Weather Records on 23 August 1959

494 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 August 1959. Highest significance: Forest City 2 NNE, US.

Key Facts for 23 August 1959

On 23 August 1959, 494 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
286 were record highs and 89 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 481 daily.
Forest City 2 NNE set a monthly record daily precipitation of 144.5 mm (5.7 in) on 23 August 1959.
Across 164 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 444 records.

Record Map

494 stations

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

Weather records on 23 August 1959: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Forest City 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	144.5 mm (5.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Thana	India	Record daily precipitation	194.8 mm (7.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hospet	India	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
E Tawas	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bhir	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Burnet	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Itaporanga Dajuda	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	42.3 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Panvel	India	Record daily precipitation	204.1 mm (8.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Washington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Stevens Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Salimpur	India	Record daily precipitation	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ahmadnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	121.6 mm (4.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pomona/Fairplex	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Berkeley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cheboygan	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Onaway 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bay City	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bjuraker	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	27.5 C (81.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Vanderbilt 11ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	28.0 C (82.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	28.5 C (83.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gaylord	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Waseca S Rsch & Outreach Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Porter 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Boise City 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Simao Dias (Anapolis)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bowling Green Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Shawano 2SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Roha	India	Record daily precipitation	139.0 mm (5.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Orebro	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
San Fernando	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Fischers Store	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bikaner	India	Record daily precipitation	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	29.8 C (85.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Falun	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	27.0 C (80.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Paula	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Maquoketa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Moncure 3 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Carr Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Neillsville 3ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Port Washington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Collegeville	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	27.4 C (81.3 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	17.1 C (62.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Perry	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Yale 1 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Palma 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Buckhannon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Winston Salem Reynolds AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ganca	Azerbaijan	Record low maximum temperature	21.4 C (70.5 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Coleman	Canada	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gavle	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	28.0 C (82.4 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
S Haven	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Magdalena	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Junqueiro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Chhota-Udepur	India	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	30.7 C (87.3 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

494 records

Records set or tied on 23 August 1959 by type: Highest daily maximum 113, Lowest daily maximum 50, Highest daily minimum 173, Lowest daily minimum 39, Heaviest daily rainfall 119.

Records on 23 August 1959 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	113
Lowest daily maximum	50
Highest daily minimum	173
Lowest daily minimum	39
Heaviest daily rainfall	119
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 23 August 1959 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 10, daily 481.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

357 broken records

Margins by which the 357 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 109.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 August 1959

Top 20 records on 23 August 1959 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 August 1959	Forest City 2 NNE, US	monthly rain	144.5 mm (5.7 in)	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	22 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1959	Thana, IN	daily rain	194.8 mm (7.7 in)	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	41 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1959	Hospet, IN	daily rain	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	26 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1959	E Tawas, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	60 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1959	Bhir, IN	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	45 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1959	Burnet, US	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	64 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1959	Itaporanga Dajuda, BR	daily rain	42.3 mm (1.7 in)	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	22 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1959	Panvel, IN	daily rain	204.1 mm (8.0 in)	109.1 mm (4.3 in)	12 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1959	Washington, US	daily high min	23.3 C (73.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	86 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1959	Stevens Pt, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	63 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1959	Salimpur, IN	daily rain	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	73.1 mm (2.9 in)	18 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1959	Ahmadnagar, IN	daily rain	121.6 mm (4.8 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	52 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1959	Pomona/Fairplex, US	daily high min	21.1 C (70.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	64 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1959	Berkeley, US	daily high min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	50 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1959	Cheboygan, US	all-time rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	28 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1959	Onaway 4N, US	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	8 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1959	Bay City, US	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	48 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
23 August 1959	Bjuraker, SE	daily high max	27.5 C (81.5 F)	2.5 C (4.5 F)	63 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
23 August 1959	Vanderbilt 11ENE, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	41 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
23 August 1959	Karlshamn, SE	daily high max	28.0 C (82.4 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	72 years	31 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 1959

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1959. 1959 had 494 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	331
20 to 40	20
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	2