Weather Records on 9 May 1923

461 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 May 1923. Highest significance: Southampton, CA.

Key Facts for 9 May 1923

On 9 May 1923, 461 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
47 were record highs and 271 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 31 monthly and 430 daily.
Southampton set a monthly record daily snowfall of 33.0 cm (13.0 in) on 9 May 1923.
Across 166 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 432 records.

Record Map

461 stations

461 station records on 9 May 1923 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 May 1923: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Southampton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Lindsay	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bute	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Chatham 2	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Collingrove	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lucknow	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Guelph Oac	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gospic	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Toledo Blade	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Parry Sound	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Alma	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Toledo Blade	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Macclesfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lakefield	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Port Jervis	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sidi-Bel-Abbes	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Millington 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Toledo Blade	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Claremont Pomona Clg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Claremont Pomona Clg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego Wbo	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Marion	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Barbara	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Rutherglen	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Owen Sound	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Waterbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria 4 WSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus Ohio St UNIV	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Portsmouth-Sciotoville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
San Bernardino F S 226	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego Wbo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Benton Ridge	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Millport 4 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Wilkes Barre	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Olympia Priest Pt Park	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Watervale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Adrian 2 NNE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Brinkworth (Bungaree)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown	Canada	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
State College	United States	Record daily snowfall	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Blyth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Burra (Kooringa)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Stanley	Canada	Record daily snowfall	2.0 cm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Snowtown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Brantford	Canada	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Toronto	Canada	Record daily snowfall	3.3 cm (1.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kadina	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Paskeville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lyndoch	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Texas Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Welland	Canada	Record daily snowfall	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Milwaukee Wb City	United States	Record daily snowfall	3.0 cm (1.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moonta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Clarendon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Meadows	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
London South	Canada	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bee Branch	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Houma	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

461 records

Records set or tied on 9 May 1923 by type: Highest daily maximum 16, Lowest daily maximum 93, Highest daily minimum 31, Lowest daily minimum 178, Heaviest daily rainfall 123, Heaviest daily snowfall 19, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 9 May 1923 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	16
Lowest daily maximum	93
Highest daily minimum	31
Lowest daily minimum	178
Heaviest daily rainfall	123
Heaviest daily snowfall	19
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 9 May 1923 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 31, daily 430.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

376 broken records

Margins by which the 376 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 264.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 May 1923

Top 20 records on 9 May 1923 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 May 1923	Southampton, CA	monthly snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	26.4 cm (10.4 in)	15 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 1923	Lindsay, CA	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	13.7 cm (5.4 in)	37 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 1923	Bute, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	22 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 1923	Chatham 2, CA	monthly snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	37 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 1923	Collingrove, AU	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	38 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 1923	Lucknow, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	37 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 1923	Guelph Oac, CA	monthly snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	37 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 1923	Gospic, HR	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 1923	Toledo Blade, US	monthly snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	15 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
9 May 1923	Parry Sound, CA	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	37 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
9 May 1923	Alma, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	34 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
9 May 1923	Toledo Blade, US	monthly snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	30 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
9 May 1923	Macclesfield, AU	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	17 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
9 May 1923	Lakefield, CA	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	47 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
9 May 1923	Port Jervis, US	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	38 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
9 May 1923	Sidi-Bel-Abbes, DZ	daily high min	18.0 C (64.4 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	29 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
9 May 1923	Millington 3 SE, US	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	13 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
9 May 1923	Toledo Blade, US	monthly low max	3.3 C (37.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	39 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
9 May 1923	Claremont Pomona Clg, US	daily high max	37.8 C (100.0 F)	7.8 C (14.0 F)	22 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
9 May 1923	Claremont Pomona Clg, US	daily high min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	21 years	26 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 1923

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1923. 1923 had 461 records.

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

Records on 05-09 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1795	1
1806	1
1810	1
1823	1
1834	1
1838	1
1843	1
1845	2
1846	1
1848	1
1850	2
1855	2
1857	1
1858	1
1861	1
1862	1
1864	2
1865	2
1867	2
1872	1
1873	2
1874	1
1875	2
1879	4
1880	3
1882	1
1883	2
1884	3
1885	3
1889	3
1890	3
1891	3
1892	1
1893	1
1895	2
1896	4
1897	3
1898	3
1899	2
1900	2
1901	9
1902	8
1903	9
1904	14
1905	34
1906	41
1907	11
1908	16
1909	34
1910	45
1911	23
1912	23
1913	15
1914	43
1915	27
1916	26
1917	50
1918	49
1919	47
1920	56
1921	102
1922	45
1923	461
1924	262
1925	123
1926	196
1927	343
1928	302
1929	166
1930	526
1931	411
1932	132
1933	482
1934	750
1935	111
1936	622
1937	128
1938	171
1939	345
1940	237
1941	335
1942	180
1943	524
1944	412
1945	538
1946	278
1947	1,145
1948	379
1949	417
1950	660
1951	188
1952	348
1953	507
1954	489
1955	288
1956	722
1957	505
1958	355
1959	252
1960	748
1961	516
1962	435
1963	1,103
1964	503
1965	730
1966	994
1967	681
1968	545
1969	653
1970	372
1971	338
1972	587
1973	386
1974	699
1975	465
1976	714
1977	931
1978	649
1979	1,605
1980	1,030
1981	639
1982	523
1983	872
1984	892
1985	829
1986	1,253
1987	1,481
1988	594
1989	1,347
1990	850
1991	759
1992	1,476
1993	967
1994	573
1995	960
1996	1,260
1997	1,088
1998	1,182
1999	970
2000	1,114
2001	969
2002	1,489
2003	1,802
2004	926
2005	851
2006	738
2007	765
2008	693
2009	816
2010	764
2011	1,104
2012	686
2013	684
2014	754
2015	689
2016	917
2017	539
2018	879
2019	1,043
2020	1,673
2021	501
2022	1,308
2023	474
2024	792
2025	622
2026	309

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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 50	365
50 to 100	7
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1