Weather Records on 23 March 1955

999 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 March 1955. Highest significance: Edeowie, AU.

Key Facts for 23 March 1955

On 23 March 1955, 999 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
31 were record highs and 496 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 991 daily.
Edeowie set a daily record precipitation of 50.0 mm (2.0 in) on 23 March 1955.
Across 157 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 496 records.

Record Map

999 stations

999 station records on 23 March 1955 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 March 1955: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Edeowie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Bute	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Wirraminna Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Aiea Fld 764A	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Pahoa 65	United States	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Redhill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Ignatius	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lochiel Saltworks	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Buldana	India	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Moanalua 770	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Port Germein (Telowie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Towner 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Meredith	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Owen Sound	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ewa Plantation 741	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Snowtown (Condowie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Naalehu 14	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kelowna	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Augusta	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Beetaloo Reservoir Old Site	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hastings Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Kachess	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Haugan 1 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Coleman	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Coleman	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Minnipa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Balwyn North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Barkerville	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Agassiz Cda	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fernie	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Ignatius	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kapalama 773	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wandearah North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Quesnel	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Owosso Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hallock	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dannemora	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Placid 2 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Forks UNIV (NWS)	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Goderich Township	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Thompson Falls	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chazy	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bottineau	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Longmire Rainier Nps	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Glacier	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-27.8 C (-18.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Russell	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Saint John	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Cle Elum	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Woomera (Mahanewo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Big Creek	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hedley	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Keremeos	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pincher Creek Town	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-30.0 C (-22.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Coober Pedy (McDouall Peak)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Fort St James	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
McBride 4SE	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hedley	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

999 records

Records set or tied on 23 March 1955 by type: Highest daily maximum 18, Lowest daily maximum 248, Highest daily minimum 13, Lowest daily minimum 248, Heaviest daily rainfall 364, Heaviest daily snowfall 80, Deepest snow cover 28.

Records on 23 March 1955 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	18
Lowest daily maximum	248
Highest daily minimum	13
Lowest daily minimum	248
Heaviest daily rainfall	364
Heaviest daily snowfall	80
Deepest snow cover	28

Records on 23 March 1955 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 7, daily 991.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

904 broken records

Margins by which the 904 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 450.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 March 1955

Top 20 records on 23 March 1955 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 March 1955	Edeowie, AU	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	69 years	67 of 100 (Major)
23 March 1955	Bute, AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	60 years	62 of 100 (Major)
23 March 1955	Wirraminna Railway Station, AU	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	38 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1955	Aiea Fld 764A, US	daily rain	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	34 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1955	Pahoa 65, US	daily rain	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	101.3 mm (4.0 in)	40 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1955	Redhill, AU	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1955	Saint Ignatius, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	41 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1955	Lochiel Saltworks, AU	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1955	Buldana, IN	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	46 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1955	Moanalua 770, US	daily rain	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	34 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1955	Port Germein (Telowie), AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1955	Towner 2 NE, US	monthly rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1955	Meredith, AU	all-time rain	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	62 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1955	Owen Sound, CA	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	55 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1955	Ewa Plantation 741, US	daily rain	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	24 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1955	Snowtown (Condowie), AU	monthly rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	7 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1955	Naalehu 14, US	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	32 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1955	Kelowna, CA	daily low min	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	8.9 C (16.0 F)	52 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1955	Augusta, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	32 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1955	Beetaloo Reservoir Old Site, AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	20 years	41 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

1796 to 1955

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1955. 1955 had 999 records.

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

Records on 03-23 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1808	1
1836	2
1837	2
1853	2
1858	1
1862	1
1864	2
1865	2
1868	2
1871	3
1874	2
1875	4
1877	2
1878	3
1879	1
1882	1
1883	6
1884	2
1885	3
1886	1
1887	1
1888	3
1889	2
1890	1
1891	1
1893	1
1895	4
1896	13
1897	9
1898	6
1899	3
1901	5
1902	26
1903	32
1904	3
1905	16
1906	23
1907	53
1908	11
1909	7
1910	12
1911	8
1912	22
1913	76
1914	72
1915	11
1916	50
1917	65
1918	31
1919	17
1920	75
1921	10
1922	30
1923	97
1924	78
1925	164
1926	283
1927	202
1928	154
1929	517
1930	135
1931	267
1932	169
1933	123
1934	689
1935	486
1936	437
1937	243
1938	601
1939	565
1940	1,031
1941	188
1942	187
1943	286
1944	466
1945	386
1946	170
1947	275
1948	331
1949	390
1950	874
1951	337
1952	1,479
1953	589
1954	483
1955	999
1956	420
1957	354
1958	486
1959	249
1960	1,004
1961	361
1962	306
1963	839
1964	815
1965	1,537
1966	793
1967	822
1968	1,490
1969	634
1970	380
1971	758
1972	533
1973	537
1974	1,099
1975	618
1976	399
1977	642
1978	608
1979	1,012
1980	422
1981	940
1982	845
1983	1,522
1984	715
1985	437
1986	1,104
1987	1,279
1988	710
1989	805
1990	1,389
1991	1,264
1992	883
1993	1,151
1994	1,499
1995	1,514
1996	673
1997	743
1998	1,253
1999	722
2000	1,162
2001	995
2002	1,130
2003	971
2004	1,516
2005	1,014
2006	1,311
2007	1,595
2008	956
2009	952
2010	918
2011	1,245
2012	2,269
2013	1,270
2014	594
2015	577
2016	536
2017	739
2018	790
2019	525
2020	465
2021	1,050
2022	1,031
2023	1,135
2024	611
2025	702
2026	1,806

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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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 100	876
100 to 200	25
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	1