Weather Records on 23 April 1961

884 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 April 1961. Highest significance: Cape Otway Lighthouse, AU.

Key Facts for 23 April 1961

On 23 April 1961, 884 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
156 were record highs and 175 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 46 monthly and 837 daily.
Cape Otway Lighthouse set a daily record precipitation of 59.7 mm (2.4 in) on 23 April 1961.
Across 167 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 442 records.

Record Map

884 stations

884 station records on 23 April 1961 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 April 1961: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Port Campbell Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Genoa	Italy	Record daily precipitation	106.6 mm (4.2 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Woolsthorpe	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Karnak (Rosedale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Mantova	Italy	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Williston Sloulin Fld	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Wartook Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Tottenham (Woodlands 1)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Cambrai (Kongolia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Tubbul Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Rainbow (Pella)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Allansford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Cobden (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Blyth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Stonefield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Lameroo Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Frances	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Warracknabeal (Earlstan)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Clear Lake	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Devonport Harbour Master	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Balmoral (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Galga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kaniva	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Drung Drung	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Goroke (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Tatura Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Dunkeld	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Willaura (Yarram Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Nullawarre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Medicine Lake 3 SE	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Napoleon	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Beaufort (Wongan)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Chetwynd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
New England	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kimberley Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Stockwell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sandalwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wartook Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Stanley Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kapunda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Saddleworth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sedan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Walpa (Danyo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lillimur Estate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bad-Neunkirchen Mergentheim	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tuni	India	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Isabela Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Warracknabeal (Ailsa)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kapunda Water Works	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Glenlee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Horsham Polkemmet Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Lonsdale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lawloit	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mirranatwa (Bowacka)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Streatham	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kolora (Wooriwyrite)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Yatchaw (Amaroo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

884 records

Records set or tied on 23 April 1961 by type: Highest daily maximum 51, Lowest daily maximum 122, Highest daily minimum 105, Lowest daily minimum 53, Heaviest daily rainfall 502, Heaviest daily snowfall 45, Deepest snow cover 6.

Records on 23 April 1961 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	51
Lowest daily maximum	122
Highest daily minimum	105
Lowest daily minimum	53
Heaviest daily rainfall	502
Heaviest daily snowfall	45
Deepest snow cover	6

Records on 23 April 1961 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 46, daily 837.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

766 broken records

Margins by which the 766 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 331.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 April 1961

Top 20 records on 23 April 1961 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 April 1961	Cape Otway Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	74 years	71 of 100 (Major)
23 April 1961	Port Campbell Post Office, AU	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	71 years	68 of 100 (Major)
23 April 1961	Genoa, IT	daily rain	106.6 mm (4.2 in)	62.6 mm (2.5 in)	58 years	67 of 100 (Major)
23 April 1961	Woolsthorpe, AU	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	71 years	66 of 100 (Major)
23 April 1961	Karnak (Rosedale), AU	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	60 years	65 of 100 (Major)
23 April 1961	Mantova, IT	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	114 years	64 of 100 (Major)
23 April 1961	Williston Sloulin Fld, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	22.4 cm (8.8 in)	56 years	63 of 100 (Major)
23 April 1961	Wartook Post Office, AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	60 years	61 of 100 (Major)
23 April 1961	Tottenham (Woodlands 1), AU	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	78 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1961	Cambrai (Kongolia), AU	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	43 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1961	Tubbul Post Office, AU	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	43 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1961	Rainbow (Pella), AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	35 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1961	Allansford, AU	monthly rain	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	0 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1961	Cobden (Post Office), AU	monthly rain	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	0 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1961	Blyth, AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	74 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1961	Stonefield, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1961	Lameroo Comparison, AU	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	31 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1961	Frances, AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	60 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1961	Warracknabeal (Earlstan), AU	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	35 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1961	Clear Lake, AU	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 years	54 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

1800 to 1961

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 1961. 1961 had 884 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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Data for records on 1961-04-23: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 50	742
50 to 100	12
100 to 150	6
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	2
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1