Weather Records on 23 May 2024

760 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 May 2024. Highest significance: Megri, AM.

Key Facts for 23 May 2024

On 23 May 2024, 760 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
460 were record highs and 152 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 43 monthly and 717 daily.
Megri set a daily record precipitation of 99.1 mm (3.9 in) on 23 May 2024.
Across 158 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 461 records.

Record Map

760 stations

760 station records on 23 May 2024 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 May 2024: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Megri	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Edinburgh: Royal Botanic Garde	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	58.6 mm (2.3 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Paris 3 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	107.7 mm (4.2 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Big Timber	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Sofia	Bulgaria	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Norris Madison Pwr House	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Townsend 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Calcutta/Alipore	India	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Keithville	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Harvey 4NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Sauda	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	17.7 C (63.9 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Dubois Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Big Timber	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kealakekua 26.2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hrazdan	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bozeman Gallatin Fld AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Brownsville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Turnu Magurele	Romania	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wynne	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Brandenberg	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Melville 4 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.4 cm (4.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Nashua 2 NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bozeman Montana State UNIV	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hanover	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Red Lodge	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Brenham	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Prescott 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cedarville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Barren Rvr Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hilo Intl AP 87	United States	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Port Blair	India	Record daily precipitation	148.1 mm (5.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Red Lodge	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Twin Bridges	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Jamestown	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rio Grande City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Granite Crk	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bozeman Gallatin Fld AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lufkin Angelina Co AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tobolsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Owensboro 3ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville Muni AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Brockport	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Watertown	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sigmaringen-Laiz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Arak	Iran	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Fajardo	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gallivare_A	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	23.8 C (74.8 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kealakekua 26.2	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Northdale	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Busby	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mystic Lake	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Villingen-Schwenningen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Deer Lodge 3 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Vigra	Norway	Record high maximum temperature	26.4 C (79.5 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Carlyle Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Holter Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gold Beach Rs	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Foreman	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dubois Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

760 records

Records set or tied on 23 May 2024 by type: Highest daily maximum 185, Lowest daily maximum 76, Highest daily minimum 275, Lowest daily minimum 76, Heaviest daily rainfall 116, Heaviest daily snowfall 17, Deepest snow cover 15.

Records on 23 May 2024 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	185
Lowest daily maximum	76
Highest daily minimum	275
Lowest daily minimum	76
Heaviest daily rainfall	116
Heaviest daily snowfall	17
Deepest snow cover	15

Records on 23 May 2024 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 43, daily 717.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

604 broken records

Margins by which the 604 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 203.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 May 2024

Top 20 records on 23 May 2024 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 May 2024	Megri, AM	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	93.4 mm (3.7 in)	82 years	72 of 100 (Major)
23 May 2024	Edinburgh: Royal Botanic Garde, GB	monthly rain	58.6 mm (2.3 in)	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	56 years	72 of 100 (Major)
23 May 2024	Paris 3 ESE, US	daily rain	107.7 mm (4.2 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	67 years	64 of 100 (Major)
23 May 2024	Big Timber, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	129 years	60 of 100 (Major)
23 May 2024	Sofia, BG	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	29 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 2024	Norris Madison Pwr House, US	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	85 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 2024	Townsend 3SE, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 2024	Calcutta/Alipore, IN	daily rain	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	122 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 2024	Keithville, US	daily rain	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	45 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 2024	Harvey 4NE, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	33 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 2024	Sauda, NO	daily high min	17.7 C (63.9 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	83 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 2024	Dubois Exp STN, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	94 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 2024	Big Timber, US	daily rain	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	78 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 2024	Kealakekua 26.2, US	daily high max	30.6 C (87.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	110 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 2024	Hrazdan, AM	daily rain	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	3 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 2024	Bozeman Gallatin Fld AP, US	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	59 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 2024	Brownsville, US	daily high max	36.7 C (98.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	108 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 2024	Turnu Magurele, RO	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	20.2 mm (0.8 in)	29 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 2024	Wynne, US	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	114 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 2024	Brandenberg, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	17 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

1793 to 2024

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2024. 2024 had 760 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	584
50 to 100	15
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	2