Weather Records on 23 April 1945

364 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 April 1945. Highest significance: Logan 1 WNW, US.

Key Facts for 23 April 1945

On 23 April 1945, 364 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
38 were record highs and 81 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 359 daily.
Logan 1 WNW set a monthly record daily precipitation of 78.7 mm (3.1 in) on 23 April 1945.
Across 167 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 445 records.

Record Map

364 stations

364 station records on 23 April 1945 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 April 1945: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Logan 1 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Hoaeae Upper	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Long Lake Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Phelps	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sac City	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Forest City 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Winnebago	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Winter	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Northwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ranpur	India	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Britt 3E	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Albert Lea 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Crete 4ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Dodge 5NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Denison	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mana 1026	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Berens River	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Harlan	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Blair	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kekaha 944	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Iron River	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gadsden	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lihue 1020	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bodalkasa	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
St Ignace	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.9 cm (3.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dwtn Charleston	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Goodwater	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Minneapolis Wb Dwtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nebraska City 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kilauea 1134	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Raleigh State UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wilmington 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Panskura	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Narayangarh	India	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Munising	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Big St Germain Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kealia 1112	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Jaipur	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Umzimkulu (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kissimmee	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lake City 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Prentice #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Winbar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Waycross 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hebron	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Makaweli 965	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Moorside	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Davis 2 WSW Exp Farm	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Rockwell City	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Munising	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Zumbrota	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bhadrak	India	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Akhuapada	India	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Clanton	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
St Augustine	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Beaufort Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Walhalla	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
El Dorado Goodwin Fld	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

364 records

Records set or tied on 23 April 1945 by type: Highest daily maximum 12, Lowest daily maximum 38, Highest daily minimum 26, Lowest daily minimum 43, Heaviest daily rainfall 225, Heaviest daily snowfall 20.

Records on 23 April 1945 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	12
Lowest daily maximum	38
Highest daily minimum	26
Lowest daily minimum	43
Heaviest daily rainfall	225
Heaviest daily snowfall	20
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 23 April 1945 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 359.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

305 broken records

Margins by which the 305 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 139.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 April 1945

Top 20 records on 23 April 1945 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 April 1945	Logan 1 WNW, US	monthly rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1945	Hoaeae Upper, US	daily rain	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	85.8 mm (3.4 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1945	Long Lake Dam, US	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1945	Phelps, US	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1945	Sac City, US	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	22 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1945	Forest City 2 NNE, US	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	48 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1945	Winnebago, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	19 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1945	Winter, US	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	0 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1945	Northwood, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	35 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1945	Ranpur, IN	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1945	Britt 3E, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	22 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1945	Albert Lea 3SE, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1945	Crete 4ESE, US	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1945	Madison, US	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	16 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1945	Ft Dodge 5NNW, US	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	22 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1945	Denison, US	monthly rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	23 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1945	Mana 1026, US	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	4 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1945	Berens River, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	13.9 cm (5.5 in)	14 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1945	Harlan, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	26 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1945	Blair, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	38 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 1945

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 1945. 1945 had 364 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	248
20 to 40	46
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	2