Weather Records on 23 August 1955

375 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 August 1955. Highest significance: Sfax El-Maou, TN.

Key Facts for 23 August 1955

On 23 August 1955, 375 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
126 were record highs and 46 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 370 daily.
Sfax El-Maou set a monthly record daily precipitation of 65.0 mm (2.6 in) on 23 August 1955.
Across 164 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 444 records.

Record Map

375 stations

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

Weather records on 23 August 1955: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sfax El-Maou	Tunisia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Gnalta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Kalyan	India	Record daily precipitation	189.2 mm (7.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Chindwara	India	Record daily precipitation	101.3 mm (4.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Gregory	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Seligman	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Blythe	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wood	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mossgiel (Moolbong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nome AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lumberton	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.4 mm (4.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Guerrero (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Adaven	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Watertown Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
St Andrews	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Vieta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Buffalo Chalet	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gogland	Russia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bagdad	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria 4 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Renovo	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Golden Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	26.2 C (79.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	14.8 C (58.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tot-Ma	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	0.4 C (32.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Jamestown	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kohala Mis 175.1	United States	Record low minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Talkeetna AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
East Angus	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kavali	India	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Athipettu	India	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Malvern	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Taunton	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Illalangi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Macedon Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Freehold-Marlboro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Clarksburg 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Yalgogrin North (Roloma)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Liffey	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tindivanam	India	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Markovo	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Pushmataha	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Barker	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Trentham (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Akalkot	India	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Plainfield	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Elizabethtown	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tarboro 1 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Chillicothe	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Purcell 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Black Rock	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Denmark	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kalgan River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Morvi	India	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Boulder	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sloan 3 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Versailles	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Aiken 5SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

375 records

Records set or tied on 23 August 1955 by type: Highest daily maximum 42, Lowest daily maximum 20, Highest daily minimum 84, Lowest daily minimum 26, Heaviest daily rainfall 202, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 23 August 1955 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	42
Lowest daily maximum	20
Highest daily minimum	84
Lowest daily minimum	26
Heaviest daily rainfall	202
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 23 August 1955 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 370.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

284 broken records

Margins by which the 284 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 110.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 August 1955

Top 20 records on 23 August 1955 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 August 1955	Sfax El-Maou, TN	monthly rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	1 year	57 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1955	Gnalta, AU	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1955	Kalyan, IN	daily rain	189.2 mm (7.4 in)	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	37 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1955	Chindwara, IN	daily rain	101.3 mm (4.0 in)	66.2 mm (2.6 in)	46 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1955	Gregory, US	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	45 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1955	Seligman, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	4 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1955	Blythe, US	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1955	Marshall, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	46 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1955	Wood, US	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	30 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1955	Mossgiel (Moolbong), AU	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	44 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1955	Nome AP, US	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	26 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1955	Lumberton, US	monthly rain	106.4 mm (4.2 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	48 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1955	Guerrero (Smn), MX	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	45 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1955	Adaven, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1955	Watertown Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	21 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1955	St Andrews, CA	daily high min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	70 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
23 August 1955	Vieta, AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	8 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
23 August 1955	Mount Buffalo Chalet, AU	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	42 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
23 August 1955	Stornoway Airport, GB	daily high max	23.3 C (73.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	55 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
23 August 1955	Gogland, RU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	5.5 mm (0.22 in)	53 years	30 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

1802 to 1955

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1955. 1955 had 375 records.

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

Records on 08-23 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1805	1
1813	2
1816	2
1817	1
1818	1
1829	1
1839	3
1840	1
1846	1
1847	1
1848	1
1853	2
1857	1
1858	1
1864	1
1867	1
1869	1
1870	1
1871	1
1874	2
1877	2
1881	1
1882	2
1883	1
1884	2
1886	1
1887	2
1890	3
1891	4
1892	4
1893	4
1894	2
1895	3
1896	6
1897	1
1898	8
1899	8
1900	2
1901	10
1902	9
1903	9
1904	6
1905	8
1906	27
1907	15
1908	18
1909	10
1910	15
1911	23
1912	44
1913	9
1914	23
1915	63
1916	23
1917	26
1918	91
1919	24
1920	102
1921	280
1922	58
1923	284
1924	127
1925	182
1926	99
1927	198
1928	196
1929	240
1930	432
1931	412
1932	211
1933	342
1934	308
1935	220
1936	980
1937	522
1938	654
1939	439
1940	535
1941	375
1942	540
1943	505
1944	578
1945	338
1946	416
1947	1,071
1948	594
1949	456
1950	461
1951	347
1952	456
1953	292
1954	438
1955	375
1956	501
1957	645
1958	402
1959	494
1960	806
1961	644
1962	364
1963	380
1964	724
1965	357
1966	802
1967	541
1968	1,384
1969	728
1970	518
1971	610
1972	614
1973	650
1974	612
1975	627
1976	703
1977	557
1978	577
1979	459
1980	552
1981	663
1982	713
1983	1,264
1984	862
1985	1,187
1986	839
1987	1,119
1988	1,604
1989	902
1990	661
1991	697
1992	1,291
1993	796
1994	738
1995	1,212
1996	1,161
1997	1,599
1998	1,138
1999	802
2000	936
2001	834
2002	931
2003	1,103
2004	862
2005	786
2006	728
2007	1,513
2008	966
2009	1,241
2010	1,244
2011	1,412
2012	688
2013	397
2014	960
2015	673
2016	595
2017	543
2018	479
2019	445
2020	1,093
2021	629
2022	781
2023	1,287
2024	1,150
2025	1,295
2026	592

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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	265
20 to 40	15
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1