Weather Records on 23 May 1959

486 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 May 1959. Highest significance: Manfred Downs Station, AU.

Key Facts for 23 May 1959

On 23 May 1959, 486 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
54 were record highs and 169 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 475 daily.
Manfred Downs Station set a daily record precipitation of 35.1 mm (1.4 in) on 23 May 1959.
Across 158 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 463 records.

Record Map

486 stations

486 station records on 23 May 1959 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 May 1959: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Manfred Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Lewisburg 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Woodsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	157.5 mm (6.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Houston Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.3 mm (4.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Alapaha Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Laguna	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Montpelier	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Yazoo City	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Toronto	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tasgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Zinapecuaro	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hempstead	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Simcoe	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Muncie 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cairo 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Brenham	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Peakvale Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Katwa	India	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Moultrie 2 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wauseon Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Shencottah	India	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Glenbervie Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Yabulu Qld Nickel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dawson	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Port Stanley	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Canton 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
McKinlay Roadhouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kharagpur	India	Record daily precipitation	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Longreach Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Experiment	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Storm Lake	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Macon 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Paauilo 221	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cloncurry McIllwraith St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Selwyn Wrc	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kohala Mis 175.1	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hammond	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Camden 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hays 1 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Carson City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sendamangalam	India	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Orenburg	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Inverness 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Enterprise	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Laurel	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hana 354	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Thomasville 7 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Glenwood 3SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Fitchburg 4 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hattiesburg 5SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kosciusko	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Upper Sandusky	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Eastland	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Athabasca	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sangli	India	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	16.5 C (61.7 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sierraville Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
University	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Claysville 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

486 records

Records set or tied on 23 May 1959 by type: Highest daily maximum 21, Lowest daily maximum 107, Highest daily minimum 33, Lowest daily minimum 62, Heaviest daily rainfall 261, Heaviest daily snowfall 2.

Records on 23 May 1959 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	21
Lowest daily maximum	107
Highest daily minimum	33
Lowest daily minimum	62
Heaviest daily rainfall	261
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 23 May 1959 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 11, daily 475.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

400 broken records

Margins by which the 400 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 98.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 May 1959

Top 20 records on 23 May 1959 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 May 1959	Manfred Downs Station, AU	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	70 years	63 of 100 (Major)
23 May 1959	Lewisburg 3 N, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	28 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1959	Woodsboro, US	daily rain	157.5 mm (6.2 in)	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1959	Houston Wb City, US	daily rain	101.3 mm (4.0 in)	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	70 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1959	Alapaha Exp STN, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	42 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1959	Laguna, US	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1959	Montpelier, US	monthly rain	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	56 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1959	Yazoo City, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	58 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1959	Toronto, CA	daily low max	10.0 C (50.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	107 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1959	Tasgaon, IN	daily rain	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	24.5 mm (1.0 in)	54 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1959	Zinapecuaro, MX	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	10 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1959	Hempstead, US	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	65.6 mm (2.6 in)	14 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1959	Simcoe, CA	daily low max	9.4 C (48.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	91 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1959	Muncie 4 SE, US	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	1 year	39 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1959	Cairo 1SW, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	30 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1959	Brenham, US	daily rain	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	14 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1959	Peakvale Station, AU	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	14 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1959	Katwa, IN	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	56 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1959	Moultrie 2 ESE, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	24 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1959	Wauseon Wtp, US	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	37 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 1959

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1959. 1959 had 486 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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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	358
20 to 40	32
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1