Weather Records on 23 October 1950

507 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 October 1950. Highest significance: Balfour (Pol), ZA.

Key Facts for 23 October 1950

On 23 October 1950, 507 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
173 were record highs and 75 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 22 monthly and 485 daily.
Balfour (Pol) set a daily record precipitation of 82.8 mm (3.3 in) on 23 October 1950.
Across 160 earlier years (1795 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 463 records.

Record Map

507 stations

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

Weather records on 23 October 1950: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Balfour (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Mvenyane	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Pirie (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Kologha (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mill Holme	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Isidinge (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Buxton (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Katberg (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Amanzamnyama (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Pembroke Eddy Match	Canada	Record daily snowfall	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
McAdam	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Fordyce (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Wolfridge (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cata (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Nqadu Heights (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Frankfort C/K	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Fredericton Unb	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Rabula (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Seymour (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tylden "Tulden"	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Vosburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Louwsburg (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Quebec	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Alicedale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wildeperdehoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tonti (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Fir Glen	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Oukraal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Saint John	Canada	Record daily snowfall	9.9 cm (3.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Somerset East	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hogsback (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	125.2 mm (4.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bloemhof	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ventnor	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Insizwa (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Moncton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cookhouse (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Molteno (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Grahamstown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Beaufort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Elliot	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mvenyane (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville Muni AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wellwood	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pottstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fredericton Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nappan Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cullendale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Crawley	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Barrage A Lac Kempt	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Qacha's Nek	Lesotho	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dohne (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Beaufort West (Met)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nqamakwe (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Donnacona	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lambton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.5 cm (6.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kayatnur	India	Record daily precipitation	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Komga (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Exwell Park	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tabankulu (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sturt Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

507 records

Records set or tied on 23 October 1950 by type: Highest daily maximum 59, Lowest daily maximum 61, Highest daily minimum 114, Lowest daily minimum 14, Heaviest daily rainfall 220, Heaviest daily snowfall 39.

Records on 23 October 1950 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	59
Lowest daily maximum	61
Highest daily minimum	114
Lowest daily minimum	14
Heaviest daily rainfall	220
Heaviest daily snowfall	39
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 23 October 1950 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 22, daily 485.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

410 broken records

Margins by which the 410 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 130.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 October 1950

Top 20 records on 23 October 1950 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 October 1950	Balfour (Pol), ZA	daily rain	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	59 years	63 of 100 (Major)
23 October 1950	Mvenyane, ZA	monthly rain	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	34 years	63 of 100 (Major)
23 October 1950	Pirie (Bos), ZA	daily rain	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	48 years	60 of 100 (Major)
23 October 1950	Kologha (Bos), ZA	daily rain	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	40 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1950	Mill Holme, ZA	monthly rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	8 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1950	Isidinge (Bos), ZA	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	24 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1950	Buxton (Bos), ZA	monthly rain	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	21 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1950	Katberg (Bos), ZA	daily rain	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	19 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1950	Amanzamnyama (Bos), ZA	monthly rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	5 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1950	Pembroke Eddy Match, CA	daily snowfall	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	83 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1950	McAdam, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	77 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1950	Fort Fordyce (Bos), ZA	daily rain	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	19 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1950	Wolfridge (Bos), ZA	daily rain	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	17 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1950	Cata (Bos), ZA	daily rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	19 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1950	Nqadu Heights (Bos), ZA	monthly rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	5 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1950	Frankfort C/K, ZA	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	24 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1950	Fredericton Unb, CA	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	60 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1950	Rabula (Bos), ZA	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	19 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1950	Seymour (Mag), ZA	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1950	Tylden "Tulden", ZA	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	68 years	45 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 1950

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1950. 1950 had 507 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	338
20 to 40	38
40 to 60	17
60 to 80	7
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	6
120 to 140	2