Weather Records on 23 March 1964

815 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 March 1964. Highest significance: Stanley Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 23 March 1964

On 23 March 1964, 815 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
19 were record highs and 469 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 801 daily.
Stanley Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 40.9 mm (1.6 in) on 23 March 1964.
Across 157 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 497 records.

Record Map

815 stations

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

Weather records on 23 March 1964: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Stanley Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Salvador	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	87.5 mm (3.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Morris	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Ottapalam	India	Record daily precipitation	167.6 mm (6.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Irishtown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Golden Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cressy Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Portage la Prairie	Canada	Record daily snowfall	18.8 cm (7.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Fremont 5 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Smithton (Grant Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Plaatjies Kraal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Melton Mowbray (Lovely Banks)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cypress River	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Elliott Research Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Epping Forest (Forton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Longford (Denton Close)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ridgley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Indian Bay	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.8 cm (8.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lahontan Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Edith Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Emerson	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Deloraine (Athol)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Westbury (Valley View)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wilmot (Back Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tiruppathur	India	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tropic	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Grim (Woolnorth)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Morden	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Missoula 6 NW WFO	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Yellowstone Park Mammoth	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Deddington (Marathon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dillon U of Montana Western	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ulverstone (Knights Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kellogg	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Friend	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Levan	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hampshire (Neena Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sheffield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Yolla (Sea View)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Jericho (Bowsden)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Porthill	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Linden	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Orderville	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Burnie (No 1)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mnt Fletcher (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Railton (Cement Australia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Porthill	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fortine 1 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Missoula 6 NW WFO	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fallon Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pahala 21	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Waianae 798	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Butte Bert Mooney AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Meander	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Durango	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dillon U of Montana Western	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rapelje	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Logan Utah St UNIV	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Latrobe (Coal Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Campbell Town Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

815 records

Records set or tied on 23 March 1964 by type: Highest daily maximum 8, Lowest daily maximum 284, Highest daily minimum 11, Lowest daily minimum 185, Heaviest daily rainfall 229, Heaviest daily snowfall 75, Deepest snow cover 23.

Records on 23 March 1964 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	8
Lowest daily maximum	284
Highest daily minimum	11
Lowest daily minimum	185
Heaviest daily rainfall	229
Heaviest daily snowfall	75
Deepest snow cover	23

Records on 23 March 1964 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 13, daily 801.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

692 broken records

Margins by which the 692 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 432.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 March 1964

Top 20 records on 23 March 1964 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 March 1964	Stanley Post Office, AU	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	51 years	62 of 100 (Major)
23 March 1964	Salvador, BR	daily rain	87.5 mm (3.4 in)	72.3 mm (2.8 in)	43 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1964	Morris, CA	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	45 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1964	Ottapalam, IN	daily rain	167.6 mm (6.6 in)	113.5 mm (4.5 in)	28 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1964	Irishtown, AU	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	29 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1964	Golden Valley, AU	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	29 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1964	Cressy Post Office, AU	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	51 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1964	Portage la Prairie, CA	daily snowfall	18.8 cm (7.4 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	15 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1964	Fremont 5 NW, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	20.4 cm (8.0 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1964	Smithton (Grant Street), AU	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	10 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1964	Plaatjies Kraal, ZA	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	21 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1964	Melton Mowbray (Lovely Banks), AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	19 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1964	Cypress River, CA	monthly rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	7 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1964	Elliott Research Station, AU	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	10 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1964	Epping Forest (Forton), AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	29 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1964	Longford (Denton Close), AU	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	51 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1964	Ridgley, AU	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	51 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1964	Indian Bay, CA	daily snowfall	20.8 cm (8.2 in)	10.6 cm (4.2 in)	45 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1964	Lahontan Dam, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	52 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1964	Edith Creek, AU	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	8 years	44 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

1796 to 1964

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1964. 1964 had 815 records.

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

Records on 03-23 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1808	1
1836	2
1837	2
1853	2
1858	1
1862	1
1864	2
1865	2
1868	2
1871	3
1874	2
1875	4
1877	2
1878	3
1879	1
1882	1
1883	6
1884	2
1885	3
1886	1
1887	1
1888	3
1889	2
1890	1
1891	1
1893	1
1895	4
1896	13
1897	9
1898	6
1899	3
1901	5
1902	26
1903	32
1904	3
1905	16
1906	23
1907	53
1908	11
1909	7
1910	12
1911	8
1912	22
1913	76
1914	72
1915	11
1916	50
1917	65
1918	31
1919	17
1920	75
1921	10
1922	30
1923	97
1924	78
1925	164
1926	283
1927	202
1928	154
1929	517
1930	135
1931	267
1932	169
1933	123
1934	689
1935	486
1936	437
1937	243
1938	601
1939	565
1940	1,031
1941	188
1942	187
1943	286
1944	466
1945	386
1946	170
1947	275
1948	331
1949	390
1950	874
1951	337
1952	1,479
1953	589
1954	483
1955	999
1956	420
1957	354
1958	486
1959	249
1960	1,004
1961	361
1962	306
1963	839
1964	815
1965	1,537
1966	793
1967	822
1968	1,490
1969	634
1970	380
1971	758
1972	533
1973	537
1974	1,099
1975	618
1976	399
1977	642
1978	608
1979	1,012
1980	422
1981	940
1982	845
1983	1,522
1984	715
1985	437
1986	1,104
1987	1,279
1988	710
1989	805
1990	1,389
1991	1,264
1992	883
1993	1,151
1994	1,499
1995	1,514
1996	673
1997	743
1998	1,253
1999	722
2000	1,162
2001	995
2002	1,130
2003	971
2004	1,516
2005	1,014
2006	1,311
2007	1,595
2008	956
2009	952
2010	918
2011	1,245
2012	2,269
2013	1,270
2014	594
2015	577
2016	536
2017	739
2018	790
2019	525
2020	465
2021	1,050
2022	1,031
2023	1,135
2024	611
2025	702
2026	1,806

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Data for records on 1964-03-23: 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 100	672
100 to 200	16
200 to 300	3
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1