Weather Records on 7 May 1923

119 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 May 1923. Highest significance: Praha-Klementinum, CZ.

Key Facts for 7 May 1923

On 7 May 1923, 119 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
53 were record highs and 19 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 119 daily.
Praha-Klementinum set a daily record high maximum temperature of 29.1 C (84.4 F) on 7 May 1923.
Across 168 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 420 records.

Record Map

119 stations

119 station records on 7 May 1923 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 May 1923: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Praha-Klementinum	Czech Republic	Record high maximum temperature	29.1 C (84.4 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Milan	Italy	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	31.4 C (88.5 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Galway	Ireland	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	15.2 C (59.4 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	30.8 C (87.4 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Barbara	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Pitea	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Broken Hill (Glen Lyon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Doberlug-Kirchhain	Germany	Record daily precipitation	15.9 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Artern	Germany	Record daily precipitation	13.6 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar (Lerida)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wittenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gallivare_A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bad Lauchstadt	Germany	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Braunschweig (T.H.)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	15.9 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Big Hill Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
White River	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	30.7 C (87.3 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	27.9 C (82.2 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Austin #2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Cap Madeleine	Canada	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Claremont Pomona Clg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
San Bernardino F S 226	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Algiers-Ville/Universite	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	32.0 C (89.6 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
McKinlay Roadhouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Groongal (Gundaline)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Quinyambie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Cockburn (Burta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	0.9 C (33.6 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Qu'appelle	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti SW Point	Canada	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	15.9 C (60.6 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	29.9 C (85.8 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Daly Waters	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Salisbury Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Benwerrin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Chaplin	Canada	Record daily snowfall	0.3 cm (0.1 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	29.2 C (84.6 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	14.5 C (58.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Buckeye	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego Wbo	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Wappingers Falls	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Pyramid Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	1.0 C (33.8 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Trida (Murrumbong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Yathong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	14.6 mm (0.6 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Addison	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Hayward Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Potsdam	Germany	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	25.2 C (77.4 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

119 records

Records set or tied on 7 May 1923 by type: Highest daily maximum 33, Lowest daily maximum 7, Highest daily minimum 20, Lowest daily minimum 12, Heaviest daily rainfall 45, Heaviest daily snowfall 2.

Records on 7 May 1923 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	33
Lowest daily maximum	7
Highest daily minimum	20
Lowest daily minimum	12
Heaviest daily rainfall	45
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 7 May 1923 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 119.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

100 broken records

Margins by which the 100 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 43.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 May 1923

Top 20 records on 7 May 1923 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 May 1923	Praha-Klementinum, CZ	daily high max	29.1 C (84.4 F)	3.5 C (6.3 F)	118 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1923	Milan, IT	daily high max	29.4 C (84.9 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	55 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
7 May 1923	Karlsruhe, DE	daily high max	31.4 C (88.5 F)	7.6 C (13.7 F)	22 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
7 May 1923	Galway, IE	daily low max	8.9 C (48.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	38 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
7 May 1923	Munchen-Nymphenburg, DE	daily high min	15.2 C (59.4 F)	3.5 C (6.3 F)	31 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
7 May 1923	Innsbruck, AT	daily high max	30.8 C (87.4 F)	6.0 C (10.8 F)	22 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
7 May 1923	Ft Bidwell, US	daily high max	27.8 C (82.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	52 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
7 May 1923	Santa Barbara, US	daily high max	31.1 C (88.0 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	6 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
7 May 1923	Pitea, SE	daily rain	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	12 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
7 May 1923	Broken Hill (Glen Lyon), AU	daily rain	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	38 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
7 May 1923	Doberlug-Kirchhain, DE	daily rain	15.9 mm (0.6 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	16 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
7 May 1923	Artern, DE	daily rain	13.6 mm (0.5 in)	7.8 mm (0.31 in)	29 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
7 May 1923	Cobar (Lerida), AU	daily rain	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	37 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
7 May 1923	Wittenberg, DE	daily rain	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	8 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
7 May 1923	Karesuando, SE	daily rain	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	8 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
7 May 1923	Gallivare_A, SE	daily rain	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	5.9 mm (0.23 in)	12 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
7 May 1923	Bad Lauchstadt, DE	daily rain	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	29 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
7 May 1923	Braunschweig (T.H.), DE	daily rain	15.9 mm (0.6 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	24 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
7 May 1923	Big Hill Reservoir, AU	daily rain	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	11.1 mm (0.4 in)	5 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
7 May 1923	White River, CA	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	4.3 cm (1.7 in)	17 years	19 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

1795 to 1923

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1923. 1923 had 119 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 05-07 in each year
Year	Records
1795	2
1805	1
1816	1
1825	2
1837	1
1838	1
1844	1
1845	2
1846	1
1848	2
1850	2
1852	1
1853	1
1856	3
1857	1
1861	3
1862	1
1863	1
1864	1
1867	3
1869	1
1870	1
1872	1
1874	2
1876	3
1878	1
1879	2
1880	1
1884	2
1885	1
1886	4
1887	1
1888	1
1889	2
1890	4
1891	4
1892	2
1894	4
1895	2
1897	5
1898	7
1899	3
1900	10
1901	1
1902	6
1903	13
1904	19
1905	21
1906	15
1907	14
1908	29
1909	15
1910	16
1911	14
1912	14
1913	30
1914	37
1915	40
1916	34
1917	188
1918	60
1919	263
1920	59
1921	41
1922	40
1923	119
1924	141
1925	207
1926	227
1927	191
1928	204
1929	224
1930	637
1931	473
1932	288
1933	291
1934	698
1935	298
1936	466
1937	121
1938	467
1939	194
1940	317
1941	317
1942	270
1943	416
1944	476
1945	751
1946	339
1947	727
1948	338
1949	439
1950	526
1951	226
1952	485
1953	541
1954	481
1955	393
1956	665
1957	546
1958	585
1959	335
1960	899
1961	442
1962	381
1963	825
1964	687
1965	671
1966	762
1967	973
1968	756
1969	678
1970	822
1971	364
1972	515
1973	447
1974	743
1975	784
1976	782
1977	662
1978	925
1979	888
1980	593
1981	710
1982	802
1983	724
1984	1,300
1985	557
1986	1,163
1987	1,115
1988	752
1989	1,880
1990	1,024
1991	599
1992	1,830
1993	831
1994	621
1995	997
1996	880
1997	1,359
1998	1,166
1999	1,008
2000	1,693
2001	743
2002	1,344
2003	1,138
2004	1,397
2005	645
2006	833
2007	1,047
2008	526
2009	735
2010	1,123
2011	558
2012	709
2013	633
2014	646
2015	569
2016	677
2017	543
2018	542
2019	522
2020	577
2021	484
2022	784
2023	667
2024	858
2025	635
2026	715

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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 7 May 1923
Margin	Records
0 to 10	94
10 to 20	5
20 to 30	0
30 to 40	0
40 to 50	1