Weather Records on 23 August 1995

1,212 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 August 1995. Highest significance: Mainz-Lerchenberg (Zdf), DE.

Key Facts for 23 August 1995

On 23 August 1995, 1,212 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
902 were record highs and 107 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 49 monthly and 1,161 daily.
Mainz-Lerchenberg (Zdf) set a daily record precipitation of 26.3 mm (1.0 in) on 23 August 1995.
Across 164 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 439 records.

Record Map

1,212 stations

1,212 station records on 23 August 1995 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 August 1995: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mainz-Lerchenberg (Zdf)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Trier-Zewen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Trier	Germany	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Romanovka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	57.8 mm (2.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Duchesne	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Del Norte 3ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
W Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Lyons	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mayen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Kassel	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
West Terschelling	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Witzenhausen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Paso Ancho (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Dodge	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Waiahole 837	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Thermopolis	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Emerson	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Duchesne	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Molina de Aragon	Spain	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Neligh	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Trier-Petrisberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ebano	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Borculo	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	28.1 C (82.6 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Evanston 1 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tibooburra Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	17.6 C (63.7 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kagoshima	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	29.3 C (84.7 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Livingston	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Deland 1 SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Candelaria	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tenango	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wickenburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Vacaville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Huntley Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
W Palm Beach Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	203.5 mm (8.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	28.7 C (83.7 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Friesoythe-Edewechterdam	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Altrier	Luxembourg	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Brilon	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tancochapa	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cape St. Francis	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wahoo	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Crockett	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gemert	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Roundup	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Brackettville	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Morgan	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kalihi Rsch Site 777	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Aachen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sotuta (Dge)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Anaconda	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Presa Jocoque	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Villa Obregon	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bradford	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	15.3 C (59.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Billings Wtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Adak AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Oodnadatta Airport	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	22.3 C (72.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Apango (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Blythe	United States	Record high minimum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,212 records

Records set or tied on 23 August 1995 by type: Highest daily maximum 345, Lowest daily maximum 50, Highest daily minimum 557, Lowest daily minimum 57, Heaviest daily rainfall 203.

Records on 23 August 1995 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	345
Lowest daily maximum	50
Highest daily minimum	557
Lowest daily minimum	57
Heaviest daily rainfall	203
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 23 August 1995 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 49, daily 1,161.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

916 broken records

Margins by which the 916 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 58.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 August 1995

Top 20 records on 23 August 1995 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 August 1995	Mainz-Lerchenberg (Zdf), DE	daily rain	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	96 years	64 of 100 (Major)
23 August 1995	Trier-Zewen, DE	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	61 years	63 of 100 (Major)
23 August 1995	Trier, DE	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	46 years	62 of 100 (Major)
23 August 1995	Romanovka, RU	daily rain	57.8 mm (2.3 in)	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	56 years	62 of 100 (Major)
23 August 1995	Duchesne, US	monthly rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	57 years	60 of 100 (Major)
23 August 1995	Del Norte 3ENE, US	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	54 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1995	W Pt, US	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	94 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1995	Lyons, US	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	94 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1995	Mayen, DE	daily rain	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	61 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1995	Kassel, DE	daily rain	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	21.7 mm (0.9 in)	29 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1995	West Terschelling, NL	daily rain	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	113 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1995	Witzenhausen, DE	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1995	Paso Ancho (Cfe), MX	daily rain	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	26 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1995	Dodge, US	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	48 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1995	Waiahole 837, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	45 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1995	Thermopolis, US	monthly high min	23.3 C (73.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	92 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1995	Emerson, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	34 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1995	Ft Duchesne, US	daily high min	17.8 C (64.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	101 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1995	Molina de Aragon, ES	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1995	Winnemucca AP, US	daily high min	19.4 C (66.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	100 years	45 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 1995

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1995. 1995 had 1,212 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

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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	843
10 to 20	44
20 to 30	19
30 to 40	5
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	4