Weather Records on 23 May 1953

777 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 May 1953. Highest significance: China Flat, US.

Key Facts for 23 May 1953

On 23 May 1953, 777 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
488 were record highs and 115 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 61 monthly and 716 daily.
China Flat set a daily record precipitation of 38.6 mm (1.5 in) on 23 May 1953.
Across 158 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 461 records.

Record Map

777 stations

777 station records on 23 May 1953 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 May 1953: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
China Flat	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Warren	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Grants Pass	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Boolathana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Emporium 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Asheville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sierraville Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Phillipsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tootra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Churchman Brook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	17.1 C (62.8 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Madison 3NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Suassurana	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Princess Anne	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Newport 1 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Colorado	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bikin	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wooster Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wytheville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Boa Viagem	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Suldalsvatn	Norway	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Arthur 7 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Waynesville 1 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Carthage	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Clarendon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Augsburg (Sankt Stephan)	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	14.7 C (58.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Susanville 2SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
El Suez	Egypt	Record low minimum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Inskip Inn	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Orleans	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dover	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kalispell Glacier AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Flemington 5 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Jackson Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Spur	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	27.6 C (81.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tarboro 1 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pottstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Rogersville 1 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tyler Pounds Fld	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Marron	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	15.3 C (59.5 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Geisenheim	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	15.5 C (59.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Buxton	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Helena	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Russellville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Dulce	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Henderson 2 NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Marion	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Millersburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Fremont 5 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Santuck	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Beckley Va Hospital	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Union 3 SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Te Kowai Exp STN	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	3.1 C (37.6 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Emerald Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	0.9 C (33.6 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lisboa Geofisica	Portugal	Record high maximum temperature	34.3 C (93.7 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	11.2 C (52.2 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

777 records

Records set or tied on 23 May 1953 by type: Highest daily maximum 125, Lowest daily maximum 61, Highest daily minimum 363, Lowest daily minimum 54, Heaviest daily rainfall 168, Heaviest daily snowfall 5, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 23 May 1953 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	125
Lowest daily maximum	61
Highest daily minimum	363
Lowest daily minimum	54
Heaviest daily rainfall	168
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 23 May 1953 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 61, daily 716.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

590 broken records

Margins by which the 590 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 114.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 May 1953

Top 20 records on 23 May 1953 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 May 1953	China Flat, US	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1953	Warren, US	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	48 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1953	Grants Pass, US	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	53 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1953	Boolathana, AU	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	20 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1953	Emporium 1 E, US	monthly rain	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	59 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1953	Ashland, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	26 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1953	Asheville, US	monthly high min	21.1 C (70.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	63 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1953	Sierraville Rs, US	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	43 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1953	Phillipsburg, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1953	Tootra, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1953	Churchman Brook, AU	daily rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	35 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1953	Leipzig-Holzhausen, DE	daily high min	17.1 C (62.8 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	87 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1953	Madison 3NNW, US	monthly high min	21.7 C (71.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	59 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1953	Suassurana, BR	daily rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	3 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1953	Princess Anne, US	monthly high min	23.3 C (73.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	57 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1953	Newport 1 NW, US	monthly high min	23.3 C (73.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	49 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1953	Colorado, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	35 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
23 May 1953	Bikin, RU	daily rain	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	9.3 mm (0.37 in)	44 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
23 May 1953	Wooster Exp STN, US	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	42 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
23 May 1953	Wytheville, US	daily high min	20.0 C (68.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	56 years	32 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 1953

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1953. 1953 had 777 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 1953-05-23: 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 20	566
20 to 40	19
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1