Weather Records on 23 May 1928

177 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 May 1928. Highest significance: Braunschweig (T.H.), DE.

Key Facts for 23 May 1928

On 23 May 1928, 177 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
93 were record highs and 29 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 171 daily.
Braunschweig (T.H.) set a daily record precipitation of 25.2 mm (1.0 in) on 23 May 1928.
Across 158 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 465 records.

Record Map

177 stations

177 station records on 23 May 1928 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 May 1928: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Braunschweig (T.H.)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
New Smyrna Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Soltau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Brome	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Florence #1	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Winnipeg St Johns Coll	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Macon	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Waterville Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gainesville UNIV of Fl	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Little Mtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	20.3 C (68.5 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Swift Current	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Oakbank	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Morris W Cntrl Rsch & Outreach	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bird Rocks	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Napoleon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Chelsea	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Winnipeg St Johns Coll	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Grafton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Effingham	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Doberlug-Kirchhain	Germany	Record daily precipitation	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Boolardy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Den Helder-1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	15.1 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Zerbst	Germany	Record daily precipitation	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
St Albans	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Treherne	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lewiston	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Treherne	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	8.4 C (47.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Muncheberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Mohall	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Steele 4N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Hat A	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Cherdyn'	Russia	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Augusta	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bottineau	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Fullerton 1 ESE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Jamestown State Hosp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Belle Isle	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Brocken	Germany	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Leo	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Nashua 2 NNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Salisbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Enosburg Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Mardie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Chilliwack	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Swift Current	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Storrs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Tallahassee	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Forks UNIV (NWS)	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Qu'appelle	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Lucknow	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Bottineau	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Grenfell	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Minnedosa	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Artern	Germany	Record daily precipitation	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

177 records

Records set or tied on 23 May 1928 by type: Highest daily maximum 66, Lowest daily maximum 20, Highest daily minimum 27, Lowest daily minimum 9, Heaviest daily rainfall 55.

Records on 23 May 1928 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	66
Lowest daily maximum	20
Highest daily minimum	27
Lowest daily minimum	9
Heaviest daily rainfall	55
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 23 May 1928 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 171.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

139 broken records

Margins by which the 139 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 50.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 May 1928

Top 20 records on 23 May 1928 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 May 1928	Braunschweig (T.H.), DE	daily rain	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	21 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1928	New Smyrna Beach, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	32 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1928	Soltau, DE	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	4 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1928	Brome, CA	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	45 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1928	Florence #1, US	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	23 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
23 May 1928	Winnipeg St Johns Coll, CA	monthly high max	35.6 C (96.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	54 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
23 May 1928	Macon, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	17 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
23 May 1928	Waterville Wwtp, US	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	2 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
23 May 1928	Gainesville UNIV of Fl, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	12 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
23 May 1928	Little Mtn, US	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	12 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
23 May 1928	Melbourne Regional Office, AU	daily high max	20.3 C (68.5 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	56 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
23 May 1928	Swift Current, CA	daily high max	34.4 C (93.9 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	41 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
23 May 1928	Oakbank, CA	monthly high max	33.9 C (93.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	37 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
23 May 1928	Morris W Cntrl Rsch & Outreach, US	daily high max	33.9 C (93.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	41 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
23 May 1928	Bird Rocks, CA	daily high min	7.2 C (45.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	29 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
23 May 1928	Napoleon, US	daily high max	35.0 C (95.0 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	32 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
23 May 1928	Chelsea, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	15 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
23 May 1928	Winnipeg St Johns Coll, CA	daily high min	13.9 C (57.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	46 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
23 May 1928	Grafton, US	daily high max	35.6 C (96.1 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	29 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
23 May 1928	Effingham, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	23 years	21 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 1928

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1928. 1928 had 177 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	124
10 to 20	9
20 to 30	3
30 to 40	1
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	1