Weather Records on 23 August 2002

931 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 August 2002. Highest significance: Iowa City, US.

Key Facts for 23 August 2002

On 23 August 2002, 931 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
534 were record highs and 186 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 23 monthly and 905 daily.
Iowa City set a daily record precipitation of 96.5 mm (3.8 in) on 23 August 2002.
Across 164 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 441 records.

Record Map

931 stations

931 station records on 23 August 2002 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 August 2002: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Iowa City	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Carroll	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Havana	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Chilapa (Dge)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	60 of 100 (Major)
Ashland #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Guthrie Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Ginneken	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus Junction	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Nagpur Sonegaon	India	Record daily precipitation	270.8 mm (10.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Chamal Nuevo	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Avon	United States	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Alma	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Philippine	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	88.5 mm (3.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Toulon	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Rapids Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
San Juan Tepeuxila	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	113.8 mm (4.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Biervliet	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	49.1 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wernigerode	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Danville	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Huautla de Jimenez	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	152.7 mm (6.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Pitea	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	26.3 C (79.3 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Canton L&D 20	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.2 mm (4.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Moreton Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
La Harpe	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ovezande	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	47.9 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
San Rafael-Civic Ctr	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Plattsmouth 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Haleyville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sidney 1SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Jackson Reynolds Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Utsira Fyr	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	18.6 C (65.5 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gibson City	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Manchester 4 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Quiotepec	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
San Lucas Arroyo Paloma	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	279.9 mm (11.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Bragg 5 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Independence #1	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Quincy Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sonoma	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Yates Ctr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kane 1NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Northfield	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dale Enterprise	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kapellebrug	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kentfield	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Perry	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nambour Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Laguna	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Carapan	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ufa	Russia	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Vladivostok	Russia	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Trona	United States	Record low maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Someren	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pogranichnyj	Russia	Record daily precipitation	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Preobrazhenie	Russia	Record daily precipitation	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Los Gatos	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Armavir	Russia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Crete 4ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bowling Green Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Maria del Monte	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

931 records

Records set or tied on 23 August 2002 by type: Highest daily maximum 242, Lowest daily maximum 91, Highest daily minimum 292, Lowest daily minimum 95, Heaviest daily rainfall 211.

Records on 23 August 2002 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	242
Lowest daily maximum	91
Highest daily minimum	292
Lowest daily minimum	95
Heaviest daily rainfall	211
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 23 August 2002 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 23, daily 905.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

685 broken records

Margins by which the 685 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 122.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 August 2002

Top 20 records on 23 August 2002 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 August 2002	Iowa City, US	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	106 years	79 of 100 (Major)
23 August 2002	Carroll, US	daily rain	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	106 years	66 of 100 (Major)
23 August 2002	Havana, US	daily rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	80 years	62 of 100 (Major)
23 August 2002	Chilapa (Dge), MX	daily high min	22.2 C (72.0 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	48 years	60 of 100 (Major)
23 August 2002	Ashland #2, US	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	106 years	60 of 100 (Major)
23 August 2002	Guthrie Ctr, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 2002	Ginneken, NL	daily rain	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	48 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 2002	Columbus Junction, US	daily rain	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	96 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 2002	Nagpur Sonegaon, IN	monthly rain	270.8 mm (10.7 in)	122.7 mm (4.8 in)	3 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 2002	Chamal Nuevo, MX	daily low min	12.8 C (55.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	33 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 2002	Avon, US	monthly rain	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	50 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 2002	Alma, US	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	106 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 2002	Philippine, NL	all-time rain	88.5 mm (3.5 in)	14.6 mm (0.6 in)	19 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 2002	Toulon, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	59 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 2002	Cedar Rapids Muni AP, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 2002	San Juan Tepeuxila, MX	daily rain	113.8 mm (4.5 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	32 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 2002	Biervliet, NL	daily rain	49.1 mm (1.9 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	48 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 2002	Wernigerode, DE	daily rain	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 2002	Danville, US	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	72 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 2002	Huautla de Jimenez, MX	daily rain	152.7 mm (6.0 in)	89.5 mm (3.5 in)	17 years	46 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 2002

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 2002. 2002 had 931 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 2002-08-23: 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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	636
20 to 40	35
40 to 60	9
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1