Weather Records on 23 August 1971

610 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 August 1971. Highest significance: Winterhoek, ZA.

Key Facts for 23 August 1971

On 23 August 1971, 610 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
119 were record highs and 204 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 595 daily.
Winterhoek set an all-time record daily precipitation of 161.0 mm (6.3 in) on 23 August 1971.
Across 164 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 443 records.

Record Map

610 stations

610 station records on 23 August 1971 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 August 1971: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Winterhoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	161.0 mm (6.3 in)	84 of 100 (Exceptional)
Peddie (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	115.0 mm (4.5 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Botany No.1 Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Aberdeen Rd (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Cullendale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Gladstone (Old Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Kellevie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Eddystone Point	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Cooroy Composite	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Apslawn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Deal Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Druzina	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bendemeer (Caroline St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
St Helens Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Steppes (Old Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
St Marys (Clive Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	121.7 mm (4.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kenogami	Canada	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Evart	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Portage des Roches	Canada	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bicheno (Council Depot)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mohrendorf-Kleinseebach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Yandina Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nurnberg-Buchenbuehl	Germany	Record daily precipitation	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pioneer (Main Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Yalwal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Arvida	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Reform	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Barcaldine Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nowra Treatment Works	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Newport 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Swansea Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rocky Mt	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
El Dorado 1 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kaycee	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Blackwater Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wynnum Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Swan Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
La Pocatiere Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ste Rose du Degelis	Canada	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
State UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Marulan (George St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
German Town	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cape St James	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Everett	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Palmwoods Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Manly Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bancroft	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tadoussac	Canada	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ticonderoga	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Warren	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lightning Ridge Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Swansea (Kelvedon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Upper Scamander	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cicero Dantas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Collingwood	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lucknow	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Price	Canada	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

610 records

Records set or tied on 23 August 1971 by type: Highest daily maximum 52, Lowest daily maximum 129, Highest daily minimum 67, Lowest daily minimum 75, Heaviest daily rainfall 287.

Records on 23 August 1971 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	52
Lowest daily maximum	129
Highest daily minimum	67
Lowest daily minimum	75
Heaviest daily rainfall	287
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 23 August 1971 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 13, daily 595.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

501 broken records

Margins by which the 501 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 80.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 August 1971

Top 20 records on 23 August 1971 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 August 1971	Winterhoek, ZA	all-time rain	161.0 mm (6.3 in)	60.9 mm (2.4 in)	53 years	84 of 100 (Exceptional)
23 August 1971	Peddie (Mag), ZA	daily rain	115.0 mm (4.5 in)	80.7 mm (3.2 in)	83 years	74 of 100 (Major)
23 August 1971	Botany No.1 Dam, AU	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	89 years	68 of 100 (Major)
23 August 1971	Aberdeen Rd (Sar), ZA	monthly rain	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	32 years	67 of 100 (Major)
23 August 1971	Cullendale, ZA	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	65 years	67 of 100 (Major)
23 August 1971	Gladstone (Old Post Office), AU	monthly rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 years	65 of 100 (Major)
23 August 1971	Pointe Au Pere, CA	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	91 years	65 of 100 (Major)
23 August 1971	Kellevie, AU	daily rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	52 years	63 of 100 (Major)
23 August 1971	Eddystone Point, AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	52 years	61 of 100 (Major)
23 August 1971	Cooroy Composite, AU	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	71 years	60 of 100 (Major)
23 August 1971	Apslawn, AU	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	32 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1971	Deal Island, AU	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	77 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1971	Chicoutimi, CA	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	68 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1971	Druzina, RU	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	26 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1971	Bendemeer (Caroline St), AU	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	89 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1971	St Helens Post Office, AU	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	0 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1971	Steppes (Old Post Office), AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	42 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1971	St Marys (Clive Street), AU	daily rain	121.7 mm (4.8 in)	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	4 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1971	Chicoutimi, CA	monthly low max	10.0 C (50.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	86 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1971	Kenogami, CA	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	47 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

1802 to 1971

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1971. 1971 had 610 records.

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

Records on 08-23 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1805	1
1813	2
1816	2
1817	1
1818	1
1829	1
1839	3
1840	1
1846	1
1847	1
1848	1
1853	2
1857	1
1858	1
1864	1
1867	1
1869	1
1870	1
1871	1
1874	2
1877	2
1881	1
1882	2
1883	1
1884	2
1886	1
1887	2
1890	3
1891	4
1892	4
1893	4
1894	2
1895	3
1896	6
1897	1
1898	8
1899	8
1900	2
1901	10
1902	9
1903	9
1904	6
1905	8
1906	27
1907	15
1908	18
1909	10
1910	15
1911	23
1912	44
1913	9
1914	23
1915	63
1916	23
1917	26
1918	91
1919	24
1920	102
1921	280
1922	58
1923	284
1924	127
1925	182
1926	99
1927	198
1928	196
1929	240
1930	432
1931	412
1932	211
1933	342
1934	308
1935	220
1936	980
1937	522
1938	654
1939	439
1940	535
1941	375
1942	540
1943	505
1944	578
1945	338
1946	416
1947	1,071
1948	594
1949	456
1950	461
1951	347
1952	456
1953	292
1954	438
1955	375
1956	501
1957	645
1958	402
1959	494
1960	806
1961	644
1962	364
1963	380
1964	724
1965	357
1966	802
1967	541
1968	1,384
1969	728
1970	518
1971	610
1972	614
1973	650
1974	612
1975	627
1976	703
1977	557
1978	577
1979	459
1980	552
1981	663
1982	713
1983	1,264
1984	862
1985	1,187
1986	839
1987	1,119
1988	1,604
1989	902
1990	661
1991	697
1992	1,291
1993	796
1994	738
1995	1,212
1996	1,161
1997	1,599
1998	1,138
1999	802
2000	936
2001	834
2002	931
2003	1,103
2004	862
2005	786
2006	728
2007	1,513
2008	966
2009	1,241
2010	1,244
2011	1,412
2012	688
2013	397
2014	960
2015	673
2016	595
2017	543
2018	479
2019	445
2020	1,093
2021	629
2022	781
2023	1,287
2024	1,150
2025	1,295
2026	592

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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 20	450
20 to 40	38
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	1