Weather Records on 23 May 1949

612 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 May 1949. Highest significance: Ron, IN.

Key Facts for 23 May 1949

On 23 May 1949, 612 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
74 were record highs and 179 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 597 daily.
Ron set a daily record precipitation of 83.8 mm (3.3 in) on 23 May 1949.
Across 158 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 462 records.

Record Map

612 stations

612 station records on 23 May 1949 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 May 1949: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ron	India	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Purnea	India	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Killora (Grasmere)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Exmouth Gulf	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cessnock Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Robeville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Rokeby (the Mall)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hosdurg	India	Record daily precipitation	171.5 mm (6.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bicheno (Council Depot)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Apslawn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pbo Anantapur	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Gudivada	India	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Gibson Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Yanrey	Australia	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Put-In-Bay	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Swansea Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kingston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Channagiri	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Parlakimedi	India	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dharmavaram	India	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Loukahi	India	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Davangire	India	Record daily precipitation	115.1 mm (4.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Saunur(Savnur)	India	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Winning	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ouyen (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Boolaloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ningaloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	141.2 mm (5.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Leura Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Snug Primary School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Eaglehawk Neck (Jetty Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kalyandrug	India	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Swansea (Kelvedon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Little Swanport (Lisdillon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Moorestown 4 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mangaroon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cudal Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Port Arthur	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Augusta	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hamelin Pool	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bream Creek (Stroud)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tanakal(Tanakall)	India	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Venukonda	India	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Choteau	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Maroonah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Buckland (Brockley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sultan Bazar	India	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Minicoy Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	213.1 mm (8.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Barmedman Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver Mines	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mia Mia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Minnie Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gudur	India	Record daily precipitation	185.7 mm (7.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Turigaria (Kaira)	India	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
East Maitland Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ranfurly	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hiriyur	India	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Freehold-Marlboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wyloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Eden (Caravan Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

612 records

Records set or tied on 23 May 1949 by type: Highest daily maximum 37, Lowest daily maximum 97, Highest daily minimum 37, Lowest daily minimum 82, Heaviest daily rainfall 342, Heaviest daily snowfall 17.

Records on 23 May 1949 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	37
Lowest daily maximum	97
Highest daily minimum	37
Lowest daily minimum	82
Heaviest daily rainfall	342
Heaviest daily snowfall	17
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 23 May 1949 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 14, daily 597.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

535 broken records

Margins by which the 535 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 229.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 May 1949

Top 20 records on 23 May 1949 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 May 1949	Ron, IN	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1949	Purnea, IN	daily rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	39 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1949	Killora (Grasmere), AU	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	34 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1949	Exmouth Gulf, AU	daily rain	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1949	Cessnock Post Office, AU	daily rain	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	55.3 mm (2.2 in)	43 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1949	Robeville, AU	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1949	Rokeby (the Mall), AU	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	34 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1949	Hosdurg, IN	daily rain	171.5 mm (6.8 in)	112.6 mm (4.4 in)	46 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1949	Bicheno (Council Depot), AU	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	28 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1949	Apslawn, AU	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	4 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1949	Pbo Anantapur, IN	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1949	Gudivada, IN	daily rain	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	63.7 mm (2.5 in)	32 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1949	Gibson Dam, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	36 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1949	Yanrey, AU	monthly rain	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	7 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1949	Put-In-Bay, US	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	11 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1949	Swansea Post Office, AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	38 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1949	Kingston, AU	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	38 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1949	Channagiri, IN	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	20 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1949	Parlakimedi, IN	daily rain	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	48 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1949	Dharmavaram, IN	monthly rain	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	48 years	44 of 100 (Notable)

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 1949

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1949. 1949 had 612 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 50	512
50 to 100	18
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1