Weather Records on 23 April 1943

819 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 April 1943. Highest significance: Camboon Station, AU.

Key Facts for 23 April 1943

On 23 April 1943, 819 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
252 were record highs and 37 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 42 monthly and 775 daily.
Camboon Station set a daily record precipitation of 71.9 mm (2.8 in) on 23 April 1943.
Across 167 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 442 records.

Record Map

819 stations

819 station records on 23 April 1943 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 April 1943: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Camboon Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Doornplaat	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Mbabane	Swaziland	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Revelstoke	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Bergplaats	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Jamestown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Maraisburg (Gm)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Indus	India	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kuilput	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Brandfort (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Rooipoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Elandshoek, Boston	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Khalilabad	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Grootfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ellesmere	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Smithfield (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sardhana	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Julia Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mazelspoort Dam	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kassuli	India	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Deoria	India	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Philippolis (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Edenburg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Manuka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Philipstown (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Petrusberg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Likatlong	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pilanesberg-Pol	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Syfergat (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hughenden	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nieuwejaarsfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Welbedacht Agric Office	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Domeriaganj Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Westminter Estate	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Putbus	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	12.1 C (53.8 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Padrauna	India	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hata	India	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hillmoor	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bulsfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bansi	India	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Atraula	India	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Molteno (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bloemfontein Airpor	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Banana Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Big Creek	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Zastron (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bloemfontein Kings Park	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Glacier	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Glacier	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Insikeni (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tevredenheid	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Katdoornput 29	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Newlands	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
1 N McLeansboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lawn Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rosera	India	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bahraich	India	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kesiary Kaltikri	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

819 records

Records set or tied on 23 April 1943 by type: Highest daily maximum 162, Lowest daily maximum 24, Highest daily minimum 90, Lowest daily minimum 13, Heaviest daily rainfall 523, Heaviest daily snowfall 4, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 23 April 1943 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	162
Lowest daily maximum	24
Highest daily minimum	90
Lowest daily minimum	13
Heaviest daily rainfall	523
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 23 April 1943 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 42, daily 775.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

718 broken records

Margins by which the 718 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 152.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 April 1943

Top 20 records on 23 April 1943 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 April 1943	Camboon Station, AU	daily rain	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	51 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1943	Doornplaat, ZA	all-time rain	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1943	Mbabane, SZ	monthly rain	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1943	Revelstoke, CA	monthly rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1943	Bergplaats, ZA	daily rain	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1943	Jamestown, ZA	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	43 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1943	Maraisburg (Gm), ZA	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1943	Indus, IN	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	21 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1943	Kuilput, ZA	monthly rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	3 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1943	Brandfort (Mag), ZA	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	25 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1943	Rooipoort, ZA	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	26 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1943	Elandshoek, Boston, ZA	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1943	Richmond Post Office, AU	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	52 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1943	Khalilabad, IN	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	33 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1943	Grootfontein, ZA	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	17 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1943	Ellesmere, ZA	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	17 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1943	Smithfield (Mun), ZA	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	45 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1943	Sardhana, IN	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1943	Julia Creek Post Office, AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1943	Mazelspoort Dam, ZA	monthly rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)

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 1943

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 1943. 1943 had 819 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	624
20 to 40	76
40 to 60	15
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1