Weather Records on 23 May 1954

496 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 May 1954. Highest significance: Woody Island, AU.

Key Facts for 23 May 1954

On 23 May 1954, 496 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
47 were record highs and 177 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 488 daily.
Woody Island set a daily record precipitation of 64.5 mm (2.5 in) on 23 May 1954.
Across 158 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 463 records.

Record Map

496 stations

496 station records on 23 May 1954 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 May 1954: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Woody Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Gidhour	India	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Willigulli North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Coldwater	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wydgee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hano_A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Jamui	India	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kirnur Nam	India	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Belvoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
St John's	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mudukulathur	India	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ramos Arizpe (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sonari	India	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mekliganj	India	Record daily precipitation	133.1 mm (5.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Red Cloud	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Henley Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sattankulam	India	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Williams	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jagnathpur	India	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Trinidad	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
West Swan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dyliabing	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Jowai	India	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ixmiquilpan (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Alapaha Exp STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Milledgeville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kayatnur	India	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Vajda-Guba	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	10.2 C (50.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Leakesville 6 WSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Robinson	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chakaibanda	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Beaufort Wwtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cowalla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wandering Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gaddede	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	10.2 C (50.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Covington	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pearlington	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cooch Behar	India	Record daily precipitation	134.4 mm (5.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Riva	Italy	Record low maximum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Troicko-Pecherskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Miami	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Allambie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Oakland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cicero Dantas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Thomasville 7 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus 4 ESE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mitchell 5E	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Serpentine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Krishnarajpet	India	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Morekulam	India	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Storlien	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	8.2 C (46.8 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Waynesville 1 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Woodbrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Gingin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Perth Regional Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Canning River Weir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cloughton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Muenster	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	3.2 C (37.8 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego de la Union	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

496 records

Records set or tied on 23 May 1954 by type: Highest daily maximum 9, Lowest daily maximum 26, Highest daily minimum 38, Lowest daily minimum 151, Heaviest daily rainfall 271, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 23 May 1954 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	9
Lowest daily maximum	26
Highest daily minimum	38
Lowest daily minimum	151
Heaviest daily rainfall	271
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 23 May 1954 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 8, daily 488.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

421 broken records

Margins by which the 421 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 76.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 May 1954

Top 20 records on 23 May 1954 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 May 1954	Woody Island, AU	daily rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	48 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1954	Gidhour, IN	daily rain	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	15 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1954	Willigulli North, AU	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	43 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1954	Coldwater, US	daily rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1954	Wydgee, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1954	Hano_A, SE	daily rain	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	53 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1954	Jamui, IN	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	33 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1954	Kirnur Nam, IN	monthly rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	21 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1954	Belvoir, AU	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1954	St John's, CA	monthly high min	17.2 C (63.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	65 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1954	Mudukulathur, IN	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	37 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1954	Ramos Arizpe (Smn), MX	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	17 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1954	Sonari, IN	daily rain	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	29 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1954	Mekliganj, IN	daily rain	133.1 mm (5.2 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	45 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1954	Red Cloud, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1954	Henley Park, AU	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1954	Sattankulam, IN	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1954	Williams, AU	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	41 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1954	Jagnathpur, IN	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	3 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
23 May 1954	Trinidad, US	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	48 years	34 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 1954

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1954. 1954 had 496 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 1954-05-23: 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 10	340
10 to 20	51
20 to 30	19
30 to 40	4
40 to 50	3
50 to 60	3
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	1