Weather Records on 23 May 1965

477 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 May 1965. Highest significance: Lehal, IN.

Key Facts for 23 May 1965

On 23 May 1965, 477 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
71 were record highs and 179 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 463 daily.
Lehal set a monthly record daily precipitation of 51.0 mm (2.0 in) on 23 May 1965.
Across 158 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 463 records.

Record Map

477 stations

477 station records on 23 May 1965 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 May 1965: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lehal	India	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Hastings 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Thanesar	India	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Mellette 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Saraikela	India	Record daily precipitation	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Debrecen Airport	Hungary	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Dadupur	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kilba	India	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ranike	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Tibri	India	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Gujjran	India	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Grangeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hamirpur	India	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bird City 10S	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Macklin	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Jagraon	India	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lima Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Srinagar	India	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Don	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kulu	India	Record daily precipitation	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ludhiana	India	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Exwell Park	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cimarron 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Alliance 1WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Jagadhari	India	Record daily precipitation	49.1 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Stoughton Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Watertown Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kulgam	India	Record daily precipitation	70.8 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Julesburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Collegeville St John's	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Leroy 5 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Milan 1NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sambalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dwellingup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Samrala	India	Record daily precipitation	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Taos	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kharar	India	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Grundy Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Friend 3E	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
South Springfield (South Sprin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jeanerette 5 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Reserve	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Martinsdale 3 NNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lyman	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bozeman Montana State UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Eddystone Point	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Jonkoping	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Morgan City	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kovvur	India	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Jalpaiguri	India	Record daily precipitation	136.0 mm (5.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
La Motte (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Willmar Wwtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Fichtelberg	Germany	Record snow depth	40.0 cm (15.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Paula	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Carroll	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hickman	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bernalillo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gumri	Armenia	Record high minimum temperature	11.2 C (52.2 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hubbard	Canada	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Isla Perez	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

477 records

Records set or tied on 23 May 1965 by type: Highest daily maximum 10, Lowest daily maximum 142, Highest daily minimum 61, Lowest daily minimum 37, Heaviest daily rainfall 222, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 23 May 1965 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	10
Lowest daily maximum	142
Highest daily minimum	61
Lowest daily minimum	37
Heaviest daily rainfall	222
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 23 May 1965 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 14, daily 463.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

389 broken records

Margins by which the 389 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 1150.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 May 1965

Top 20 records on 23 May 1965 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 May 1965	Lehal, IN	monthly rain	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	52 years	71 of 100 (Major)
23 May 1965	Hastings 4N, US	daily rain	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	54.3 mm (2.1 in)	63 years	65 of 100 (Major)
23 May 1965	Thanesar, IN	daily rain	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1965	Mellette 4 W, US	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	68 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1965	Saraikela, IN	daily rain	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	63 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1965	Debrecen Airport, HU	daily rain	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	52 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1965	Dadupur, IN	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	64 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1965	Kilba, IN	daily rain	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	58.5 mm (2.3 in)	44 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1965	Ranike, IN	monthly rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	63 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1965	Tibri, IN	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	52 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1965	Gujjran, IN	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	64 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1965	Grangeville, US	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	70 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1965	Hamirpur, IN	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	44 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1965	Bird City 10S, US	daily rain	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	19 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1965	Macklin, CA	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	43 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1965	Jagraon, IN	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1965	Lima Wwtp, US	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	16 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1965	Srinagar, IN	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	56 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1965	Cape Don, AU	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	6 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1965	Kulu, IN	daily rain	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	44 years	43 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 1965

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1965. 1965 had 477 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 1965-05-23: 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 200	388
200 to 400	0
400 to 600	0
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	0
1000 to 1200	1