Weather Records on 23 April 1947

242 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 April 1947. Highest significance: Hart 3 WSW, US.

Key Facts for 23 April 1947

On 23 April 1947, 242 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
47 were record highs and 47 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 238 daily.
Hart 3 WSW set a daily record precipitation of 50.3 mm (2.0 in) on 23 April 1947.
Across 167 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 446 records.

Record Map

242 stations

242 station records on 23 April 1947 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 April 1947: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hart 3 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Muskegon Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Newton Rigg	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Aseral	Norway	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Big Rapids Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Quebrangulo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Barpukhuri	India	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Minchinbury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Burruer (Illaroo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Iguatu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Elkader 6 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Potts Hill Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Roodepoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gladwin	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gormandale East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kennebec	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mellette 4 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mestad I Oddernes	Norway	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Springwood Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Parramatta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Emu Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Campbelltown 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Herefoss	Norway	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mykland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cottonwood 2 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Helensburgh (Sawan St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Blackwarry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Madalya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tiangua	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	11.5 C (52.7 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Gjerstad I Aust-Agder	Norway	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Dapto West (Stane Dykes)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bjornholt	Norway	Record daily precipitation	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bakke	Norway	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Risnes I Fjotland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Holbrook	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Emu Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Nalbari	India	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Buxton	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Malin Head	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	9.8 mm (0.39 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Terang (Sunnyside)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Condobolin (Ringwood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nundle Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Midland 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Faulkton	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hot Springs	United States	Record daily snowfall	4.6 cm (1.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wickliffe	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Newaygo Hardy Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tallebung (Vermont Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Forestburg 4 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen	United States	Record daily snowfall	1.8 cm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Watertown Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	1.8 cm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Walcha Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Armour	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wallabadah (Gaspard)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Maniwaki 2	Canada	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Narva	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

242 records

Records set or tied on 23 April 1947 by type: Highest daily maximum 14, Lowest daily maximum 18, Highest daily minimum 33, Lowest daily minimum 29, Heaviest daily rainfall 133, Heaviest daily snowfall 14, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 23 April 1947 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	14
Lowest daily maximum	18
Highest daily minimum	33
Lowest daily minimum	29
Heaviest daily rainfall	133
Heaviest daily snowfall	14
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 23 April 1947 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 3, daily 238.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

190 broken records

Margins by which the 190 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 60.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 April 1947

Top 20 records on 23 April 1947 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 April 1947	Hart 3 WSW, US	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1947	Muskegon Co AP, US	monthly rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	37 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1947	Newton Rigg, GB	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1947	Aseral, NO	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	22.5 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1947	Big Rapids Wtp, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	49 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1947	Quebrangulo, BR	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	17 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1947	Barpukhuri, IN	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1947	Minchinbury, AU	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	34 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1947	Burruer (Illaroo), AU	daily rain	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	0 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1947	Iguatu, BR	all-time rain	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	31 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
23 April 1947	Elkader 6 SSW, US	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	36 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
23 April 1947	Potts Hill Reservoir, AU	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	49 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
23 April 1947	Roodepoort, ZA	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	14 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
23 April 1947	Gladwin, US	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	49 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
23 April 1947	Gormandale East, AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	45 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
23 April 1947	Kennebec, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	53 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
23 April 1947	Mellette 4 W, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	53 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
23 April 1947	Mestad I Oddernes, NO	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	36 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
23 April 1947	Coldwater, CA	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	10 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
23 April 1947	Springwood Bowling Club, AU	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	49 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

1800 to 1947

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 1947. 1947 had 242 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).