Weather Records on 23 August 1945

338 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 August 1945. Highest significance: Cumberland, US.

Key Facts for 23 August 1945

On 23 August 1945, 338 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
75 were record highs and 129 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 326 daily.
Cumberland set a daily record precipitation of 58.7 mm (2.3 in) on 23 August 1945.
Across 164 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 445 records.

Record Map

338 stations

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

Weather records on 23 August 1945: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cumberland	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hilo 86A	United States	Record daily precipitation	146.1 mm (5.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Barchana	India	Record daily precipitation	157.5 mm (6.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kotkhai	India	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pilibhit City	India	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Olaa 92	United States	Record daily precipitation	180.3 mm (7.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Winthrop UNIV	United States	Record high minimum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rohtak	India	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
New Delhi/Safdarjun	India	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ariah Park Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bjuroklubb	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Jackson	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kerkeriya	India	Record daily precipitation	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bilari	India	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cedaredge	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Carbondale Sewage Plt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
College STN 6 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Papaikou 144.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Holmogadd A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Jennings	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Danville 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hana 354	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Jalalabad	India	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cedarville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Palestine	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Caruthersville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Korba	India	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mangrol	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Dataganj	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kirov	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria	United States	Record low maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Khutar	India	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Highland Home	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Seligman	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Anna 4 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Du Quoin 4 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Flora 5 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Olney 2S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Vincennes 4 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Abbeville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cheneyville 1 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Jackson 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Buckeye	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Goulds Rch	United States	Record high minimum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Corning	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Fayetteville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Covington	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cinclare	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Clinton Forestry HQ	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Pahala 21	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Te Kowai Exp STN	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sapotra	India	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Achinsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-2.1 C (28.2 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisburg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomington Indiana UNIV	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
1 WSW Princeton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Earlington	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

338 records

Records set or tied on 23 August 1945 by type: Highest daily maximum 41, Lowest daily maximum 95, Highest daily minimum 34, Lowest daily minimum 34, Heaviest daily rainfall 134.

Records on 23 August 1945 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	41
Lowest daily maximum	95
Highest daily minimum	34
Lowest daily minimum	34
Heaviest daily rainfall	134
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 23 August 1945 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 11, daily 326.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

267 broken records

Margins by which the 267 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 102.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 August 1945

Top 20 records on 23 August 1945 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 August 1945	Cumberland, US	daily rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	39 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1945	Hilo 86A, US	daily rain	146.1 mm (5.8 in)	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1945	Barchana, IN	daily rain	157.5 mm (6.2 in)	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	28 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1945	Kotkhai, IN	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	39 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1945	Pilibhit City, IN	daily rain	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	70.7 mm (2.8 in)	28 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1945	Olaa 92, US	monthly rain	180.3 mm (7.1 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	38 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1945	Winthrop UNIV, US	all-time high min	29.4 C (84.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	33 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1945	Rohtak, IN	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	23 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
23 August 1945	New Delhi/Safdarjun, IN	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	36 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
23 August 1945	Ariah Park Post Office, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	6 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
23 August 1945	Bjuroklubb, SE	monthly rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	32 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
23 August 1945	Jackson, US	monthly low max	20.0 C (68.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	42 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
23 August 1945	Kerkeriya, IN	daily rain	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	42 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
23 August 1945	Bilari, IN	daily rain	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	28 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
23 August 1945	Ft Bidwell, US	daily low min	3.9 C (39.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	68 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
23 August 1945	Cedaredge, US	daily low min	3.9 C (39.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	44 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
23 August 1945	Carbondale Sewage Plt, US	daily low max	18.9 C (66.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	40 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
23 August 1945	College STN 6 SW, US	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	11.1 mm (0.4 in)	50 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
23 August 1945	Papaikou 144.1, US	daily rain	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	31 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
23 August 1945	Holmogadd A, SE	daily rain	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	4.0 mm (0.16 in)	54 years	27 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

1802 to 1945

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1945. 1945 had 338 records.

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

Records on 08-23 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1805	1
1813	2
1816	2
1817	1
1818	1
1829	1
1839	3
1840	1
1846	1
1847	1
1848	1
1853	2
1857	1
1858	1
1864	1
1867	1
1869	1
1870	1
1871	1
1874	2
1877	2
1881	1
1882	2
1883	1
1884	2
1886	1
1887	2
1890	3
1891	4
1892	4
1893	4
1894	2
1895	3
1896	6
1897	1
1898	8
1899	8
1900	2
1901	10
1902	9
1903	9
1904	6
1905	8
1906	27
1907	15
1908	18
1909	10
1910	15
1911	23
1912	44
1913	9
1914	23
1915	63
1916	23
1917	26
1918	91
1919	24
1920	102
1921	280
1922	58
1923	284
1924	127
1925	182
1926	99
1927	198
1928	196
1929	240
1930	432
1931	412
1932	211
1933	342
1934	308
1935	220
1936	980
1937	522
1938	654
1939	439
1940	535
1941	375
1942	540
1943	505
1944	578
1945	338
1946	416
1947	1,071
1948	594
1949	456
1950	461
1951	347
1952	456
1953	292
1954	438
1955	375
1956	501
1957	645
1958	402
1959	494
1960	806
1961	644
1962	364
1963	380
1964	724
1965	357
1966	802
1967	541
1968	1,384
1969	728
1970	518
1971	610
1972	614
1973	650
1974	612
1975	627
1976	703
1977	557
1978	577
1979	459
1980	552
1981	663
1982	713
1983	1,264
1984	862
1985	1,187
1986	839
1987	1,119
1988	1,604
1989	902
1990	661
1991	697
1992	1,291
1993	796
1994	738
1995	1,212
1996	1,161
1997	1,599
1998	1,138
1999	802
2000	936
2001	834
2002	931
2003	1,103
2004	862
2005	786
2006	728
2007	1,513
2008	966
2009	1,241
2010	1,244
2011	1,412
2012	688
2013	397
2014	960
2015	673
2016	595
2017	543
2018	479
2019	445
2020	1,093
2021	629
2022	781
2023	1,287
2024	1,150
2025	1,295
2026	592

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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	247
20 to 40	14
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1