Weather Records on 23 May 1955

650 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 May 1955. Highest significance: Belmont, AU.

Key Facts for 23 May 1955

On 23 May 1955, 650 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
253 were record highs and 141 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 29 monthly and 621 daily.
Belmont set a monthly record daily precipitation of 160.0 mm (6.3 in) on 23 May 1955.
Across 158 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 462 records.

Record Map

650 stations

650 station records on 23 May 1955 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 May 1955: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Belmont	Australia	Record daily precipitation	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Victoria River Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Roper River Police	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Kamilaroi Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Argyle Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Wyndham Port	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Lammermoor Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Nelia Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Camooweal Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ciudad Real (Instituto)	Spain	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Limbunya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Brunette Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mungindi (Cambo Cambo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Zara Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kisinev	Moldova	Record daily precipitation	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Banff	Canada	Record daily snowfall	21.1 cm (8.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bambaroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Muskegon Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Waterloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Belhaven 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Strathbogie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Banff	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Whitewood Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Yellavaram	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Beaconsfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pialaway Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rosewood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hamilton Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Coffee Springs 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Katandra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bunda Bunda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Calton Hills Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Acarape	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lands End Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record low minimum temperature	3.7 C (38.7 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ohotsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	25.4 C (77.7 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Utica	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cloncurry McIllwraith St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Morstone Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Woodbine Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Danville 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kinston 7 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Randleman	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mondovi	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Springsure Comet St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rougemont	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Malboona	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Coorabulka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Luroy	Norway	Record snow depth	22.0 cm (8.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Portsmouth-Sciotoville	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Binghamton Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Avon Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Undilla Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Simcoe	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-0.7 C (30.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hornindal	Norway	Record snow depth	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Isabela Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Adairsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cabanda Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gilliat Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

650 records

Records set or tied on 23 May 1955 by type: Highest daily maximum 58, Lowest daily maximum 56, Highest daily minimum 195, Lowest daily minimum 85, Heaviest daily rainfall 243, Heaviest daily snowfall 5, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 23 May 1955 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	58
Lowest daily maximum	56
Highest daily minimum	195
Lowest daily minimum	85
Heaviest daily rainfall	243
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 23 May 1955 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 29, daily 621.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

528 broken records

Margins by which the 528 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 400.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 May 1955

Top 20 records on 23 May 1955 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 May 1955	Belmont, AU	monthly rain	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	77.4 mm (3.0 in)	50 years	71 of 100 (Major)
23 May 1955	Victoria River Downs, AU	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	68 years	67 of 100 (Major)
23 May 1955	Roper River Police, AU	monthly rain	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	33 years	65 of 100 (Major)
23 May 1955	Kamilaroi Station, AU	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	56 years	61 of 100 (Major)
23 May 1955	Argyle Downs, AU	monthly rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	13 years	60 of 100 (Major)
23 May 1955	Wyndham Port, AU	monthly rain	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	12 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1955	Lammermoor Station, AU	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	41 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1955	Nelia Post Office, AU	monthly rain	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	78.8 mm (3.1 in)	9 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1955	Camooweal Township, AU	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	59 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1955	Ciudad Real (Instituto), ES	monthly rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	3 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1955	Limbunya, AU	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1955	Brunette Downs, AU	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	63 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1955	Mungindi (Cambo Cambo), AU	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	54 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1955	Zara Station, AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	22 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1955	Kisinev, MD	daily rain	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	20.2 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1955	Banff, CA	daily snowfall	21.1 cm (8.3 in)	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	44 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1955	Bambaroo, AU	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	33 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1955	Muskegon Co AP, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1955	Waterloo, AU	monthly rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	29 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1955	Belhaven 1 SE, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	38 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 1955

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1955. 1955 had 650 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 1955-05-23: 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 50	512
50 to 100	8
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	2
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	1
350 to 400	1