Weather Records on 23 May 1974

678 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 May 1974. Highest significance: Deal Island, AU.

Key Facts for 23 May 1974

On 23 May 1974, 678 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
133 were record highs and 167 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 667 daily.
Deal Island set a daily record precipitation of 55.0 mm (2.2 in) on 23 May 1974.
Across 158 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 461 records.

Record Map

678 stations

678 station records on 23 May 1974 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 May 1974: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Deal Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Keilor (Arundel)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Wingaroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Independence	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Strelka Chunja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Plattsburgh AFB	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Price	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Aracati	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	75.3 mm (3.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Jose de Mipibu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	123.4 mm (4.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bicura	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Thomasville	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Honaunau 27	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Thule	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Frisco City 3 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Low Isles Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Dunbar Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Halifax Macrossan St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bass	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lughrata	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lancaster	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Carpa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Flinders Island Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Newport 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cairns Aero	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.2 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Clanton	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Prestwood Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Laverton Raaf	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Masindi	Uganda	Record daily precipitation	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Alberta	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lucinda Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.8 mm (2.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pascoe Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Feijao	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	57.8 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Clarksdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Acude Santo Antonio de Russas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Macknade Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Boqueirao Do Patu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
St Andrews	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cuba	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Selma	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Assuncao	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Collins	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Senatobia	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Enosburg Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Athens Ben Epps AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Port Clinton (Yararoo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bay Saint Louis	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sparta Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hambledon Mill Csr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Aracaju	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	86.2 mm (3.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Whatley	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Grenada	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Trafalgar	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Salvacao	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rockland	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Moosomin	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Uniontown	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Beaverdale 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

678 records

Records set or tied on 23 May 1974 by type: Highest daily maximum 64, Lowest daily maximum 124, Highest daily minimum 69, Lowest daily minimum 43, Heaviest daily rainfall 375, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 23 May 1974 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	64
Lowest daily maximum	124
Highest daily minimum	69
Lowest daily minimum	43
Heaviest daily rainfall	375
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 23 May 1974 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 11, daily 667.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

593 broken records

Margins by which the 593 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 584.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 May 1974

Top 20 records on 23 May 1974 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 May 1974	Deal Island, AU	daily rain	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	75 years	71 of 100 (Major)
23 May 1974	Keilor (Arundel), AU	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	75 years	67 of 100 (Major)
23 May 1974	Wingaroo, AU	daily rain	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	56 years	63 of 100 (Major)
23 May 1974	Independence, US	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	77 years	61 of 100 (Major)
23 May 1974	Strelka Chunja, RU	monthly rain	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	17 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1974	Plattsburgh AFB, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	72 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1974	Price, AU	monthly rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	12 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1974	Aracati, BR	daily rain	75.3 mm (3.0 in)	57.3 mm (2.3 in)	56 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1974	Sao Jose de Mipibu, BR	daily rain	123.4 mm (4.9 in)	54.3 mm (2.1 in)	39 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1974	Georgetown Post Office, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	73 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1974	Bicura, RU	daily rain	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1974	Thomasville, US	daily rain	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	60 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1974	Honaunau 27, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1974	Thule, AU	daily rain	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	29 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1974	Frisco City 3 SSW, US	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	41 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1974	Low Isles Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	72 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1974	Dunbar Station, AU	monthly rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	18 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1974	Halifax Macrossan St, AU	daily rain	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	41 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1974	Bass, AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	35 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1974	Lughrata, AU	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	16 years	48 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

1793 to 1974

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1974. 1974 had 678 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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Data for records on 1974-05-23: 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 100	592
100 to 200	0
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1