Weather Records on 23 May 1952

597 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 May 1952. Highest significance: Aloograda, IN.

Key Facts for 23 May 1952

On 23 May 1952, 597 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
39 were record highs and 57 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 29 monthly and 563 daily.
Aloograda set an all-time record daily precipitation of 230.6 mm (9.1 in) on 23 May 1952.
Across 158 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 462 records.

Record Map

597 stations

597 station records on 23 May 1952 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 May 1952: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Aloograda	India	Record daily precipitation	230.6 mm (9.1 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Badvel	India	Record daily precipitation	245.4 mm (9.7 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Nandikottur	India	Record daily precipitation	257.8 mm (10.1 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Giddalore	India	Record daily precipitation	181.6 mm (7.1 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Booleroo Centre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Gooty	India	Record daily precipitation	130.3 mm (5.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Raichur	India	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Kurnool	India	Record daily precipitation	165.6 mm (6.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Koilkuntla	India	Record daily precipitation	192.0 mm (7.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Cuddapah	India	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Idaho Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Voravakal(Varaka)	India	Record daily precipitation	110.7 mm (4.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Melrose	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Chattarpur	India	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Pattikonda	India	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Waxahachie	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Yemmiganur	India	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Isakapally	India	Record daily precipitation	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Donaldsonville 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	203.2 mm (8.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Palmer	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Adoni	India	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kathghora	India	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Fort William	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Halliford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
The Hermatige	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Jammalamadugu	India	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sidhout(Siddavat)	India	Record daily precipitation	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dhone	India	Record daily precipitation	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Krishnapatnam	India	Record daily precipitation	194.3 mm (7.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Markapur	India	Record daily precipitation	115.3 mm (4.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tura	India	Record daily precipitation	193.3 mm (7.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Denver WSO City	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Shahada	India	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nellore	India	Record daily precipitation	141.2 mm (5.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Norfolk	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Yatina	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Austral Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hawthorne	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Germantown 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Peapalli(Pyapali)	India	Record daily precipitation	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Udayagiri	India	Record daily precipitation	219.5 mm (8.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kandukur	India	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sarnia	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Atmakur	India	Record daily precipitation	127.5 mm (5.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Summer Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Biniguy (Springfield)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Alur	India	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Buckingham Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Corning	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kamalapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pakala	India	Record daily precipitation	119.6 mm (4.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	11.4 C (52.5 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wakefield 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kalamia Estate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tadpatri	India	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Santaravur	India	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gulbarga	India	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Enisejsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hartington	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Venukonda	India	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

597 records

Records set or tied on 23 May 1952 by type: Highest daily maximum 13, Lowest daily maximum 29, Highest daily minimum 26, Lowest daily minimum 28, Heaviest daily rainfall 495, Heaviest daily snowfall 6.

Records on 23 May 1952 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	13
Lowest daily maximum	29
Highest daily minimum	26
Lowest daily minimum	28
Heaviest daily rainfall	495
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 23 May 1952 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 29, daily 563.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

543 broken records

Margins by which the 543 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 165.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 May 1952

Top 20 records on 23 May 1952 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 May 1952	Aloograda, IN	all-time rain	230.6 mm (9.1 in)	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	43 years	78 of 100 (Major)
23 May 1952	Badvel, IN	all-time rain	245.4 mm (9.7 in)	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	36 years	75 of 100 (Major)
23 May 1952	Nandikottur, IN	all-time rain	257.8 mm (10.1 in)	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	35 years	75 of 100 (Major)
23 May 1952	Giddalore, IN	all-time rain	181.6 mm (7.1 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	46 years	68 of 100 (Major)
23 May 1952	Booleroo Centre, AU	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	61 years	64 of 100 (Major)
23 May 1952	Gooty, IN	monthly rain	130.3 mm (5.1 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	34 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1952	Raichur, IN	monthly rain	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	34 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1952	Kurnool, IN	all-time rain	165.6 mm (6.5 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	35 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1952	Koilkuntla, IN	monthly rain	192.0 mm (7.6 in)	113.3 mm (4.5 in)	9 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1952	Cuddapah, IN	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	39 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1952	Idaho Springs, US	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1952	Voravakal(Varaka), IN	monthly rain	110.7 mm (4.4 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	18 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1952	Melrose, AU	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	61 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1952	Chattarpur, IN	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	50 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1952	Pattikonda, IN	monthly rain	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	37 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1952	Waxahachie, US	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	54 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1952	Yemmiganur, IN	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1952	Isakapally, IN	daily rain	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	28 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1952	Donaldsonville 4 SW, US	daily rain	203.2 mm (8.0 in)	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	7 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1952	Palmer, AU	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	11 years	47 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 1952

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1952. 1952 had 597 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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Data for records on 1952-05-23: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 25	472
25 to 50	48
50 to 75	11
75 to 100	7
100 to 125	2
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	3