Weather Records on 23 January 2013

764 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 January 2013. Highest significance: Laura Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 23 January 2013

On 23 January 2013, 764 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
287 were record highs and 317 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 752 daily.
Laura Post Office set a monthly record daily precipitation of 172.8 mm (6.8 in) on 23 January 2013.
Across 165 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 468 records.

Record Map

764 stations

764 station records on 23 January 2013 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 January 2013: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Laura Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	172.8 mm (6.8 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Aurukun Shire Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	332.6 mm (13.1 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Weipa Eastern Ave	Australia	Record daily precipitation	213.6 mm (8.4 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Pardoo Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	179.6 mm (7.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Moreton Telegraph Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	172.0 mm (6.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Merluna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	215.8 mm (8.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Elphinstone Pocket No1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	196.2 mm (7.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Heathlands National Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	228.6 mm (9.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sitiawan	Malaysia	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kuranda Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	235.0 mm (9.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Come By Chance Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Oksoey Fyr	Norway	Record low minimum temperature	-10.4 C (13.3 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Strelley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Farmington	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Fulton	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.8 cm (14.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fairview Outstation	Australia	Record daily precipitation	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Halifax Macrossan St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	148.0 mm (5.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tetonia Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Elmira	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Purcellville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tinaroo Falls Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	116.4 mm (4.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Seloh Nolem	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Orovada 3 W	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dunk Island Resort	Australia	Record daily precipitation	186.5 mm (7.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Solomons	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Winchester 7 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Romney 1 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Carlindie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cork	Ireland	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Garnet Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Petford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Deeral	Australia	Record daily precipitation	191.0 mm (7.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fish Springs Nwr	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Stuart	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tully Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	280.4 mm (11.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Woltersum	Netherlands	Record snow depth	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kotel'nikovo	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	2.9 C (37.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Taganrog (Lighthouse)	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	8.4 C (47.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Greenhaven	Australia	Record daily precipitation	235.8 mm (9.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
N'Guigni	Niger	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Turkmen-Bashi	Turkmenistan	Record high minimum temperature	10.8 C (51.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ridgway	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lippstadt-Bokenforde	Germany	Record snow depth	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nes (Ameland)	Netherlands	Record snow depth	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pamplona (Observatorio)	Spain	Record daily precipitation	45.3 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bartlett Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dayton Mcd	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Port Hedland Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	103.2 mm (4.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Innot Hot Springs Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Atyrau	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	1.2 C (34.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Landvik	Norway	Record low minimum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Krasnodar	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	10.2 C (50.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Presque Isle	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Clarion 3 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Callao	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Buckhannon	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kungrad	Uzbekistan	Record high maximum temperature	13.4 C (56.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Labuan	Malaysia	Record high minimum temperature	27.0 C (80.6 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Vlagtwedde	Netherlands	Record snow depth	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tafjord	Norway	Record low minimum temperature	-11.4 C (11.5 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

764 records

Records set or tied on 23 January 2013 by type: Highest daily maximum 193, Lowest daily maximum 233, Highest daily minimum 94, Lowest daily minimum 84, Heaviest daily rainfall 114, Heaviest daily snowfall 4, Deepest snow cover 42.

Records on 23 January 2013 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	193
Lowest daily maximum	233
Highest daily minimum	94
Lowest daily minimum	84
Heaviest daily rainfall	114
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	42

Records on 23 January 2013 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 10, daily 752.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

645 broken records

Margins by which the 645 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 157.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 January 2013

