Weather Records on 23 May 1950

490 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 May 1950. Highest significance: Uccle, BE.

Key Facts for 23 May 1950

On 23 May 1950, 490 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
212 were record highs and 83 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 483 daily.
Uccle set a daily record precipitation of 34.3 mm (1.4 in) on 23 May 1950.
Across 158 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 463 records.

Record Map

490 stations

490 station records on 23 May 1950 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 May 1950: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Uccle	Belgium	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Oudenbosch	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Erudina	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Curlewis (Wandobah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
St John's	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Carlisle	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wheeling Warwood Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Beechal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Boulia Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bethlehem Lehigh UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lucknow Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Crescent City	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Broome Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Eastman 1 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ellwangen-Rindelbach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Aschersleben	Germany	Record daily precipitation	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Towson	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Babb 6 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bidyadanga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kalgan River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Charleville Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bunghill Tank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pilliga (Nirvana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mountain View	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Carandotta Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Milledgeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ingham Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Oakwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenfels	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Yallaroi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tbilisi	Georgia	Record high minimum temperature	18.2 C (64.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Caiwarro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cubbaroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Artern	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Holly	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Moore Haven Lock 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Forman 5 SSE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Olga 2 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Quatsino	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Boulder	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Arad	Romania	Record high maximum temperature	33.0 C (91.4 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Long Prairie	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Yemassee 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Pincher Creek Town	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Milledgeville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Provincetown 3 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Atkinson 3SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Port Townsend	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Clay	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Moran 5WNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
The Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Noonbah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Unb	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Budapest	Hungary	Record high maximum temperature	31.8 C (89.2 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Milbank 4 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cedar Lake	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mountain View Birdseye	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Causapscal	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

490 records

Records set or tied on 23 May 1950 by type: Highest daily maximum 133, Lowest daily maximum 19, Highest daily minimum 79, Lowest daily minimum 64, Heaviest daily rainfall 187, Heaviest daily snowfall 8.

Records on 23 May 1950 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	133
Lowest daily maximum	19
Highest daily minimum	79
Lowest daily minimum	64
Heaviest daily rainfall	187
Heaviest daily snowfall	8
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 23 May 1950 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 7, daily 483.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

396 broken records

Margins by which the 396 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 152.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 May 1950

Top 20 records on 23 May 1950 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 May 1950	Uccle, BE	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	22.5 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1950	Oudenbosch, NL	daily rain	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1950	Erudina, AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1950	Curlewis (Wandobah), AU	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	45 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1950	St John's, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	75 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1950	Carlisle, US	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	77 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1950	Wheeling Warwood Dam, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1950	Beechal, AU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	54 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1950	Boulia Airport, AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1950	Bethlehem Lehigh UNIV, US	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1950	Lucknow Station, AU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	43 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1950	Crescent City, US	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	21 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1950	Broome Post Office, AU	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	40 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
23 May 1950	Eastman 1 W, US	daily low max	21.1 C (70.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	44 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
23 May 1950	Ellwangen-Rindelbach, DE	daily rain	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	36 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
23 May 1950	Aschersleben, DE	daily rain	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	21 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
23 May 1950	Towson, US	monthly rain	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	3 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
23 May 1950	Babb 6 NE, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	11.5 cm (4.5 in)	43 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
23 May 1950	Bidyadanga, AU	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	39 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
23 May 1950	Kalgan River, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	9 years	31 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 1950

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1950. 1950 had 490 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 20	369
20 to 40	20
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1