Weather Records on 23 January 1965

831 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 January 1965. Highest significance: Biloxi, US.

Key Facts for 23 January 1965

On 23 January 1965, 831 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
52 were record highs and 15 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 53 monthly and 775 daily.
Biloxi set a monthly record daily precipitation of 227.6 mm (9.0 in) on 23 January 1965.
Across 165 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 468 records.

Record Map

831 stations

831 station records on 23 January 1965 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 January 1965: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Biloxi	United States	Record daily precipitation	227.6 mm (9.0 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Culbertson	United States	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Smith Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Franklin	United States	Record daily snowfall	31.8 cm (12.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Waynesboro 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	130.6 mm (5.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Pontiac	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Bay Minette	United States	Record daily precipitation	135.1 mm (5.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Mt Carroll	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Jaguaruana	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	58.6 mm (2.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Prattville	United States	Record daily precipitation	117.1 mm (4.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Kankakee 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Macon	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Plymouth Pwr Substn	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Minden	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Dodgeville Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Kaumana 88.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	195.6 mm (7.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Morris River	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver City	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Culbertson	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hastings 4N	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hartford Brainard Fld	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.9 cm (10.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Cawker City	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bogalusa	United States	Record daily precipitation	119.6 mm (4.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Robinson	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Thomasville	United States	Record daily precipitation	118.9 mm (4.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Angola	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Holland Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Forest City 2 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Edina	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Red Cloud	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Poplarville Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	119.6 mm (4.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Toronto	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Collegeville St Joe AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville 2 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Milstead	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sandusky	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bay Saint Louis	United States	Record daily precipitation	158.8 mm (6.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Canton L&D 20	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Clay Ctr 6 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hastings 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Greensboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Paradis 7 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Elwood 8 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Paxton	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Frisco City 3 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	164.1 mm (6.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Galva	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Liberal	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Van Wert 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Waukesha Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Marion 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Clinton 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Humboldt 3 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Labelle	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Palisade	United States	Record daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cameron Lake	Canada	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Primrose Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	137.4 mm (5.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
La Harpe	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Johns	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mauston 1 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

831 records

Records set or tied on 23 January 1965 by type: Highest daily maximum 11, Lowest daily maximum 9, Highest daily minimum 41, Lowest daily minimum 6, Heaviest daily rainfall 482, Heaviest daily snowfall 262, Deepest snow cover 20.

Records on 23 January 1965 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	11
Lowest daily maximum	9
Highest daily minimum	41
Lowest daily minimum	6
Heaviest daily rainfall	482
Heaviest daily snowfall	262
Deepest snow cover	20

Records on 23 January 1965 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 53, daily 775.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

727 broken records

Margins by which the 727 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 279.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 January 1965

Top 20 records on 23 January 1965 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 January 1965	Biloxi, US	monthly rain	227.6 mm (9.0 in)	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	65 years	76 of 100 (Major)
23 January 1965	Culbertson, US	all-time snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	67 years	73 of 100 (Major)
23 January 1965	Smith Ctr, US	monthly rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	38 years	66 of 100 (Major)
23 January 1965	Franklin, US	monthly snowfall	31.8 cm (12.5 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	32 years	63 of 100 (Major)
23 January 1965	Waynesboro 2 W, US	daily rain	130.6 mm (5.1 in)	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	50 years	62 of 100 (Major)
23 January 1965	Pontiac, US	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	52 years	61 of 100 (Major)
23 January 1965	Bay Minette, US	daily rain	135.1 mm (5.3 in)	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	50 years	60 of 100 (Major)
23 January 1965	Mt Carroll, US	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	45 years	60 of 100 (Major)
23 January 1965	Jaguaruana, BR	daily rain	58.6 mm (2.3 in)	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	49 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1965	Prattville, US	daily rain	117.1 mm (4.6 in)	79.3 mm (3.1 in)	42 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1965	Kankakee 3 SW, US	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	45 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1965	Macon, US	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	45 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1965	Plymouth Pwr Substn, US	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	45 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1965	Minden, US	monthly snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	32 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1965	Dodgeville Wwtp, US	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	67 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1965	Kaumana 88.1, US	daily rain	195.6 mm (7.7 in)	171.5 mm (6.8 in)	31 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1965	Morris River, US	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	33 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1965	Beaver City, US	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1965	Culbertson, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1965	Hastings 4N, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	62 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

1795 to 1965

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1965. 1965 had 831 records.

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

Records on 01-23 in each year
Year	Records
1795	2
1800	2
1812	1
1815	1
1823	3
1827	1
1840	1
1845	1
1846	2
1849	1
1850	1
1852	1
1855	2
1856	1
1860	1
1867	1
1869	2
1871	1
1872	1
1873	1
1874	1
1879	1
1880	1
1881	2
1882	1
1884	3
1886	1
1887	4
1888	1
1890	2
1891	3
1892	3
1893	5
1894	4
1895	4
1896	6
1897	1
1898	5
1899	8
1900	5
1901	5
1902	6
1903	5
1904	11
1905	4
1906	49
1907	22
1908	7
1909	60
1910	18
1911	5
1912	8
1913	32
1914	17
1915	30
1916	31
1917	245
1918	69
1919	28
1920	49
1921	38
1922	54
1923	63
1924	79
1925	118
1926	223
1927	262
1928	39
1929	304
1930	697
1931	243
1932	265
1933	757
1934	287
1935	588
1936	1,202
1937	686
1938	335
1939	406
1940	701
1941	345
1942	535
1943	1,200
1944	478
1945	146
1946	417
1947	414
1948	918
1949	705
1950	644
1951	283
1952	498
1953	531
1954	472
1955	568
1956	354
1957	593
1958	259
1959	535
1960	544
1961	529
1962	624
1963	1,366
1964	455
1965	831
1966	973
1967	1,336
1968	547
1969	1,128
1970	1,157
1971	407
1972	695
1973	495
1974	484
1975	457
1976	1,092
1977	629
1978	911
1979	1,109
1980	743
1981	1,387
1982	1,884
1983	845
1984	736
1985	775
1986	611
1987	1,231
1988	741
1989	634
1990	1,376
1991	891
1992	737
1993	1,273
1994	798
1995	991
1996	889
1997	936
1998	724
1999	2,024
2000	1,155
2001	588
2002	1,174
2003	1,269
2004	726
2005	1,207
2006	1,104
2007	1,127
2008	802
2009	1,334
2010	1,284
2011	741
2012	610
2013	764
2014	916
2015	561
2016	1,168
2017	1,089
2018	643
2019	688
2020	896
2021	455
2022	685
2023	567
2024	868
2025	1,016
2026	535

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Data for records on 1965-01-23: 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	601
50 to 100	89
100 to 150	26
150 to 200	6
200 to 250	3
250 to 300	2