Weather Records on 23 October 1947

631 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 October 1947. Highest significance: Howard, US.

Key Facts for 23 October 1947

On 23 October 1947, 631 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
385 were record highs and 47 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 624 daily.
Howard set a daily record precipitation of 36.1 mm (1.4 in) on 23 October 1947.
Across 160 earlier years (1795 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 462 records.

Record Map

631 stations

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

Weather records on 23 October 1947: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Howard	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bikin	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Byro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bikaner	India	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Alice Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Westminster 2 SSE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
World Trade Ctr	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Belleville	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chestertown	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Botanic Gardens - Pmb	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
St Joseph	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Trenton 2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Glens Falls Fire STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Setauket Strong	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Redfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Brantford	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
El Suez	Egypt	Record low minimum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Millington 1 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chambersburg 1 ESE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Syfergat (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Strydenberg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeport	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cream Hill	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Norwalk	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Emmitsburg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Fallston	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Amherst	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Charlotteburg Rsvr	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Elizabeth	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Layton 3 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Plainfield	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sussex 1 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Elmira	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mohonk Lake	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Galway	Ireland	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Virudhunagar	India	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Vilnius	Lithuania	Record low minimum temperature	-6.8 C (19.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gardiner	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Brockton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lowell	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Worcester	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Paterson	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Quakertown	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
York 3 SSW Pump STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Reading Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Washington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Guelph Oac	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ernakulam	India	Record daily precipitation	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Grantham	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Concord	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Flemington 5 NNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Somerville 4 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
The Mills	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Modderrivier (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

631 records

Records set or tied on 23 October 1947 by type: Highest daily maximum 333, Lowest daily maximum 23, Highest daily minimum 52, Lowest daily minimum 24, Heaviest daily rainfall 189, Heaviest daily snowfall 7, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 23 October 1947 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	333
Lowest daily maximum	23
Highest daily minimum	52
Lowest daily minimum	24
Heaviest daily rainfall	189
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 23 October 1947 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 7, daily 624.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

550 broken records

Margins by which the 550 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 64.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 October 1947

Top 20 records on 23 October 1947 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 October 1947	Howard, US	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1947	Bikin, RU	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	13 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1947	Ny City Cntrl Park, US	daily high max	29.4 C (84.9 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	75 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1947	Byro, AU	monthly rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	34 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1947	Melbourne Regional Office, AU	daily low max	11.0 C (51.8 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	89 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1947	Bikaner, IN	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	45 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1947	Alice Downs, AU	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
23 October 1947	Westminster 2 SSE, US	daily high max	31.1 C (88.0 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	51 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
23 October 1947	World Trade Ctr, US	daily high max	29.4 C (84.9 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	46 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
23 October 1947	Newark Liberty Intl AP, US	daily high max	30.6 C (87.1 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	46 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
23 October 1947	Belleville, CA	daily high max	20.0 C (68.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	75 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
23 October 1947	Chestertown, US	daily high max	31.1 C (88.0 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	45 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
23 October 1947	Cape May 2 NW, US	daily high max	27.2 C (81.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	45 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
23 October 1947	Baltimore Customs House, US	daily high max	32.8 C (91.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	45 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
23 October 1947	Botanic Gardens - Pmb, ZA	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	8 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
23 October 1947	St Joseph, US	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	38 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
23 October 1947	Trenton 2, US	daily high max	29.4 C (84.9 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	46 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
23 October 1947	Glens Falls Fire STN, US	daily high max	30.0 C (86.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	46 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
23 October 1947	Setauket Strong, US	daily high max	27.8 C (82.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	46 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
23 October 1947	Redfield, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	28 years	30 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

1795 to 1947

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1947. 1947 had 631 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 10	496
10 to 20	38
20 to 30	10
30 to 40	4
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	1