Weather Records on 22 May 1923

63 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 May 1923. Highest significance: Lexington, US.

Key Facts for 22 May 1923

On 22 May 1923, 63 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
11 were record highs and 14 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 63 daily.
Lexington set a daily record precipitation of 41.9 mm (1.6 in) on 22 May 1923.
Across 160 earlier years (1806 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 448 records.

Record Map

63 stations

63 station records on 22 May 1923 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 May 1923: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lexington	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Port Campbell Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsbluff W B Heilig Fld AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ilulissat (Jakobshavn)	Greenland [Denmark]	Record daily precipitation	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Shenkursk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	15.6 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wangerooge	Germany	Record daily precipitation	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Leroy 5 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kargopol	Russia	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Teterow	Germany	Record daily precipitation	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Hay Springs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Appila	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Stillwater 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Clare Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Tot-Ma	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	12.4 C (54.3 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Lawrence	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Grants Pass	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Laura	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Wirrabara Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide (Morphett Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Sturt	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Mackay Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	27.5 C (81.5 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Port Fairy (Griffiths Island)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Bundaleer Forest Reserve	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Hutchinson River	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
New Braunfels	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Melrose	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Farrell Flat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Quesnel	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Hay Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Laghouat	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	18.4 mm (0.7 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Manoora	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Battleford	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Astoria	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Roseworthy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Thorpdale State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti West Point	Canada	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Hiram	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Unb	Canada	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
White River	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Las Animas	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Willaura (Yarram Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Morgantown 1	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Park Rapids Muni AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Booleroo (Wimont)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Roseworthy Agric College	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Brisbane Regional Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	16.8 C (62.2 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Troicko-Pecherskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	4.5 mm (0.18 in)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Schriever	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Bay Saint Louis	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Oberlin	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Quorn (Depot Flat)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Hartington	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

63 records

Records set or tied on 22 May 1923 by type: Highest daily maximum 4, Lowest daily maximum 12, Highest daily minimum 7, Lowest daily minimum 2, Heaviest daily rainfall 38.

Records on 22 May 1923 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	4
Lowest daily maximum	12
Highest daily minimum	7
Lowest daily minimum	2
Heaviest daily rainfall	38
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 22 May 1923 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 63.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

49 broken records

Margins by which the 49 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 25.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 May 1923

Top 20 records on 22 May 1923 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 May 1923	Lexington, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	29 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1923	Port Campbell Post Office, AU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	5 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1923	Scottsbluff W B Heilig Fld AP, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	16 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1923	Ilulissat (Jakobshavn), GL	daily rain	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	40 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1923	Cape Otway Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	5.4 mm (0.21 in)	54 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1923	Shenkursk, RU	daily rain	15.6 mm (0.6 in)	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	18 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1923	Dublin Phoenix Park, IE	daily rain	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	1.4 mm (0.06 in)	46 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1923	Wangerooge, DE	daily rain	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	6.0 mm (0.24 in)	16 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1923	Leroy 5 WSW, US	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	29 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1923	Franklin, US	daily rain	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	26 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1923	Kargopol, RU	daily rain	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	3.9 mm (0.15 in)	18 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1923	Chicoutimi, CA	daily low min	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	32 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1923	Teterow, DE	daily rain	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	3.7 mm (0.15 in)	31 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1923	Hay Springs, US	daily low max	10.0 C (50.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	23 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1923	Appila, AU	daily rain	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	33 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1923	Stornoway Airport, GB	daily low max	7.8 C (46.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	30 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1923	Stillwater 2 W, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1923	Clare Post Office, AU	daily rain	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	20 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1923	Tot-Ma, RU	daily high min	12.4 C (54.3 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	23 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1923	Armagh, GB	daily low max	9.4 C (48.9 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	16 years	14 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

1806 to 1923

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 1923. 1923 had 63 records.

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

Records on 05-22 in each year
Year	Records
1806	1
1837	4
1840	1
1841	1
1845	1
1846	1
1847	2
1857	1
1861	1
1862	1
1864	1
1865	1
1866	5
1867	3
1870	2
1872	1
1874	2
1875	1
1877	1
1881	1
1883	3
1885	1
1886	5
1887	3
1889	2
1890	4
1891	1
1892	2
1894	3
1895	2
1896	5
1897	3
1898	3
1899	3
1900	2
1901	3
1902	5
1903	7
1904	6
1905	11
1906	15
1907	45
1908	20
1909	19
1910	6
1911	77
1912	20
1913	15
1914	30
1915	23
1916	22
1917	43
1918	50
1919	402
1920	27
1921	85
1922	60
1923	63
1924	196
1925	382
1926	165
1927	250
1928	168
1929	210
1930	121
1931	489
1932	306
1933	307
1934	292
1935	162
1936	490
1937	192
1938	313
1939	407
1940	364
1941	640
1942	379
1943	385
1944	490
1945	334
1946	277
1947	340
1948	322
1949	534
1950	456
1951	294
1952	442
1953	632
1954	558
1955	556
1956	617
1957	774
1958	584
1959	713
1960	455
1961	446
1962	662
1963	1,149
1964	775
1965	367
1966	434
1967	1,222
1968	502
1969	593
1970	306
1971	479
1972	462
1973	446
1974	613
1975	772
1976	476
1977	648
1978	558
1979	674
1980	997
1981	1,427
1982	558
1983	1,025
1984	907
1985	736
1986	724
1987	810
1988	641
1989	722
1990	1,193
1991	1,200
1992	1,159
1993	922
1994	517
1995	823
1996	1,139
1997	1,154
1998	995
1999	610
2000	1,124
2001	1,371
2002	2,020
2003	822
2004	1,111
2005	1,002
2006	1,174
2007	1,113
2008	967
2009	1,075
2010	1,051
2011	745
2012	1,039
2013	1,216
2014	828
2015	938
2016	807
2017	613
2018	495
2019	1,372
2020	631
2021	915
2022	1,248
2023	400
2024	861
2025	778
2026	473

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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	37
5 to 10	6
10 to 15	3
15 to 20	2
20 to 25	0
25 to 30	1