Weather Records on 23 January 1951

283 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 January 1951. Highest significance: Viewpoint, AU.

Key Facts for 23 January 1951

On 23 January 1951, 283 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
46 were record highs and 36 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 275 daily.
Viewpoint set a monthly record daily precipitation of 77.5 mm (3.1 in) on 23 January 1951.
Across 165 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 471 records.

Record Map

283 stations

283 station records on 23 January 1951 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 January 1951: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Viewpoint	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Pahala 21	United States	Record daily precipitation	147.8 mm (5.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cabanda Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Zara Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Moina	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Leake (Elizabeth River)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sorel	Canada	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sorel	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nicolet	Canada	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bothwell (Cluny)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Berthierville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Shirbourne Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	241.3 mm (9.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Norwalk Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gospic	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Sandusky	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Naalehu 14	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mathinna (Fingal Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Canobie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	109.7 mm (4.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Millungera Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	157.7 mm (6.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lammermoor Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	111.3 mm (4.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Arthurs Lake (Upper)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Berthierville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nicolet	Canada	Record daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kenton	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Katandra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Shawinigan	Canada	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Liafoss	Norway	Record snow depth	120.0 cm (47.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Coolatai (Orana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	108.5 mm (4.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tower Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Woods (Den)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Shawinigan	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Postmyr I Drangedal	Norway	Record snow depth	158.0 cm (62.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
St Thomas	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Napoleon	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
State College	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kilcumin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hinnomunjie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Summerland Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Pitea	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-32.0 C (-25.6 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kiolakaa 7	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ringarooma (Charles Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Machadodorp	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Moores Hill	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Cochituate	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gallivare_A	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-35.0 C (-31.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Birtle	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-23.0 C (-9.4 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Urbana Wrf	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	108.5 mm (4.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Gloucester Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Branxholm (Stoke Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cypress River	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Crowfels Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Good Hope 2	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-50.0 C (-58.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Harrow Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Leamington	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Gyzylarbat	Turkmenistan	Record high maximum temperature	26.2 C (79.2 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Napoopoo 28	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Iffley Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	209.6 mm (8.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Plane Creek Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	111.5 mm (4.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

283 records

Records set or tied on 23 January 1951 by type: Highest daily maximum 33, Lowest daily maximum 27, Highest daily minimum 13, Lowest daily minimum 9, Heaviest daily rainfall 130, Heaviest daily snowfall 62, Deepest snow cover 9.

Records on 23 January 1951 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	33
Lowest daily maximum	27
Highest daily minimum	13
Lowest daily minimum	9
Heaviest daily rainfall	130
Heaviest daily snowfall	62
Deepest snow cover	9

Records on 23 January 1951 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 7, daily 275.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

240 broken records

Margins by which the 240 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 500.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 January 1951

Top 20 records on 23 January 1951 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 January 1951	Viewpoint, AU	monthly rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	13 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1951	Pahala 21, US	daily rain	147.8 mm (5.8 in)	117.8 mm (4.6 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1951	Cabanda Station, AU	daily rain	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1951	Zara Station, AU	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	54.3 mm (2.1 in)	36 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1951	Moina, AU	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	11 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1951	Lake Leake (Elizabeth River), AU	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	41 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1951	Sorel, CA	daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1951	Sorel, CA	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	8 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1951	Nicolet, CA	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	15 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1951	Bothwell (Cluny), AU	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1951	Berthierville, CA	daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	23 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1951	Shirbourne Park, AU	daily rain	241.3 mm (9.5 in)	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	21 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1951	Norwalk Wwtp, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	36 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1951	Gospic, HR	daily rain	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	41 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1951	Upper Sandusky, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	53 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1951	Naalehu 14, US	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	28 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1951	Mathinna (Fingal Road), AU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	54 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
23 January 1951	Canobie, AU	daily rain	109.7 mm (4.3 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	48 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
23 January 1951	Millungera Station, AU	all-time rain	157.7 mm (6.2 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	4 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
23 January 1951	Lammermoor Station, AU	monthly rain	111.3 mm (4.4 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	26 years	32 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 1951

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1951. 1951 had 283 records.

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

Records on 01-23 in each year
Year	Records
1795	2
1800	2
1812	1
1815	1
1823	3
1827	1
1840	1
1845	1
1846	2
1849	1
1850	1
1852	1
1855	2
1856	1
1860	1
1867	1
1869	2
1871	1
1872	1
1873	1
1874	1
1879	1
1880	1
1881	2
1882	1
1884	3
1886	1
1887	4
1888	1
1890	2
1891	3
1892	3
1893	5
1894	4
1895	4
1896	6
1897	1
1898	5
1899	8
1900	5
1901	5
1902	6
1903	5
1904	11
1905	4
1906	49
1907	22
1908	7
1909	60
1910	18
1911	5
1912	8
1913	32
1914	17
1915	30
1916	31
1917	245
1918	69
1919	28
1920	49
1921	38
1922	54
1923	63
1924	79
1925	118
1926	223
1927	262
1928	39
1929	304
1930	697
1931	243
1932	265
1933	757
1934	287
1935	588
1936	1,202
1937	686
1938	335
1939	406
1940	701
1941	345
1942	535
1943	1,200
1944	478
1945	146
1946	417
1947	414
1948	918
1949	705
1950	644
1951	283
1952	498
1953	531
1954	472
1955	568
1956	354
1957	593
1958	259
1959	535
1960	544
1961	529
1962	624
1963	1,366
1964	455
1965	831
1966	973
1967	1,336
1968	547
1969	1,128
1970	1,157
1971	407
1972	695
1973	495
1974	484
1975	457
1976	1,092
1977	629
1978	911
1979	1,109
1980	743
1981	1,387
1982	1,884
1983	845
1984	736
1985	775
1986	611
1987	1,231
1988	741
1989	634
1990	1,376
1991	891
1992	737
1993	1,273
1994	798
1995	991
1996	889
1997	936
1998	724
1999	2,024
2000	1,155
2001	588
2002	1,174
2003	1,269
2004	726
2005	1,207
2006	1,104
2007	1,127
2008	802
2009	1,334
2010	1,284
2011	741
2012	610
2013	764
2014	916
2015	561
2016	1,168
2017	1,089
2018	643
2019	688
2020	896
2021	455
2022	685
2023	567
2024	868
2025	1,016
2026	535

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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 100	233
100 to 200	4
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	1