Weather Records on 23 January 1952

498 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 January 1952. Highest significance: Moscow U of I, US.

Key Facts for 23 January 1952

On 23 January 1952, 498 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
52 were record highs and 113 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 484 daily.
Moscow U of I set a daily record snow depth of 61.0 cm (24.0 in) on 23 January 1952.
Across 165 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 470 records.

Record Map

498 stations

498 station records on 23 January 1952 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 January 1952: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Moscow U of I	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Coolgardie Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Bulong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Daveyhurst Mulwarrie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Nanambinia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bryah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Coodingnow	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kookynie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kanowna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Leonora	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Menzies	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Wiluna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record snow depth	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Chute A Murdock	Canada	Record daily snowfall	19.6 cm (7.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Carmendale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Stillwater	Canada	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kathleen Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Uniacke	Canada	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wilsons Patch	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pamban	India	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Holland Wtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Scottsbluff W B Heilig Fld AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.5 cm (5.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Middletown 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Eastport	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cullculli	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kalgoorlie Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tuckanarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gidgee Birrigrin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
St Tite	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Challa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Karonie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
St Tite	Canada	Record daily snowfall	31.8 cm (12.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Barker	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Perillup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bute	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Crested Butte	United States	Record snow depth	208.3 cm (82.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Murchison Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Yuinmery	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lethbridge Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
St Margaret's Bay	Canada	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Yundamindra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cunyu Shearing Shed	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
The Dalles	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kalamazoo State Hospital	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Noondoonia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Port Alberni	Canada	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Joliette	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bad Muskau	Germany	Record snow depth	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nossen	Germany	Record snow depth	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gardiner	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bowman	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Britton	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Big Bend(Wissel Rode)	Swaziland	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sandstone	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Karasjok	Norway	Record snow depth	69.0 cm (27.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
W Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Spokane Intl AP	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Valdez WSO	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dandaraga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Homestead Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

498 records

Records set or tied on 23 January 1952 by type: Highest daily maximum 40, Lowest daily maximum 68, Highest daily minimum 12, Lowest daily minimum 45, Heaviest daily rainfall 204, Heaviest daily snowfall 97, Deepest snow cover 32.

Records on 23 January 1952 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	40
Lowest daily maximum	68
Highest daily minimum	12
Lowest daily minimum	45
Heaviest daily rainfall	204
Heaviest daily snowfall	97
Deepest snow cover	32

Records on 23 January 1952 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 14, daily 484.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

420 broken records

Margins by which the 420 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 737.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 January 1952

Top 20 records on 23 January 1952 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 January 1952	Moscow U of I, US	daily snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1952	Coolgardie Post Office, AU	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	30 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1952	Bulong, AU	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	30 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1952	Daveyhurst Mulwarrie, AU	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	30 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1952	Nanambinia, AU	monthly rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	25 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1952	Bryah, AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1952	Coodingnow, AU	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	46 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1952	Kookynie, AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	26 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1952	Kanowna, AU	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	18 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1952	Leonora, AU	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	63.7 mm (2.5 in)	18 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1952	Menzies, AU	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	18 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1952	Wiluna, AU	daily rain	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	66.6 mm (2.6 in)	18 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1952	Lichtentanne, DE	daily snow depth	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	87 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1952	Chute A Murdock, CA	daily snowfall	19.6 cm (7.7 in)	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1952	Carmendale, AU	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1952	Stillwater, CA	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1952	Kathleen Valley, AU	daily rain	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	9 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1952	Mount Uniacke, CA	daily rain	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	6 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1952	Wilsons Patch, AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	18 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1952	Pamban, IN	daily rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	33 years	44 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 1952

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1952. 1952 had 498 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	394
100 to 200	18
200 to 300	6
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	1
700 to 800	1