Weather Records on 23 October 1959

682 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 October 1959. Highest significance: Newaygo Hardy Dam, US.

Key Facts for 23 October 1959

On 23 October 1959, 682 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
403 were record highs and 53 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 671 daily.
Newaygo Hardy Dam set a daily record precipitation of 78.2 mm (3.1 in) on 23 October 1959.
Across 160 earlier years (1795 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 461 records.

Record Map

682 stations

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

Weather records on 23 October 1959: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Newaygo Hardy Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lancaster 4 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Sturgeon Bay Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Everett	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Big Rapids Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Scottville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Crandall Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Narayangarh	India	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Brodhead Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Samastipur	India	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Jamshedpur	India	Record daily precipitation	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pine River 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Portage Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kent City 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lake City Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Namdalseid	Norway	Record snow depth	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Prairie du Sac 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Houghton Lake 6 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Oconto 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Burdekin Shire Council	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sattankulam	India	Record daily precipitation	82.5 mm (3.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Spaulding	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Higgins Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hart 3 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dodgeville Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Rapids 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Astoria	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Grafton 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
New London	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Escanaba	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gladwin	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bancroft	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chickmagalur	India	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Twin Falls 2 NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Williamsburg 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Baldwin	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bethany	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Muskegon Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Green Bay	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Payette	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Shawano 2SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Portland Rfc City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ituacu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
St Andrews	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Blackfoot Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bishop AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Malda	India	Record daily precipitation	92.4 mm (3.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
American Falls 6 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mio Hydro Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tropic	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hornepayne	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Escalante	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cairo 3 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
River Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wisconsin Dells Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Brumado	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Barsoe	India	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-6.3 C (20.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

682 records

Records set or tied on 23 October 1959 by type: Highest daily maximum 133, Lowest daily maximum 25, Highest daily minimum 270, Lowest daily minimum 28, Heaviest daily rainfall 225, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 23 October 1959 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	133
Lowest daily maximum	25
Highest daily minimum	270
Lowest daily minimum	28
Heaviest daily rainfall	225
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 23 October 1959 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 11, daily 671.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

553 broken records

Margins by which the 553 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 80.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 October 1959

Top 20 records on 23 October 1959 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 October 1959	Newaygo Hardy Dam, US	daily rain	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	29 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1959	Lancaster 4 WSW, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	41 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1959	Sturgeon Bay Exp Farm, US	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	48 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1959	Everett, US	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	49 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1959	Big Rapids Wtp, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	29 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1959	Scottville 1 NE, US	daily rain	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	1 year	44 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1959	Crandall Creek, US	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1959	Narayangarh, IN	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	42 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1959	Brodhead Wwtp, US	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1959	Samastipur, IN	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	34 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1959	Jamshedpur, IN	daily rain	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	22 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1959	Pine River 3 NE, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	4 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1959	Portage Wwtp, US	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	52 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1959	Kent City 2 SW, US	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	29 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1959	Lake City Exp Farm, US	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1959	Namdalseid, NO	daily snow depth	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	8.0 cm (3.1 in)	62 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1959	Prairie du Sac 2 N, US	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	1 year	38 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1959	Houghton Lake 6 WSW, US	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	29 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1959	Oconto 4 W, US	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	52 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1959	Burdekin Shire Council, AU	monthly low min	7.8 C (46.0 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	60 years	36 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

1795 to 1959

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1959. 1959 had 682 records.

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

Records on 10-23 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1802	2
1843	1
1845	1
1850	1
1851	2
1855	1
1859	2
1861	1
1863	1
1865	2
1866	1
1869	3
1871	2
1872	1
1873	2
1876	2
1878	1
1880	7
1881	2
1882	1
1883	1
1885	2
1888	1
1889	2
1890	2
1891	8
1892	3
1893	3
1894	5
1895	4
1896	2
1897	3
1898	5
1899	4
1900	8
1901	7
1902	7
1903	10
1904	7
1905	15
1906	17
1907	5
1908	19
1909	12
1910	6
1911	40
1912	50
1913	38
1914	9
1915	167
1916	290
1917	62
1918	12
1919	42
1920	262
1921	58
1922	38
1923	165
1924	160
1925	191
1926	131
1927	266
1928	120
1929	352
1930	310
1931	353
1932	310
1933	241
1934	333
1935	519
1936	490
1937	816
1938	403
1939	717
1940	304
1941	499
1942	306
1943	446
1944	283
1945	533
1946	258
1947	631
1948	251
1949	432
1950	507
1951	626
1952	432
1953	373
1954	317
1955	266
1956	587
1957	1,266
1958	255
1959	682
1960	341
1961	329
1962	141
1963	1,297
1964	264
1965	330
1966	625
1967	297
1968	175
1969	1,200
1970	617
1971	705
1972	601
1973	712
1974	653
1975	1,028
1976	879
1977	578
1978	570
1979	1,094
1980	584
1981	1,502
1982	1,071
1983	853
1984	1,261
1985	846
1986	968
1987	694
1988	619
1989	1,363
1990	954
1991	1,232
1992	1,176
1993	670
1994	558
1995	1,471
1996	1,396
1997	1,172
1998	1,221
1999	1,011
2000	1,275
2001	1,091
2002	1,868
2003	1,952
2004	1,224
2005	679
2006	1,976
2007	1,673
2008	993
2009	838
2010	683
2011	701
2012	1,017
2013	754
2014	755
2015	760
2016	460
2017	603
2018	322
2019	459
2020	1,777
2021	298
2022	1,342
2023	544
2024	674
2025	343

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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 10	472
10 to 20	40
20 to 30	26
30 to 40	6
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	6
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	1