Weather Records on 23 May 1992

1,423 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 May 1992. Highest significance: Hobbs, US.

Key Facts for 23 May 1992

On 23 May 1992, 1,423 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
547 were record highs and 432 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 28 monthly and 1,394 daily.
Hobbs set a daily record precipitation of 95.3 mm (3.8 in) on 23 May 1992.
Across 158 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 457 records.

Record Map

1,423 stations

1,423 station records on 23 May 1992 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 May 1992: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hobbs	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Villagran (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Henichesk	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Ackerly 4SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Cornudas Svc STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Oconto 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Lajas Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	177.3 mm (7.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Van Horn	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mayaguez City	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Nelson Bay (Nelson Head)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Coloso	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Amotsbruk	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	14.3 C (57.7 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Los Limones (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Central San Francisco	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Post	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Jornada Exp Range	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bauru (Pdv)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	48.7 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Aleman Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Portales	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	26.6 C (79.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Isabela Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	25.7 C (78.3 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	25.4 C (77.7 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Arcadia	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lumpkin 2 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Jal	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown 2 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Chita	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	30.9 C (87.6 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	26.2 C (79.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
1 ENE Fairfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Edgeley 3WNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Valley City 3 NNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bowie	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Middletown 4 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Augustine 2E	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Findlay Wpcc	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lamesa 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Jervis Bay Nature Reserve	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Angatuba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mont-de-Marsan	France	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Guayabal	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Duncan	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Liberty 1 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Maricao Fish Hatchery	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nakhon Sawan	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Clifton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Den Helder-1	Netherlands	Record high minimum temperature	16.2 C (61.2 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Stockton	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jayuya	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	29.8 C (85.6 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Zolotoj	Russia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Flahult	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wahpeton 3 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rio Piracicaba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Casa Grande Nm	United States	Record low maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,423 records

Records set or tied on 23 May 1992 by type: Highest daily maximum 358, Lowest daily maximum 259, Highest daily minimum 189, Lowest daily minimum 173, Heaviest daily rainfall 442, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 23 May 1992 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	358
Lowest daily maximum	259
Highest daily minimum	189
Lowest daily minimum	173
Heaviest daily rainfall	442
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 23 May 1992 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 28, daily 1,394.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,214 broken records

Margins by which the 1,214 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 178.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 May 1992

Top 20 records on 23 May 1992 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 May 1992	Hobbs, US	daily rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	70.2 mm (2.8 in)	66 years	67 of 100 (Major)
23 May 1992	Villagran (Smn), MX	daily rain	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1992	Henichesk, UA	daily rain	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	22 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1992	Ackerly 4SE, US	daily rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	66.9 mm (2.6 in)	37 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1992	Cornudas Svc STN, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1992	Oconto 4 W, US	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	81 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1992	Lajas Substn, PR	daily rain	177.3 mm (7.0 in)	123.5 mm (4.9 in)	15 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1992	Van Horn, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	50 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1992	Mayaguez City, PR	daily rain	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	59 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1992	Nelson Bay (Nelson Head), AU	daily rain	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	92 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1992	Coloso, PR	daily low max	26.7 C (80.1 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	64 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1992	Amotsbruk, SE	daily rain	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	30 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1992	Nordby (Fano), DK	daily high min	14.3 C (57.7 F)	2.1 C (3.8 F)	102 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1992	Los Limones (Cfe), MX	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	34 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1992	Central San Francisco, PR	daily rain	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	15 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1992	Post, US	monthly rain	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	29 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1992	Jornada Exp Range, US	daily low max	15.6 C (60.1 F)	6.6 C (11.9 F)	75 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1992	Bauru (Pdv), BR	daily rain	48.7 mm (1.9 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	45 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1992	Aleman Rch, US	monthly rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	38 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1992	Portales, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	55 years	45 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 1992

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1992. 1992 had 1,423 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 25	1,169
25 to 50	37
50 to 75	5
75 to 100	1
100 to 125	1
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1