Weather Records on 23 May 1957

653 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 May 1957. Highest significance: Union City, US.

Key Facts for 23 May 1957

On 23 May 1957, 653 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
129 were record highs and 160 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 633 daily.
Union City set a daily record precipitation of 102.6 mm (4.0 in) on 23 May 1957.
Across 158 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 462 records.

Record Map

653 stations

653 station records on 23 May 1957 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 May 1957: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Union City	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Mysore	India	Record daily precipitation	184.4 mm (7.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Lubeck-Werft	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Goldberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Sikeston	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Newbern	United States	Record daily precipitation	133.1 mm (5.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Krishnarajnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	117.9 mm (4.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Henderson 8 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Waren	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Glenmorgan	India	Record daily precipitation	149.9 mm (5.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Samburg Wr	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bangalore	India	Record daily precipitation	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Srirangpatnam	India	Record daily precipitation	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kallatty	India	Record daily precipitation	148.6 mm (5.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Chamarajnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Gudiyatham	India	Record daily precipitation	105.9 mm (4.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Satyamangalam	India	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mammoth Spring	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Nanjangud	India	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bay Minette	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Williamsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ketty	India	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Blytheville	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Morrilton	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Edmonton 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Caruthersville	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Calvin	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Francis	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Girardeau	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bolgart	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Schwerin	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ootacamund Obsy Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	113.3 mm (4.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sonamarg &	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pocahontas 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Golconda River	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Houston	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Poplar Bluff	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville 6 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Channapatana	India	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ammathy	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Brownsville Lock 6	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Munfordville 5 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hiawatha	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
T.Narsipur	India	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Corning	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lebanon 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Chengam	India	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Leeuwin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Malavalli	India	Record daily precipitation	160.5 mm (6.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hopkinsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Altentreptow	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mandya	India	Record daily precipitation	154.9 mm (6.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Doniphan	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Valley Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Poteau	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Arthur City	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Coleman	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Av-A-Rest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Niznij Novgorod	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dardanelle	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

653 records

Records set or tied on 23 May 1957 by type: Highest daily maximum 25, Lowest daily maximum 121, Highest daily minimum 104, Lowest daily minimum 39, Heaviest daily rainfall 356, Heaviest daily snowfall 8.

Records on 23 May 1957 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	25
Lowest daily maximum	121
Highest daily minimum	104
Lowest daily minimum	39
Heaviest daily rainfall	356
Heaviest daily snowfall	8
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 23 May 1957 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 17, daily 633.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

535 broken records

Margins by which the 535 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 May 1957

Top 20 records on 23 May 1957 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 May 1957	Union City, US	daily rain	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	52 years	61 of 100 (Major)
23 May 1957	Mysore, IN	all-time rain	184.4 mm (7.3 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	27 years	60 of 100 (Major)
23 May 1957	Lubeck-Werft, DE	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	34 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1957	Goldberg, DE	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	31 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1957	Sikeston, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	30 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1957	Newbern, US	monthly rain	133.1 mm (5.2 in)	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	4 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1957	Krishnarajnagar, IN	daily rain	117.9 mm (4.6 in)	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1957	Henderson 8 SSW, US	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	59 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1957	Waren, DE	daily rain	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1957	Glenmorgan, IN	daily rain	149.9 mm (5.9 in)	118.4 mm (4.7 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1957	Samburg Wr, US	daily rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	30 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1957	Bangalore, IN	daily rain	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1957	Srirangpatnam, IN	daily rain	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	43 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1957	Kallatty, IN	daily rain	148.6 mm (5.9 in)	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1957	Chamarajnagar, IN	daily rain	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	38 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1957	Gudiyatham, IN	daily rain	105.9 mm (4.2 in)	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	18 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1957	Satyamangalam, IN	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	43 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1957	Mammoth Spring, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	19 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1957	Nanjangud, IN	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	54.3 mm (2.1 in)	23 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1957	Bay Minette, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	39 years	49 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 1957

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1957. 1957 had 653 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 1957-05-23: 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 20	445
20 to 40	52
40 to 60	24
60 to 80	8
80 to 100	3
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	1