Weather Records on 23 August 1994

738 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 August 1994. Highest significance: Weissenfels, DE.

Key Facts for 23 August 1994

On 23 August 1994, 738 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
365 were record highs and 180 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 717 daily.
Weissenfels set a daily record precipitation of 57.3 mm (2.3 in) on 23 August 1994.
Across 164 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 442 records.

Record Map

738 stations

738 station records on 23 August 1994 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 August 1994: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Weissenfels	Germany	Record daily precipitation	57.3 mm (2.3 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Wahlsburg-Lippoldsberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Cuddalore	India	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Ciudad Santos	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Aalten	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Yulin	China	Record daily precipitation	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kokshetay	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ulysses 3NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Freehold-Marlboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Leende	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Rekken	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Muskogee	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Enschede	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Phillipsburg-Easton Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lexington	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tilburg	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Herwen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Monchengladbach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Winterswijk	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Deurne	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	42.3 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Joskar-Ola	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Houston Indep Hts	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ijsselsteyn (L)	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Teocaltiche (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lichtenvoorde	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Srednjaja Olekma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Cook	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Baytown	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Naryn	Kyrgyzstan	Record high minimum temperature	16.9 C (62.4 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Talisman I	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Beechwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Brackettville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Haina 214	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Roermond	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Elgin 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Querfurt-Muhle Lodersleben	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Presa la Duquesa	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Doetinchem	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Elatma	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	12.3 C (54.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gage	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bechtelsville 1ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hengelo (O)	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Niznij Novgorod	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	11.6 C (52.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pierce 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Panguitch	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Alzey	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nidderau-Windecken	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Michoacanejo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Heibloem (L)	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Queenstown (Copper Mine)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Presa Sabaneta	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rosario	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ammerzoden	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Betatakin	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Alger-Dar El Beida	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	25.8 C (78.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Someren	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ware	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ajaccio	France	Record high maximum temperature	37.9 C (100.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

738 records

Records set or tied on 23 August 1994 by type: Highest daily maximum 143, Lowest daily maximum 75, Highest daily minimum 222, Lowest daily minimum 105, Heaviest daily rainfall 193.

Records on 23 August 1994 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	143
Lowest daily maximum	75
Highest daily minimum	222
Lowest daily minimum	105
Heaviest daily rainfall	193
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 23 August 1994 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 19, daily 717.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

527 broken records

Margins by which the 527 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 73.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 August 1994

Top 20 records on 23 August 1994 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 August 1994	Weissenfels, DE	daily rain	57.3 mm (2.3 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	60 years	67 of 100 (Major)
23 August 1994	Chemnitz, DE	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	85 years	66 of 100 (Major)
23 August 1994	Wahlsburg-Lippoldsberg, DE	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	52 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1994	Cuddalore, IN	daily rain	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	68.2 mm (2.7 in)	32 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1994	Ciudad Santos, MX	daily low min	10.6 C (51.1 F)	8.3 C (14.9 F)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1994	Aalten, NL	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1994	Yulin, CN	daily rain	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1994	Kokshetay, KZ	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	0 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1994	Ulysses 3NE, US	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	94 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1994	Freehold-Marlboro, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	56 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1994	Leende, NL	monthly rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	40 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1994	Rekken, NL	daily rain	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	20.7 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1994	Muskogee, US	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	85 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1994	Wrixum/Fohr, DE	daily rain	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	40 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1994	Enschede, NL	daily rain	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1994	Phillipsburg-Easton Brg, US	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	45 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1994	Lexington, US	daily low min	8.3 C (46.9 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	84 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1994	Tilburg, NL	daily rain	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1994	Herwen, NL	daily rain	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1994	Monchengladbach, DE	daily rain	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	40 years	39 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 1994

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1994. 1994 had 738 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

Download the Data

Data for records on 1994-08-23: 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 10	444
10 to 20	57
20 to 30	15
30 to 40	7
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	1
70 to 80	1