Weather Records on 23 May 1945

241 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 May 1945. Highest significance: Gudur(Guduru), IN.

Key Facts for 23 May 1945

On 23 May 1945, 241 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
30 were record highs and 60 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 241 daily.
Gudur(Guduru) set a daily record precipitation of 53.3 mm (2.1 in) on 23 May 1945.
Across 158 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 464 records.

Record Map

241 stations

241 station records on 23 May 1945 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 May 1945: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Gudur(Guduru)	India	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Buffelsnek (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Harkerville (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Humansdorp (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pau Dos Ferros	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hogsback (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Uniondale (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Brunswick	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Brownsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Porto da Folha	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
De Hoop	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lumding	India	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bosque del Apache	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cata (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hvar	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	28.0 C (82.4 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Witelsbos (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lottering (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Matjesvlei	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Grahamstown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gumri	Armenia	Record low minimum temperature	-4.5 C (23.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Buffelsklip	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Millwood (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Dhubri	India	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Dinhata	India	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Alvin	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Goudveld (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Fir Glen	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Represa	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Adairsville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sugar Land	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Yerevan	Armenia	Record low minimum temperature	6.4 C (43.5 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Buckeye	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Forest Grove	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Prince Albert Road	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Battle Mtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oranje	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Portland Rfc City	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Crawley	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nawa	India	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
The Dalles	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Summit	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Uitkyk	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Klamath Falls 2 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Scheurfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Steynsburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Angicos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bhagaon Bhogaon	India	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Karlstad	Sweden	Record snow depth	3.0 cm (1.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fremont 5 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
White Salmon 4 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mandawar	India	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chandpur	India	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Agra	India	Record daily precipitation	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Uitenhage	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wellwood	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yonna	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Areia Branca	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bandher	India	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Atrauli	India	Record daily precipitation	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

241 records

Records set or tied on 23 May 1945 by type: Highest daily maximum 11, Lowest daily maximum 11, Highest daily minimum 19, Lowest daily minimum 49, Heaviest daily rainfall 149, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 23 May 1945 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	11
Lowest daily maximum	11
Highest daily minimum	19
Lowest daily minimum	49
Heaviest daily rainfall	149
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 23 May 1945 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 241.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

195 broken records

Margins by which the 195 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 52.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 May 1945

Top 20 records on 23 May 1945 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 May 1945	Gudur(Guduru), IN	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	36 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1945	Buffelsnek (Bos), ZA	daily rain	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	32 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1945	Harkerville (Bos), ZA	daily rain	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	32 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1945	Humansdorp (Pol), ZA	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1945	Pau Dos Ferros, BR	daily rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	10 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
23 May 1945	Hogsback (Bos), ZA	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	12 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
23 May 1945	Uniondale (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	35 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
23 May 1945	Brunswick, US	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	39 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
23 May 1945	Brownsville, US	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	14 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
23 May 1945	Porto da Folha, BR	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	15.6 mm (0.6 in)	28 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
23 May 1945	De Hoop, ZA	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
23 May 1945	Lumding, IN	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	16 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
23 May 1945	Bosque del Apache, US	daily low min	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	30 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
23 May 1945	Cata (Bos), ZA	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	12 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
23 May 1945	Hvar, HR	daily high max	28.0 C (82.4 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	60 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
23 May 1945	Witelsbos (Bos), ZA	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	12 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
23 May 1945	Lottering (Bos), ZA	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	24 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
23 May 1945	Matjesvlei, ZA	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	11 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
23 May 1945	Grahamstown, ZA	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	32 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
23 May 1945	Gumri, AM	daily low min	-4.5 C (23.9 F)	5.2 C (9.4 F)	4 years	24 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 1945

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1945. 1945 had 241 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	155
10 to 20	19
20 to 30	9
30 to 40	8
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	2