Weather Records on 23 July 1977

570 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 July 1977. Highest significance: Gospic, HR.

Key Facts for 23 July 1977

On 23 July 1977, 570 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
125 were record highs and 220 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 561 daily.
Gospic set a daily record precipitation of 92.2 mm (3.6 in) on 23 July 1977.
Across 167 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 448 records.

Record Map

570 stations

570 station records on 23 July 1977 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 July 1977: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Gospic	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Manila	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Castle Dale	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Yampa	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Arteaga (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Spencer 6 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sucinsk	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Oksoey Fyr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	44.3 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Green Rvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Northumberland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Irtyshsk	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
San Felipe	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Norfolk 2 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Edinburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Goldberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
The Warriups	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Madison Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Port Lincoln	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Deer Lake	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Marnitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Catemaco	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Utsira Fyr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dono	Russia	Record daily precipitation	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Chernjaevo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	51.9 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Old Noarlunga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hutchinson 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Port Lincoln (Westmere)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Chapulco	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ostrov Vrangelja	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	6.4 C (43.5 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
North Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Woodruff	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
First Connecticut Lake	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Peterboro 2 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Altentreptow	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kjevik	Norway	Record daily precipitation	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Maricopa	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lumpkin 2 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Owensboro 3ENE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tupper Lake Sunmount	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bryant	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Black Rock	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gander Int'l A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tg Jiu	Romania	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Middle Dam	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Turners Falls	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Celina	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Piraju	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Haggarda	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
George School	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Enosburg Falls	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Antonio Escobedo (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Grafton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hatch	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Canton 4 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Zhigansk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	5.8 C (42.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Willcox	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Isleworth	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ogdensburg 4 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

570 records

Records set or tied on 23 July 1977 by type: Highest daily maximum 43, Lowest daily maximum 82, Highest daily minimum 82, Lowest daily minimum 138, Heaviest daily rainfall 225.

Records on 23 July 1977 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	43
Lowest daily maximum	82
Highest daily minimum	82
Lowest daily minimum	138
Heaviest daily rainfall	225
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 23 July 1977 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 9, daily 561.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

450 broken records

Margins by which the 450 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 61.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 July 1977

Top 20 records on 23 July 1977 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 July 1977	Gospic, HR	daily rain	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	59 years	63 of 100 (Major)
23 July 1977	Manila, US	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	56 years	63 of 100 (Major)
23 July 1977	Castle Dale, US	monthly rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	54 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1977	Yampa, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	64 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1977	Arteaga (Smn), MX	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1977	Spencer 6 SSE, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	4 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1977	Sucinsk, KZ	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1977	Oksoey Fyr, NO	daily rain	44.3 mm (1.7 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	38 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1977	Green Rvr, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	52 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1977	Cape Northumberland, AU	daily rain	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	3.7 mm (0.15 in)	108 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1977	Irtyshsk, KZ	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1977	San Felipe, MX	daily low min	10.0 C (50.0 F)	8.3 C (14.9 F)	8 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1977	Norfolk 2 SW, US	daily low min	7.2 C (45.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	90 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1977	Edinburg, US	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	46 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1977	Goldberg, DE	daily rain	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	54 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1977	The Warriups, AU	monthly rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	1.9 mm (0.07 in)	65 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1977	Madison Wwtp, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	34 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1977	Port Lincoln, AU	daily rain	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	11.3 mm (0.4 in)	24 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1977	Deer Lake, CA	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	35 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1977	Marnitz, DE	daily rain	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	63 years	38 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

1794 to 1977

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1977. 1977 had 570 records.

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

Records on 07-23 in each year
Year	Records
1794	2
1797	1
1804	1
1810	1
1811	2
1832	1
1835	1
1836	2
1838	1
1845	1
1846	2
1851	1
1852	1
1855	2
1856	1
1859	1
1860	1
1861	1
1863	1
1867	1
1868	5
1870	1
1873	2
1875	2
1877	1
1879	2
1880	2
1882	1
1883	1
1884	1
1885	5
1886	1
1887	2
1888	1
1889	5
1890	4
1894	3
1895	7
1896	4
1898	9
1899	5
1900	8
1901	10
1902	6
1903	4
1904	18
1905	11
1906	19
1907	9
1908	15
1909	27
1910	54
1911	37
1912	43
1913	36
1914	59
1915	35
1916	34
1917	42
1918	96
1919	26
1920	40
1921	221
1922	113
1923	104
1924	158
1925	173
1926	266
1927	308
1928	146
1929	174
1930	214
1931	334
1932	232
1933	432
1934	898
1935	329
1936	403
1937	319
1938	354
1939	277
1940	494
1941	292
1942	265
1943	245
1944	350
1945	239
1946	531
1947	1,240
1948	610
1949	453
1950	500
1951	422
1952	788
1953	660
1954	545
1955	585
1956	402
1957	513
1958	633
1959	606
1960	568
1961	937
1962	465
1963	490
1964	373
1965	368
1966	368
1967	347
1968	480
1969	436
1970	935
1971	648
1972	640
1973	798
1974	578
1975	359
1976	425
1977	570
1978	1,064
1979	648
1980	703
1981	1,030
1982	594
1983	1,324
1984	980
1985	711
1986	1,239
1987	1,164
1988	1,124
1989	868
1990	1,033
1991	1,050
1992	1,469
1993	1,466
1994	1,215
1995	827
1996	1,227
1997	1,088
1998	885
1999	846
2000	1,225
2001	1,242
2002	875
2003	1,649
2004	1,148
2005	997
2006	1,757
2007	1,262
2008	1,057
2009	1,069
2010	1,627
2011	1,907
2012	822
2013	648
2014	783
2015	559
2016	760
2017	517
2018	873
2019	786
2020	514
2021	506
2022	707
2023	629
2024	798
2025	917
2026	788

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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 10	395
10 to 20	37
20 to 30	10
30 to 40	5
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	1