Weather Records on 23 May 1961

412 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 May 1961. Highest significance: Amta, IN.

Key Facts for 23 May 1961

On 23 May 1961, 412 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
75 were record highs and 173 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 406 daily.
Amta set a daily record precipitation of 107.9 mm (4.2 in) on 23 May 1961.
Across 158 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 463 records.

Record Map

412 stations

412 station records on 23 May 1961 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 May 1961: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Amta	India	Record daily precipitation	107.9 mm (4.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Glennville 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Quilandi	India	Record daily precipitation	337.8 mm (13.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Farmerville	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Millaa Millaa Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Griffin	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Caio Prado	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	67.4 mm (2.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Beaufort Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Yarrabah Comm Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Panskura	India	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dover	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nizamabad	India	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Clifton	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Decatur	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mahua	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kubusie (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gopalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Baddeck	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dontsa	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Miles City	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
State College	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ganca	Azerbaijan	Record high minimum temperature	19.3 C (66.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bori	India	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Charlotte Hall	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Agartala	India	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Olekminsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-5.3 C (22.5 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Millen 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mahad	India	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Winterset 4N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Port Lincoln	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Rabula (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Moosehorn	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tartu	Estonia	Record low minimum temperature	-1.3 C (29.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Khutauna	India	Record daily precipitation	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Jakutsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-0.1 C (31.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tierhoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Denton 2 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Athens 5 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Marietta Wtr Wks	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Chinnar	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kolaghat	India	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
M.O. Amini	India	Record daily precipitation	153.4 mm (6.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Atlantic 1 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Brockton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Waverly	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Union Springs 9 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Newark Ag Farm	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Experiment	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Dale Enterprise	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Nhill	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	23.7 C (74.7 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Baldonnel	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Fir Glen	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.5 mm (2.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Midville	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Budge Budge	India	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Isidinge (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lock Haven	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Uniontown 1 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Springfield Abraham Lincoln Ca	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ravenshoe Kuradilla Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Beaverlodge Cda	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

412 records

Records set or tied on 23 May 1961 by type: Highest daily maximum 42, Lowest daily maximum 51, Highest daily minimum 33, Lowest daily minimum 122, Heaviest daily rainfall 162, Heaviest daily snowfall 2.

Records on 23 May 1961 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	42
Lowest daily maximum	51
Highest daily minimum	33
Lowest daily minimum	122
Heaviest daily rainfall	162
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 23 May 1961 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 5, daily 406.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

323 broken records

Margins by which the 323 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 68.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 May 1961

Top 20 records on 23 May 1961 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 May 1961	Amta, IN	daily rain	107.9 mm (4.2 in)	68.5 mm (2.7 in)	48 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1961	Glennville 3NW, US	daily rain	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	50 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1961	Quilandi, IN	all-time rain	337.8 mm (13.3 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	19 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1961	Farmerville, US	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	66 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1961	Millaa Millaa Post Office, AU	daily rain	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1961	Griffin, US	daily rain	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1961	Caio Prado, BR	daily rain	67.4 mm (2.7 in)	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	12 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1961	Beaufort Wwtp, US	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	60 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1961	Yarrabah Comm Council, AU	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	60 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1961	Panskura, IN	daily rain	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	28 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1961	Dover, US	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	18 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1961	Nizamabad, IN	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1961	Clifton, ZA	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	16 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1961	Decatur, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	4 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1961	Mahua, IN	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1961	Kubusie (Bos), ZA	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	48 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1961	Gopalpur, IN	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	43 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1961	Baddeck, CA	daily low max	7.2 C (45.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	81 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
23 May 1961	Dontsa, ZA	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	13.3 mm (0.5 in)	51 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
23 May 1961	Miles City, US	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	67 years	33 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 1961

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1961. 1961 had 412 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 1961-05-23: 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	264
10 to 20	29
20 to 30	14
30 to 40	9
40 to 50	5
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	1