Weather Records on 23 August 1996

1,161 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 August 1996. Highest significance: Srinagar, IN.

Key Facts for 23 August 1996

On 23 August 1996, 1,161 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
333 were record highs and 452 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 71 monthly and 1,086 daily.
Srinagar set a daily record precipitation of 40.9 mm (1.6 in) on 23 August 1996.
Across 164 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 440 records.

Record Map

1,161 stations

1,161 station records on 23 August 1996 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 August 1996: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Srinagar	India	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Osage City	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Dixon Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Telchaquillo	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Walnut	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
El Salto (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	326.4 mm (12.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Luna Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ciudad Victoria	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	252.8 mm (10.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
El Mayab	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	200.4 mm (7.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Jaumave (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Palmillas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	133.9 mm (5.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
San Vicente	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	150.9 mm (5.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Armeria	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	138.2 mm (5.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
El Pujal	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	175.3 mm (6.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
San Jose Alburquerque	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Puerto de Valles	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	254.0 mm (10.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
San Gabriel	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	124.2 mm (4.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tamapatz	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	193.8 mm (7.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
La Encantada	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	131.6 mm (5.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
San Francisco	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bushong 5 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Colorado City	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
La Piedad de Cabadas (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
San Jose del Verde	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Los Hules	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	129.8 mm (5.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mascota (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Laguna de Sanchez	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bradford	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Carlinville	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Gallatin 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
College STN Easterwood Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
La Boquilla	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	249.4 mm (9.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cardon	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Blanco	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	18.6 C (65.5 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
San Nicolas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mimbres	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Presa Alvaro Obregon	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Plan de Ayala	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Taos	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Prineville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Brenham	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Queseria	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Micos	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	328.4 mm (12.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Oktjabrskij-Gorodok	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cuauhtemoc (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	110.2 mm (4.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rosillo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Burdick (Diamond Springs)	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Herington	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gladwin	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Colorado Springs Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Calkini (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
San Isidro	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
San Antonio de Guayabos	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Zaragoza	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Langtry	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Zapata 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Atlatlahuacan	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Paso Real de Guerrero	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	112.8 mm (4.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,161 records

Records set or tied on 23 August 1996 by type: Highest daily maximum 140, Lowest daily maximum 326, Highest daily minimum 193, Lowest daily minimum 126, Heaviest daily rainfall 376.

Records on 23 August 1996 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	140
Lowest daily maximum	326
Highest daily minimum	193
Lowest daily minimum	126
Heaviest daily rainfall	376
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 23 August 1996 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 71, daily 1,086.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

902 broken records

Margins by which the 902 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 146.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 August 1996

Top 20 records on 23 August 1996 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 August 1996	Srinagar, IN	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	79 years	67 of 100 (Major)
23 August 1996	Osage City, US	daily rain	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	63.7 mm (2.5 in)	70 years	67 of 100 (Major)
23 August 1996	Dixon Wwtp, US	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	100 years	63 of 100 (Major)
23 August 1996	Telchaquillo, MX	daily high min	30.6 C (87.1 F)	7.8 C (14.0 F)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1996	Walnut, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	100 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1996	El Salto (Cfe), MX	monthly rain	326.4 mm (12.9 in)	146.6 mm (5.8 in)	1 year	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1996	Luna Rs, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	67 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1996	Ciudad Victoria, MX	daily rain	252.8 mm (10.0 in)	131.2 mm (5.2 in)	29 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1996	El Mayab, MX	monthly rain	200.4 mm (7.9 in)	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	1 year	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1996	Jaumave (Dge), MX	monthly rain	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	1 year	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1996	Palmillas, MX	monthly rain	133.9 mm (5.3 in)	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	1 year	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1996	San Vicente, MX	monthly rain	150.9 mm (5.9 in)	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	1 year	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1996	Armeria, MX	daily rain	138.2 mm (5.4 in)	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1996	El Pujal, MX	daily rain	175.3 mm (6.9 in)	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	30 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1996	San Jose Alburquerque, MX	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1996	Puerto de Valles, MX	monthly rain	254.0 mm (10.0 in)	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	1 year	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1996	San Gabriel, MX	daily rain	124.2 mm (4.9 in)	79.7 mm (3.1 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1996	Tamapatz, MX	daily rain	193.8 mm (7.6 in)	143.0 mm (5.6 in)	30 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1996	La Encantada, MX	daily rain	131.6 mm (5.2 in)	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	29 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1996	San Francisco, MX	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	30 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

1802 to 1996

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1996. 1996 had 1,161 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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Data for records on 1996-08-23: 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 20	780
20 to 40	70
40 to 60	32
60 to 80	10
80 to 100	6
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	1
140 to 160	2