Weather Records on 23 July 1982

594 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 July 1982. Highest significance: Nagasaki, JP.

Key Facts for 23 July 1982

On 23 July 1982, 594 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
186 were record highs and 206 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 578 daily.
Nagasaki set an all-time record daily precipitation of 448.0 mm (17.6 in) on 23 July 1982.
Across 167 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 447 records.

Record Map

594 stations

594 station records on 23 July 1982 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 July 1982: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Nagasaki	Japan	Record daily precipitation	448.0 mm (17.6 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Alma Bacon Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	128.0 mm (5.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Tabl.Mtn Molteno Rsv	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	80.2 mm (3.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Table.Mtn Platteklip	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Enshi	China	Record daily precipitation	124.3 mm (4.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Camden 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tye Rvr 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hilo Intl AP 87	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hirado	Japan	Record daily precipitation	193.0 mm (7.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sasebo Reg Met HQ	Japan	Record daily precipitation	200.5 mm (7.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Omsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Grindstone Island	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
La Grange 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Schallstadt-Mengen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kelvin	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Farmland 5 NNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Xinyang	China	Record daily precipitation	113.7 mm (4.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Saga	Japan	Record daily precipitation	139.5 mm (5.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Athens	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Churchill A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Robben Island (Vrt)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Conroe	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nazare	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	68.2 mm (2.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kupino	Russia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Valdez WSO	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Minatitlan	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kirovohrad	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kanosh	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Colinet	Canada	Record daily precipitation	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bengbu	China	Record daily precipitation	82.2 mm (3.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Barcelona/Aeropuerto	Spain	Record daily precipitation	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fairmount	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lake City 2 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wentworth 2.5 WNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Royal Observatory	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Graz	Austria	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Akron 4 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Forest	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Laghouat	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sao Jeronimo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Clanton	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Stuttgart	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Reykjavik	Iceland	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Blanca 4 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hamer 4 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksonville 2E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Northport	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cut Bank AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Glennville 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ruston la Tech	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Morgan	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Junction Walker Fld	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Fayette	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Akron 4 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Itarana	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Lauderdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Live Oak	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gaffney 6 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Akron Washington Co AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

594 records

Records set or tied on 23 July 1982 by type: Highest daily maximum 64, Lowest daily maximum 88, Highest daily minimum 122, Lowest daily minimum 118, Heaviest daily rainfall 202.

Records on 23 July 1982 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	64
Lowest daily maximum	88
Highest daily minimum	122
Lowest daily minimum	118
Heaviest daily rainfall	202
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 23 July 1982 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 10, daily 578.

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 196.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 July 1982

Top 20 records on 23 July 1982 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 July 1982	Nagasaki, JP	all-time rain	448.0 mm (17.6 in)	196.0 mm (7.7 in)	25 years	70 of 100 (Major)
23 July 1982	Alma Bacon Co AP, US	monthly rain	128.0 mm (5.0 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	34 years	60 of 100 (Major)
23 July 1982	Tabl.Mtn Molteno Rsv, ZA	daily rain	80.2 mm (3.2 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	59 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1982	Table.Mtn Platteklip, ZA	daily rain	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	67 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1982	Enshi, CN	daily rain	124.3 mm (4.9 in)	93.9 mm (3.7 in)	29 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1982	Camden 1, US	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	83 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1982	Tye Rvr 1 SE, US	daily rain	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	29 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1982	Hilo Intl AP 87, US	daily rain	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1982	Hirado, JP	daily rain	193.0 mm (7.6 in)	173.0 mm (6.8 in)	11 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1982	Sasebo Reg Met HQ, JP	daily rain	200.5 mm (7.9 in)	187.5 mm (7.4 in)	11 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1982	Omsk, RU	daily rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	0 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1982	Grindstone Island, CA	daily low min	5.6 C (42.1 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	90 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1982	La Grange 1N, US	daily rain	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	12 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1982	Schallstadt-Mengen, DE	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1982	Kelvin, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1982	Farmland 5 NNW, US	daily low max	21.1 C (70.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	86 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1982	Xinyang, CN	daily rain	113.7 mm (4.5 in)	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	21 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1982	Saga, JP	daily rain	139.5 mm (5.5 in)	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	11 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1982	Athens, US	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	20 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1982	Churchill A, CA	daily rain	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	12 years	40 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 1982

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1982. 1982 had 594 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 2026-10-15 (15 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 25	415
25 to 50	25
50 to 75	3
75 to 100	3
100 to 125	1
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	1
175 to 200	2