Weather Records on 23 October 1976

879 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 October 1976. Highest significance: Queenton, AU.

Key Facts for 23 October 1976

On 23 October 1976, 879 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
34 were record highs and 524 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 859 daily.
Queenton set a daily record precipitation of 72.2 mm (2.8 in) on 23 October 1976.
Across 160 earlier years (1795 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 460 records.

Record Map

879 stations

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

Weather records on 23 October 1976: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Queenton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.2 mm (2.8 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Dululu Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	111.4 mm (4.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Angicos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Postmyr I Drangedal	Norway	Record snow depth	69.0 cm (27.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Duaringa Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	136.0 mm (5.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Hemet	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Pacoima Dam Fc33A-E	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
San Gabriel Fire Dept	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Charters Towers Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.7 mm (3.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
San Jacinto	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Arcade	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Calliope Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Watertown Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.1 cm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Fanning River Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.2 mm (3.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Pasadena	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hiasen I Sigdal	Norway	Record snow depth	81.0 cm (31.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bowen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tel Aviv Reading	Israel	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tuddal	Norway	Record snow depth	40.0 cm (15.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-4.6 C (23.7 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Franklinville	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Redwood Falls Muni AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Los Angeles Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Larcom Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Jaina	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Benton	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mirani Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Miriam Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pomona/Fairplex	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Port Townsend	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Banksia Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Emerson	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
A Coruna	Spain	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Stephan 2 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Walterhall	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cuyamaca	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Geneseo	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Edmore 4NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Galesburg	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Henderson 8 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
San Pedro	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hamiota	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kazalinsk	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	-12.0 C (10.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bjornholt	Norway	Record snow depth	32.0 cm (12.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Vang I Valdres	Norway	Record snow depth	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Uman	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	0.7 C (33.3 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hawkinsville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
St Charles Elm Pt	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mooramin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Potengi	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kjelsas I Sorkedalen	Norway	Record snow depth	32.0 cm (12.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lake City 2 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Valparaiso Wtr Wks	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Winterset 4N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kenton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Phillipsburg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bedford	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Strathmore	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Boolburra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	196.0 mm (7.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pelee Island	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

879 records

Records set or tied on 23 October 1976 by type: Highest daily maximum 11, Lowest daily maximum 237, Highest daily minimum 23, Lowest daily minimum 287, Heaviest daily rainfall 252, Heaviest daily snowfall 50, Deepest snow cover 19.

Records on 23 October 1976 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	11
Lowest daily maximum	237
Highest daily minimum	23
Lowest daily minimum	287
Heaviest daily rainfall	252
Heaviest daily snowfall	50
Deepest snow cover	19

Records on 23 October 1976 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 19, daily 859.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

719 broken records

Margins by which the 719 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 470.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 October 1976

Top 20 records on 23 October 1976 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 October 1976	Queenton, AU	daily rain	72.2 mm (2.8 in)	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	75 years	69 of 100 (Major)
23 October 1976	Dululu Post Office, AU	monthly rain	111.4 mm (4.4 in)	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	38 years	63 of 100 (Major)
23 October 1976	Angicos, BR	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	65 years	63 of 100 (Major)
23 October 1976	Postmyr I Drangedal, NO	daily snow depth	69.0 cm (27.2 in)	47.0 cm (18.5 in)	51 years	63 of 100 (Major)
23 October 1976	Duaringa Post Office, AU	monthly rain	136.0 mm (5.4 in)	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	1 year	59 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1976	Hemet, US	monthly rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	30 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1976	Pacoima Dam Fc33A-E, US	monthly rain	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	19 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1976	San Gabriel Fire Dept, US	monthly rain	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	13 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1976	Charters Towers Post Office, AU	monthly rain	85.7 mm (3.4 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	72 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1976	San Jacinto, US	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	69 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1976	Arcade, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	82 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1976	Calliope Station, AU	daily rain	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	50.9 mm (2.0 in)	33 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1976	Watertown Rgnl AP, US	daily snowfall	6.1 cm (2.4 in)	6.1 cm (2.4 in)	82 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1976	Fanning River Station, AU	daily rain	81.2 mm (3.2 in)	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	1 year	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1976	Pasadena, US	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	55 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1976	Hiasen I Sigdal, NO	daily snow depth	81.0 cm (31.9 in)	45.0 cm (17.7 in)	2 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1976	Bowen Post Office, AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	16.1 mm (0.6 in)	75 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1976	Tel Aviv Reading, IL	daily rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	10 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1976	Tuddal, NO	daily snow depth	40.0 cm (15.7 in)	22.0 cm (8.7 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1976	Velikie Luki, RU	daily low max	-4.6 C (23.7 F)	2.9 C (5.2 F)	93 years	43 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 1976

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1976. 1976 had 879 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 100	707
100 to 200	9
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	2