Weather Records on 23 May 1922

82 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 May 1922. Highest significance: St Helena Island, AU.

Key Facts for 23 May 1922

On 23 May 1922, 82 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
67 were record highs and 2 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 73 daily.
St Helena Island set a daily record precipitation of 73.7 mm (2.9 in) on 23 May 1922.
Across 158 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 465 records.

Record Map

82 stations

82 station records on 23 May 1922 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 May 1922: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
St Helena Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	35.7 C (96.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	28.2 C (82.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	33.1 C (91.6 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	33.8 C (92.8 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sveg	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	10.5 C (50.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	27.5 C (81.5 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	17.5 C (63.5 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	13.6 C (56.5 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	33.4 C (92.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Prescott 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Uccle	Belgium	Record high maximum temperature	33.1 C (91.6 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	11.6 C (52.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Husum	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	33.7 C (92.7 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jerrys Plains Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Schwerin	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	17.5 C (63.5 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	13.5 C (56.3 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	32.1 C (89.8 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record daily precipitation	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	9.3 C (48.7 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Morris W Cntrl Rsch & Outreach	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Morgantown 1	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Uccle	Belgium	Record high minimum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	20.3 C (68.5 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	17.7 C (63.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	33.8 C (92.8 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	12.9 C (55.2 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Escanaba	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Lubeck-Werft	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	27.5 C (81.5 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Jonkoping	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	27.0 C (80.6 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Louisville	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	9.5 C (49.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Muenster	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	18.2 C (64.8 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	17.7 C (63.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Braunschweig (T.H.)	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	34.1 C (93.4 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide West Terrace	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	31.0 C (87.8 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	17.7 C (63.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Boras	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
White River	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	32.6 C (90.7 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Waren	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	32.9 C (91.2 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Great Falls 16St	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Lincoln UNIV Pwr Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Schwerin	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	33.4 C (92.1 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Waren	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	16.3 C (61.3 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	27.1 C (80.8 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	26.6 C (79.9 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Calumet	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

82 records

Records set or tied on 23 May 1922 by type: Highest daily maximum 35, Lowest daily maximum 1, Highest daily minimum 32, Lowest daily minimum 1, Heaviest daily rainfall 13.

Records on 23 May 1922 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	35
Lowest daily maximum	1
Highest daily minimum	32
Lowest daily minimum	1
Heaviest daily rainfall	13
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 23 May 1922 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 8, daily 73.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

69 broken records

Margins by which the 69 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 41.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 May 1922

Top 20 records on 23 May 1922 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 May 1922	St Helena Island, AU	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	16 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1922	Kirchdorf/Poel, DE	all-time high max	35.7 C (96.3 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	17 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
23 May 1922	Oxford, GB	daily high max	28.2 C (82.8 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	50 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
23 May 1922	Plauen, DE	monthly high max	33.1 C (91.6 F)	2.1 C (3.8 F)	29 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
23 May 1922	Karlsruhe, DE	monthly high max	33.8 C (92.8 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	29 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
23 May 1922	Sveg, SE	daily high min	10.5 C (50.9 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	34 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
23 May 1922	Halmstad, SE	daily high min	14.0 C (57.2 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	39 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
23 May 1922	Tranebjerg, DK	monthly high max	27.5 C (81.5 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	16 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
23 May 1922	Kirchdorf/Poel, DE	monthly high min	17.5 C (63.5 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	16 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
23 May 1922	Cape Otway Lighthouse, AU	daily high min	13.6 C (56.5 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	50 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
23 May 1922	Jena Sternwarte, DE	daily high max	33.4 C (92.1 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	35 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
23 May 1922	Prescott 2 NNW, US	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	22 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
23 May 1922	Uccle, BE	daily high max	33.1 C (91.6 F)	3.6 C (6.5 F)	12 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 May 1922	Sandvig, DK	daily high min	11.6 C (52.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	46 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 May 1922	Husum, DE	monthly high max	33.7 C (92.7 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	16 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 May 1922	Jerrys Plains Post Office, AU	daily rain	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	26 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
23 May 1922	Schwerin, DE	daily high min	17.5 C (63.5 F)	5.1 C (9.2 F)	4 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
23 May 1922	Skara 1, SE	daily high min	13.5 C (56.3 F)	3.5 C (6.3 F)	21 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
23 May 1922	Innsbruck, AT	monthly high max	32.1 C (89.8 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	14 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
23 May 1922	Bremen-Seefahrtschule, DE	daily rain	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	6.2 mm (0.24 in)	8 years	18 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 1922

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1922. 1922 had 82 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 1922
Margin	Records
0 to 10	64
10 to 20	3
20 to 30	1
30 to 40	0
40 to 50	1