Weather Records on 23 August 2014

960 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 August 2014. Highest significance: Flatwillow 4 ENE, US.

Key Facts for 23 August 2014

On 23 August 2014, 960 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
367 were record highs and 195 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 8 were all-time records, 47 monthly and 905 daily.
Flatwillow 4 ENE set an all-time record daily precipitation of 114.3 mm (4.5 in) on 23 August 2014.
Across 164 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 441 records.

Record Map

960 stations

960 station records on 23 August 2014 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 August 2014: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Flatwillow 4 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	89 of 100 (Exceptional)
Grass Range	United States	Record daily precipitation	153.7 mm (6.1 in)	83 of 100 (Exceptional)
Ipswich	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Aberdeen	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Brusett 3 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Great Falls 16St	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Lewistown AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Mc Intosh 6 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Kozhikode	India	Record daily precipitation	172.0 mm (6.8 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Melstone	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Shoals 8 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Osceola	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Holter Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Jordan	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Frohner Meadow	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Glasgow	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Nizhnyaya Pesha	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Mosby 4 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Mezen	Russia	Record daily precipitation	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Cascade 5 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Gibson 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Joliet	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Laughlin 2SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Malta 7 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Lick Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Morgan	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Philip AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Roundup	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Camp Crook	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Coraki Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Mudjug	Russia	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ingomar 9 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Provo Byu	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Stanford	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Santaquin Chlorinator	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Arxan	China	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Peck Pwr Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Melville 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Richfield Radio Ksvc	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bear Trap Meadow	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lewistown 11 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Chalk Hill 2 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Great Falls AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Stanley	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Moccasin Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Silver Lake Brighton	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Spanish Fk Pwr House	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Woodburn Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hysham	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Rapelje	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Timber Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Neola	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bitter Creek 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ust-Isim	Russia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Volborg	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Fairfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hinsdale 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Yellowtail Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

960 records

Records set or tied on 23 August 2014 by type: Highest daily maximum 133, Lowest daily maximum 139, Highest daily minimum 234, Lowest daily minimum 56, Heaviest daily rainfall 398.

Records on 23 August 2014 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	133
Lowest daily maximum	139
Highest daily minimum	234
Lowest daily minimum	56
Heaviest daily rainfall	398
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 23 August 2014 by timescale: all-time 8, monthly 47, daily 905.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

768 broken records

Margins by which the 768 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 93.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 August 2014

Top 20 records on 23 August 2014 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 August 2014	Flatwillow 4 ENE, US	all-time rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	66 years	89 of 100 (Exceptional)
23 August 2014	Grass Range, US	all-time rain	153.7 mm (6.1 in)	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	46 years	83 of 100 (Exceptional)
23 August 2014	Ipswich, US	daily rain	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	111 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
23 August 2014	Aberdeen, US	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	111 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
23 August 2014	Brusett 3 E, US	monthly rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	50 years	74 of 100 (Major)
23 August 2014	Great Falls 16St, US	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	81 years	74 of 100 (Major)
23 August 2014	Lewistown AP, US	all-time rain	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	108 years	68 of 100 (Major)
23 August 2014	Mc Intosh 6 SE, US	daily rain	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	53 years	66 of 100 (Major)
23 August 2014	Kozhikode, IN	daily rain	172.0 mm (6.8 in)	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	52 years	65 of 100 (Major)
23 August 2014	Melstone, US	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	51 years	65 of 100 (Major)
23 August 2014	Shoals 8 S, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	101 years	64 of 100 (Major)
23 August 2014	Osceola, US	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	118 years	63 of 100 (Major)
23 August 2014	Holter Dam, US	monthly rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	81 years	62 of 100 (Major)
23 August 2014	Jordan, US	monthly rain	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	62 years	61 of 100 (Major)
23 August 2014	Frohner Meadow, US	monthly rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 years	61 of 100 (Major)
23 August 2014	Glasgow, US	daily rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	51 years	61 of 100 (Major)
23 August 2014	Nizhnyaya Pesha, RU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	67 years	60 of 100 (Major)
23 August 2014	Mosby 4 ENE, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	52 years	60 of 100 (Major)
23 August 2014	Mezen, RU	daily rain	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 2014	Cascade 5 S, US	monthly rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	81 years	59 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 2014

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 2014. 2014 had 960 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

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Data for records on 2014-08-23: 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 2026-10-17 (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	706
20 to 40	43
40 to 60	14
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	3