Weather Records on 23 July 1943

245 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 July 1943. Highest significance: Halle, DE.

Key Facts for 23 July 1943

On 23 July 1943, 245 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
153 were record highs and 40 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 239 daily.
Halle set an all-time record daily precipitation of 132.5 mm (5.2 in) on 23 July 1943.
Across 167 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 449 records.

Record Map

245 stations

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

Weather records on 23 July 1943: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Halle	Germany	Record daily precipitation	132.5 mm (5.2 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Pachpadra	India	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Norman	Canada	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Paxton	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Forks UNIV (NWS)	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Greensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Portland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksonville Wb City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dataganj	India	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
El Dorado Goodwin Fld	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Camden 1	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Reno	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gangapur	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Elizabethtown	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bainbridge	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Seward AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin 3 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Waterville Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus 4 ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Port Gibson 1 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Waukomis	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Myers Page Fld AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Dwtn Charleston	United States	Record low minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Marble Bar Comparison	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Madison	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Baton Rouge	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Jamestown State Hosp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar (Lerida)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Atyrau	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	18.9 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Zametchino	Russia	Record daily precipitation	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Clark 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Penneshaw 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Keremeos	Canada	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fulham Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bozeman Montana State UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Flatwillow 4 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ivanhoe (Mt Manara)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Talladega	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
De Funiak Springs 1 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Quorn (Depot Flat)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Quitman 2 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Thomasville 7 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Minneapolis	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Biloxi	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Beaufort	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
N Bend SW Oregon Rgnl AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Lofty Summit	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Karauli	India	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Elsinore	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Blakely	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Orofino	United States	Record daily precipitation	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Cinclare	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Conway	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Huntsville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Guaraciaba Do Norte	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Pekisko	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Cleveland 1	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.3 C (109.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Marlow 1 WSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

245 records

Records set or tied on 23 July 1943 by type: Highest daily maximum 79, Lowest daily maximum 8, Highest daily minimum 74, Lowest daily minimum 32, Heaviest daily rainfall 52.

Records on 23 July 1943 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	79
Lowest daily maximum	8
Highest daily minimum	74
Lowest daily minimum	32
Heaviest daily rainfall	52
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 23 July 1943 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 2, daily 239.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

162 broken records

Margins by which the 162 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 63.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 July 1943

Top 20 records on 23 July 1943 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 July 1943	Halle, DE	all-time rain	132.5 mm (5.2 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	27 years	69 of 100 (Major)
23 July 1943	Pachpadra, IN	daily rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	30 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1943	Cape Norman, CA	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	30 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1943	Paxton, US	monthly rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	30 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1943	Grand Forks UNIV (NWS), US	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1943	Greensburg, US	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
23 July 1943	Portland, US	all-time high min	26.7 C (80.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	19 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
23 July 1943	Jacksonville Wb City, US	daily low min	19.4 C (66.9 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	48 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
23 July 1943	Dataganj, IN	daily rain	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	33 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
23 July 1943	El Dorado Goodwin Fld, US	daily high min	26.1 C (79.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	50 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
23 July 1943	Camden 1, US	daily high max	41.1 C (106.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	46 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
23 July 1943	Ft Reno, US	daily high min	26.7 C (80.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	37 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
23 July 1943	Bathurst, CA	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	8 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
23 July 1943	Gangapur, IN	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
23 July 1943	Elizabethtown, US	daily low max	15.6 C (60.1 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	37 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
23 July 1943	Bainbridge, US	daily high max	40.6 C (105.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	36 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
23 July 1943	Seward AP, US	daily low min	3.3 C (37.9 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	34 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
23 July 1943	Franklin 3 NW, US	daily high min	25.6 C (78.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	43 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
23 July 1943	Waterville Wwtp, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	40 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
23 July 1943	Columbus 4 ESE, US	daily high min	25.0 C (77.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	50 years	22 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 1943

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1943. 1943 had 245 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	149
10 to 20	5
20 to 30	6
30 to 40	1
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	1