Weather Records on 23 February 1967

689 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 February 1967. Highest significance: Idracowra, AU.

Key Facts for 23 February 1967

On 23 February 1967, 689 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
75 were record highs and 80 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 679 daily.
Idracowra set a daily record precipitation of 63.5 mm (2.5 in) on 23 February 1967.
Across 156 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 552 records.

Record Map

689 stations

689 station records on 23 February 1967 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 February 1967: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Idracowra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Ardrossan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Curramulka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Halflong Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	104.7 mm (4.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Stansbury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Anna Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Iron Knob	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kadina	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Tempe Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Minlaton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hesso	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Edithburgh Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Woomera (South Gap Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Willsons River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Normanville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Yankalilla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Port Augusta (Carriewerloo STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Second Valley (Poolamacca)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Scarsdale	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Woomera (Oakden Hills)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Maitland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Low Head (Comparison)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Woomera (Pernatty Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wirrappa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Paskeville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Port Victoria	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ardrossan (Winulta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Port Clinton (Yararoo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hamilton Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wallaroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Grafton	United States	Record daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bute (Ninnes)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Port Wakefield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pittsfield Muni AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.7 cm (10.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Moonta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Second Valley (Spring Grove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Luluigui	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Henbury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Yudnapinna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Whyalla (Norrie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Yorketown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Port Pirie Nyrstar Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
St Andrews	Canada	Record daily snowfall	21.3 cm (8.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rockport 1 ESE	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kimba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Whyalla (Mullaquana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Boa Vista (Ledo)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Russellville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Stockbridge	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Boonton 1 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bookaloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Maitland (Weetulta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
American River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Penneshaw	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fort McPherson	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Adrian 2 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bond Springs Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bute	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sta. Cruz de Tenerife	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	28.0 C (82.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lewiston	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

689 records

Records set or tied on 23 February 1967 by type: Highest daily maximum 51, Lowest daily maximum 22, Highest daily minimum 24, Lowest daily minimum 58, Heaviest daily rainfall 417, Heaviest daily snowfall 99, Deepest snow cover 18.

Records on 23 February 1967 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	51
Lowest daily maximum	22
Highest daily minimum	24
Lowest daily minimum	58
Heaviest daily rainfall	417
Heaviest daily snowfall	99
Deepest snow cover	18

Records on 23 February 1967 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 9, daily 679.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

604 broken records

Margins by which the 604 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 190.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 February 1967

Top 20 records on 23 February 1967 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 February 1967	Idracowra, AU	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	57 years	65 of 100 (Major)
23 February 1967	Ardrossan, AU	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	55 years	64 of 100 (Major)
23 February 1967	Curramulka, AU	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	55 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1967	Halflong Obsy, IN	monthly rain	104.7 mm (4.1 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	12 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1967	Stansbury, AU	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	55 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1967	Anna Creek, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	83 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1967	Iron Knob, AU	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	55 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1967	Kadina, AU	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	55 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1967	Tempe Downs, AU	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	28 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1967	Minlaton, AU	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	55 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1967	Hesso, AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	40 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1967	Edithburgh Post Office, AU	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	55 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1967	Woomera (South Gap Station), AU	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	55 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1967	Willsons River, AU	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	57 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1967	Normanville, AU	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	55 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1967	Yankalilla, AU	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	55 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1967	Port Augusta (Carriewerloo STN, AU	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	55 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1967	Second Valley (Poolamacca), AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	55 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1967	Scarsdale, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	59 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1967	Woomera (Oakden Hills), AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	63 years	43 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 1967

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1967. 1967 had 689 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 1967-02-23: 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 25	508
25 to 50	64
50 to 75	19
75 to 100	5
100 to 125	2
125 to 150	2
150 to 175	2
175 to 200	2