Weather Records on 23 October 2011

701 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 October 2011. Highest significance: Broomehill East, AU.

Key Facts for 23 October 2011

On 23 October 2011, 701 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
304 were record highs and 255 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 33 monthly and 667 daily.
Broomehill East set a daily record precipitation of 27.0 mm (1.1 in) on 23 October 2011.
Across 160 earlier years (1795 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 461 records.

Record Map

701 stations

701 station records on 23 October 2011 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 October 2011: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Broomehill East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Balladonia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Katanning Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Muroran	Japan	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Pallinup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Bulong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Pleasant Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Esperance Downs Research STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Omu	Japan	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Atakpane	Togo	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Dalyup Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Oldfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Broomehill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Stormont Castle	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Newman	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Coeur D'Alene	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mombetsu	Japan	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Colstrip	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Maries	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Denbarker	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ostuta	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lisboa Geofisica	Portugal	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Grant	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Grangeville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Stevensville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Acajutla	El Salvador	Record low minimum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Vigo Peinador	Spain	Record daily precipitation	117.5 mm (4.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Youngs Siding	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rumoi	Japan	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
San Jose	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pedro Canga	Peru	Record low minimum temperature	14.8 C (58.6 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Palmyra	Syria	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Valentine	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Coomalbidgup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
San Jeronimo	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Newport Beach Harbor	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rocky Gully Town	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gagnoa	Cote D'Ivoire	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lahontan Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Humpty Doo Collard Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.6 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Port-Gentil	Gabon	Record daily precipitation	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
El Burrero	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nicolas Bravo KM. 71	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Coyutla (Cfe)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Missoula 6 NW WFO	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Trident	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Erinair	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Oceanside Marina	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Fenn Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
The Oaks	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lorinna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wagga Wagga AMO	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	32.9 C (91.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Zamora	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	5.2 C (41.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Guaquitepec	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tocumwal Airport	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	36.6 C (97.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Powell	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kaneohe Bay MCAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Real del Monte	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Santiago Astata (Dge)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

701 records

Records set or tied on 23 October 2011 by type: Highest daily maximum 184, Lowest daily maximum 58, Highest daily minimum 120, Lowest daily minimum 197, Heaviest daily rainfall 142.

Records on 23 October 2011 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	184
Lowest daily maximum	58
Highest daily minimum	120
Lowest daily minimum	197
Heaviest daily rainfall	142
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 23 October 2011 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 33, daily 667.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

518 broken records

Margins by which the 518 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 53.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 October 2011

Top 20 records on 23 October 2011 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 October 2011	Broomehill East, AU	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	17.9 mm (0.7 in)	81 years	69 of 100 (Major)
23 October 2011	Balladonia, AU	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	100 years	68 of 100 (Major)
23 October 2011	Katanning Comparison, AU	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	15.9 mm (0.6 in)	45 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 2011	Muroran, JP	daily rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	36 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 2011	Pallinup, AU	daily rain	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	18.4 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 2011	Bulong, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	80 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 2011	Pleasant Valley, AU	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	9 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 2011	Esperance Downs Research STN, AU	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	9 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 2011	Omu, JP	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	17 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 2011	Atakpane, TG	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	48 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 2011	Dalyup Park, AU	daily rain	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	5.2 mm (0.20 in)	96 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 2011	Oldfield, AU	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	14 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 2011	Broomehill, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	36 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 2011	Stormont Castle, GB	daily rain	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	15.6 mm (0.6 in)	49 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 2011	Newman, US	daily high max	33.9 C (93.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	88 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 2011	Coeur D'Alene, US	daily high min	10.6 C (51.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	88 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 2011	Mombetsu, JP	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	17 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 2011	Colstrip, US	daily high min	10.6 C (51.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	84 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 2011	Saint Maries, US	daily high min	10.6 C (51.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	70 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 2011	Denbarker, AU	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	37 years	37 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

1795 to 2011

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2011. 2011 had 701 records.

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

Records on 10-23 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1802	2
1843	1
1845	1
1850	1
1851	2
1855	1
1859	2
1861	1
1863	1
1865	2
1866	1
1869	3
1871	2
1872	1
1873	2
1876	2
1878	1
1880	7
1881	2
1882	1
1883	1
1885	2
1888	1
1889	2
1890	2
1891	8
1892	3
1893	3
1894	5
1895	4
1896	2
1897	3
1898	5
1899	4
1900	8
1901	7
1902	7
1903	10
1904	7
1905	15
1906	17
1907	5
1908	19
1909	12
1910	6
1911	40
1912	50
1913	38
1914	9
1915	167
1916	290
1917	62
1918	12
1919	42
1920	262
1921	58
1922	38
1923	165
1924	160
1925	191
1926	131
1927	266
1928	120
1929	352
1930	310
1931	353
1932	310
1933	241
1934	333
1935	519
1936	490
1937	816
1938	403
1939	717
1940	304
1941	499
1942	306
1943	446
1944	283
1945	533
1946	258
1947	631
1948	251
1949	432
1950	507
1951	626
1952	432
1953	373
1954	317
1955	266
1956	587
1957	1,266
1958	255
1959	682
1960	341
1961	329
1962	141
1963	1,297
1964	264
1965	330
1966	625
1967	297
1968	175
1969	1,200
1970	617
1971	705
1972	601
1973	712
1974	653
1975	1,028
1976	879
1977	578
1978	570
1979	1,094
1980	584
1981	1,502
1982	1,071
1983	853
1984	1,261
1985	846
1986	968
1987	694
1988	619
1989	1,363
1990	954
1991	1,232
1992	1,176
1993	670
1994	558
1995	1,471
1996	1,396
1997	1,172
1998	1,221
1999	1,011
2000	1,275
2001	1,091
2002	1,868
2003	1,952
2004	1,224
2005	679
2006	1,976
2007	1,673
2008	993
2009	838
2010	683
2011	701
2012	1,017
2013	754
2014	755
2015	760
2016	460
2017	603
2018	322
2019	459
2020	1,777
2021	298
2022	1,342
2023	544
2024	674
2025	343

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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 2026-10-16 (16 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	466
10 to 20	34
20 to 30	11
30 to 40	5
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	1