Weather Records on 23 May 1919

120 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 May 1919. Highest significance: Sale, AU.

Key Facts for 23 May 1919

On 23 May 1919, 120 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
15 were record highs and 3 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 113 daily.
Sale set a daily record precipitation of 42.7 mm (1.7 in) on 23 May 1919.
Across 158 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 465 records.

Record Map

120 stations

120 station records on 23 May 1919 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 May 1919: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sale Mercury Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Fe	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Stratford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Walhalla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Durdidwarrah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Buchan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Blackwarry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Toongabbie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Blackwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rokewood (Kuruc A Ruc)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Maffra Shire Hall	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rosedale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gabo Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Deniliquin (Wilkinson St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bungaree (Kirks Reservoir)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lyonville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Macclesfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Wellington (Agrowplow)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Clydebank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
White River	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Pulletop (Matta Mia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Katella	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Pennyroyal Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Foster (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Elaine (Larundel)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Omeo Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Orbost (Comparison)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	13.1 C (55.6 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ballan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Geelong Sec	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Winchelsea (Murdeduke)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Berrybank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Rowan (Bungeet)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Goulburn River @ Shepparton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Beales Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Meadows	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Mannum Council Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bairnsdale 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Prince Albert	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bindi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Sunbury (Salesian College )	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Collendina	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Kyabram Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Dookie Agricultural College	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Angledool (Angledool Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Stuart Town	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Beechworth Composite	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Lancefield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	26.0 C (78.8 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Bombala (Therry Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Jerilderie (Yanko Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Numurkah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Tolmie (Langley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Valencia Creek (Bulgar Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Yarram	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Prince Albert	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Novorossijsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Tottenham (Burdenda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

120 records

Records set or tied on 23 May 1919 by type: Highest daily maximum 9, Lowest daily maximum 2, Highest daily minimum 6, Lowest daily minimum 1, Heaviest daily rainfall 102.

Records on 23 May 1919 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	9
Lowest daily maximum	2
Highest daily minimum	6
Lowest daily minimum	1
Heaviest daily rainfall	102
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 23 May 1919 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 7, daily 113.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

111 broken records

Margins by which the 111 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 48.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 May 1919

Top 20 records on 23 May 1919 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 May 1919	Sale, AU	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1919	Sale Mercury Office, AU	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1919	Santa Fe, US	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	10 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1919	Stratford, AU	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	14 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1919	Walhalla, AU	monthly rain	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	5 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1919	Durdidwarrah, AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1919	Buchan, AU	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	6 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1919	Blackwarry, AU	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	20 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1919	Toongabbie, AU	monthly rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	19 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1919	Blackwood, AU	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1919	Blue Hill Coop, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	26 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1919	Rokewood (Kuruc A Ruc), AU	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	12 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
23 May 1919	Maffra Shire Hall, AU	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	14 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
23 May 1919	Rosedale, AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
23 May 1919	Gabo Island Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	51 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
23 May 1919	Deniliquin (Wilkinson St), AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	58 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
23 May 1919	Bungaree (Kirks Reservoir), AU	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	20 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
23 May 1919	Lyonville, AU	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	31 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
23 May 1919	Macclesfield, AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	14 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
23 May 1919	Wellington (Agrowplow), AU	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	28 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 1919

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1919. 1919 had 120 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 1919
Margin	Records
0 to 10	83
10 to 20	17
20 to 30	6
30 to 40	2
40 to 50	3