Weather Records on 23 August 1972

614 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 August 1972. Highest significance: Houston, US.

Key Facts for 23 August 1972

On 23 August 1972, 614 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
183 were record highs and 201 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 601 daily.
Houston set a daily record precipitation of 88.9 mm (3.5 in) on 23 August 1972.
Across 164 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 443 records.

Record Map

614 stations

614 station records on 23 August 1972 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 August 1972: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Houston	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Parnu	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Liepaja	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	116.1 mm (4.6 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Delaware	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Big Timber	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Paracuru	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Bolton	United States	Record daily precipitation	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Williams 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Vasilevici	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Pontiac Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Licking 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Leroy 5 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ceara-Mirim	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	68.5 mm (2.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Crescent City	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lowell	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Owensville	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Chicago UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sedlovaja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Grove 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Palhano	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Milan	Italy	Record low maximum temperature	18.8 C (65.8 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Red Lodge	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Podor	Senegal	Record high minimum temperature	26.9 C (80.4 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Clara UNIV	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 ENE Fairfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Norris Madison Pwr House	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ottawa 4SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mundau	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Huntingdon	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Livingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Prospect	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Albany 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Steelville 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Annette AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Toronto	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Decorah	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bergland Dam	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pacatuba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	2.4 C (36.3 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	30.3 C (86.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Brooksville Chin Hill	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hoopeston	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Forest City 2 NNE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Troy	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tartu	Estonia	Record high minimum temperature	16.2 C (61.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Niznij Novgorod	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Clarendon	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lodi	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Itapeuna	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	13.5 C (56.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Benton	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Plattsburgh AFB	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Urjupino	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Keosauqua	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Standish 4NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington Muni AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kayenta	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

614 records

Records set or tied on 23 August 1972 by type: Highest daily maximum 72, Lowest daily maximum 134, Highest daily minimum 111, Lowest daily minimum 67, Heaviest daily rainfall 230.

Records on 23 August 1972 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	72
Lowest daily maximum	134
Highest daily minimum	111
Lowest daily minimum	67
Heaviest daily rainfall	230
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 23 August 1972 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 11, daily 601.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

527 broken records

Margins by which the 527 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 83.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 August 1972

Top 20 records on 23 August 1972 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 August 1972	Houston, US	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	65 years	67 of 100 (Major)
23 August 1972	Parnu, EE	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	92 years	66 of 100 (Major)
23 August 1972	Liepaja, LV	all-time rain	116.1 mm (4.6 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	46 years	65 of 100 (Major)
23 August 1972	Delaware, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	72 years	64 of 100 (Major)
23 August 1972	Big Timber, US	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	63 years	62 of 100 (Major)
23 August 1972	Paracuru, BR	daily rain	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	50 years	61 of 100 (Major)
23 August 1972	Bolton, US	monthly rain	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	56 years	60 of 100 (Major)
23 August 1972	Williams 3 SW, US	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1972	Vasilevici, BY	daily rain	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	25 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1972	Pontiac Wwtp, US	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	29 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1972	Licking 4N, US	daily rain	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	33 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1972	Leroy 5 WSW, US	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	66 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1972	Ceara-Mirim, BR	daily rain	68.5 mm (2.7 in)	62.1 mm (2.4 in)	10 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1972	Crescent City, US	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	60 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1972	Lowell, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	36 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1972	Owensville, US	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	33 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1972	Columbus, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1972	Chicago UNIV, US	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	38 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1972	Sedlovaja, RU	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	11 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1972	Mtn Grove 2 N, US	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	33 years	44 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 1972

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1972. 1972 had 614 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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Data for records on 1972-08-23: 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	494
20 to 40	21
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	1