Weather Records on 23 May 1924

230 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 May 1924. Highest significance: Tampa, US.

Key Facts for 23 May 1924

On 23 May 1924, 230 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
16 were record highs and 118 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 229 daily.
Tampa set a daily record precipitation of 79.2 mm (3.1 in) on 23 May 1924.
Across 158 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 464 records.

Record Map

230 stations

230 station records on 23 May 1924 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 May 1924: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tampa	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Rockville	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record daily precipitation	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Beech Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Regina Int'l A	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Wagga Wagga (Kooringal)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	20.2 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Enfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kalmar_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Seymour Shire Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Glenthompson (Brie Brie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Coleraine (Tulse Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ueckermunde	Germany	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Willaura (Yarram Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Penshurst (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jakutsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Euroa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Woolsthorpe	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Qu'appelle	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Middletown 4 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Darlington	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Laghouat	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Hawker (Warcowie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Ruffy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Smeaton Weir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Fergus Falls	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Jamestown State Hosp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Napoleon	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Naracoorte Cave Range	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Jamieson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Indian Head Cda	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	14.1 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Independence	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Oakdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Moose Jaw Chab	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Swift Current	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Stromsfoss Sluse	Norway	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Wappingers Falls	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Dickinson Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Old Noarlunga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Bancroft	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Weimar	Germany	Record daily precipitation	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	13.1 C (55.6 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Buckeye	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Rome	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Amherst	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Tekamah	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Mundulla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Toorourrong Reservoir (Toorour	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Chaplin	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
St Albans	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Stoney Creek	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Soltau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Surgut	Russia	Record daily precipitation	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Lowell	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Fergus Falls	United States	Record daily snowfall	1.8 cm (0.7 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston SE	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

230 records

Records set or tied on 23 May 1924 by type: Highest daily maximum 4, Lowest daily maximum 27, Highest daily minimum 12, Lowest daily minimum 91, Heaviest daily rainfall 95, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 23 May 1924 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	4
Lowest daily maximum	27
Highest daily minimum	12
Lowest daily minimum	91
Heaviest daily rainfall	95
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 23 May 1924 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 229.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

182 broken records

Margins by which the 182 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 60.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 May 1924

Top 20 records on 23 May 1924 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 May 1924	Tampa, US	daily rain	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	60.9 mm (2.4 in)	11 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1924	Rockville, US	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	14 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1924	Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel, DE	monthly rain	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	4.9 mm (0.19 in)	27 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
23 May 1924	Beech Forest, AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	25 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
23 May 1924	Regina Int'l A, CA	daily low min	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	8.3 C (14.9 F)	17 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
23 May 1924	Wagga Wagga (Kooringal), AU	daily low max	10.0 C (50.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	51 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
23 May 1924	Sandvig, DK	daily rain	20.2 mm (0.8 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	26 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 May 1924	Enfield, AU	daily rain	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	35 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 May 1924	Kalmar_D, SE	daily rain	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	26 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 May 1924	Seymour Shire Depot, AU	daily rain	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	36 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 May 1924	Glenthompson (Brie Brie), AU	daily rain	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	41 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 May 1924	Coleraine (Tulse Hill), AU	daily rain	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	25 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 May 1924	Ueckermunde, DE	daily rain	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	8 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 May 1924	Willaura (Yarram Park), AU	daily rain	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	7.7 mm (0.30 in)	18 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 May 1924	Penshurst (Post Office), AU	daily rain	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	18 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 May 1924	Lichtentanne, DE	daily rain	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	46 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 May 1924	Jakutsk, RU	daily rain	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	4.2 mm (0.17 in)	8 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 May 1924	Euroa, AU	daily rain	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	33 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 May 1924	Woolsthorpe, AU	daily rain	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	35 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 May 1924	Qu'appelle, CA	daily low min	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	30 years	20 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 1924

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1924. 1924 had 230 records.

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

Records on 05-23 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1794	1
1798	1
1817	1
1818	1
1837	3
1845	1
1847	2
1857	1
1863	1
1865	2
1866	5
1867	7
1870	2
1871	1
1875	1
1877	1
1878	1
1880	1
1884	2
1885	2
1886	4
1887	1
1889	2
1891	11
1893	3
1894	1
1895	3
1896	4
1897	3
1898	8
1899	3
1900	12
1901	3
1902	12
1903	6
1904	14
1905	10
1906	23
1907	11
1908	13
1909	23
1910	26
1911	39
1912	31
1913	29
1914	33
1915	13
1916	44
1917	58
1918	36
1919	120
1920	37
1921	92
1922	82
1923	99
1924	230
1925	325
1926	204
1927	243
1928	177
1929	221
1930	199
1931	719
1932	358
1933	443
1934	203
1935	369
1936	568
1937	156
1938	390
1939	415
1940	324
1941	676
1942	235
1943	342
1944	784
1945	241
1946	311
1947	285
1948	273
1949	612
1950	490
1951	400
1952	597
1953	777
1954	496
1955	650
1956	498
1957	653
1958	744
1959	486
1960	395
1961	412
1962	677
1963	1,153
1964	964
1965	477
1966	391
1967	1,055
1968	578
1969	437
1970	314
1971	659
1972	449
1973	371
1974	678
1975	855
1976	556
1977	596
1978	703
1979	730
1980	1,202
1981	862
1982	717
1983	1,123
1984	1,027
1985	608
1986	626
1987	745
1988	662
1989	1,106
1990	1,660
1991	1,244
1992	1,423
1993	845
1994	690
1995	1,106
1996	1,114
1997	983
1998	947
1999	705
2000	1,372
2001	1,441
2002	1,537
2003	954
2004	1,275
2005	908
2006	1,122
2007	1,170
2008	1,472
2009	805
2010	1,275
2011	1,001
2012	1,006
2013	929
2014	858
2015	667
2016	679
2017	602
2018	552
2019	1,044
2020	631
2021	837
2022	807
2023	316
2024	760
2025	865
2026	804

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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 10	173
10 to 20	7
20 to 30	0
30 to 40	1
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	1