Weather Records on 23 October 1945

533 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 October 1945. Highest significance: Hooghly, IN.

Key Facts for 23 October 1945

On 23 October 1945, 533 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
50 were record highs and 135 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 525 daily.
Hooghly set a daily record precipitation of 93.0 mm (3.7 in) on 23 October 1945.
Across 160 earlier years (1795 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 462 records.

Record Map

533 stations

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

Weather records on 23 October 1945: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hooghly	India	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Sheohar	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Biscuit Flat (Woolmit)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Debiabhoj Diyabh	India	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Uluberia	India	Record daily precipitation	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Amta	India	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Calcutta/Alipore	India	Record daily precipitation	107.7 mm (4.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Panskura	India	Record daily precipitation	162.6 mm (6.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Budge Budge	India	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gainesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Haringhata	India	Record daily precipitation	131.6 mm (5.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus Dardc	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Covington	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Alipurduar	India	Record daily precipitation	96.3 mm (3.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Fulham Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Harrogate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pauta Amaria	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tanana AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tobias Barreto	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	45.9 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Loukahi	India	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Millport 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mannum (Sanderston)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kurseong	India	Record daily precipitation	106.4 mm (4.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Clayton 1 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Experiment	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bilasipara	India	Record daily precipitation	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Quatsino	Canada	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cumbres	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dhanaha	India	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gadsden	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Collbran	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Valley Head	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Gaines	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wirrega (Taunton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Rosera	India	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mathabhanga	India	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Woodbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bute (Ninnes)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Queen Charlotte City	Canada	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kachugaon	India	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lincoln Lock 4	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cumbres	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dillon 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Grassmere	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Shawinigan	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kislovodsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Clanton	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Oneonta	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lusk 2 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Dhubri	India	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cooch Behar	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gopiballabhpur	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	2.5 C (36.5 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Feodosiia	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-2.9 C (26.8 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Leitchfield 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Barkerville	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Barpeta	India	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ai-Petri	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	-2.6 C (27.3 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Byrdstown 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

533 records

Records set or tied on 23 October 1945 by type: Highest daily maximum 22, Lowest daily maximum 71, Highest daily minimum 28, Lowest daily minimum 64, Heaviest daily rainfall 328, Heaviest daily snowfall 18, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 23 October 1945 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	22
Lowest daily maximum	71
Highest daily minimum	28
Lowest daily minimum	64
Heaviest daily rainfall	328
Heaviest daily snowfall	18
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 23 October 1945 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 8, daily 525.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

470 broken records

Margins by which the 470 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 140.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 October 1945

Top 20 records on 23 October 1945 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 October 1945	Hooghly, IN	daily rain	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1945	Sheohar, IN	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	44 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1945	Biscuit Flat (Woolmit), AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1945	Debiabhoj Diyabh, IN	daily rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	44 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1945	Uluberia, IN	daily rain	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	119.3 mm (4.7 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1945	Amta, IN	daily rain	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1945	Calcutta/Alipore, IN	daily rain	107.7 mm (4.2 in)	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	7 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1945	Panskura, IN	monthly rain	162.6 mm (6.4 in)	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	20 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1945	Budge Budge, IN	daily rain	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	40 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1945	Gainesville, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	26 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1945	Haringhata, IN	monthly rain	131.6 mm (5.2 in)	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	3 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1945	Columbus Dardc, US	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	48 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1945	Covington, US	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	48 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1945	Alipurduar, IN	daily rain	96.3 mm (3.8 in)	88.7 mm (3.5 in)	15 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1945	Fulham Park, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1945	Harrogate, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1945	Pauta Amaria, IN	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	44 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1945	Tanana AP, US	daily snowfall	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	7.9 cm (3.1 in)	20 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1945	Tobias Barreto, BR	daily rain	45.9 mm (1.8 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	4 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1945	Loukahi, IN	daily rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	12 years	36 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

1795 to 1945

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1945. 1945 had 533 records.

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

Records on 10-23 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1802	2
1843	1
1845	1
1850	1
1851	2
1855	1
1859	2
1861	1
1863	1
1865	2
1866	1
1869	3
1871	2
1872	1
1873	2
1876	2
1878	1
1880	7
1881	2
1882	1
1883	1
1885	2
1888	1
1889	2
1890	2
1891	8
1892	3
1893	3
1894	5
1895	4
1896	2
1897	3
1898	5
1899	4
1900	8
1901	7
1902	7
1903	10
1904	7
1905	15
1906	17
1907	5
1908	19
1909	12
1910	6
1911	40
1912	50
1913	38
1914	9
1915	167
1916	290
1917	62
1918	12
1919	42
1920	262
1921	58
1922	38
1923	165
1924	160
1925	191
1926	131
1927	266
1928	120
1929	352
1930	310
1931	353
1932	310
1933	241
1934	333
1935	519
1936	490
1937	816
1938	403
1939	717
1940	304
1941	499
1942	306
1943	446
1944	283
1945	533
1946	258
1947	631
1948	251
1949	432
1950	507
1951	626
1952	432
1953	373
1954	317
1955	266
1956	587
1957	1,266
1958	255
1959	682
1960	341
1961	329
1962	141
1963	1,297
1964	264
1965	330
1966	625
1967	297
1968	175
1969	1,200
1970	617
1971	705
1972	601
1973	712
1974	653
1975	1,028
1976	879
1977	578
1978	570
1979	1,094
1980	584
1981	1,502
1982	1,071
1983	853
1984	1,261
1985	846
1986	968
1987	694
1988	619
1989	1,363
1990	954
1991	1,232
1992	1,176
1993	670
1994	558
1995	1,471
1996	1,396
1997	1,172
1998	1,221
1999	1,011
2000	1,275
2001	1,091
2002	1,868
2003	1,952
2004	1,224
2005	679
2006	1,976
2007	1,673
2008	993
2009	838
2010	683
2011	701
2012	1,017
2013	754
2014	755
2015	760
2016	460
2017	603
2018	322
2019	459
2020	1,777
2021	298
2022	1,342
2023	544
2024	674
2025	343

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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	389
20 to 40	43
40 to 60	19
60 to 80	11
80 to 100	5
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	1