Weather Records on 23 May 1921

92 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 May 1921. Highest significance: Warooka, AU.

Key Facts for 23 May 1921

On 23 May 1921, 92 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
28 were record highs and 3 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 89 daily.
Warooka set a daily record precipitation of 41.4 mm (1.6 in) on 23 May 1921.
Across 158 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 465 records.

Record Map

92 stations

92 station records on 23 May 1921 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 May 1921: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Warooka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Yorketown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Moonta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Maitland (Woodburlie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Corny Point	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ardrossan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mallala	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Port Victoria	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Maitland (Weetulta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bute	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Port Dover	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ardrossan (Winulta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Maitland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bute (Ninnes)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
North Adelaide	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sturt	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lucknow	Canada	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gumeracha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide (Salisbury Bowling Cl	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Roseworthy Agric College	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Port Clinton (Yararoo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide (Glen Osmond)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide (Morphett Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yacka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Elliot Caravan Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wirrabara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stockport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Brewarrina Hospital	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gawler (Loos)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yerevan	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Narridy Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Broughton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mitcham Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide (Thorndon Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Redhill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Second Valley (Poolamacca)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Cap Madeleine	Canada	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Leeu Gamka (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
La Crosse Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Madison Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bindara (Netley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Guelph Oac	Canada	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Jamestown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Wedderburn (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Saentis	Switzerland	Record high minimum temperature	5.5 C (41.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Cooke Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Boulia Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Angaston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Bundaleer Forest Reserve	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Watervale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Kingscote	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Murray Bridge Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Lillimur Estate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Crookston NW Exp STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Minneapolis Wb Dwtn	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

92 records

Records set or tied on 23 May 1921 by type: Highest daily maximum 16, Lowest daily maximum 1, Highest daily minimum 12, Lowest daily minimum 2, Heaviest daily rainfall 61.

Records on 23 May 1921 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	16
Lowest daily maximum	1
Highest daily minimum	12
Lowest daily minimum	2
Heaviest daily rainfall	61
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 23 May 1921 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 2, daily 89.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

81 broken records

Margins by which the 81 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 39.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 May 1921

Top 20 records on 23 May 1921 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 May 1921	Warooka, AU	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	16 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1921	Yorketown, AU	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	22 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1921	Moonta, AU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1921	Maitland (Woodburlie), AU	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	30 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1921	Corny Point, AU	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1921	Ardrossan, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	16 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1921	Mallala, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	30 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1921	Port Victoria, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	14 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1921	Maitland (Weetulta), AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	14 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1921	Bute, AU	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	14 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1921	Port Dover, CA	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	23 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1921	Ardrossan (Winulta), AU	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	14 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1921	Maitland, AU	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	14 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1921	Bute (Ninnes), AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	30 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
23 May 1921	North Adelaide, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	30 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
23 May 1921	Hamilton, CA	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	50 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
23 May 1921	Sturt, AU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	12 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
23 May 1921	Lucknow, CA	all-time rain	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	1 year	30 of 100 (Routine)
23 May 1921	Woodstock, CA	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	30 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
23 May 1921	Gumeracha, AU	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	36 years	29 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 1921

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1921. 1921 had 92 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).

Margin	Records
0 to 5	46
5 to 10	12
10 to 15	7
15 to 20	4
20 to 25	8
25 to 30	1
30 to 35	2
35 to 40	1