Weather Records on 23 June 1955

369 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 June 1955. Highest significance: Stanley Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 23 June 1955

On 23 June 1955, 369 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
64 were record highs and 80 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 360 daily.
Stanley Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 45.0 mm (1.8 in) on 23 June 1955.
Across 161 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 431 records.

Record Map

369 stations

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

Weather records on 23 June 1955: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Stanley Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Malvan	India	Record daily precipitation	244.3 mm (9.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Moorina (Frome Dam)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Moorleah (Preolenna Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Buckland (Brockley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Sedro-Woolley	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mathinna (Fingal Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Northumberland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Goulds Country Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bull Harbour	Canada	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Estevan Point	Canada	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Grim (Woolnorth)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Jetsonville ( Muskfield )	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kalispell Glacier AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Millicent	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Smithton (Grant Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Port Arthur	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Alert Bay	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kellevie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Bingara (Emohta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gurjala(Gurujala)	India	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Oatlands (Bow Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lilydale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Swan Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
River Jordan	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Erandol	India	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Zima	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Beachport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kisinev	Moldova	Record daily precipitation	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cressy Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Port Alice	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Begumpet Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bridport Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Burnie (No 1)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nugent	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tower Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kingston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gurley (Glenroy)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Banff	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Vengurla	India	Record daily precipitation	220.2 mm (8.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Low Head (Comparison)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Blessington Upper	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Darwha	India	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
New Denver	Canada	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Merta City	India	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Naduvattam	India	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kallatty	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Devonport Harbour Master	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lorinna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bellerive (Fort Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lindisfarne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Brooksville Chin Hill	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Malakwa Eagle R Hatchery	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mahasamund	India	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Umerkhed	India	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Leesville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Quatsino	Canada	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pembroke Eddy Match	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Janwada	India	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Marnai	India	Record daily precipitation	211.3 mm (8.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

369 records

Records set or tied on 23 June 1955 by type: Highest daily maximum 26, Lowest daily maximum 21, Highest daily minimum 38, Lowest daily minimum 59, Heaviest daily rainfall 225.

Records on 23 June 1955 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	26
Lowest daily maximum	21
Highest daily minimum	38
Lowest daily minimum	59
Heaviest daily rainfall	225
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 23 June 1955 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 8, daily 360.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

315 broken records

Margins by which the 315 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 132.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 June 1955

Top 20 records on 23 June 1955 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 June 1955	Stanley Post Office, AU	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 years	60 of 100 (Major)
23 June 1955	Malvan, IN	daily rain	244.3 mm (9.6 in)	132.5 mm (5.2 in)	52 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
23 June 1955	Moorina (Frome Dam), AU	daily rain	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	40 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 June 1955	Moorleah (Preolenna Road), AU	daily rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	30 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 June 1955	Buckland (Brockley), AU	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	30 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 June 1955	Sedro-Woolley, US	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	24 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 June 1955	Mathinna (Fingal Road), AU	daily rain	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	44 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 June 1955	Cape Northumberland, AU	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	9 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 June 1955	Goulds Country Post Office, AU	daily rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	44 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 June 1955	Bull Harbour, CA	monthly rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	3 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 June 1955	Estevan Point, CA	daily rain	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	21 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 June 1955	Cape Grim (Woolnorth), AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	44 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 June 1955	Jetsonville ( Muskfield ), AU	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	30 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 June 1955	Kalispell Glacier AP, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	53 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 June 1955	Millicent, AU	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	38 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 June 1955	Smithton (Grant Street), AU	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 June 1955	Port Arthur, AU	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	116 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 June 1955	Alert Bay, CA	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 June 1955	Kellevie, AU	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	64 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 June 1955	Upper Bingara (Emohta), AU	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	46 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

1805 to 1955

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1955. 1955 had 369 records.

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

Records on 06-23 in each year
Year	Records
1805	1
1806	1
1821	2
1822	1
1824	1
1834	1
1843	1
1849	2
1850	1
1853	2
1858	1
1861	2
1862	1
1868	1
1869	3
1874	3
1876	1
1877	1
1879	3
1880	1
1881	1
1884	1
1885	5
1886	4
1887	3
1888	4
1889	4
1890	1
1892	9
1893	2
1894	4
1895	4
1896	2
1898	2
1899	4
1900	2
1901	5
1902	10
1903	22
1904	10
1905	16
1906	14
1907	20
1908	20
1909	29
1910	30
1911	23
1912	38
1913	28
1914	31
1915	127
1916	14
1917	22
1918	92
1919	42
1920	76
1921	72
1922	25
1923	143
1924	86
1925	162
1926	336
1927	104
1928	155
1929	182
1930	408
1931	331
1932	208
1933	605
1934	367
1935	231
1936	627
1937	479
1938	266
1939	218
1940	365
1941	295
1942	475
1943	260
1944	427
1945	394
1946	348
1947	648
1948	567
1949	424
1950	812
1951	443
1952	538
1953	657
1954	486
1955	369
1956	533
1957	514
1958	630
1959	427
1960	452
1961	453
1962	285
1963	546
1964	434
1965	391
1966	426
1967	708
1968	356
1969	969
1970	484
1971	270
1972	1,522
1973	520
1974	625
1975	681
1976	668
1977	480
1978	509
1979	550
1980	633
1981	846
1982	602
1983	968
1984	654
1985	552
1986	628
1987	946
1988	1,751
1989	1,039
1990	639
1991	904
1992	1,675
1993	922
1994	956
1995	891
1996	1,342
1997	777
1998	1,589
1999	904
2000	636
2001	808
2002	1,079
2003	1,335
2004	970
2005	1,070
2006	810
2007	802
2008	533
2009	1,077
2010	966
2011	989
2012	793
2013	525
2014	382
2015	642
2016	1,203
2017	1,012
2018	493
2019	1,174
2020	716
2021	950
2022	661
2023	942
2024	959
2025	1,414
2026	894

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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 20	269
20 to 40	31
40 to 60	11
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	1