Weather Records on 23 August 1976

703 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 August 1976. Highest significance: Heron 2 NW, US.

Key Facts for 23 August 1976

On 23 August 1976, 703 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
305 were record highs and 181 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 683 daily.
Heron 2 NW set a daily record precipitation of 55.1 mm (2.2 in) on 23 August 1976.
Across 164 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 442 records.

Record Map

703 stations

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

Weather records on 23 August 1976: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Heron 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Elliston	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Butte Bert Mooney AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide (Glen Osmond)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Puerto Madero	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ecum Secum	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
San Carlos Rsvr	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	1.8 C (35.2 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Akjoujt	Mauritania	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Custodio	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Svetlograd	Russia	Record daily precipitation	62.8 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Eastport	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Scaddan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wirrabara Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Askaniia Nova	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	15.7 C (60.3 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
San Carlos Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Priest Rvr Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	7.5 C (45.5 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mulungu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabethtown	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Halfway	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kotlas	Russia	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Novorossijsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Adobe Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Huachuca	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Uil	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	21.2 C (70.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kursk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	3.6 C (38.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dubois Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bar Harbor 3 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chestnut Hill	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Framingham	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Aguiar da Beira	Portugal	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Isabela Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Feodosiia	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	20.4 C (68.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Orono	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Jal	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Great Falls AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Millinocket	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Augusta	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dulce	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Scarsdale	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bogoroditskoye-Fenino	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	3.2 C (37.8 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Storrs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Setauket Strong	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Palermo	Italy	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bogotol	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Zilair	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	18.7 C (65.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Farmington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Aktobe	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	39.1 C (102.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Orenburg	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	40.9 C (105.6 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Santiago de Compostela/Labacol	Spain	Record daily precipitation	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Skegness	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	17.5 C (63.5 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Houlton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lawrence	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

703 records

Records set or tied on 23 August 1976 by type: Highest daily maximum 136, Lowest daily maximum 84, Highest daily minimum 169, Lowest daily minimum 97, Heaviest daily rainfall 216, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 23 August 1976 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	136
Lowest daily maximum	84
Highest daily minimum	169
Lowest daily minimum	97
Heaviest daily rainfall	216
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 23 August 1976 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 19, daily 683.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

570 broken records

Margins by which the 570 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 33.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 August 1976

Top 20 records on 23 August 1976 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 August 1976	Heron 2 NW, US	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	26 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1976	Arhangelsk, RU	daily rain	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	62 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1976	Elliston, US	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	67 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1976	Butte Bert Mooney AP, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	27 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1976	Adelaide (Glen Osmond), AU	daily rain	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	9.5 mm (0.37 in)	84 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1976	Puerto Madero, MX	daily low min	10.6 C (51.1 F)	7.7 C (13.9 F)	21 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1976	Ecum Secum, CA	daily high max	30.0 C (86.0 F)	7.8 C (14.0 F)	30 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1976	San Carlos Rsvr, US	daily low min	10.0 C (50.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	70 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1976	Heinersreuth-Vollhof, DE	daily low min	1.8 C (35.2 F)	2.1 C (3.8 F)	88 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1976	Akjoujt, MR	daily rain	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	16 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1976	Custodio, BR	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	43 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1976	Svetlograd, RU	monthly rain	62.8 mm (2.5 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1976	Eastport, US	daily high min	18.3 C (64.9 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	38 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1976	Scaddan Post Office, AU	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	12.3 mm (0.5 in)	39 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1976	Wirrabara Forest, AU	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	29 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1976	Askaniia Nova, UA	monthly low max	15.7 C (60.3 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	66 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1976	San Carlos Rsvr, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	42 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1976	Priest Rvr Exp STN, US	daily high min	16.1 C (61.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	76 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1976	Cet Central England, GB	daily high max	28.9 C (84.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	91 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1976	Kiev, UA	daily low min	7.5 C (45.5 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	91 years	37 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 1976

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1976. 1976 had 703 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 5	473
5 to 10	48
10 to 15	21
15 to 20	16
20 to 25	6
25 to 30	4
30 to 35	2