Weather Records on 23 February 1964

594 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 February 1964. Highest significance: Fingal (Legge Street), AU.

Key Facts for 23 February 1964

On 23 February 1964, 594 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
46 were record highs and 262 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 584 daily.
Fingal (Legge Street) set a monthly record daily precipitation of 106.7 mm (4.2 in) on 23 February 1964.
Across 156 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 553 records.

Record Map

594 stations

594 station records on 23 February 1964 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 February 1964: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Fingal (Legge Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Bellerive (Fort Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Rokeby (the Mall)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Sandford (Maydena)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Swansea Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Nelson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Nugent	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Leake (Elizabeth River)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Mathinna (Fingal Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ormley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Kellevie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Aquidaba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Buckland (Brockley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Swansea (Kelvedon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Tower Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ross (Macquarie River)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Colebrook (the Meadows)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bream Creek (Stroud)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
York Plains (Handroyd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond (Lowlands)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kettering (Saddle Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Opossum Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Sorell (Whitlea)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Musselboro (Applico)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Launceston Airport Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Blessington Upper	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Swan Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Woodbury (the Braes)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Apsley (Parki)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tasman Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Oatlands Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lindisfarne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Middleton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Little Swanport (Lisdillon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
St Helens Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Chapple Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Maria Island (Darlington)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Oatlands (Bow Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kempton (Oakmore)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wattle Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tunnack Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Apslawn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Premaydena Hatchery	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond (Brookbank)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bagdad Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	9.6 C (49.3 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Branxholm (Stoke Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Avoca (Railway House)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Oyster Cove	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Thule	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Narre Warren North (Narre Warr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Deddington (Marathon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
St Marys (Cullenswood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Swansea (the Grange)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Whitemark	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Farmland 5 NNW	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lilydale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Eddystone Point	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Luna Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

594 records

Records set or tied on 23 February 1964 by type: Highest daily maximum 32, Lowest daily maximum 58, Highest daily minimum 14, Lowest daily minimum 204, Heaviest daily rainfall 236, Heaviest daily snowfall 29, Deepest snow cover 21.

Records on 23 February 1964 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	32
Lowest daily maximum	58
Highest daily minimum	14
Lowest daily minimum	204
Heaviest daily rainfall	236
Heaviest daily snowfall	29
Deepest snow cover	21

Records on 23 February 1964 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 9, daily 584.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

485 broken records

Margins by which the 485 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 228.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 February 1964

Top 20 records on 23 February 1964 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 February 1964	Fingal (Legge Street), AU	monthly rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	59 years	63 of 100 (Major)
23 February 1964	Bellerive (Fort Street), AU	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	46 years	60 of 100 (Major)
23 February 1964	Rokeby (the Mall), AU	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	41 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1964	Sandford (Maydena), AU	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	41 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1964	Swansea Post Office, AU	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	36 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1964	Mount Nelson, AU	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	41 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1964	Nugent, AU	daily rain	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	41 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1964	Lake Leake (Elizabeth River), AU	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	25 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1964	Mathinna (Fingal Road), AU	daily rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	71.2 mm (2.8 in)	25 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1964	Ormley, AU	daily rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	25 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1964	Kellevie, AU	daily rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	22 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1964	Aquidaba, BR	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	26 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1964	Buckland (Brockley), AU	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	25 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1964	Swansea (Kelvedon), AU	daily rain	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	25 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1964	Tower Hill, AU	daily rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	25 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1964	Ross (Macquarie River), AU	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1964	Colebrook (the Meadows), AU	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1964	Bream Creek (Stroud), AU	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	25 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1964	York Plains (Handroyd), AU	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	25 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1964	Richmond (Lowlands), AU	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	24 years	51 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

1794 to 1964

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1964. 1964 had 594 records.

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

Records on 02-23 in each year
Year	Records
1794	2
1802	2
1804	2
1810	1
1814	4
1815	1
1839	1
1846	2
1849	1
1850	1
1855	1
1867	1
1868	1
1871	1
1873	1
1874	1
1875	3
1879	3
1884	1
1886	2
1887	1
1888	5
1889	2
1891	1
1892	2
1895	1
1896	1
1897	1
1898	8
1899	1
1900	5
1901	9
1902	3
1903	17
1904	13
1905	12
1906	21
1907	31
1908	19
1909	27
1910	35
1911	23
1912	46
1913	11
1914	37
1915	58
1916	80
1917	100
1918	31
1919	49
1920	44
1921	74
1922	158
1923	42
1924	156
1925	264
1926	63
1927	298
1928	199
1929	179
1930	690
1931	209
1932	318
1933	321
1934	725
1935	214
1936	430
1937	172
1938	224
1939	616
1940	274
1941	362
1942	355
1943	518
1944	430
1945	335
1946	346
1947	718
1948	450
1949	406
1950	517
1951	397
1952	414
1953	450
1954	654
1955	880
1956	599
1957	807
1958	958
1959	357
1960	802
1961	677
1962	659
1963	1,003
1964	594
1965	640
1966	614
1967	689
1968	1,038
1969	1,010
1970	422
1971	741
1972	843
1973	353
1974	562
1975	1,764
1976	737
1977	1,274
1978	1,263
1979	1,374
1980	520
1981	1,234
1982	972
1983	790
1984	942
1985	1,913
1986	955
1987	916
1988	412
1989	1,413
1990	2,157
1991	712
1992	760
1993	1,477
1994	1,452
1995	1,011
1996	1,603
1997	989
1998	1,401
1999	773
2000	1,701
2001	956
2002	1,228
2003	1,326
2004	802
2005	702
2006	581
2007	883
2008	914
2009	858
2010	1,440
2011	829
2012	770
2013	792
2014	502
2015	1,830
2016	660
2017	1,946
2018	1,728
2019	1,246
2020	794
2021	929
2022	2,595
2023	2,768
2024	373
2025	984
2026	951

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Data for records on 1964-02-23: 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	448
50 to 100	27
100 to 150	8
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1