Weather Records on 23 March 1965

1,537 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 March 1965. Highest significance: Van Wert 1 S, US.

Key Facts for 23 March 1965

On 23 March 1965, 1,537 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
53 were record highs and 1,070 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 1,527 daily.
Van Wert 1 S set a daily record snowfall of 20.3 cm (8.0 in) on 23 March 1965.
Across 157 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 492 records.

Record Map

1,537 stations

1,537 station records on 23 March 1965 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 March 1965: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Van Wert 1 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Palakonda	India	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Peedamullah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Winamac 2SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Norwalk Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Plymouth Pwr Substn	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Rushville	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Huntington	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Three Rivers	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Zwartmodder	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lamoni	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Marengo	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Oberlin	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Havana	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Minonk	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.9 cm (3.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Paw Paw 2S	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kirksville	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Norwalk Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Aspen	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Morris 1NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Washington	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Petrolina	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	82.5 mm (3.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Albia 3 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mardie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	169.7 mm (6.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kleindubbelvlei	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Geelkop	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Grover 10 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Keokuk L&D 19	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ibimirim (Jeritaco)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Knysna (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomington Normal	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Golden	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Eau Claire 4 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Assiniboia	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	2.9 C (37.2 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Breckenridge	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gibson City	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Goshen 3SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Ayr	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgeport	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
S Bend AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fowler	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sioux Ctr 2 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hiram	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Poonampet	India	Record daily precipitation	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Elgin Water	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ottawa 4SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart 2 WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bedford	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wagner	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Julesburg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Berne Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Valparaiso Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tipton	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
O'Neill	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Springview 2NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wahoo	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
South Wales Emery Park	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Crandall Creek	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lusk 2 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,537 records

Records set or tied on 23 March 1965 by type: Highest daily maximum 20, Lowest daily maximum 486, Highest daily minimum 33, Lowest daily minimum 584, Heaviest daily rainfall 188, Heaviest daily snowfall 182, Deepest snow cover 44.

Records on 23 March 1965 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	20
Lowest daily maximum	486
Highest daily minimum	33
Lowest daily minimum	584
Heaviest daily rainfall	188
Heaviest daily snowfall	182
Deepest snow cover	44

Records on 23 March 1965 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 10, daily 1,527.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,367 broken records

Margins by which the 1,367 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 483.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 March 1965

Top 20 records on 23 March 1965 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 March 1965	Van Wert 1 S, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	68 years	67 of 100 (Major)
23 March 1965	Palakonda, IN	daily rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	64 years	65 of 100 (Major)
23 March 1965	Peedamullah, AU	daily rain	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	42 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1965	Winamac 2SSE, US	daily snowfall	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	64 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1965	Norwalk Wwtp, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	68 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1965	Plymouth Pwr Substn, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	69 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1965	Rushville, US	daily snowfall	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	31 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1965	Huntington, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	62 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1965	Three Rivers, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	68 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1965	Zwartmodder, ZA	daily rain	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	31 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1965	Lamoni, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1965	Marengo, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	67 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1965	Oberlin, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	51 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1965	Havana, US	daily snowfall	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	9.2 cm (3.6 in)	68 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1965	Minonk, US	daily snowfall	9.9 cm (3.9 in)	7.4 cm (2.9 in)	67 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1965	Paw Paw 2S, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	52 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1965	Kirksville, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	67 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1965	Norwalk Wwtp, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	64 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1965	Aspen, US	daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	28 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1965	Morris 1NW, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	52 years	42 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 1965

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1965. 1965 had 1,537 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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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	1,334
100 to 200	31
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1