Weather Records on 23 October 1971

705 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 October 1971. Highest significance: Waterloo, US.

Key Facts for 23 October 1971

On 23 October 1971, 705 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
377 were record highs and 31 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 694 daily.
Waterloo set a monthly record daily precipitation of 110.2 mm (4.3 in) on 23 October 1971.
Across 160 earlier years (1795 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 461 records.

Record Map

705 stations

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

Weather records on 23 October 1971: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Waterloo	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.2 mm (4.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Newport News Press Bld	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Escada	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Korsakov	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Clarksville	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Henderson 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Parambu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	19.6 C (67.3 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Varzea	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Emporia 1 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	27.6 C (81.7 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gulkana AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.8 cm (7.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wien	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	13.8 C (56.8 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Spas-Demensk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Randolph 5 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Apodi	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bom Jardim	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Praha-Klementinum	Czech Republic	Record high minimum temperature	11.6 C (52.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Belhaven 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lexington	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
New Holland	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hopewell	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Milan	Italy	Record high maximum temperature	22.0 C (71.6 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
St Andrews	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Oxford 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Arneiroz	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Palhano	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	17.1 C (62.8 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
High Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rocky Mt 8 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record high minimum temperature	6.5 C (43.7 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Edenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Nashville	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gleniffer	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Arcola	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabeth City	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Maceio (Aeroporto)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record high maximum temperature	10.2 C (50.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Effingham	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fernandina Beach	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Marion 2 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Adrian 2 NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sao Luiz Do Quitunde	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Susanville 2SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Farmland 5 NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Louisburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsboro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Montpelier	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Van Wert 1 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Aspermont	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Buckhannon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Quandialla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pelee Island	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Fleming	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ann Arbor U of Mich	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsdale	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Fayetteville (Pwc)	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rocky Mt	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

705 records

Records set or tied on 23 October 1971 by type: Highest daily maximum 62, Lowest daily maximum 15, Highest daily minimum 315, Lowest daily minimum 16, Heaviest daily rainfall 287, Heaviest daily snowfall 6, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 23 October 1971 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	62
Lowest daily maximum	15
Highest daily minimum	315
Lowest daily minimum	16
Heaviest daily rainfall	287
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 23 October 1971 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 11, daily 694.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

580 broken records

Margins by which the 580 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 112.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 October 1971

Top 20 records on 23 October 1971 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 October 1971	Waterloo, US	monthly rain	110.2 mm (4.3 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	28 years	62 of 100 (Major)
23 October 1971	Newport News Press Bld, US	daily rain	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	48 years	61 of 100 (Major)
23 October 1971	Escada, BR	daily rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	37 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1971	Korsakov, RU	daily rain	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	68 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1971	Clarksville, US	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	60 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1971	Henderson 2 NNW, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	33 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1971	Parambu, BR	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	38 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1971	Oxford, GB	daily high max	19.6 C (67.3 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	109 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1971	Varzea, BR	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	1 year	44 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1971	Emporia 1 WNW, US	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	12 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1971	Zagreb-Gric, HR	monthly high max	27.6 C (81.7 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	83 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1971	Gulkana AP, US	daily snowfall	18.8 cm (7.4 in)	11.2 cm (4.4 in)	25 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1971	Wien, AT	daily high min	13.8 C (56.8 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	113 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1971	Spas-Demensk, RU	daily rain	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	14.6 mm (0.6 in)	12 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1971	Randolph 5 NNE, US	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	60 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1971	Apodi, BR	monthly rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	52 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1971	Bom Jardim, BR	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	25 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1971	Praha-Klementinum, CZ	daily high min	11.6 C (52.9 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	168 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1971	Belhaven 1 SE, US	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	62 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1971	Lexington, US	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	61 years	40 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 1971

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1971. 1971 had 705 records.

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

Records on 10-23 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1802	2
1843	1
1845	1
1850	1
1851	2
1855	1
1859	2
1861	1
1863	1
1865	2
1866	1
1869	3
1871	2
1872	1
1873	2
1876	2
1878	1
1880	7
1881	2
1882	1
1883	1
1885	2
1888	1
1889	2
1890	2
1891	8
1892	3
1893	3
1894	5
1895	4
1896	2
1897	3
1898	5
1899	4
1900	8
1901	7
1902	7
1903	10
1904	7
1905	15
1906	17
1907	5
1908	19
1909	12
1910	6
1911	40
1912	50
1913	38
1914	9
1915	167
1916	290
1917	62
1918	12
1919	42
1920	262
1921	58
1922	38
1923	165
1924	160
1925	191
1926	131
1927	266
1928	120
1929	352
1930	310
1931	353
1932	310
1933	241
1934	333
1935	519
1936	490
1937	816
1938	403
1939	717
1940	304
1941	499
1942	306
1943	446
1944	283
1945	533
1946	258
1947	631
1948	251
1949	432
1950	507
1951	626
1952	432
1953	373
1954	317
1955	266
1956	587
1957	1,266
1958	255
1959	682
1960	341
1961	329
1962	141
1963	1,297
1964	264
1965	330
1966	625
1967	297
1968	175
1969	1,200
1970	617
1971	705
1972	601
1973	712
1974	653
1975	1,028
1976	879
1977	578
1978	570
1979	1,094
1980	584
1981	1,502
1982	1,071
1983	853
1984	1,261
1985	846
1986	968
1987	694
1988	619
1989	1,363
1990	954
1991	1,232
1992	1,176
1993	670
1994	558
1995	1,471
1996	1,396
1997	1,172
1998	1,221
1999	1,011
2000	1,275
2001	1,091
2002	1,868
2003	1,952
2004	1,224
2005	679
2006	1,976
2007	1,673
2008	993
2009	838
2010	683
2011	701
2012	1,017
2013	754
2014	755
2015	760
2016	460
2017	603
2018	322
2019	459
2020	1,777
2021	298
2022	1,342
2023	544
2024	674
2025	343

Download the Data

Data for records on 1971-10-23: 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 20	537
20 to 40	36
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1