Weather Records on 23 May 1923

99 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 May 1923. Highest significance: Franklin, US.

Key Facts for 23 May 1923

On 23 May 1923, 99 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
11 were record highs and 55 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 98 daily.
Franklin set a monthly record daily precipitation of 118.4 mm (4.7 in) on 23 May 1923.
Across 158 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 465 records.

Record Map

99 stations

99 station records on 23 May 1923 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 May 1923: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	118.4 mm (4.7 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Oberlin	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ravenna	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Welshpool	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Paarl (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Colby	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Water Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Culbertson	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Dookie Agricultural College	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Truro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Parnu	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	12.3 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Biskra	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	21.0 C (69.8 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Battleford	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Lawrence	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
McPherson	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Minneapolis	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Hope	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Fayette	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Australia Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Galway	Ireland	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Colby	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Ravenna	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Appleton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	9.5 C (49.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Henichesk	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	7.8 mm (0.31 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Manoora	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Kapunda Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
White River	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Uraidla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Cairns Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	29.6 C (85.3 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Haliburton A	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Tot-Ma	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	11.4 C (52.5 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Hiram	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Mintaro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Paskeville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Gudgenby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Galway	Ireland	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Little Rock St Capitol	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Winterset 4N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Emporia 1 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Yates Ctr	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Coromandel Valley (Branden)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Battleford	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Claremont Pomona Clg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Williamstown	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Geneva	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Ogdensburg 4 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsbluff W B Heilig Fld AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Kirov	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	15.5 C (59.9 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Stuttgart	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Millerton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Minlaton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Husum	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisonville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

99 records

Records set or tied on 23 May 1923 by type: Highest daily maximum 4, Lowest daily maximum 35, Highest daily minimum 7, Lowest daily minimum 20, Heaviest daily rainfall 33.

Records on 23 May 1923 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	4
Lowest daily maximum	35
Highest daily minimum	7
Lowest daily minimum	20
Heaviest daily rainfall	33
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 23 May 1923 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 98.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

82 broken records

Margins by which the 82 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 53.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 May 1923

Top 20 records on 23 May 1923 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 May 1923	Franklin, US	monthly rain	118.4 mm (4.7 in)	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	34 years	63 of 100 (Major)
23 May 1923	Oberlin, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	29 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1923	Ravenna, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	0 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1923	Welshpool, AU	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	24 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
23 May 1923	Paarl (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
23 May 1923	Colby, US	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	8 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
23 May 1923	Water Valley, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	0 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
23 May 1923	Culbertson, US	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	8 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
23 May 1923	Dookie Agricultural College, AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	4 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
23 May 1923	Truro, AU	daily rain	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	38 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 May 1923	Parnu, EE	daily rain	12.3 mm (0.5 in)	4.7 mm (0.19 in)	42 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 May 1923	Clausthal-Zellerfeld, DE	daily rain	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	14 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 May 1923	Biskra, DZ	daily low max	21.0 C (69.8 F)	4.0 C (7.2 F)	20 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 May 1923	Battleford, CA	daily high min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	42 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
23 May 1923	Lawrence, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	8 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
23 May 1923	McPherson, US	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	23 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
23 May 1923	Minneapolis, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	8 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
23 May 1923	Mt Hope, US	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	14 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
23 May 1923	Fayette, US	daily low max	13.9 C (57.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	23 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
23 May 1923	Australia Plains, AU	daily rain	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	31 years	17 of 100 (Routine)

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

1793 to 1923

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1923. 1923 had 99 records.

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

Records on 05-23 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1794	1
1798	1
1817	1
1818	1
1837	3
1845	1
1847	2
1857	1
1863	1
1865	2
1866	5
1867	7
1870	2
1871	1
1875	1
1877	1
1878	1
1880	1
1884	2
1885	2
1886	4
1887	1
1889	2
1891	11
1893	3
1894	1
1895	3
1896	4
1897	3
1898	8
1899	3
1900	12
1901	3
1902	12
1903	6
1904	14
1905	10
1906	23
1907	11
1908	13
1909	23
1910	26
1911	39
1912	31
1913	29
1914	33
1915	13
1916	44
1917	58
1918	36
1919	120
1920	37
1921	92
1922	82
1923	99
1924	230
1925	325
1926	204
1927	243
1928	177
1929	221
1930	199
1931	719
1932	358
1933	443
1934	203
1935	369
1936	568
1937	156
1938	390
1939	415
1940	324
1941	676
1942	235
1943	342
1944	784
1945	241
1946	311
1947	285
1948	273
1949	612
1950	490
1951	400
1952	597
1953	777
1954	496
1955	650
1956	498
1957	653
1958	744
1959	486
1960	395
1961	412
1962	677
1963	1,153
1964	964
1965	477
1966	391
1967	1,055
1968	578
1969	437
1970	314
1971	659
1972	449
1973	371
1974	678
1975	855
1976	556
1977	596
1978	703
1979	730
1980	1,202
1981	862
1982	717
1983	1,123
1984	1,027
1985	608
1986	626
1987	745
1988	662
1989	1,106
1990	1,660
1991	1,244
1992	1,423
1993	845
1994	690
1995	1,106
1996	1,114
1997	983
1998	947
1999	705
2000	1,372
2001	1,441
2002	1,537
2003	954
2004	1,275
2005	908
2006	1,122
2007	1,170
2008	1,472
2009	805
2010	1,275
2011	1,001
2012	1,006
2013	929
2014	858
2015	667
2016	679
2017	602
2018	552
2019	1,044
2020	631
2021	837
2022	807
2023	316
2024	760
2025	865
2026	804

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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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 23 May 1923
Margin	Records
0 to 10	67
10 to 20	11
20 to 30	0
30 to 40	2
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	1