Weather Records on 23 May 1983

1,123 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 May 1983. Highest significance: St George Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 23 May 1983

On 23 May 1983, 1,123 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
372 were record highs and 230 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 37 monthly and 1,081 daily.
St George Post Office set a monthly record daily precipitation of 192.4 mm (7.6 in) on 23 May 1983.
Across 158 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 459 records.

Record Map

1,123 stations

1,123 station records on 23 May 1983 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 May 1983: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
St George Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	192.4 mm (7.6 in)	86 of 100 (Exceptional)
Woodlands	Australia	Record daily precipitation	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Collarenebri (Albert St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Mogil Mogil (Benimora)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Weribone	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Mitchell Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Coolabah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Mendooran Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Muckadilla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	111.2 mm (4.4 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Yamburgan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	143.0 mm (5.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Walgett Council Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Ravensthorpe	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Roma Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Whyenbah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	133.4 mm (5.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Weetaliba (Weetalabah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Mungindi (Burrenbah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.4 mm (3.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Jerecuaro	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Westgrove	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Airlie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Normandy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.2 mm (4.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Praha-Klementinum	Czech Republic	Record daily precipitation	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Thallon Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Tomoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Collarenebri (Bundabarina)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Brazos	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Cythera	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.4 mm (3.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Oka	Canada	Record daily precipitation	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Waverley Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Roma Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Morven Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Coonamble (Nardoo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Coonabarabran (Namoi Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.8 mm (2.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Eschwege	Germany	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Byrock Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Dunedoo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Wasserkuppe	Germany	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Luroy	Norway	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Amby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Byzantium	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
New Angledool Telephone Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Windermere	Australia	Record daily precipitation	200.1 mm (7.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Walgett (Dungalear)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Collarenebri (Dunumbral)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Garah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Neilrex (Caigan)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Coolah (Binnia St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Nord-Rana	Norway	Record daily precipitation	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Farmville	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Eversfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cryon (Koothney)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mullaley (Garrawilla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Fladungen-Heufurt	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Drevja	Norway	Record daily precipitation	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Laersdrift (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Landsborough Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.6 mm (3.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mungindi (Cambo Cambo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ostheim V.D. Rhon	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tann/Rhon	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Powhatan	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pilliga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,123 records

Records set or tied on 23 May 1983 by type: Highest daily maximum 176, Lowest daily maximum 150, Highest daily minimum 196, Lowest daily minimum 80, Heaviest daily rainfall 504, Heaviest daily snowfall 8, Deepest snow cover 9.

Records on 23 May 1983 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	176
Lowest daily maximum	150
Highest daily minimum	196
Lowest daily minimum	80
Heaviest daily rainfall	504
Heaviest daily snowfall	8
Deepest snow cover	9

Records on 23 May 1983 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 37, daily 1,081.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

944 broken records

Margins by which the 944 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 686.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 May 1983

Top 20 records on 23 May 1983 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 May 1983	St George Post Office, AU	monthly rain	192.4 mm (7.6 in)	127.6 mm (5.0 in)	89 years	86 of 100 (Exceptional)
23 May 1983	Woodlands, AU	monthly rain	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	57 years	75 of 100 (Major)
23 May 1983	Collarenebri (Albert St), AU	daily rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	82 years	74 of 100 (Major)
23 May 1983	Mogil Mogil (Benimora), AU	daily rain	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	82 years	74 of 100 (Major)
23 May 1983	Weribone, AU	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	82 years	73 of 100 (Major)
23 May 1983	Mitchell Post Office, AU	daily rain	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	87 years	71 of 100 (Major)
23 May 1983	Coolabah Post Office, AU	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	78 years	71 of 100 (Major)
23 May 1983	Mendooran Post Office, AU	daily rain	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	82 years	69 of 100 (Major)
23 May 1983	Muckadilla Post Office, AU	monthly rain	111.2 mm (4.4 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	89 years	66 of 100 (Major)
23 May 1983	Yamburgan, AU	monthly rain	143.0 mm (5.6 in)	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	15 years	62 of 100 (Major)
23 May 1983	Walgett Council Depot, AU	daily rain	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	103 years	62 of 100 (Major)
23 May 1983	Ravensthorpe, AU	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	46 years	61 of 100 (Major)
23 May 1983	Roma Post Office, AU	daily rain	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	32.9 mm (1.3 in)	76 years	60 of 100 (Major)
23 May 1983	Whyenbah, AU	monthly rain	133.4 mm (5.3 in)	77.6 mm (3.1 in)	0 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1983	Weetaliba (Weetalabah), AU	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	92 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1983	Mungindi (Burrenbah), AU	monthly rain	94.4 mm (3.7 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	57 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1983	Jerecuaro, MX	monthly rain	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	58 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1983	Westgrove, AU	daily rain	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	76 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1983	Airlie, AU	monthly rain	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1983	Normandy, AU	monthly rain	104.2 mm (4.1 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	5 years	56 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 1983

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1983. 1983 had 1,123 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 1983-05-23: 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 100	937
100 to 200	1
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	2
400 to 500	1
500 to 600	1
600 to 700	1