Weather Records on 23 October 1949

432 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 October 1949. Highest significance: Wanaaring Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 23 October 1949

On 23 October 1949, 432 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
43 were record highs and 70 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 37 monthly and 395 daily.
Wanaaring Post Office set a monthly record daily precipitation of 80.0 mm (3.1 in) on 23 October 1949.
Across 160 earlier years (1795 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 463 records.

Record Map

432 stations

432 station records on 23 October 1949 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 October 1949: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Wanaaring Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Tirrengower	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Pennyroyal Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Portland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Warooka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Swan Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Boulia Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Red Hill South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Johanna Glen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Warrion	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Woolsthorpe	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Gumbardo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Branxholme (Bassett)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Thule	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Whitemark	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Tallangatta Dcnr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lughrata	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Durham Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Margaret	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Norley Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mundagod	India	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lucknow Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Beechal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Eulo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Noccundra Police Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Nullawarre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Undilla Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Oban Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Belmont	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Quilpie Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Dromana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Nelson Lighthouse Compari	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hawkesdale (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Warrnambool (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Yambacoona	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Gambier Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Warenda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Peterborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Darr River Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Flinders State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Jundah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Bridgewater	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Geelong Salines (Moolap)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Srinivaspur	India	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cowley Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Barunah Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hamilton Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Schanck Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Camperdown (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Brighton Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Langmorn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Boorara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Yantabulla Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Koroit	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Chapple Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Riche	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Peak Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Vinga	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kallara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

432 records

Records set or tied on 23 October 1949 by type: Highest daily maximum 29, Lowest daily maximum 24, Highest daily minimum 14, Lowest daily minimum 46, Heaviest daily rainfall 316, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 23 October 1949 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	29
Lowest daily maximum	24
Highest daily minimum	14
Lowest daily minimum	46
Heaviest daily rainfall	316
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 23 October 1949 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 37, daily 395.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

393 broken records

Margins by which the 393 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 65.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 October 1949

Top 20 records on 23 October 1949 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 October 1949	Wanaaring Post Office, AU	monthly rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	41 years	68 of 100 (Major)
23 October 1949	Tirrengower, AU	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	49 years	60 of 100 (Major)
23 October 1949	Pennyroyal Creek, AU	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1949	Portland, AU	monthly rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	41 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1949	Warooka, AU	monthly rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	2 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1949	Cape Otway Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	32 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1949	Swan Island Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1949	Boulia Airport, AU	monthly rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1949	Red Hill South, AU	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	34 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1949	Johanna Glen, AU	monthly rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	3 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1949	Warrion, AU	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	38 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1949	Woolsthorpe, AU	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1949	Gumbardo, AU	daily rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1949	Branxholme (Bassett), AU	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	27 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1949	Thule, AU	daily rain	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1949	Whitemark, AU	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1949	Tallangatta Dcnr, AU	daily rain	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1949	Lughrata, AU	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1949	Durham Downs, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	34 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1949	Mount Margaret, AU	monthly rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	19 years	51 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 1949

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1949. 1949 had 432 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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Data for records on 1949-10-23: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	252
10 to 20	72
20 to 30	40
30 to 40	17
40 to 50	7
50 to 60	3
60 to 70	2