Weather Records on 23 May 1979

730 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 May 1979. Highest significance: Hoopdal (Pol), ZA.

Key Facts for 23 May 1979

On 23 May 1979, 730 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
282 were record highs and 120 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 719 daily.
Hoopdal (Pol) set a monthly record daily precipitation of 70.0 mm (2.8 in) on 23 May 1979.
Across 158 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 461 records.

Record Map

730 stations

730 station records on 23 May 1979 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 May 1979: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hoopdal (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Tibooburra (Fort Grey)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Lady Grey (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Taunton	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Westermarkelsdorf/Fehmarn	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Providence	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
San Jeronimo Taviche	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Berchogur	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Monteagle	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Miahuatlan (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Borzomi	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Darwin Quarantine Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Grootpoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Charles	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Helena	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pensacola Forest Sherman NAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Emba	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Groton	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Campbellsville 2 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gulfport Naval Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Poplar Bluff	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Baraboo Wwtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	14.2 C (57.6 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Qabala	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Waialua 847	United States	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Paisley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Oak Ridge Atdd	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Salem AP (McNary Field)	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rottnest Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Fe del Rio	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Westchester Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Moyston (Barton Estate)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Brockton	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pascagoula 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Virginia City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tropic	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kuujjuaq A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.2 cm (3.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Doniphan	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Waynesboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Chiricahua Nm	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Des Arc	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Frederick Police Brks	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Golconda	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Idabel	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Elko Rgnl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bella Coola	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	11.5 C (52.7 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Voru	Estonia	Record high minimum temperature	16.6 C (61.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
New Milford	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Riverside 7 SSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bloserville 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mexia	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Forks 1 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pensacola Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Laguardia AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Coalville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ketchikan AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

730 records

Records set or tied on 23 May 1979 by type: Highest daily maximum 93, Lowest daily maximum 90, Highest daily minimum 189, Lowest daily minimum 30, Heaviest daily rainfall 327, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 23 May 1979 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	93
Lowest daily maximum	90
Highest daily minimum	189
Lowest daily minimum	30
Heaviest daily rainfall	327
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 23 May 1979 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 11, daily 719.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

603 broken records

Margins by which the 603 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 70.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 May 1979

Top 20 records on 23 May 1979 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 May 1979	Hoopdal (Pol), ZA	monthly rain	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	35 years	64 of 100 (Major)
23 May 1979	Tibooburra (Fort Grey), AU	daily rain	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	69 years	60 of 100 (Major)
23 May 1979	Lady Grey (Pol), ZA	monthly rain	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	53 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1979	Taunton, US	daily rain	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	48 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1979	Westermarkelsdorf/Fehmarn, DE	daily rain	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1979	Providence, US	daily rain	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	61.8 mm (2.4 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1979	San Jeronimo Taviche, MX	daily rain	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1979	Berchogur, KZ	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	9 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1979	Monteagle, US	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	36 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1979	Miahuatlan (Smn), MX	daily rain	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1979	Ny City Cntrl Park, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1979	Borzomi, GE	daily rain	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	17.9 mm (0.7 in)	22 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1979	Darwin Quarantine Station, AU	daily rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	10 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1979	Grootpoort, ZA	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	48 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1979	Saint Charles, US	daily rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	41 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1979	Helena, US	daily rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	52 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1979	Pensacola Forest Sherman NAS, US	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	20 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1979	Emba, KZ	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	9 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1979	Groton, US	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1979	Campbellsville 2 SSW, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	21 years	39 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 1979

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1979. 1979 had 730 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 10	515
10 to 20	46
20 to 30	15
30 to 40	16
40 to 50	4
50 to 60	4
60 to 70	2
70 to 80	1