Weather Records on 23 July 1951

422 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 July 1951. Highest significance: Emporia 1 S, US.

Key Facts for 23 July 1951

On 23 July 1951, 422 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
145 were record highs and 90 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 413 daily.
Emporia 1 S set a daily record precipitation of 82.8 mm (3.3 in) on 23 July 1951.
Across 167 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 448 records.

Record Map

422 stations

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

Weather records on 23 July 1951: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Emporia 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Lebo	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Shikarpur	India	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Neosho Rapids	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hooker	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Jamieson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mehkar	India	Record daily precipitation	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Zhizdra	Russia	Record daily precipitation	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Yeola	India	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Augusta	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wellsburg Wtr Trmt Pl	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kumta	India	Record daily precipitation	226.8 mm (8.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Honnali	India	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Marysville (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sorab	India	Record daily precipitation	199.4 mm (7.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wichita	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Goodwell Rsch STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Laurens	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Balook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Westcliffe	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dennison Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Burwood East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Srungavarapukota	India	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Liepaja	Latvia	Record low minimum temperature	7.9 C (46.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cottonwood Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Vengurla	India	Record daily precipitation	167.6 mm (6.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Milan	Italy	Record daily precipitation	121.2 mm (4.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
El Dorado	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kipahulu 258	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Waratah (Mount Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bezeck	Russia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hot Springs 1 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Shevgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Shegaon	India	Record daily precipitation	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Saltsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Haveri	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nevasa	India	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Orebro	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	5.2 C (41.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Newton	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Johnstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gormanston (Gould Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pitea	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Trousdale 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Acmetonia Lock 3	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver Falls 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Donegaon	India	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Orenburg	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Town Maitland (Cem)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Rico	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
McPherson	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Paola	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Miami	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ganca	Azerbaijan	Record high minimum temperature	25.7 C (78.3 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Batlow Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Irikkur	India	Record daily precipitation	190.5 mm (7.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

422 records

Records set or tied on 23 July 1951 by type: Highest daily maximum 50, Lowest daily maximum 37, Highest daily minimum 95, Lowest daily minimum 53, Heaviest daily rainfall 187.

Records on 23 July 1951 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	50
Lowest daily maximum	37
Highest daily minimum	95
Lowest daily minimum	53
Heaviest daily rainfall	187
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 23 July 1951 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 8, daily 413.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

303 broken records

Margins by which the 303 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 95.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 July 1951

Top 20 records on 23 July 1951 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 July 1951	Emporia 1 S, US	daily rain	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	42 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1951	Lebo, US	daily rain	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	50 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1951	Shikarpur, IN	daily rain	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	38 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1951	Neosho Rapids, US	daily rain	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	79.3 mm (3.1 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1951	Hooker, US	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	44 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1951	Jamieson, AU	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	45 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1951	Mehkar, IN	daily rain	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	70.3 mm (2.8 in)	12 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1951	Zhizdra, RU	daily rain	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	48 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1951	Yeola, IN	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	45 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1951	Augusta, US	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	20 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1951	Wellsburg Wtr Trmt Pl, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	67 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1951	Kumta, IN	daily rain	226.8 mm (8.9 in)	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	44 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1951	Honnali, IN	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	38 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1951	Marysville (Post Office), AU	monthly rain	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	18 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1951	Sorab, IN	daily rain	199.4 mm (7.9 in)	82.1 mm (3.2 in)	0 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1951	Wichita, US	daily rain	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	12 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1951	Goodwell Rsch STN, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	16 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1951	Laurens, US	monthly high min	27.8 C (82.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	47 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1951	Balook, AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1951	Westcliffe, US	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	40 years	35 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 1951

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1951. 1951 had 422 records.

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

Records on 07-23 in each year
Year	Records
1794	2
1797	1
1804	1
1810	1
1811	2
1832	1
1835	1
1836	2
1838	1
1845	1
1846	2
1851	1
1852	1
1855	2
1856	1
1859	1
1860	1
1861	1
1863	1
1867	1
1868	5
1870	1
1873	2
1875	2
1877	1
1879	2
1880	2
1882	1
1883	1
1884	1
1885	5
1886	1
1887	2
1888	1
1889	5
1890	4
1894	3
1895	7
1896	4
1898	9
1899	5
1900	8
1901	10
1902	6
1903	4
1904	18
1905	11
1906	19
1907	9
1908	15
1909	27
1910	54
1911	37
1912	43
1913	36
1914	59
1915	35
1916	34
1917	42
1918	96
1919	26
1920	40
1921	221
1922	113
1923	104
1924	158
1925	173
1926	266
1927	308
1928	146
1929	174
1930	214
1931	334
1932	232
1933	432
1934	898
1935	329
1936	403
1937	319
1938	354
1939	277
1940	494
1941	292
1942	265
1943	245
1944	350
1945	239
1946	531
1947	1,240
1948	610
1949	453
1950	500
1951	422
1952	788
1953	660
1954	545
1955	585
1956	402
1957	513
1958	633
1959	606
1960	568
1961	937
1962	465
1963	490
1964	373
1965	368
1966	368
1967	347
1968	480
1969	436
1970	935
1971	648
1972	640
1973	798
1974	578
1975	359
1976	425
1977	570
1978	1,064
1979	648
1980	703
1981	1,030
1982	594
1983	1,324
1984	980
1985	711
1986	1,239
1987	1,164
1988	1,124
1989	868
1990	1,033
1991	1,050
1992	1,469
1993	1,466
1994	1,215
1995	827
1996	1,227
1997	1,088
1998	885
1999	846
2000	1,225
2001	1,242
2002	875
2003	1,649
2004	1,148
2005	997
2006	1,757
2007	1,262
2008	1,057
2009	1,069
2010	1,627
2011	1,907
2012	822
2013	648
2014	783
2015	559
2016	760
2017	517
2018	873
2019	786
2020	514
2021	506
2022	707
2023	629
2024	798
2025	917
2026	788

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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	256
20 to 40	32
40 to 60	10
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	2