Weather Records on 23 March 1944

466 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 March 1944. Highest significance: Nawabganj, IN.

Key Facts for 23 March 1944

On 23 March 1944, 466 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
24 were record highs and 22 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 453 daily.
Nawabganj set a daily record precipitation of 28.7 mm (1.1 in) on 23 March 1944.
Across 157 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 499 records.

Record Map

466 stations

466 station records on 23 March 1944 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 March 1944: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Nawabganj	India	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Pinsk	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Hata	India	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Dublin	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kunda	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Yates Hydro Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	131.1 mm (5.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Gorakhpur	India	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Troy	United States	Record daily precipitation	132.3 mm (5.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Dwtn Charleston	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Digri	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Marion 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.2 mm (4.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Yemassee 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Murwara(Kathi)	India	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Eastman 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.5 mm (4.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Haiku 490	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Uniontown	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hawi 168	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gadarwara	India	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Aiken 5SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kingstree	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sakoli	India	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Greensboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Deogaon Lalganj	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Andarai	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	87.0 mm (3.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sorel	Canada	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Robertsdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Washington 2 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Warrenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mahukona 159	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Datia	India	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bodalkasa	India	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Southport 5 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pembroke Eddy Match	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Beatrice	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Banda	India	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Maharajganj	India	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Deposit	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Millen 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Camden 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Berinag	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mongpoo	India	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Milstead	United States	Record daily precipitation	145.8 mm (5.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tuskegee	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Baripada	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bironkhol	India	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ozark 6 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
W Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Leakesville 6 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Peermade Residen	India	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Selma	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Augusta	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.3 mm (3.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Monticello	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Baton Rouge	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chappells 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Barpukhuri	India	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rajpuri(Rampur)	India	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Talbotton	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Blair	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

466 records

Records set or tied on 23 March 1944 by type: Highest daily maximum 4, Lowest daily maximum 7, Highest daily minimum 20, Lowest daily minimum 15, Heaviest daily rainfall 366, Heaviest daily snowfall 39, Deepest snow cover 15.

Records on 23 March 1944 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	4
Lowest daily maximum	7
Highest daily minimum	20
Lowest daily minimum	15
Heaviest daily rainfall	366
Heaviest daily snowfall	39
Deepest snow cover	15

Records on 23 March 1944 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 12, daily 453.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

435 broken records

Margins by which the 435 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 208.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 March 1944

Top 20 records on 23 March 1944 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 March 1944	Nawabganj, IN	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	43 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1944	Pinsk, BY	monthly rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	6.8 mm (0.27 in)	44 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1944	Hata, IN	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	43 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1944	Dublin, US	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	27 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1944	Kunda, IN	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	26 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1944	Yates Hydro Plt, US	daily rain	131.1 mm (5.2 in)	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	36 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1944	Gorakhpur, IN	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	43 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1944	Troy, US	daily rain	132.3 mm (5.2 in)	116.0 mm (4.6 in)	23 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1944	Dwtn Charleston, US	daily rain	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	54.3 mm (2.1 in)	14 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1944	Digri, IN	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	43 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1944	Marion 1 N, US	daily rain	121.2 mm (4.8 in)	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	15 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1944	Yemassee 1 N, US	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	36 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1944	Murwara(Kathi), IN	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	27 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1944	Eastman 1 W, US	daily rain	111.5 mm (4.4 in)	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	36 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1944	Haiku 490, US	daily rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	28 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1944	Uniontown, US	daily rain	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	36 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1944	Hawi 168, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1944	Gadarwara, IN	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	27 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1944	Aiken 5SE, US	daily rain	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	36 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1944	Kingstree, US	daily rain	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	23 years	44 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

1796 to 1944

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1944. 1944 had 466 records.

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

Records on 03-23 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1808	1
1836	2
1837	2
1853	2
1858	1
1862	1
1864	2
1865	2
1868	2
1871	3
1874	2
1875	4
1877	2
1878	3
1879	1
1882	1
1883	6
1884	2
1885	3
1886	1
1887	1
1888	3
1889	2
1890	1
1891	1
1893	1
1895	4
1896	13
1897	9
1898	6
1899	3
1901	5
1902	26
1903	32
1904	3
1905	16
1906	23
1907	53
1908	11
1909	7
1910	12
1911	8
1912	22
1913	76
1914	72
1915	11
1916	50
1917	65
1918	31
1919	17
1920	75
1921	10
1922	30
1923	97
1924	78
1925	164
1926	283
1927	202
1928	154
1929	517
1930	135
1931	267
1932	169
1933	123
1934	689
1935	486
1936	437
1937	243
1938	601
1939	565
1940	1,031
1941	188
1942	187
1943	286
1944	466
1945	386
1946	170
1947	275
1948	331
1949	390
1950	874
1951	337
1952	1,479
1953	589
1954	483
1955	999
1956	420
1957	354
1958	486
1959	249
1960	1,004
1961	361
1962	306
1963	839
1964	815
1965	1,537
1966	793
1967	822
1968	1,490
1969	634
1970	380
1971	758
1972	533
1973	537
1974	1,099
1975	618
1976	399
1977	642
1978	608
1979	1,012
1980	422
1981	940
1982	845
1983	1,522
1984	715
1985	437
1986	1,104
1987	1,279
1988	710
1989	805
1990	1,389
1991	1,264
1992	883
1993	1,151
1994	1,499
1995	1,514
1996	673
1997	743
1998	1,253
1999	722
2000	1,162
2001	995
2002	1,130
2003	971
2004	1,516
2005	1,014
2006	1,311
2007	1,595
2008	956
2009	952
2010	918
2011	1,245
2012	2,269
2013	1,270
2014	594
2015	577
2016	536
2017	739
2018	790
2019	525
2020	465
2021	1,050
2022	1,031
2023	1,135
2024	611
2025	702
2026	1,806

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Data for records on 1944-03-23: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	405
50 to 100	19
100 to 150	6
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	3