Weather Records on 23 April 2005

940 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 April 2005. Highest significance: Atakpane, TG.

Key Facts for 23 April 2005

On 23 April 2005, 940 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
411 were record highs and 193 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 22 monthly and 915 daily.
Atakpane set a monthly record daily precipitation of 180.8 mm (7.1 in) on 23 April 2005.
Across 167 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 442 records.

Record Map

940 stations

940 station records on 23 April 2005 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 April 2005: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Atakpane	Togo	Record daily precipitation	180.8 mm (7.1 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Hartford Brainard Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Santa Maria Chilchotla	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Alpine	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Athens Ou	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Barishevka	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
New Haven Tweed AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Abbeville 4S	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Urbana Wrf	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabethton	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bila Tserkva	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Pleasant Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Millington 3 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-7.3 C (18.9 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Newark Ag Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Belopol'e,Vinnic	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Rjazan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Anacortes	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Oberlin	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ganca	Azerbaijan	Record high maximum temperature	31.3 C (88.3 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
New Castle 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Echeta 2 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tierra Blanca	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 ENE Fairfield	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Chippewa Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ikerasassuaq	Greenland [Denmark]	Record daily precipitation	116.0 mm (4.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Osijek	Croatia	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nizhyn	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Elberton 2 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Scottsburg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Plainville 4WNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Delhi 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record low minimum temperature	-1.5 C (29.3 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cordele	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Shelbyville Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Philippi	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Fastov	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wilmington New Castle Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Brewerton Lock 23	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Canisteo 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pandora	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Selby	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
San Juan Yaee	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
San Juan Acateno (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Olney 2S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Marion 2 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Allegany Sp	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wilmington Porter Rsch	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Oberlin	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Big Rapids Wtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kent	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Talkeetna AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Onslow Airport	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	41.8 C (107.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cabo San Lucas	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Buenavista	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Puerto de Valles	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Du Quoin 4 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Champaign 3S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Anderson 1 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

940 records

Records set or tied on 23 April 2005 by type: Highest daily maximum 209, Lowest daily maximum 103, Highest daily minimum 202, Lowest daily minimum 90, Heaviest daily rainfall 293, Heaviest daily snowfall 32, Deepest snow cover 11.

Records on 23 April 2005 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	209
Lowest daily maximum	103
Highest daily minimum	202
Lowest daily minimum	90
Heaviest daily rainfall	293
Heaviest daily snowfall	32
Deepest snow cover	11

Records on 23 April 2005 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 22, daily 915.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

747 broken records

Margins by which the 747 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 94.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 April 2005

Top 20 records on 23 April 2005 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 April 2005	Atakpane, TG	monthly rain	180.8 mm (7.1 in)	89.5 mm (3.5 in)	46 years	68 of 100 (Major)
23 April 2005	Hartford Brainard Fld, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	84 years	66 of 100 (Major)
23 April 2005	Santa Maria Chilchotla, MX	daily rain	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 2005	Alpine, US	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	72 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 2005	Athens Ou, US	monthly rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	35 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 2005	Barishevka, UA	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	30 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 2005	New Haven Tweed AP, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	51 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 2005	Abbeville 4S, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	96 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 2005	Hillsboro, US	daily rain	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	8 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 2005	Urbana Wrf, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	98 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 2005	Elizabethton, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	109 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 2005	Bila Tserkva, UA	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	40 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 2005	Pleasant Valley, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	19 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 2005	Millington 3 SE, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	78 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 2005	Visby_Flygplats, SE	daily low min	-7.3 C (18.9 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	96 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 2005	Newark Ag Farm, US	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	54 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 2005	Belopol'e,Vinnic, UA	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	16.1 mm (0.6 in)	40 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 2005	Rjazan, RU	monthly rain	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	39 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 2005	Anacortes, US	daily high max	23.9 C (75.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	95 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 2005	Oberlin, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	4.8 cm (1.9 in)	78 years	44 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

1800 to 2005

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 2005. 2005 had 940 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 04-23 in each year
Year	Records
1800	1
1809	1
1812	1
1817	3
1838	1
1840	1
1842	1
1851	1
1852	2
1854	1
1855	5
1857	2
1859	1
1861	1
1865	1
1868	2
1870	1
1872	1
1873	4
1874	4
1875	1
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1881	2
1882	1
1883	2
1884	3
1885	4
1886	4
1888	1
1889	1
1890	4
1891	2
1892	1
1893	2
1895	3
1896	4
1897	2
1898	1
1899	6
1900	4
1901	9
1902	12
1903	20
1904	8
1905	7
1906	23
1907	12
1908	14
1909	28
1910	35
1911	21
1912	29
1913	40
1914	71
1915	41
1916	35
1917	37
1918	92
1919	66
1920	75
1921	81
1922	45
1923	132
1924	111
1925	506
1926	124
1927	562
1928	302
1929	103
1930	487
1931	506
1932	231
1933	361
1934	272
1935	152
1936	342
1937	321
1938	177
1939	339
1940	319
1941	277
1942	473
1943	819
1944	678
1945	364
1946	649
1947	242
1948	401
1949	401
1950	577
1951	426
1952	500
1953	300
1954	548
1955	654
1956	581
1957	623
1958	649
1959	442
1960	1,648
1961	884
1962	389
1963	801
1964	958
1965	660
1966	386
1967	1,183
1968	816
1969	705
1970	1,209
1971	508
1972	332
1973	518
1974	486
1975	411
1976	386
1977	979
1978	523
1979	554
1980	1,460
1981	1,124
1982	1,191
1983	1,031
1984	971
1985	1,011
1986	1,541
1987	676
1988	1,051
1989	1,469
1990	1,077
1991	638
1992	592
1993	1,256
1994	666
1995	1,464
1996	1,520
1997	1,024
1998	1,446
1999	1,198
2000	1,003
2001	1,435
2002	971
2003	557
2004	610
2005	940
2006	839
2007	847
2008	775
2009	920
2010	1,040
2011	1,190
2012	1,796
2013	1,655
2014	362
2015	511
2016	542
2017	474
2018	684
2019	668
2020	564
2021	562
2022	692
2023	980
2024	583
2025	410
2026	503

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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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 23 April 2005
Margin	Records
0 to 20	703
20 to 40	27
40 to 60	10
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	2