Weather Records on 23 May 1994

690 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 May 1994. Highest significance: Prachuap Khiri Khan, TH.

Key Facts for 23 May 1994

On 23 May 1994, 690 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
291 were record highs and 169 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 670 daily.
Prachuap Khiri Khan set a daily record precipitation of 151.9 mm (6.0 in) on 23 May 1994.
Across 158 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 461 records.

Record Map

690 stations

690 station records on 23 May 1994 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 May 1994: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Prachuap Khiri Khan	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	151.9 mm (6.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Olton	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
La Cua	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Doodlakine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ballots	France	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Zapotlanejo (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hereford	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Willcox	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Agulhas Negras	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Yathroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Canning River Weir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Denmark	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tewantin Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	27.3 C (81.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Inverness 3 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dulce	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Malyalling	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hamar-Daban	Russia	Record daily precipitation	45.9 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Imperial	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Moore Haven Lock 1	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dudinin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Quanaminning	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tecamachalco	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Madrid	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Spring Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
La Red	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Presa Guaracha	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Muchea Tree Farm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mandurah Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Barren Island (Cape Barre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Port-Gentil	Gabon	Record low minimum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Avon Park 2 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ketchikan AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Newdegate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pingelly	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Puente Jula	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Uttaradit	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Khmelnytskyi	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Watheroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mumby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ufa	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	16.2 C (61.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Chita	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	10.8 C (51.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Melbourne WFO	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Morawa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Northampton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Piawaning	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Parafield Airport	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	23.7 C (74.7 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Guamuchil	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Insizwa (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Podor	Senegal	Record high maximum temperature	47.1 C (116.8 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Alfred Exp STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Clovis	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Strawberry North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Three Springs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Jalna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Guildford Junction	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Casa Llanta	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Fajardo	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Vero Beach Intl AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Maya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

690 records

Records set or tied on 23 May 1994 by type: Highest daily maximum 163, Lowest daily maximum 70, Highest daily minimum 128, Lowest daily minimum 99, Heaviest daily rainfall 229, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 23 May 1994 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	163
Lowest daily maximum	70
Highest daily minimum	128
Lowest daily minimum	99
Heaviest daily rainfall	229
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 23 May 1994 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 19, daily 670.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

544 broken records

Margins by which the 544 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 124.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 May 1994

Top 20 records on 23 May 1994 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 May 1994	Prachuap Khiri Khan, TH	daily rain	151.9 mm (6.0 in)	124.1 mm (4.9 in)	43 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1994	Olton, US	monthly rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	60 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1994	La Cua, MX	all-time rain	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	30 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1994	Doodlakine, AU	daily rain	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	12.3 mm (0.5 in)	83 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1994	Ballots, FR	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	21 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1994	Zapotlanejo (Smn), MX	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	52 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1994	Hereford, US	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	85 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1994	Willcox, US	daily high min	16.1 C (61.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	89 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1994	Fazenda Agulhas Negras, BR	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1994	Yathroo, AU	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	6.7 mm (0.26 in)	76 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1994	Canning River Weir, AU	daily rain	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	40 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1994	Denmark, AU	daily rain	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	53 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1994	Tewantin Post Office, AU	daily high max	27.3 C (81.1 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	92 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1994	Inverness 3 SE, US	daily low min	10.6 C (51.1 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	75 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1994	Dulce, US	daily high min	12.2 C (54.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	76 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1994	Malyalling, AU	daily rain	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	23 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1994	Hamar-Daban, RU	daily rain	45.9 mm (1.8 in)	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	51 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1994	Imperial, US	daily low min	12.8 C (55.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	92 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1994	Moore Haven Lock 1, US	daily low min	13.3 C (55.9 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	73 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1994	Dudinin, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	36 years	36 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 1994

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1994. 1994 had 690 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	531
20 to 40	11
40 to 60	1
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1