Weather Records on 23 July 1997

1,088 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 July 1997. Highest significance: Charlotte Douglas AP, US.

Key Facts for 23 July 1997

On 23 July 1997, 1,088 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
589 were record highs and 254 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 13 were all-time records, 39 monthly and 1,036 daily.
Charlotte Douglas AP set an all-time record daily precipitation of 174.8 mm (6.9 in) on 23 July 1997.
Across 167 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 444 records.

Record Map

1,088 stations

1,088 station records on 23 July 1997 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 July 1997: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Charlotte Douglas AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	174.8 mm (6.9 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Mecca Fire STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Olekminsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	53.9 mm (2.1 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Zima	Russia	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Albacete Los Llanos	Spain	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Sparta	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Granville	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Lugansk	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Koloa 936	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Douglasville 4 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Emporia 1 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Puhi 1013	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Middletown Harrisburg Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
W Lawai 931	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Eisleben-Helfta	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Lauchstadt	Germany	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Mocksville 5SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Halenanaho 1006	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ayutla	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Brydeswood STN 985	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Svetlograd	Russia	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Statesville 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Great Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	141.2 mm (5.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Laurens	United States	Record daily precipitation	118.9 mm (4.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Eleele 927	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Wahiawa 930	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Perm	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Heflin	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Rochester	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Canton	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Warsaw	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Mill 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	163.6 mm (6.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Reform	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
State UNIV	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	145.3 mm (5.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ciudad Santos	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Fulton 3 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Soria	Spain	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Independence	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Holly 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Korpilahti Muuratjarvi Varrasm	Finland	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Zamora	Spain	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Carrollton	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Chestertown	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Blowing Rock 1NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Biser	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	0.2 C (32.4 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Roxboro 7 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Biskra	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	47.0 C (116.6 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Altotonga	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sebree 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Brevard	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Concord	United States	Record daily precipitation	162.6 mm (6.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cameron	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Guntersville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Buckingham	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mondovi	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lihue 1020	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bayan Mod	China	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,088 records

Records set or tied on 23 July 1997 by type: Highest daily maximum 291, Lowest daily maximum 134, Highest daily minimum 298, Lowest daily minimum 120, Heaviest daily rainfall 245.

Records on 23 July 1997 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	291
Lowest daily maximum	134
Highest daily minimum	298
Lowest daily minimum	120
Heaviest daily rainfall	245
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 23 July 1997 by timescale: all-time 13, monthly 39, daily 1,036.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

818 broken records

Margins by which the 818 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 124.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 July 1997

Top 20 records on 23 July 1997 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 July 1997	Charlotte Douglas AP, US	all-time rain	174.8 mm (6.9 in)	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	48 years	74 of 100 (Major)
23 July 1997	Mecca Fire STN, US	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	74 years	70 of 100 (Major)
23 July 1997	Olekminsk, RU	daily rain	53.9 mm (2.1 in)	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	64 years	69 of 100 (Major)
23 July 1997	Zima, RU	all-time rain	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	16 years	67 of 100 (Major)
23 July 1997	Albacete Los Llanos, ES	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	56 years	62 of 100 (Major)
23 July 1997	Sparta, US	monthly rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	19 years	61 of 100 (Major)
23 July 1997	Granville, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	84 years	61 of 100 (Major)
23 July 1997	Lugansk, UA	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	111 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1997	Franklin, US	daily rain	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	27 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1997	Koloa 936, US	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	74 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1997	Douglasville 4 S, US	daily rain	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1997	Emporia 1 WNW, US	daily rain	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	51 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1997	Puhi 1013, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	39 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1997	Middletown Harrisburg Intl AP, US	daily rain	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	66.6 mm (2.6 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1997	W Lawai 931, US	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	39 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1997	Eisleben-Helfta, DE	daily rain	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1997	Bad Lauchstadt, DE	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	20.2 mm (0.8 in)	63 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1997	Mocksville 5SE, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	59 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1997	Halenanaho 1006, US	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1997	Ayutla, MX	daily low min	11.7 C (53.1 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	32 years	53 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 1997

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1997. 1997 had 1,088 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 2026-10-17 (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	757
20 to 40	42
40 to 60	14
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1