Weather Records on 10 May 1923

291 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 10 May 1923. Highest significance: Brinkworth (Bungaree), AU.

Key Facts for 10 May 1923

On 10 May 1923, 291 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
17 were record highs and 139 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 25 monthly and 266 daily.
Brinkworth (Bungaree) set a daily record precipitation of 36.8 mm (1.4 in) on 10 May 1923.
Across 163 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 442 records.

Record Map

291 stations

291 station records on 10 May 1923 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 10 May 1923: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Brinkworth (Bungaree)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tumut (Wattle Cres)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Brungle (Rosemount)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fernhill 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Northfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Meningie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Harden (East St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Adelong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Batlow Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Toronto	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Southampton	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Haliburton A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Parry Sound	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lindsay	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Brooksville Chin Hill	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Maytown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Parry Sound	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Guelph Oac	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Steffenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Clontarf	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Brooksville Chin Hill	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hiram	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Yellowin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Guelph Oac	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
London South	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Fergana	Uzbekistan	Record daily precipitation	15.6 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sandy Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Paris	Canada	Record daily snowfall	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Berrebangalo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tarcutta Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ueckermunde	Germany	Record daily precipitation	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Maragle Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tarcutta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wagga Wagga (Kooringal)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cootamundra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Portland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pulletop (Matta Mia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Urana Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yamma	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sturt	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wollun	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cassilis Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gunning Rural Supplies	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Big Springs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wantiool (Caithness)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mundarlo (Yabtree)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gobarralong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Beechworth Composite	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lakefield	Canada	Record daily snowfall	0.8 cm (0.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bay Saint Louis	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gundagai	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Rutherglen	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Toronto	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Greensboro	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Tampa	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Shelbyville 1 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Society Hill 6 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
New Orleans Audubon	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

291 records

Records set or tied on 10 May 1923 by type: Highest daily maximum 10, Lowest daily maximum 41, Highest daily minimum 7, Lowest daily minimum 98, Heaviest daily rainfall 119, Heaviest daily snowfall 16.

Records on 10 May 1923 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	10
Lowest daily maximum	41
Highest daily minimum	7
Lowest daily minimum	98
Heaviest daily rainfall	119
Heaviest daily snowfall	16
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 10 May 1923 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 25, daily 266.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

235 broken records

Margins by which the 235 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 86.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

10 May 1923

Top 20 records on 10 May 1923 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
10 May 1923	Brinkworth (Bungaree), AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	12 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
10 May 1923	Tumut (Wattle Cres), AU	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	33 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
10 May 1923	Brungle (Rosemount), AU	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	17 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
10 May 1923	Fernhill 1, AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	5 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
10 May 1923	Northfield, US	monthly snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	10 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
10 May 1923	Meningie, AU	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	4 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
10 May 1923	Harden (East St), AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	17 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
10 May 1923	Adelong Post Office, AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	17 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
10 May 1923	Batlow Post Office, AU	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	17 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
10 May 1923	Toronto, CA	daily low min	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	72 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
10 May 1923	Southampton, CA	monthly low max	1.7 C (35.1 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	48 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
10 May 1923	Haliburton A, CA	monthly snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	2.3 cm (0.9 in)	38 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
10 May 1923	Parry Sound, CA	daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	37 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
10 May 1923	Lindsay, CA	monthly low max	1.7 C (35.1 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	35 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
10 May 1923	Brooksville Chin Hill, US	monthly low min	5.0 C (41.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	5 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
10 May 1923	Maytown, AU	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	25 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
10 May 1923	Parry Sound, CA	monthly low max	2.8 C (37.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	41 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
10 May 1923	Guelph Oac, CA	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	41 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
10 May 1923	Steffenville, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	23 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
10 May 1923	Buffalo, US	monthly low min	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	32 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

1805 to 1923

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1923. 1923 had 291 records.

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

Records on 05-10 in each year
Year	Records
1805	1
1814	2
1832	1
1834	1
1836	4
1838	1
1843	1
1846	1
1848	1
1855	2
1858	1
1860	1
1861	2
1867	3
1868	1
1869	1
1872	1
1874	4
1876	1
1878	1
1879	2
1880	3
1881	3
1883	1
1884	2
1885	2
1886	1
1887	1
1888	2
1889	4
1890	2
1891	2
1893	1
1895	4
1896	6
1897	4
1898	5
1900	4
1901	6
1902	18
1903	6
1904	7
1905	21
1906	42
1907	33
1908	10
1909	17
1910	21
1911	55
1912	15
1913	23
1914	17
1915	18
1916	26
1917	23
1918	105
1919	145
1920	54
1921	143
1922	38
1923	291
1924	198
1925	163
1926	291
1927	296
1928	189
1929	102
1930	647
1931	277
1932	145
1933	516
1934	412
1935	200
1936	439
1937	148
1938	179
1939	179
1940	317
1941	257
1942	237
1943	482
1944	200
1945	646
1946	455
1947	820
1948	491
1949	492
1950	356
1951	281
1952	342
1953	627
1954	554
1955	272
1956	669
1957	374
1958	338
1959	192
1960	660
1961	722
1962	593
1963	951
1964	259
1965	413
1966	1,290
1967	932
1968	861
1969	325
1970	555
1971	416
1972	573
1973	429
1974	608
1975	448
1976	672
1977	1,075
1978	815
1979	1,927
1980	865
1981	1,213
1982	671
1983	753
1984	635
1985	925
1986	669
1987	1,270
1988	490
1989	1,365
1990	1,071
1991	854
1992	875
1993	1,056
1994	622
1995	1,129
1996	1,469
1997	1,215
1998	1,268
1999	1,299
2000	1,036
2001	842
2002	867
2003	1,688
2004	735
2005	761
2006	879
2007	815
2008	877
2009	651
2010	855
2011	1,288
2012	1,054
2013	635
2014	506
2015	943
2016	815
2017	702
2018	923
2019	1,254
2020	1,346
2021	635
2022	1,346
2023	359
2024	622
2025	1,094
2026	496

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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 20	218
20 to 40	13
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1