Weather Records on 23 October 1942

306 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 October 1942. Highest significance: Boulder, US.

Key Facts for 23 October 1942

On 23 October 1942, 306 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
117 were record highs and 91 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 298 daily.
Boulder set a monthly record daily snowfall of 48.3 cm (19.0 in) on 23 October 1942.
Across 160 earlier years (1795 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 464 records.

Record Map

306 stations

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

Weather records on 23 October 1942: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Boulder	United States	Record daily snowfall	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Buskala Rch	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Morgan	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Longmont 2 ESE	United States	Record daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Greeley	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Limon 10 SSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sivaganga	India	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Barduar	India	Record daily precipitation	123.4 mm (4.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cheyenne Wells 2NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tribune 1W	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lamar	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Las Animas	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Spicer	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Berens River	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fraser	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Unb	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Santhanpara	India	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Manamathurai	India	Record daily precipitation	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Windsor Kings College	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Prescott	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Loa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Belle Isle	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tuddal	Norway	Record snow depth	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Collins	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Nelson Bay (Nelson Head)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Semej	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	10.4 C (50.7 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Independence	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Dalby Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Spearfish	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Fergana	Uzbekistan	Record high minimum temperature	10.2 C (50.4 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Emery	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti SW Point	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kumily	India	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Mudukulathur	India	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Glenwood Spgs #2	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
W Pt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Viljujsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	8.8 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pitea	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fraser	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Woody Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cheboygan	United States	Record daily snowfall	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bjuroklubb	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cape York Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kokshetay	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	10.3 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Aktobe	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	8.8 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Harrismith (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Garsebach Bei Meissen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tatarsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kenilworth Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Deepwater Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Manati 2 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Collins	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
O'Neill	United States	Record daily precipitation	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Te Kowai Exp STN	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	9.7 C (49.5 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Schkeuditz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	6.5 mm (0.26 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Doberlug-Kirchhain	Germany	Record daily precipitation	12.6 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Gospic	Croatia	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

306 records

Records set or tied on 23 October 1942 by type: Highest daily maximum 35, Lowest daily maximum 53, Highest daily minimum 82, Lowest daily minimum 38, Heaviest daily rainfall 68, Heaviest daily snowfall 29, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 23 October 1942 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	35
Lowest daily maximum	53
Highest daily minimum	82
Lowest daily minimum	38
Heaviest daily rainfall	68
Heaviest daily snowfall	29
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 23 October 1942 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 8, daily 298.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

235 broken records

Margins by which the 235 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 267.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 October 1942

Top 20 records on 23 October 1942 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 October 1942	Boulder, US	monthly snowfall	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	34 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1942	Buskala Rch, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1942	Ft Morgan, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	41 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1942	Longmont 2 ESE, US	daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	9 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1942	Greeley, US	monthly snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	44 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1942	Limon 10 SSW, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	35 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1942	Sivaganga, IN	daily rain	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	20 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1942	Barduar, IN	daily rain	123.4 mm (4.9 in)	64.2 mm (2.5 in)	9 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1942	Cheyenne Wells 2NE, US	monthly snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	36 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1942	Tribune 1W, US	monthly snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	6.8 cm (2.7 in)	29 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1942	Lamar, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	46 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
23 October 1942	Las Animas, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	46 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
23 October 1942	Spicer, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	19 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
23 October 1942	Berens River, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	28 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
23 October 1942	Bathurst, CA	daily high max	23.3 C (73.9 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	57 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
23 October 1942	Fraser, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	19 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
23 October 1942	Fredericton Unb, CA	daily high min	12.2 C (54.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	62 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
23 October 1942	Santhanpara, IN	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	11 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
23 October 1942	Manamathurai, IN	monthly rain	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	33 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
23 October 1942	Windsor Kings College, CA	daily high max	21.1 C (70.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	62 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

1795 to 1942

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1942. 1942 had 306 records.

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

Records on 10-23 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1802	2
1843	1
1845	1
1850	1
1851	2
1855	1
1859	2
1861	1
1863	1
1865	2
1866	1
1869	3
1871	2
1872	1
1873	2
1876	2
1878	1
1880	7
1881	2
1882	1
1883	1
1885	2
1888	1
1889	2
1890	2
1891	8
1892	3
1893	3
1894	5
1895	4
1896	2
1897	3
1898	5
1899	4
1900	8
1901	7
1902	7
1903	10
1904	7
1905	15
1906	17
1907	5
1908	19
1909	12
1910	6
1911	40
1912	50
1913	38
1914	9
1915	167
1916	290
1917	62
1918	12
1919	42
1920	262
1921	58
1922	38
1923	165
1924	160
1925	191
1926	131
1927	266
1928	120
1929	352
1930	310
1931	353
1932	310
1933	241
1934	333
1935	519
1936	490
1937	816
1938	403
1939	717
1940	304
1941	499
1942	306
1943	446
1944	283
1945	533
1946	258
1947	631
1948	251
1949	432
1950	507
1951	626
1952	432
1953	373
1954	317
1955	266
1956	587
1957	1,266
1958	255
1959	682
1960	341
1961	329
1962	141
1963	1,297
1964	264
1965	330
1966	625
1967	297
1968	175
1969	1,200
1970	617
1971	705
1972	601
1973	712
1974	653
1975	1,028
1976	879
1977	578
1978	570
1979	1,094
1980	584
1981	1,502
1982	1,071
1983	853
1984	1,261
1985	846
1986	968
1987	694
1988	619
1989	1,363
1990	954
1991	1,232
1992	1,176
1993	670
1994	558
1995	1,471
1996	1,396
1997	1,172
1998	1,221
1999	1,011
2000	1,275
2001	1,091
2002	1,868
2003	1,952
2004	1,224
2005	679
2006	1,976
2007	1,673
2008	993
2009	838
2010	683
2011	701
2012	1,017
2013	754
2014	755
2015	760
2016	460
2017	603
2018	322
2019	459
2020	1,777
2021	298
2022	1,342
2023	544
2024	674
2025	343

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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	218
50 to 100	9
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	5
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1