Weather Records on 23 February 1951

397 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 February 1951. Highest significance: Port Campbell (Waare), AU.

Key Facts for 23 February 1951

On 23 February 1951, 397 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
89 were record highs and 107 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 389 daily.
Port Campbell (Waare) set a daily record precipitation of 40.1 mm (1.6 in) on 23 February 1951.
Across 156 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 554 records.

Record Map

397 stations

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

Weather records on 23 February 1951: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Port Campbell (Waare)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Port Campbell Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Princetown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Geelong Salines (Moolap)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Monkerai Upper (Redleaf)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Brooklyn (Sandbrook Inlet)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Johanna Glen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Warrion	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Campbells Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Uralla (Salisbury Court)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Katdoornput 29	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ventersburg (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Geelong Sec	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Slaty Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Peterborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Boksburg (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Colac (Shire Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Winjallok	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gosford (Narara Research Stati	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Perthville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Werribee Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lifjell	Norway	Record snow depth	156.0 cm (61.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ai-Petri	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mahukona 159	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tirrengower	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Doyles Creek (Wood Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hobart Botanical Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Broadmarsh (Corleen)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tilpa (Tongo Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gosford (Gertrude Place)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bordeaux	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Manly Town Hall	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Palma 2 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Wyong (Wyong Golf Club)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mosman (Bapaume Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Redding Fire STN 2	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Beeac (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti SW Point	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Windsorton (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Vaalbank	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cedar Glade	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hiasen I Sigdal	Norway	Record snow depth	192.0 cm (75.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-29.2 C (-20.6 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ash Fork 6 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Colac Botanical Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tatarsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-43.0 C (-45.4 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Inskip Inn	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Lodge	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Millers Forest School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cowra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Postmyr I Drangedal	Norway	Record snow depth	209.0 cm (82.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tomsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-50.7 C (-59.3 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Marysville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lakin	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Deer Creek Ph	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sierra Madre Henszey	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cerro	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Pahala 21	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Finley Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

397 records

Records set or tied on 23 February 1951 by type: Highest daily maximum 18, Lowest daily maximum 56, Highest daily minimum 71, Lowest daily minimum 51, Heaviest daily rainfall 176, Heaviest daily snowfall 13, Deepest snow cover 12.

Records on 23 February 1951 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	18
Lowest daily maximum	56
Highest daily minimum	71
Lowest daily minimum	51
Heaviest daily rainfall	176
Heaviest daily snowfall	13
Deepest snow cover	12

Records on 23 February 1951 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 4, daily 389.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

323 broken records

Margins by which the 323 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 440.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 February 1951

Top 20 records on 23 February 1951 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 February 1951	Port Campbell (Waare), AU	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1951	Port Campbell Post Office, AU	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	19 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1951	Princetown, AU	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	19 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1951	Geelong Salines (Moolap), AU	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	19 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1951	Monkerai Upper (Redleaf), AU	daily rain	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1951	Brooklyn (Sandbrook Inlet), AU	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1951	Johanna Glen, AU	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	19 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1951	Warrion, AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	5 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1951	Campbells Hill, AU	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	49.1 mm (1.9 in)	36 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1951	Uralla (Salisbury Court), AU	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	20 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1951	Hambantota, LK	daily low max	25.6 C (78.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	76 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1951	Katdoornput 29, ZA	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	37 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1951	Ventersburg (Mag), ZA	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	12 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1951	Geelong Sec, AU	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	77 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1951	Slaty Creek, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	41 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1951	Peterborough, AU	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	19 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1951	Boksburg (Mun), ZA	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	12 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1951	Colac (Shire Office), AU	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	19 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1951	Winjallok, AU	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1951	Gosford (Narara Research Stati, AU	daily rain	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	16 years	34 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

1794 to 1951

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1951. 1951 had 397 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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 23 February 1951
Margin	Records
0 to 100	318
100 to 200	2
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	1