158
1925	173
1926	266
1927	308
1928	146
1929	174
1930	214
1931	334
1932	232
1933	432
1934	898
1935	329
1936	403
1937	319
1938	354
1939	277
1940	494
1941	292
1942	265
1943	245
1944	350
1945	239
1946	531
1947	1,240
1948	610
1949	453
1950	500
1951	422
1952	788
1953	660
1954	545
1955	585
1956	402
1957	513
1958	633
1959	606
1960	568
1961	937
1962	465
1963	490
1964	373
1965	368
1966	368
1967	347
1968	480
1969	436
1970	935
1971	648
1972	640
1973	798
1974	578
1975	359
1976	425
1977	570
1978	1,064
1979	648
1980	703
1981	1,030
1982	594
1983	1,324
1984	980
1985	711
1986	1,239
1987	1,164
1988	1,124
1989	868
1990	1,033
1991	1,050
1992	1,469
1993	1,466
1994	1,215
1995	827
1996	1,227
1997	1,088
1998	885
1999	846
2000	1,225
2001	1,242
2002	875
2003	1,649
2004	1,148
2005	997
2006	1,757
2007	1,262
2008	1,057
2009	1,069
2010	1,627
2011	1,907
2012	822
2013	648
2014	783
2015	559
2016	760
2017	517
2018	873
2019	786
2020	514
2021	506
2022	707
2023	629
2024	798
2025	917
2026	788

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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 10	146
10 to 20	28
20 to 30	14
30 to 40	3
40 to 50	6
50 to 60	6
60 to 70	2