Weather Records on 23 April 1976

386 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 April 1976. Highest significance: Sutur, RU.

Key Facts for 23 April 1976

On 23 April 1976, 386 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
58 were record highs and 139 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 367 daily.
Sutur set a monthly record daily precipitation of 46.9 mm (1.8 in) on 23 April 1976.
Across 167 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 445 records.

Record Map

386 stations

386 station records on 23 April 1976 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 April 1976: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sutur	Russia	Record daily precipitation	46.9 mm (1.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Beloit	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Zavitaja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Medina	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Neran	Russia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Birobidzhan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fergana	Uzbekistan	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-2.0 C (28.4 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Poset	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sion 2	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gyshgy	Turkmenistan	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Man	Cote D'Ivoire	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
San Francisco Tlalcilalcalpan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Yates Ctr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Troickoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	41.3 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Edenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Guayama 1SW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cekunda	Russia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Eastport	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Steele 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Des Moines Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fichtelberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-3.2 C (26.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Urmi	Russia	Record daily precipitation	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ekaterino-Nikolskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Golden	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Culbertson	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kjobli I Snaasa	Norway	Record snow depth	107.0 cm (42.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Jimenez (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dunderlandsdalen	Norway	Record snow depth	233.0 cm (91.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Budapest	Hungary	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Liafoss	Norway	Record snow depth	113.0 cm (44.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	2.9 C (37.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	6.8 C (44.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tunnsjo	Norway	Record snow depth	175.0 cm (68.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bethel AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Jau	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nanaimo Departure Bay	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Khorog	Tajikistan	Record high maximum temperature	23.8 C (74.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mertzon	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-5.5 C (22.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bones I Bardu	Norway	Record snow depth	136.0 cm (53.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cumberland	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Dillon 1 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsboro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Brocken	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-4.5 C (23.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Aunet	Norway	Record snow depth	110.0 cm (43.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Moffit 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
New Salem 5NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Moro	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Darlington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	5.4 C (41.7 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Port Daniel	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Weihenstephan-Durnast	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	2.6 C (36.7 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bira	Russia	Record daily precipitation	56.8 mm (2.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Vladivostok	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Perry	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
General Wayne A Downing Intl A	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Potsdam	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-2.3 C (27.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Byssa	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

386 records

Records set or tied on 23 April 1976 by type: Highest daily maximum 22, Lowest daily maximum 81, Highest daily minimum 36, Lowest daily minimum 58, Heaviest daily rainfall 170, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 16.

Records on 23 April 1976 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	22
Lowest daily maximum	81
Highest daily minimum	36
Lowest daily minimum	58
Heaviest daily rainfall	170
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	16

Records on 23 April 1976 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 19, daily 367.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

331 broken records

Margins by which the 331 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 580.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 April 1976

Top 20 records on 23 April 1976 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 April 1976	Sutur, RU	monthly rain	46.9 mm (1.8 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1976	Beloit, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	78 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1976	Zavitaja, RU	monthly rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	7 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1976	Medina, US	monthly rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1976	Neran, RU	monthly rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	7 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1976	Birobidzhan, RU	monthly rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1976	Fergana, UZ	daily high min	18.3 C (64.9 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	86 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1976	Leipzig-Holzhausen, DE	daily low min	-2.0 C (28.4 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	92 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1976	Poset, RU	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	19.7 mm (0.8 in)	4 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1976	Sion 2, CH	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	15 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1976	Gyshgy, TM	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	40 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1976	Man, CI	daily rain	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	44.3 mm (1.7 in)	16 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1976	San Francisco Tlalcilalcalpan, MX	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	4 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1976	Yates Ctr, US	daily high min	20.6 C (69.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	79 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1976	Troickoe, RU	monthly rain	41.3 mm (1.6 in)	7.8 mm (0.31 in)	17 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
23 April 1976	Edenton, US	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	48 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
23 April 1976	Guayama 1SW, PR	daily high min	26.1 C (79.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	60 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
23 April 1976	Cekunda, RU	monthly rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	3.9 mm (0.15 in)	33 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
23 April 1976	Eastport, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	75 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
23 April 1976	Steele 4N, US	monthly rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	22 years	33 of 100 (Routine)

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

1800 to 1976

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 1976. 1976 had 386 records.

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

Records on 04-23 in each year
Year	Records
1800	1
1809	1
1812	1
1817	3
1838	1
1840	1
1842	1
1851	1
1852	2
1854	1
1855	5
1857	2
1859	1
1861	1
1865	1
1868	2
1870	1
1872	1
1873	4
1874	4
1875	1
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1881	2
1882	1
1883	2
1884	3
1885	4
1886	4
1888	1
1889	1
1890	4
1891	2
1892	1
1893	2
1895	3
1896	4
1897	2
1898	1
1899	6
1900	4
1901	9
1902	12
1903	20
1904	8
1905	7
1906	23
1907	12
1908	14
1909	28
1910	35
1911	21
1912	29
1913	40
1914	71
1915	41
1916	35
1917	37
1918	92
1919	66
1920	75
1921	81
1922	45
1923	132
1924	111
1925	506
1926	124
1927	562
1928	302
1929	103
1930	487
1931	506
1932	231
1933	361
1934	272
1935	152
1936	342
1937	321
1938	177
1939	339
1940	319
1941	277
1942	473
1943	819
1944	678
1945	364
1946	649
1947	242
1948	401
1949	401
1950	577
1951	426
1952	500
1953	300
1954	548
1955	654
1956	581
1957	623
1958	649
1959	442
1960	1,648
1961	884
1962	389
1963	801
1964	958
1965	660
1966	386
1967	1,183
1968	816
1969	705
1970	1,209
1971	508
1972	332
1973	518
1974	486
1975	411
1976	386
1977	979
1978	523
1979	554
1980	1,460
1981	1,124
1982	1,191
1983	1,031
1984	971
1985	1,011
1986	1,541
1987	676
1988	1,051
1989	1,469
1990	1,077
1991	638
1992	592
1993	1,256
1994	666
1995	1,464
1996	1,520
1997	1,024
1998	1,446
1999	1,198
2000	1,003
2001	1,435
2002	971
2003	557
2004	610
2005	940
2006	839
2007	847
2008	775
2009	920
2010	1,040
2011	1,190
2012	1,796
2013	1,655
2014	362
2015	511
2016	542
2017	474
2018	684
2019	668
2020	564
2021	562
2022	692
2023	980
2024	583
2025	410
2026	503

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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 100	324
100 to 200	3
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	1
500 to 600	1