Weather Records on 28 May 1923

72 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 May 1923. Highest significance: Winterswijk, NL.

Key Facts for 28 May 1923

On 28 May 1923, 72 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
17 were record highs and 15 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 70 daily.
Winterswijk set a daily record precipitation of 35.6 mm (1.4 in) on 28 May 1923.
Across 161 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 444 records.

Record Map

72 stations

72 station records on 28 May 1923 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 May 1923: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Winterswijk	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Oudenbosch	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Muenster	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kerkwerve	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Imperial	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Uccle	Belgium	Record low maximum temperature	11.9 C (53.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Montgomery Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Oberlin	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Madrid	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hoofddorp	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Helmond	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yankalilla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Warooka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Goondi Mill Csr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Artern	Germany	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Forks UNIV (NWS)	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Overland Corner	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Tunis	Tunisia	Record high minimum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Concord	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Uccle	Belgium	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
New Smyrna Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Palmetto	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Cradock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	11.3 C (52.3 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Pooncarie (Tarcoola)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg (Sternwarte)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	14.1 mm (0.6 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Payette	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Independence	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Anderson	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Park Rapids Muni AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Edenhope (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Bajramaly	Turkmenistan	Record daily precipitation	0.2 mm (0.01 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Crookston NW Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Montevideo 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Klamath Falls 2 SSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Bartow 1SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston SE	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Dalby Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	26.8 C (80.2 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Charleville Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Talladega	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Adairsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Syktyvkar	Russia	Record daily precipitation	7.2 mm (0.28 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Pokegama Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
The Dalles	United States	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Nuriootpa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Goondiwindi Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	8.7 mm (0.34 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Dahlonega 4WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Hartington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Tbilisi	Georgia	Record high minimum temperature	17.4 C (63.3 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Boulia Airport	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Scheveningen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Charlotteburg Rsvr	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Morgantown 1	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

72 records

Records set or tied on 28 May 1923 by type: Highest daily maximum 8, Lowest daily maximum 3, Highest daily minimum 9, Lowest daily minimum 12, Heaviest daily rainfall 40.

Records on 28 May 1923 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	8
Lowest daily maximum	3
Highest daily minimum	9
Lowest daily minimum	12
Heaviest daily rainfall	40
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 28 May 1923 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 70.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

59 broken records

Margins by which the 59 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 33.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 May 1923

Top 20 records on 28 May 1923 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 May 1923	Winterswijk, NL	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	41 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1923	Oudenbosch, NL	monthly rain	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	8 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1923	Muenster, DE	daily rain	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1923	Kerkwerve, NL	monthly rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	8 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1923	St. Petersburg, RU	daily rain	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	12 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1923	Imperial, US	daily rain	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	12 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
28 May 1923	Uccle, BE	daily low max	11.9 C (53.4 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	78 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
28 May 1923	Chatham, CA	daily low min	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	47 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
28 May 1923	Montgomery Wb City, US	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	49 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
28 May 1923	Oberlin, US	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	8 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
28 May 1923	Madrid, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	12 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
28 May 1923	Hoofddorp, NL	daily rain	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	53 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 May 1923	Helmond, NL	daily rain	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	4.2 mm (0.17 in)	34 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 May 1923	Yankalilla, AU	daily rain	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	25 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 May 1923	Altastenberg, DE	daily rain	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	9.5 mm (0.37 in)	1 year	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 May 1923	Warooka, AU	daily rain	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	12 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
28 May 1923	Goondi Mill Csr, AU	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	9 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
28 May 1923	Artern, DE	daily rain	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	8.2 mm (0.32 in)	1 year	18 of 100 (Routine)
28 May 1923	Grand Forks UNIV (NWS), US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	0 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
28 May 1923	Overland Corner, AU	daily rain	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	17 years	17 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

1794 to 1923

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1923. 1923 had 72 records.

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

Records on 05-28 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1797	1
1811	1
1824	1
1832	1
1836	5
1840	1
1841	1
1847	2
1848	1
1851	2
1857	1
1858	1
1863	1
1865	1
1868	4
1869	1
1876	1
1879	2
1880	2
1884	3
1885	2
1887	1
1888	3
1889	3
1890	3
1891	2
1892	9
1893	2
1894	9
1895	1
1896	5
1897	6
1898	1
1899	6
1900	4
1901	6
1902	12
1903	9
1904	6
1905	14
1906	31
1907	36
1908	26
1909	7
1910	18
1911	42
1912	19
1913	28
1914	58
1915	27
1916	24
1917	36
1918	43
1919	43
1920	33
1921	87
1922	80
1923	72
1924	109
1925	122
1926	143
1927	301
1928	150
1929	355
1930	131
1931	574
1932	171
1933	212
1934	537
1935	186
1936	337
1937	212
1938	285
1939	433
1940	217
1941	711
1942	279
1943	238
1944	330
1945	331
1946	413
1947	1,049
1948	333
1949	321
1950	276
1951	503
1952	314
1953	392
1954	382
1955	413
1956	456
1957	272
1958	792
1959	557
1960	431
1961	1,026
1962	859
1963	368
1964	394
1965	536
1966	284
1967	350
1968	610
1969	863
1970	310
1971	767
1972	575
1973	834
1974	585
1975	397
1976	914
1977	826
1978	802
1979	521
1980	808
1981	711
1982	1,204
1983	1,666
1984	1,357
1985	914
1986	591
1987	1,139
1988	806
1989	817
1990	1,024
1991	1,647
1992	1,610
1993	870
1994	981
1995	1,078
1996	1,438
1997	1,108
1998	1,043
1999	952
2000	1,229
2001	1,024
2002	612
2003	1,049
2004	875
2005	1,032
2006	1,566
2007	1,084
2008	902
2009	733
2010	937
2011	1,188
2012	1,237
2013	541
2014	781
2015	487
2016	625
2017	710
2018	1,348
2019	973
2020	875
2021	537
2022	476
2023	445
2024	907
2025	663
2026	1,053

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Data for records on 1923-05-28: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	39
5 to 10	7
10 to 15	5
15 to 20	5
20 to 25	1
25 to 30	0
30 to 35	2