Weather Records on 23 May 1980

1,202 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 May 1980. Highest significance: Valley of Lagoons, AU.

Key Facts for 23 May 1980

On 23 May 1980, 1,202 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
551 were record highs and 275 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 64 monthly and 1,136 daily.
Valley of Lagoons set a daily record precipitation of 59.0 mm (2.3 in) on 23 May 1980.
Across 158 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 458 records.

Record Map

1,202 stations

1,202 station records on 23 May 1980 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 May 1980: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Valley of Lagoons	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Greenvale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.2 mm (3.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Hillgrove Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Proserpine Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Clarke River Telecom	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.6 mm (2.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Nebo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson Int	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Rosella Plains Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Charters Towers Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Dublin	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Pleystowe Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.6 mm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Farleigh Co-Op Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kalispell Glacier AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bustard Head Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.6 mm (3.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Fletcher Vale Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lethbridge Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Collinsville Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kuttabul Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.8 mm (2.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Islet Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.8 mm (2.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kalispell	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lethbridge A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	85.4 mm (3.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Babb 6 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wells	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Dotswood Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bigfork 13 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Polson	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Spring Creek Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Eton Police Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Finch Hatton Cook St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Koumala Hatfields Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Fortine 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sellheim	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Morgan 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Ignatius	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Jukes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Indian Head Cda	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	22.0 C (71.6 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bowman Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Fanning River Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Regina Int'l A	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Georgievsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Haleyville	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Williston Sloulin Fld	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Creston	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bowen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Podor	Senegal	Record low maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wando Vale Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Majors Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Welland	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	29.5 C (85.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Balmoral Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Port Stanley	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	28.5 C (83.3 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Billings Wtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lame Deer	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Seeley Lake Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rolla 1NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Drummond Aviation	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Tribulation Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.6 mm (3.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mountain View	Canada	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Falls	Canada	Record daily snowfall	19.6 cm (7.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,202 records

Records set or tied on 23 May 1980 by type: Highest daily maximum 272, Lowest daily maximum 106, Highest daily minimum 279, Lowest daily minimum 169, Heaviest daily rainfall 361, Heaviest daily snowfall 13, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 23 May 1980 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	272
Lowest daily maximum	106
Highest daily minimum	279
Lowest daily minimum	169
Heaviest daily rainfall	361
Heaviest daily snowfall	13
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 23 May 1980 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 64, daily 1,136.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,031 broken records

Margins by which the 1,031 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 102.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 May 1980

Top 20 records on 23 May 1980 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 May 1980	Valley of Lagoons, AU	daily rain	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	49 years	64 of 100 (Major)
23 May 1980	Greenvale, AU	daily rain	83.2 mm (3.3 in)	77.9 mm (3.1 in)	48 years	63 of 100 (Major)
23 May 1980	Hillgrove Station, AU	daily rain	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	47.9 mm (1.9 in)	48 years	62 of 100 (Major)
23 May 1980	Proserpine Post Office, AU	daily rain	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	67 years	61 of 100 (Major)
23 May 1980	Clarke River Telecom, AU	daily rain	60.6 mm (2.4 in)	55.3 mm (2.2 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1980	Nebo, AU	daily rain	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	36 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1980	Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson Int, US	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	37 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1980	Rosella Plains Station, AU	monthly rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	3 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1980	Charters Towers Post Office, AU	daily rain	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	48 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1980	Dublin, US	daily rain	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	64 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1980	Pleystowe Sugar Mill, AU	daily rain	60.6 mm (2.4 in)	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	22 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1980	Farleigh Co-Op Sugar Mill, AU	daily rain	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	22 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1980	Kalispell Glacier AP, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	38 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1980	Bustard Head Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	75.6 mm (3.0 in)	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	36 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1980	Fletcher Vale Station, AU	daily rain	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	42 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1980	Lethbridge Cda, CA	monthly rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	32 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1980	Collinsville Post Office, AU	daily rain	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	22 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1980	Kuttabul Post Office, AU	daily rain	71.8 mm (2.8 in)	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	43 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1980	Pine Islet Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	62.8 mm (2.5 in)	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	22 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1980	Kalispell, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	31 years	50 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 1980

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1980. 1980 had 1,202 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 20	944
20 to 40	52
40 to 60	30
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1