Weather Records on 23 October 1975

1,028 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 October 1975. Highest significance: Hayden, US.

Key Facts for 23 October 1975

On 23 October 1975, 1,028 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
201 were record highs and 262 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 32 monthly and 996 daily.
Hayden set a monthly record daily snowfall of 33.0 cm (13.0 in) on 23 October 1975.
Across 160 earlier years (1795 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 459 records.

Record Map

1,028 stations

1,028 station records on 23 October 1975 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 October 1975: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hayden	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Cape Cleveland Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	156.2 mm (6.1 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Corinda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Cordillo Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Lawn Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.2 mm (2.6 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Trida (Murrumbong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Mornington Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Canobie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Manangatang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Coward Springs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Bunda Bunda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Wondoola Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Manfred Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Zonia Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Nguiu	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Normanton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Wilburra Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Booligal (Belmont)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.4 mm (2.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Brunette Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Arkaroola	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Merlin Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.2 mm (3.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Coramba (Glenfiddich)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	223.2 mm (8.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Ogies (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Harrogate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Patroy Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.6 mm (2.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Eagle FAA AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Hamilton Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Milgarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Westbrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Frome Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Birdsville Police Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Green Mt Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Nepabunna Mission	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Halifax Macrossan St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Tiree	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hecla	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.4 cm (10.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Galveston	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.2 cm (5.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hatch	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Erudina	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Peakvale Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Paragonah	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Manna Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lucinda Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Clermont Sirius St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Gammon Ranges (Wertaloona)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ravensdale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
El Salto (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lilydale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Meringa Sugar Exp STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Barcombe	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Grong Grong (Berembed)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Elk City 1NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Yunta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kidston Gold Mine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bulliwallah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bimbowrie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Miranda Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,028 records

Records set or tied on 23 October 1975 by type: Highest daily maximum 92, Lowest daily maximum 188, Highest daily minimum 109, Lowest daily minimum 74, Heaviest daily rainfall 429, Heaviest daily snowfall 113, Deepest snow cover 23.

Records on 23 October 1975 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	92
Lowest daily maximum	188
Highest daily minimum	109
Lowest daily minimum	74
Heaviest daily rainfall	429
Heaviest daily snowfall	113
Deepest snow cover	23

Records on 23 October 1975 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 32, daily 996.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

877 broken records

Margins by which the 877 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 October 1975

Top 20 records on 23 October 1975 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 October 1975	Hayden, US	monthly snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	47 years	70 of 100 (Major)
23 October 1975	Cape Cleveland Lighthouse, AU	monthly rain	156.2 mm (6.1 in)	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	45 years	67 of 100 (Major)
23 October 1975	Corinda, AU	daily rain	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	74 years	67 of 100 (Major)
23 October 1975	Cordillo Downs, AU	daily rain	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	58 years	66 of 100 (Major)
23 October 1975	Lawn Hill, AU	daily rain	66.2 mm (2.6 in)	64.2 mm (2.5 in)	60 years	66 of 100 (Major)
23 October 1975	Trida (Murrumbong), AU	daily rain	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	60 years	66 of 100 (Major)
23 October 1975	Mornington Island, AU	daily rain	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	60 years	64 of 100 (Major)
23 October 1975	Canobie, AU	monthly rain	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	45 years	63 of 100 (Major)
23 October 1975	Manangatang, AU	daily rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	58 years	63 of 100 (Major)
23 October 1975	Coward Springs, AU	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	61 years	62 of 100 (Major)
23 October 1975	Bunda Bunda, AU	daily rain	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	44 years	61 of 100 (Major)
23 October 1975	Wondoola Station, AU	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	60 years	61 of 100 (Major)
23 October 1975	Manfred Downs Station, AU	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	87 years	61 of 100 (Major)
23 October 1975	Zonia Downs, AU	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	50 years	60 of 100 (Major)
23 October 1975	Nguiu, AU	daily rain	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	50 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1975	Normanton Post Office, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	77 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1975	Richmond Post Office, AU	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	84 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1975	Wilburra Downs Station, AU	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	44 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1975	Booligal (Belmont), AU	daily rain	64.4 mm (2.5 in)	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	36 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1975	Brunette Downs, AU	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	81 years	58 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 1975

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1975. 1975 had 1,028 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

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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 25	719
25 to 50	84
50 to 75	34
75 to 100	20
100 to 125	6
125 to 150	5
150 to 175	5
175 to 200	4