Weather Records on 23 October 1985

846 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 October 1985. Highest significance: Casterton (Roseneath), AU.

Key Facts for 23 October 1985

On 23 October 1985, 846 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
314 were record highs and 106 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 830 daily.
Casterton (Roseneath) set a daily record precipitation of 51.4 mm (2.0 in) on 23 October 1985.
Across 160 earlier years (1795 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 460 records.

Record Map

846 stations

846 station records on 23 October 1985 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 October 1985: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Casterton (Roseneath)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Pittsworth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Nebo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Ravenswood Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Goroke (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Antwerp	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Arrowrock Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Toowoomba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Woleebee Nevasa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Casterton (Warrock)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Heywood Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Moran 5WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Stanwell Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hannah 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cambooya Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Millmerran Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Nhill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Coleraine (Melville Forest)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Irving	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Nhill (Woorak)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Horsham Polkemmet Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cavendish (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Drik Drik	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Nelson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Branxholme	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tuttle	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Willaura (Yarram Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Rennick	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Stykkisholmur	Iceland	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Batesburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Doctors Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Pacific Heights	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Goombungee Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Turallin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Cormick 9 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tibooburra (Fort Grey)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Calhoun Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Acland Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dalby Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dimboola	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Penola State Forest Reserve	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Doomadgee Sharp Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Coleraine Hospital	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mount McConnell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Penshurst (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fessenden	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Harvey 4NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kingscote (Karinga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Coojar (Killara)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Davis 2 WSW Exp Farm	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bowenville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Harrow (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cachoeira Escura	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	60.3 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Utuado	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kailua 446	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kybybolite Research Centre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Spencer 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dunmore State Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.6 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Paola	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dunkeld	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

846 records

Records set or tied on 23 October 1985 by type: Highest daily maximum 47, Lowest daily maximum 84, Highest daily minimum 267, Lowest daily minimum 22, Heaviest daily rainfall 416, Heaviest daily snowfall 6, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 23 October 1985 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	47
Lowest daily maximum	84
Highest daily minimum	267
Lowest daily minimum	22
Heaviest daily rainfall	416
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 23 October 1985 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 15, daily 830.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

715 broken records

Margins by which the 715 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 102.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 October 1985

Top 20 records on 23 October 1985 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 October 1985	Casterton (Roseneath), AU	daily rain	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	64 years	68 of 100 (Major)
23 October 1985	Pittsworth, AU	daily rain	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	83 years	67 of 100 (Major)
23 October 1985	Nebo, AU	daily rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	76 years	63 of 100 (Major)
23 October 1985	Ravenswood Post Office, AU	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	87 years	63 of 100 (Major)
23 October 1985	Goroke (Post Office), AU	daily rain	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	68 years	60 of 100 (Major)
23 October 1985	Antwerp, AU	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1985	Arrowrock Dam, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	39 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1985	Toowoomba, AU	daily rain	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	72 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1985	Woleebee Nevasa, AU	daily rain	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	64 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1985	Casterton (Warrock), AU	monthly rain	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	13.3 mm (0.5 in)	37 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1985	Heywood Forestry, AU	daily rain	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	34 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1985	Moran 5WNW, US	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	64 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1985	Stanwell Post Office, AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	84 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1985	Hannah 2 N, US	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	63 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1985	Cambooya Post Office, AU	daily rain	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	72 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1985	Millmerran Post Office, AU	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	83 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1985	Nhill, AU	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	64 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1985	Coleraine (Melville Forest), AU	daily rain	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1985	Mount Irving, AU	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	72 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1985	Nhill (Woorak), AU	daily rain	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	64 years	49 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 1985

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1985. 1985 had 846 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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Data for records on 1985-10-23: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 20	648
20 to 40	59
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1