Weather Records on 23 February 1950

517 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 February 1950. Highest significance: Heggaddevankote, IN.

Key Facts for 23 February 1950

On 23 February 1950, 517 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
32 were record highs and 41 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 506 daily.
Heggaddevankote set a daily record precipitation of 45.7 mm (1.8 in) on 23 February 1950.
Across 156 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 553 records.

Record Map

517 stations

517 station records on 23 February 1950 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 February 1950: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Heggaddevankote	India	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Astoria	United States	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Marungapuri	India	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Virudhunagar	India	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Chickmagalur	India	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Colesberg (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Nuzvid	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Independencia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	106.0 mm (4.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Pandaria	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hanover (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kovvur	India	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sohagpur	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kunghari	India	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kjobli I Snaasa	Norway	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Swaelfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cascade Locks	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tweefontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Groenfontein "Montagu"	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Owosso Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
McAdam	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Harrisville	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Polavaram	India	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Thornlea	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Narasannapeta	India	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dindigul	India	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wheatfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Benfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tiruvur(Tiruvvru)	India	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Srikakulam	India	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rehli	India	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wimbledon	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tipton	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jaggiayapet	India	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ghorajheri	India	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
De Aar	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Marydale (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Griquatown (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Willapa Harbor	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Macdonald College	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Unb	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Scheurfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Angola	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
East Lansing Exp Farm	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Grapevale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Brockport	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sonepur	India	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Webster City	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mill Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Jucurutu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Podili(Podile)	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Baloda Bazar	India	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kusrangi	India	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gopalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Koegasbrug	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Fairfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Harbor Beach 1 SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Parkdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hillmoor	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Lauderdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

517 records

Records set or tied on 23 February 1950 by type: Highest daily maximum 19, Lowest daily maximum 25, Highest daily minimum 13, Lowest daily minimum 16, Heaviest daily rainfall 354, Heaviest daily snowfall 75, Deepest snow cover 15.

Records on 23 February 1950 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	19
Lowest daily maximum	25
Highest daily minimum	13
Lowest daily minimum	16
Heaviest daily rainfall	354
Heaviest daily snowfall	75
Deepest snow cover	15

Records on 23 February 1950 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 10, daily 506.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

461 broken records

Margins by which the 461 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 254.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 February 1950

Top 20 records on 23 February 1950 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 February 1950	Heggaddevankote, IN	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1950	Astoria, US	daily rain	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1950	Marungapuri, IN	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	48 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1950	Virudhunagar, IN	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	44 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1950	Chickmagalur, IN	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	48 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1950	Colesberg (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	60 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1950	Nuzvid, IN	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	34 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1950	Independencia, BR	daily rain	106.0 mm (4.2 in)	50.9 mm (2.0 in)	36 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1950	Pandaria, IN	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	46 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1950	Hanover (Pol), ZA	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	27 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1950	Kovvur, IN	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	27 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1950	Sohagpur, IN	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	16 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1950	Kunghari, IN	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	23 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1950	Kjobli I Snaasa, NO	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	36 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1950	Swaelfontein, ZA	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	27 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1950	Cascade Locks, US	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	48 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1950	Tweefontein, ZA	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	20 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1950	Groenfontein "Montagu", ZA	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1950	Owosso Wwtp, US	daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	6 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1950	McAdam, CA	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	28 years	39 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

1794 to 1950

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1950. 1950 had 517 records.

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

Records on 02-23 in each year
Year	Records
1794	2
1802	2
1804	2
1810	1
1814	4
1815	1
1839	1
1846	2
1849	1
1850	1
1855	1
1867	1
1868	1
1871	1
1873	1
1874	1
1875	3
1879	3
1884	1
1886	2
1887	1
1888	5
1889	2
1891	1
1892	2
1895	1
1896	1
1897	1
1898	8
1899	1
1900	5
1901	9
1902	3
1903	17
1904	13
1905	12
1906	21
1907	31
1908	19
1909	27
1910	35
1911	23
1912	46
1913	11
1914	37
1915	58
1916	80
1917	100
1918	31
1919	49
1920	44
1921	74
1922	158
1923	42
1924	156
1925	264
1926	63
1927	298
1928	199
1929	179
1930	690
1931	209
1932	318
1933	321
1934	725
1935	214
1936	430
1937	172
1938	224
1939	616
1940	274
1941	362
1942	355
1943	518
1944	430
1945	335
1946	346
1947	718
1948	450
1949	406
1950	517
1951	397
1952	414
1953	450
1954	654
1955	880
1956	599
1957	807
1958	958
1959	357
1960	802
1961	677
1962	659
1963	1,003
1964	594
1965	640
1966	614
1967	689
1968	1,038
1969	1,010
1970	422
1971	741
1972	843
1973	353
1974	562
1975	1,764
1976	737
1977	1,274
1978	1,263
1979	1,374
1980	520
1981	1,234
1982	972
1983	790
1984	942
1985	1,913
1986	955
1987	916
1988	412
1989	1,413
1990	2,157
1991	712
1992	760
1993	1,477
1994	1,452
1995	1,011
1996	1,603
1997	989
1998	1,401
1999	773
2000	1,701
2001	956
2002	1,228
2003	1,326
2004	802
2005	702
2006	581
2007	883
2008	914
2009	858
2010	1,440
2011	829
2012	770
2013	792
2014	502
2015	1,830
2016	660
2017	1,946
2018	1,728
2019	1,246
2020	794
2021	929
2022	2,595
2023	2,768
2024	373
2025	984
2026	951

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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 50	419
50 to 100	31
100 to 150	7
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1