Weather Records on 23 August 2022

781 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 August 2022. Highest significance: San Augustine, US.

Key Facts for 23 August 2022

On 23 August 2022, 781 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
409 were record highs and 140 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 763 daily.
San Augustine set a daily record precipitation of 104.6 mm (4.1 in) on 23 August 2022.
Across 164 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 442 records.

Record Map

781 stations

781 station records on 23 August 2022 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 August 2022: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
San Augustine	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Mineola	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Nagappattinam	India	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Benbrook Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Hawkins	United States	Record daily precipitation	158.5 mm (6.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Calhoun 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
W Monroe	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Athens	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Kaneohe Bay MCAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Plain Dealing	United States	Record daily precipitation	112.5 mm (4.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
El Dorado Goodwin Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Bardwell Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Rosser	United States	Record daily precipitation	192.3 mm (7.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Sailes Fire Twr	United States	Record daily precipitation	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Phila 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Monroe Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.3 mm (3.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Carthage	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Nueva Casas Grandes	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Stillwater Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Burleson	United States	Record daily precipitation	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Texarkana	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Dargo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tongio (Brooklands)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Keithville	United States	Record daily precipitation	139.4 mm (5.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Portland	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Brockport	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hanna 4 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sumrall	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Nis	Serbia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Towanda 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Corsicana	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Plant City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Homer 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Idabel	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Crystal Springs Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cle Elum	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Council	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Oak Grove	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Spur	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
W	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ashdown 4 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Calhoun 2 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Pleasant	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sherman	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ajmer	India	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Palmdale	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Moorestown 4 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record high maximum temperature	34.8 C (94.6 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record high minimum temperature	16.2 C (61.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Idabel	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Carthage	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Palestine 2 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Meningie (Waltowa)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Magnolia	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wanyuan	China	Record high minimum temperature	27.6 C (81.7 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Calera	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fordyce	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Roseburg Rgnl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

781 records

Records set or tied on 23 August 2022 by type: Highest daily maximum 206, Lowest daily maximum 114, Highest daily minimum 203, Lowest daily minimum 26, Heaviest daily rainfall 232.

Records on 23 August 2022 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	206
Lowest daily maximum	114
Highest daily minimum	203
Lowest daily minimum	26
Heaviest daily rainfall	232
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 23 August 2022 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 14, daily 763.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

653 broken records

Margins by which the 653 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 124.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 August 2022

Top 20 records on 23 August 2022 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 August 2022	San Augustine, US	daily rain	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	105 years	71 of 100 (Major)
23 August 2022	Mineola, US	daily rain	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	74.1 mm (2.9 in)	71 years	68 of 100 (Major)
23 August 2022	Nagappattinam, IN	daily rain	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	116 years	64 of 100 (Major)
23 August 2022	Benbrook Dam, US	daily rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	55 years	63 of 100 (Major)
23 August 2022	Hawkins, US	monthly rain	158.5 mm (6.2 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	66 years	63 of 100 (Major)
23 August 2022	Calhoun 2 N, US	daily rain	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	96 years	62 of 100 (Major)
23 August 2022	W Monroe, US	daily rain	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	70.3 mm (2.8 in)	61 years	62 of 100 (Major)
23 August 2022	Athens, US	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	62.8 mm (2.5 in)	52 years	61 of 100 (Major)
23 August 2022	Kaneohe Bay MCAS, US	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	68 years	60 of 100 (Major)
23 August 2022	Plain Dealing, US	monthly rain	112.5 mm (4.4 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	107 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 2022	El Dorado Goodwin Fld, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	103 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 2022	Bardwell Dam, US	daily rain	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	56 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 2022	Rosser, US	monthly rain	192.3 mm (7.6 in)	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	0 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 2022	Sailes Fire Twr, US	monthly rain	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	1 year	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 2022	Phila 1 WSW, US	daily rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	29 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 2022	Monroe Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	96.3 mm (3.8 in)	49.1 mm (1.9 in)	43 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 2022	Carthage, US	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	24 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 2022	Nueva Casas Grandes, MX	daily rain	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	8 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 2022	Stillwater Rsvr, US	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	57 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 2022	Burleson, US	daily rain	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	124.2 mm (4.9 in)	25 years	50 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 2022

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 2022. 2022 had 781 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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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	597
20 to 40	31
40 to 60	14
60 to 80	8
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1