Weather Records on 23 October 2013

754 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 October 2013. Highest significance: Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse, AU.

Key Facts for 23 October 2013

On 23 October 2013, 754 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
506 were record highs and 90 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 744 daily.
Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse set a daily record precipitation of 72.6 mm (2.9 in) on 23 October 2013.
Across 160 earlier years (1795 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 461 records.

Record Map

754 stations

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

Weather records on 23 October 2013: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Mount Gambier (Blue Lake Holid	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Mount Schank (Jethia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Simpson South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Naracoopa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.6 mm (2.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Nelson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.8 mm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Eversley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Port Campbell Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
King Island Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Deal Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	13.4 C (56.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record high maximum temperature	28.4 C (83.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Warranooke (Glenorchy)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Portland (Cashmore Airport)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sault Ste Marie Sanderson Fld	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	11.5 C (52.7 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	12.6 C (54.7 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hazelmere	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Orange (Canobolas State Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rupanyup (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Gambier Aero	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Memana (Babel Farm)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	12.1 C (53.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Karlstad	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	15.8 C (60.4 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pecs Pogany	Hungary	Record high maximum temperature	25.1 C (77.2 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ljubljana Bezigrad	Slovenia	Record high minimum temperature	15.7 C (60.3 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Orje	Norway	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lisboa Geofisica	Portugal	Record daily precipitation	89.5 mm (3.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lugano	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	80.9 mm (3.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ensay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
City of Melbourne Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Aburatsu	Japan	Record daily precipitation	120.9 mm (4.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Baterod	Norway	Record daily precipitation	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kalkaska	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Newberry-Luce Co Rd Commission	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
San Fernando	Venezuela	Record high maximum temperature	40.4 C (104.7 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Buchan South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Yarra Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dickson	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Deeral	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Bridgewater	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Temosachi (Obs)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tizimin	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Grootfontein	Namibia	Record low minimum temperature	6.8 C (44.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Budapest	Hungary	Record high maximum temperature	24.3 C (75.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Stromsfoss Sluse	Norway	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bete Bolong (Russells Estate)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Oksoey Fyr	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bordertown (Beeama Section 48)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bjelasnica	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record high maximum temperature	12.9 C (55.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bad Muskau	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	20.8 C (69.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Falun	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	14.5 C (58.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Oberstdorf	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	9.8 C (49.6 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
San Pedro	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Srednij Kalar	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-3.2 C (26.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Muscatine	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wynyard Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bjelasnica	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record high minimum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

754 records

Records set or tied on 23 October 2013 by type: Highest daily maximum 194, Lowest daily maximum 66, Highest daily minimum 312, Lowest daily minimum 24, Heaviest daily rainfall 125, Heaviest daily snowfall 25, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 23 October 2013 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	194
Lowest daily maximum	66
Highest daily minimum	312
Lowest daily minimum	24
Heaviest daily rainfall	125
Heaviest daily snowfall	25
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 23 October 2013 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 8, daily 744.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

661 broken records

Margins by which the 661 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 76.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 October 2013

Top 20 records on 23 October 2013 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 October 2013	Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	64 years	69 of 100 (Major)
23 October 2013	Mount Gambier (Blue Lake Holid, AU	monthly rain	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	38 years	64 of 100 (Major)
23 October 2013	Mount Schank (Jethia), AU	daily rain	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 2013	Simpson South, AU	daily rain	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	27 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 2013	Naracoopa, AU	monthly rain	64.6 mm (2.5 in)	10.8 mm (0.4 in)	43 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 2013	Nelson, AU	monthly rain	71.8 mm (2.8 in)	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	38 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 2013	Eversley, AU	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	18 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 2013	Port Campbell Post Office, AU	daily rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	64 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 2013	King Island Airport, AU	daily rain	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	10 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 2013	Deal Island, AU	daily rain	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	56 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 2013	Jena Sternwarte, DE	daily high min	13.4 C (56.1 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	139 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 2013	Sarajevo, BA	daily high max	28.4 C (83.1 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	90 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 2013	Warranooke (Glenorchy), AU	daily rain	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	18 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 2013	Portland (Cashmore Airport), AU	monthly rain	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	21 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 2013	Sault Ste Marie Sanderson Fld, US	daily snowfall	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	7.3 cm (2.9 in)	44 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 2013	Heinersreuth-Vollhof, DE	daily high min	11.5 C (52.7 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	102 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 2013	Halmstad, SE	daily high min	12.6 C (54.7 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	121 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 2013	Hazelmere, AU	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	12 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 2013	Orange (Canobolas State Forest, AU	all-time rain	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	37 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 2013	Rupanyup (Post Office), AU	daily rain	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	28 years	41 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 754 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 2026-10-17 (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 10	602
10 to 20	28
20 to 30	19
30 to 40	4
40 to 50	4
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	1
70 to 80	2