Weather Records on 23 May 1972

449 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 May 1972. Highest significance: Milagres, BR.

Key Facts for 23 May 1972

On 23 May 1972, 449 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
200 were record highs and 98 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 445 daily.
Milagres set a daily record precipitation of 84.0 mm (3.3 in) on 23 May 1972.
Across 158 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 463 records.

Record Map

449 stations

449 station records on 23 May 1972 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 May 1972: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Milagres	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Brookings 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Greeley	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Red Oak	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Creighton	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cuncas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Raznavolok	Russia	Record daily precipitation	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Elwood 8 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Neligh	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Flandreau	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Goshen	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Luverne	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Huntingdon	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Vasilevici	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Harrington Harbour	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Socorro	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Atlantic 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Geneseo	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge Bay A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pratt 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Montague 4 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Deerfield 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Eagle FAA AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Turgaj	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	3.4 C (38.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Pierce	United States	Record low minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Caledonia	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Oakdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Geneseo	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Harlan	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lebanon	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Fayette 4 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Usina Pari	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Emerson	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Claflin	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Central City	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nerchinskij Zavod	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	14.3 C (57.7 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Nogliki	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	7.1 C (44.8 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Abilene	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Rantoul	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ribeirao Do Sul	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Nicolet	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Rock Rapids	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cerro	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
St Andrews	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Plainville 4WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Gaylord	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Intl Falls Intl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Indian Bay	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
St Tite	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ellsworth	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Darlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Quintana	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Wistaria	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Haileybury	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Shawinigan	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Barrage Angliers	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
St George	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Turkestan	Kazakhstan	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

449 records

Records set or tied on 23 May 1972 by type: Highest daily maximum 144, Lowest daily maximum 35, Highest daily minimum 56, Lowest daily minimum 63, Heaviest daily rainfall 145, Heaviest daily snowfall 4, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 23 May 1972 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	144
Lowest daily maximum	35
Highest daily minimum	56
Lowest daily minimum	63
Heaviest daily rainfall	145
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 23 May 1972 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 445.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

348 broken records

Margins by which the 348 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 533.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 May 1972

Top 20 records on 23 May 1972 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 May 1972	Milagres, BR	daily rain	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	73.8 mm (2.9 in)	48 years	60 of 100 (Major)
23 May 1972	Brookings 2 NE, US	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	58 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1972	Greeley, US	daily rain	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	49.7 mm (2.0 in)	24 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1972	Red Oak, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	69 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1972	Creighton, US	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	20 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1972	Cuncas, BR	daily rain	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	18 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1972	Raznavolok, RU	daily rain	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	23 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1972	Elwood 8 S, US	daily rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	49 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1972	Neligh, US	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	54 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1972	Flandreau, US	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	26 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1972	Goshen, US	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	75 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1972	Luverne, US	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	66 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1972	Huntingdon, CA	daily high max	31.1 C (88.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	84 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1972	Vasilevici, BY	daily rain	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	1 year	34 of 100 (Routine)
23 May 1972	Harrington Harbour, CA	daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	16 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
23 May 1972	Socorro, US	daily low min	1.1 C (34.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	64 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
23 May 1972	Atlantic 1 NE, US	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	31 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
23 May 1972	Geneseo, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	14 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
23 May 1972	Cambridge Bay A, CA	monthly snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	2.7 cm (1.1 in)	7 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
23 May 1972	Pratt 3NW, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	34 years	31 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 1972

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1972. 1972 had 449 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 100	346
100 to 200	1
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1