Weather Records on 23 July 2023

629 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 July 2023. Highest significance: Sheffield, GB.

Key Facts for 23 July 2023

On 23 July 2023, 629 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
499 were record highs and 53 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 12 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 608 daily.
Sheffield set a daily record precipitation of 35.8 mm (1.4 in) on 23 July 2023.
Across 167 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 447 records.

Record Map

629 stations

629 station records on 23 July 2023 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 July 2023: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Christchurch Intl	New Zealand	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Abbeville	France	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bredette	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Buenos Aires Observ	Argentina	Record high maximum temperature	27.9 C (82.2 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Preston: Moor Park	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Poronajsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	18.8 C (65.8 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Charleston Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Beaufort MCAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lahore City	Pakistan	Record daily precipitation	105.9 mm (4.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Loten_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Derna	Libya	Record high maximum temperature	34.6 C (94.3 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Richfield	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Leesville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ashton 1N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Geldern-Walbeck	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Paragonah	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mersa Matruh	Egypt	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ustica Island	Italy	Record high minimum temperature	29.8 C (85.6 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Jerome	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Prescott	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Loreto	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Oirschot	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kolezma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ohotsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Yerington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Port Isabel	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Junction Walker Fld	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gemert	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Chiang Rai	Thailand	Record high minimum temperature	25.8 C (78.4 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Driggs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ustica Island	Italy	Record high maximum temperature	41.0 C (105.8 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Eindhoven (Vb)	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cabot	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hermit 8 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mina	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tonopah	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Genoa Dam 8	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Florence Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Leadville Lake Co AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nobeoka	Japan	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Semjachik	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	14.6 C (58.3 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
San Simon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
St Anthonis	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Organ Pipe Cactus Nm	United States	Record high maximum temperature	45.6 C (114.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Park 3SSE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Reno AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bocholt	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sumrall	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Parana Aero	Argentina	Record high maximum temperature	29.3 C (84.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Willows 6 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Jornada Exp Range	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gabo Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	2.9 C (37.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tongliao	China	Record low maximum temperature	23.4 C (74.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria Intl	Egypt	Record high maximum temperature	33.8 C (92.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lille-Lesquin	France	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mae Sariang	Thailand	Record high maximum temperature	35.7 C (96.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Edirne	Turkey	Record high minimum temperature	25.3 C (77.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Luqa	Malta	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Selagoncy	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	33.2 C (91.8 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

629 records

Records set or tied on 23 July 2023 by type: Highest daily maximum 268, Lowest daily maximum 25, Highest daily minimum 231, Lowest daily minimum 28, Heaviest daily rainfall 77.

Records on 23 July 2023 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	268
Lowest daily maximum	25
Highest daily minimum	231
Lowest daily minimum	28
Heaviest daily rainfall	77
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 23 July 2023 by timescale: all-time 12, monthly 9, daily 608.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

447 broken records

Margins by which the 447 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 83.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 July 2023

Top 20 records on 23 July 2023 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 July 2023	Sheffield, GB	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	110 years	67 of 100 (Major)
23 July 2023	Christchurch Intl, NZ	all-time rain	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	55 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 2023	Abbeville, FR	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	16 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 2023	Bredette, US	all-time high min	25.6 C (78.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	68 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 2023	Buenos Aires Observ, AR	daily high max	27.9 C (82.2 F)	5.7 C (10.3 F)	88 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 2023	Preston: Moor Park, GB	daily rain	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	13 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 2023	Poronajsk, RU	daily high min	18.8 C (65.8 F)	2.4 C (4.3 F)	106 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 2023	Charleston Intl AP, US	daily rain	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	81 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 2023	Beaufort MCAS, US	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	41 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 2023	Lahore City, PK	daily rain	105.9 mm (4.2 in)	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	65 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 2023	Loten_D, SE	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	60 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 2023	Derna, LY	daily high max	34.6 C (94.3 F)	2.4 C (4.3 F)	66 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 2023	Richfield, US	daily high min	22.2 C (72.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	92 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 2023	Leesville, US	daily high max	40.0 C (104.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	98 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 2023	Ashton 1N, US	daily high min	17.2 C (63.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	121 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 2023	Geldern-Walbeck, DE	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	7.7 mm (0.30 in)	72 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 2023	Paragonah, US	daily high max	37.8 C (100.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	92 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 2023	Mersa Matruh, EG	daily high min	25.6 C (78.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	88 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 2023	Ustica Island, IT	daily high min	29.8 C (85.6 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	40 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 2023	Jerome, US	daily high max	39.4 C (102.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	86 years	39 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

1794 to 2023

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2023. 2023 had 629 records.

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

Records on 07-23 in each year
Year	Records
1794	2
1797	1
1804	1
1810	1
1811	2
1832	1
1835	1
1836	2
1838	1
1845	1
1846	2
1851	1
1852	1
1855	2
1856	1
1859	1
1860	1
1861	1
1863	1
1867	1
1868	5
1870	1
1873	2
1875	2
1877	1
1879	2
1880	2
1882	1
1883	1
1884	1
1885	5
1886	1
1887	2
1888	1
1889	5
1890	4
1894	3
1895	7
1896	4
1898	9
1899	5
1900	8
1901	10
1902	6
1903	4
1904	18
1905	11
1906	19
1907	9
1908	15
1909	27
1910	54
1911	37
1912	43
1913	36
1914	59
1915	35
1916	34
1917	42
1918	96
1919	26
1920	40
1921	221
1922	113
1923	104
1924	158
1925	173
1926	266
1927	308
1928	146
1929	174
1930	214
1931	334
1932	232
1933	432
1934	898
1935	329
1936	403
1937	319
1938	354
1939	277
1940	494
1941	292
1942	265
1943	245
1944	350
1945	239
1946	531
1947	1,240
1948	610
1949	453
1950	500
1951	422
1952	788
1953	660
1954	545
1955	585
1956	402
1957	513
1958	633
1959	606
1960	568
1961	937
1962	465
1963	490
1964	373
1965	368
1966	368
1967	347
1968	480
1969	436
1970	935
1971	648
1972	640
1973	798
1974	578
1975	359
1976	425
1977	570
1978	1,064
1979	648
1980	703
1981	1,030
1982	594
1983	1,324
1984	980
1985	711
1986	1,239
1987	1,164
1988	1,124
1989	868
1990	1,033
1991	1,050
1992	1,469
1993	1,466
1994	1,215
1995	827
1996	1,227
1997	1,088
1998	885
1999	846
2000	1,225
2001	1,242
2002	875
2003	1,649
2004	1,148
2005	997
2006	1,757
2007	1,262
2008	1,057
2009	1,069
2010	1,627
2011	1,907
2012	822
2013	648
2014	783
2015	559
2016	760
2017	517
2018	873
2019	786
2020	514
2021	506
2022	707
2023	629
2024	798
2025	917
2026	788

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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	438
20 to 40	6
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1