Top 20 records on 23 January 2013 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 January 2013	Laura Post Office, AU	monthly rain	172.8 mm (6.8 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	106 years	72 of 100 (Major)
23 January 2013	Aurukun Shire Council, AU	monthly rain	332.6 mm (13.1 in)	100.2 mm (3.9 in)	49 years	69 of 100 (Major)
23 January 2013	Weipa Eastern Ave, AU	daily rain	213.6 mm (8.4 in)	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	87 years	68 of 100 (Major)
23 January 2013	Pardoo Station, AU	daily rain	179.6 mm (7.1 in)	157.4 mm (6.2 in)	16 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 2013	Moreton Telegraph Station, AU	daily rain	172.0 mm (6.8 in)	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	15 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 2013	Merluna, AU	daily rain	215.8 mm (8.5 in)	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	15 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 2013	Elphinstone Pocket No1, AU	daily rain	196.2 mm (7.7 in)	112.4 mm (4.4 in)	50 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 2013	Heathlands National Park, AU	all-time rain	228.6 mm (9.0 in)	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	0 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 2013	Sitiawan, MY	daily rain	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	22 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 2013	Kuranda Railway Station, AU	daily rain	235.0 mm (9.3 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	112 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 2013	Come By Chance Store, AU	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	96 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 2013	Oksoey Fyr, NO	daily low min	-10.4 C (13.3 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	100 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 2013	Strelley, AU	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	73 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 2013	Farmington, US	daily low max	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	106 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 2013	Fulton, US	daily snowfall	35.8 cm (14.1 in)	10.4 cm (4.1 in)	66 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 2013	Fairview Outstation, AU	daily rain	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	100 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 2013	Halifax Macrossan St, AU	daily rain	148.0 mm (5.8 in)	1.9 mm (0.07 in)	112 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 2013	Tetonia Exp STN, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	42 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 2013	Elmira, US	daily low max	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	106 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 2013	Purcellville, US	daily low max	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	106 years	40 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 2013

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2013. 2013 had 764 records.

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

Records on 01-23 in each year
Year	Records
1795	2
1800	2
1812	1
1815	1
1823	3
1827	1
1840	1
1845	1
1846	2
1849	1
1850	1
1852	1
1855	2
1856	1
1860	1
1867	1
1869	2
1871	1
1872	1
1873	1
1874	1
1879	1
1880	1
1881	2
1882	1
1884	3
1886	1
1887	4
1888	1
1890	2
1891	3
1892	3
1893	5
1894	4
1895	4
1896	6
1897	1
1898	5
1899	8
1900	5
1901	5
1902	6
1903	5
1904	11
1905	4
1906	49
1907	22
1908	7
1909	60
1910	18
1911	5
1912	8
1913	32
1914	17
1915	30
1916	31
1917	245
1918	69
1919	28
1920	49
1921	38
1922	54
1923	63
1924	79
1925	118
1926	223
1927	262
1928	39
1929	304
1930	697
1931	243
1932	265
1933	757
1934	287
1935	588
1936	1,202
1937	686
1938	335
1939	406
1940	701
1941	345
1942	535
1943	1,200
1944	478
1945	146
1946	417
1947	414
1948	918
1949	705
1950	644
1951	283
1952	498
1953	531
1954	472
1955	568
1956	354
1957	593
1958	259
1959	535
1960	544
1961	529
1962	624
1963	1,366
1964	455
1965	831
1966	973
1967	1,336
1968	547
1969	1,128
1970	1,157
1971	407
1972	695
1973	495
1974	484
1975	457
1976	1,092
1977	629
1978	911
1979	1,109
1980	743
1981	1,387
1982	1,884
1983	845
1984	736
1985	775
1986	611
1987	1,231
1988	741
1989	634
1990	1,376
1991	891
1992	737
1993	1,273
1994	798
1995	991
1996	889
1997	936
1998	724
1999	2,024
2000	1,155
2001	588
2002	1,174
2003	1,269
2004	726
2005	1,207
2006	1,104
2007	1,127
2008	802
2009	1,334
2010	1,284
2011	741
2012	610
2013	764
2014	916
2015	561
2016	1,168
2017	1,089
2018	643
2019	688
2020	896
2021	455
2022	685
2023	567
2024	868
2025	1,016
2026	535

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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	591
20 to 40	21
40 to 60	18
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	3
100 to 120	6
120 to 140	1
140 to 160	1