Weather Records on 23 May 1962

677 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 May 1962. Highest significance: Belleville, CA.

Key Facts for 23 May 1962

On 23 May 1962, 677 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
166 were record highs and 52 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 666 daily.
Belleville set a daily record precipitation of 72.4 mm (2.9 in) on 23 May 1962.
Across 158 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 461 records.

Record Map

677 stations

677 station records on 23 May 1962 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 May 1962: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Belleville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Wankaner	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Lyndoch (Pewsey Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Hinckley	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Hoyleton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Lyndoch	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Chuda	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Cleve	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Clare Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Yankalilla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Forest	Canada	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pokegama Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Orroroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lobethal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Moose Lake 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lancefield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Marrabel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Woodside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Leech Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Long Prairie	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Maple Plain	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Red Lake Indian Agcy	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Manoora	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Auburn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide (Thorndon Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bagalkot	India	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mora	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Romsey	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Yellamanchili	India	Record daily precipitation	89.0 mm (3.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Baudette	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Collingrove	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Heathcote Junction	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Thalipilly	India	Record daily precipitation	168.9 mm (6.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Khed	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Brinkworth (Bungaree)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Alandi	India	Record daily precipitation	68.2 mm (2.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Devrukh	India	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Blyth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mintaro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Rapids Forestry Lab	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hayward Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Snowtown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hallock	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Winnibigoshish Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Forman 5 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sisseton	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Orono	Canada	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bergland Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sandy Lake Dam Libby	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Laura	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fergus Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Milaca	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Victor 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Moorabool Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Delphi 2 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wirrabara Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Watervale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rosedale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

677 records

Records set or tied on 23 May 1962 by type: Highest daily maximum 58, Lowest daily maximum 17, Highest daily minimum 108, Lowest daily minimum 35, Heaviest daily rainfall 454, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 23 May 1962 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	58
Lowest daily maximum	17
Highest daily minimum	108
Lowest daily minimum	35
Heaviest daily rainfall	454
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 23 May 1962 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 11, daily 666.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

584 broken records

Margins by which the 584 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 150.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 May 1962

Top 20 records on 23 May 1962 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 May 1962	Belleville, CA	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	76 years	72 of 100 (Major)
23 May 1962	Wankaner, IN	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	60 years	64 of 100 (Major)
23 May 1962	Lyndoch (Pewsey Vale), AU	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	71 years	60 of 100 (Major)
23 May 1962	Hinckley, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	51 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1962	Hoyleton, AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	71 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1962	Lyndoch, AU	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	71 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1962	Chuda, IN	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	60 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1962	Cleve, AU	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1962	Clare Post Office, AU	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	84 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1962	Yankalilla, AU	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	53 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1962	Robe Comparison, AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	84 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1962	Mount Forest, CA	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	64 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1962	Pokegama Dam, US	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1962	Orroroo, AU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	71 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1962	Lobethal, AU	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	77 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1962	Moose Lake 1 SSE, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1962	Lancefield, AU	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	31 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1962	Marrabel, AU	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	71 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1962	Woodside, AU	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	77 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1962	Leech Lake, US	monthly rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	66 years	41 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 1962

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1962. 1962 had 677 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 1962-05-23: 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	555
20 to 40	23
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1