Weather Records on 23 April 1959

442 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 April 1959. Highest significance: Banff, CA.

Key Facts for 23 April 1959

On 23 April 1959, 442 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
32 were record highs and 239 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 437 daily.
Banff set a daily record precipitation of 34.5 mm (1.4 in) on 23 April 1959.
Across 167 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 445 records.

Record Map

442 stations

442 station records on 23 April 1959 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 April 1959: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Banff	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Birtle	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Qu'appelle	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Yellow Grass	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Golden A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Regina Int'l A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	9.9 cm (3.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Pekisko	Canada	Record daily snowfall	31.8 cm (12.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Udayagiri	India	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Caron	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Indian Head Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pense	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gravelbourg	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Darsi	India	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Setlagodi (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Aneroid	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Garden Head	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gopalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Chaukuri	India	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hubbard	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lyndon	Canada	Record daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Brandon Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Overdene	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Banff	Canada	Record daily snowfall	34.5 cm (13.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lyndon	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pekisko	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gleichen	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Semans	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Shaunavon	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Entrance	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tsolo	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Greylingstad (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Yerevan	Armenia	Record high minimum temperature	13.7 C (56.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cadillac	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Logan	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Viking	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Winnifred	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Leeuspruit Wes	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pennant	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Petropavlovskij Majak	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Madison 3NNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Burrwood Wb	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Barkerville	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Qu'appelle	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Nellore	India	Record daily precipitation	58.6 mm (2.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Savannah 6 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tibooburra Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsdown	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Thomas River (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mmabatho Arpt	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Milan Exp STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Williamson	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Hat A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Klintonel	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Atmakur	India	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kaufman 3 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Rio Grande City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
San Marcos	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Nguiu	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Moosomin	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Assiniboia	Canada	Record daily snowfall	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

442 records

Records set or tied on 23 April 1959 by type: Highest daily maximum 15, Lowest daily maximum 128, Highest daily minimum 17, Lowest daily minimum 111, Heaviest daily rainfall 108, Heaviest daily snowfall 63.

Records on 23 April 1959 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	15
Lowest daily maximum	128
Highest daily minimum	17
Lowest daily minimum	111
Heaviest daily rainfall	108
Heaviest daily snowfall	63
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 23 April 1959 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 437.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

349 broken records

Margins by which the 349 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 178.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 April 1959

Top 20 records on 23 April 1959 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 April 1959	Banff, CA	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	67 years	67 of 100 (Major)
23 April 1959	Birtle, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	75 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1959	Fort Qu'appelle, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	46 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1959	Yellow Grass, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	45 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1959	Golden A, CA	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	56 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1959	Regina Int'l A, CA	daily snowfall	9.9 cm (3.9 in)	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1959	Pekisko, CA	daily snowfall	31.8 cm (12.5 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	41 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1959	Udayagiri, IN	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	48 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1959	Caron, CA	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	20 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1959	Indian Head Cda, CA	daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	11.2 cm (4.4 in)	34 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1959	Pense, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	62 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1959	Gravelbourg, CA	monthly snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	13 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1959	Darsi, IN	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	20 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1959	Setlagodi (Pol), ZA	daily rain	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	41 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1959	Aneroid, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	40 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1959	Garden Head, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	41 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1959	Gopalpur, IN	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1959	Chaukuri, IN	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	49 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1959	Hubbard, CA	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	41 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1959	Lyndon, CA	daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	18 years	34 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

1800 to 1959

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 1959. 1959 had 442 records.

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

Records on 04-23 in each year
Year	Records
1800	1
1809	1
1812	1
1817	3
1838	1
1840	1
1842	1
1851	1
1852	2
1854	1
1855	5
1857	2
1859	1
1861	1
1865	1
1868	2
1870	1
1872	1
1873	4
1874	4
1875	1
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1881	2
1882	1
1883	2
1884	3
1885	4
1886	4
1888	1
1889	1
1890	4
1891	2
1892	1
1893	2
1895	3
1896	4
1897	2
1898	1
1899	6
1900	4
1901	9
1902	12
1903	20
1904	8
1905	7
1906	23
1907	12
1908	14
1909	28
1910	35
1911	21
1912	29
1913	40
1914	71
1915	41
1916	35
1917	37
1918	92
1919	66
1920	75
1921	81
1922	45
1923	132
1924	111
1925	506
1926	124
1927	562
1928	302
1929	103
1930	487
1931	506
1932	231
1933	361
1934	272
1935	152
1936	342
1937	321
1938	177
1939	339
1940	319
1941	277
1942	473
1943	819
1944	678
1945	364
1946	649
1947	242
1948	401
1949	401
1950	577
1951	426
1952	500
1953	300
1954	548
1955	654
1956	581
1957	623
1958	649
1959	442
1960	1,648
1961	884
1962	389
1963	801
1964	958
1965	660
1966	386
1967	1,183
1968	816
1969	705
1970	1,209
1971	508
1972	332
1973	518
1974	486
1975	411
1976	386
1977	979
1978	523
1979	554
1980	1,460
1981	1,124
1982	1,191
1983	1,031
1984	971
1985	1,011
1986	1,541
1987	676
1988	1,051
1989	1,469
1990	1,077
1991	638
1992	592
1993	1,256
1994	666
1995	1,464
1996	1,520
1997	1,024
1998	1,446
1999	1,198
2000	1,003
2001	1,435
2002	971
2003	557
2004	610
2005	940
2006	839
2007	847
2008	775
2009	920
2010	1,040
2011	1,190
2012	1,796
2013	1,655
2014	362
2015	511
2016	542
2017	474
2018	684
2019	668
2020	564
2021	562
2022	692
2023	980
2024	583
2025	410
2026	503

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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 25	300
25 to 50	17
50 to 75	12
75 to 100	8
100 to 125	7
125 to 150	3
150 to 175	1
175 to 200	1