Weather Records on 23 April 2017

474 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 April 2017. Highest significance: Cape Riche, AU.

Key Facts for 23 April 2017

On 23 April 2017, 474 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
123 were record highs and 156 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 467 daily.
Cape Riche set a daily record precipitation of 43.8 mm (1.7 in) on 23 April 2017.
Across 167 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 444 records.

Record Map

474 stations

474 station records on 23 April 2017 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 April 2017: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cape Riche	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Charlotte Douglas AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Kingsport	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
White Gums	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Winston Salem Reynolds AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Carthage	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Kerch	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Sevierville	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Newport 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ballinger 2 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hardy	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Opheim 10 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Carthage Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Corning	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Butner Fltr Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Atoka	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandra (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Stearns 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Corinth 5 WSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tazewell	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Raoul Isl/Kermadec	New Zealand	Record daily precipitation	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Newcomb	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Santo Domingo	Dominican Republic	Record low maximum temperature	27.6 C (81.7 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Max	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Danville Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Chernjaevo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Perryville Wtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Superior	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Waterville 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Union City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Biskra	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hundseid I Vikedal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesville 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Harvey 4NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tellico Plains	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Oak Ridge Atdd	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Purnea	India	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Myers Page Fld AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Asheboro 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Asheville AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bristol AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Winston Salem Reynolds AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Anderson FAA AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Andamooka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Collinsville 7 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Chattanooga AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Maudal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sand I Ryfylke II	Norway	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Zonguldak	Turkey	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wappapello Dam	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Greensboro Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wadesboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Oneida	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Oltedal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Greeneville Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
W Palm Beach Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ims	Norway	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Payne	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mtn Home 1 NNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

474 records

Records set or tied on 23 April 2017 by type: Highest daily maximum 50, Lowest daily maximum 116, Highest daily minimum 73, Lowest daily minimum 40, Heaviest daily rainfall 184, Heaviest daily snowfall 9, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 23 April 2017 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	50
Lowest daily maximum	116
Highest daily minimum	73
Lowest daily minimum	40
Heaviest daily rainfall	184
Heaviest daily snowfall	9
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 23 April 2017 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 7, daily 467.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

381 broken records

Margins by which the 381 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 April 2017

Top 20 records on 23 April 2017 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 April 2017	Cape Riche, AU	daily rain	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	108 years	65 of 100 (Major)
23 April 2017	Charlotte Douglas AP, US	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	72 years	61 of 100 (Major)
23 April 2017	Kingsport, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	58 years	60 of 100 (Major)
23 April 2017	White Gums, AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	94 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 2017	Winston Salem Reynolds AP, US	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	72 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 2017	Carthage, US	daily rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	60 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 2017	Kerch, UA	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 2017	Sevierville, US	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	40 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 2017	Newport 1 NW, US	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	108 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 2017	Ballinger 2 NW, US	daily low min	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	6.6 C (11.9 F)	88 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 2017	Hardy, US	daily low max	10.0 C (50.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	107 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 2017	Opheim 10 N, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	60 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 2017	Carthage Wtp, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	32 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 2017	Corning, US	daily low max	11.1 C (52.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	107 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 2017	Butner Fltr Plt, US	monthly rain	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 2017	Atoka, US	daily low max	13.3 C (55.9 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	90 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 2017	Alexandra (Post Office), AU	daily rain	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	56 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 2017	Stearns 2S, US	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	76 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 2017	Corinth 5 WSW, US	daily low max	11.1 C (52.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	110 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 2017	Tazewell, US	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	43 years	46 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

1800 to 2017

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 2017. 2017 had 474 records.

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

Records on 04-23 in each year
Year	Records
1800	1
1809	1
1812	1
1817	3
1838	1
1840	1
1842	1
1851	1
1852	2
1854	1
1855	5
1857	2
1859	1
1861	1
1865	1
1868	2
1870	1
1872	1
1873	4
1874	4
1875	1
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1881	2
1882	1
1883	2
1884	3
1885	4
1886	4
1888	1
1889	1
1890	4
1891	2
1892	1
1893	2
1895	3
1896	4
1897	2
1898	1
1899	6
1900	4
1901	9
1902	12
1903	20
1904	8
1905	7
1906	23
1907	12
1908	14
1909	28
1910	35
1911	21
1912	29
1913	40
1914	71
1915	41
1916	35
1917	37
1918	92
1919	66
1920	75
1921	81
1922	45
1923	132
1924	111
1925	506
1926	124
1927	562
1928	302
1929	103
1930	487
1931	506
1932	231
1933	361
1934	272
1935	152
1936	342
1937	321
1938	177
1939	339
1940	319
1941	277
1942	473
1943	819
1944	678
1945	364
1946	649
1947	242
1948	401
1949	401
1950	577
1951	426
1952	500
1953	300
1954	548
1955	654
1956	581
1957	623
1958	649
1959	442
1960	1,648
1961	884
1962	389
1963	801
1964	958
1965	660
1966	386
1967	1,183
1968	816
1969	705
1970	1,209
1971	508
1972	332
1973	518
1974	486
1975	411
1976	386
1977	979
1978	523
1979	554
1980	1,460
1981	1,124
1982	1,191
1983	1,031
1984	971
1985	1,011
1986	1,541
1987	676
1988	1,051
1989	1,469
1990	1,077
1991	638
1992	592
1993	1,256
1994	666
1995	1,464
1996	1,520
1997	1,024
1998	1,446
1999	1,198
2000	1,003
2001	1,435
2002	971
2003	557
2004	610
2005	940
2006	839
2007	847
2008	775
2009	920
2010	1,040
2011	1,190
2012	1,796
2013	1,655
2014	362
2015	511
2016	542
2017	474
2018	684
2019	668
2020	564
2021	562
2022	692
2023	980
2024	583
2025	410
2026	503

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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	298
10 to 20	53
20 to 30	13
30 to 40	7
40 to 50	4
50 to 60	3
60 to 70	1
70 to 80	2