Weather Records on 23 May 1995

1,106 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 May 1995. Highest significance: Wakeeney, US.

Key Facts for 23 May 1995

On 23 May 1995, 1,106 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
356 were record highs and 329 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 33 monthly and 1,068 daily.
Wakeeney set a daily record precipitation of 86.9 mm (3.4 in) on 23 May 1995.
Across 158 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 459 records.

Record Map

1,106 stations

1,106 station records on 23 May 1995 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 May 1995: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Wakeeney	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Atakpane	Togo	Record daily precipitation	381.0 mm (15.0 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Zima	Russia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Hays 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Geneseo	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Newton	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Tierra Nueva	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Trousdale 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bethany	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lusk 2 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Cruz Do Piaui	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	62.1 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Boqueirao	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	57.5 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kjahta	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kamianets-Podil Sky	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Blockton 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Oakley 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Burlington Junction	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lyons	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Vytegra	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Le Claire L&D 14	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nambucca Heads Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Abilene	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Bluff Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Norton 9SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Chugwater	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hudson	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
La Piedad de Cabadas (Dge)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wentworth 2.5 WNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Parkfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Washington	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Howard	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dubois	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Medicine Bow	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Yoder 5 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Burlington Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Seward AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ramnicu Valcea	Romania	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lamoni	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wakeeney 16N	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Centennial 1NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rock Springs AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Valentine	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pearl	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Jarrahdale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgetown Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	2.1 C (35.8 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tacambaro	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ukiah	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Peter 4ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pinjarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Roelands Village	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kolomna	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Nikolskoye/Beringa Ostrov	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ellis	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hugoton	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Hope	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Basin	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo Bill Dam	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,106 records

Records set or tied on 23 May 1995 by type: Highest daily maximum 133, Lowest daily maximum 228, Highest daily minimum 223, Lowest daily minimum 101, Heaviest daily rainfall 365, Heaviest daily snowfall 22, Deepest snow cover 34.

Records on 23 May 1995 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	133
Lowest daily maximum	228
Highest daily minimum	223
Lowest daily minimum	101
Heaviest daily rainfall	365
Heaviest daily snowfall	22
Deepest snow cover	34

Records on 23 May 1995 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 33, daily 1,068.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

882 broken records

Margins by which the 882 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 350.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 May 1995

Top 20 records on 23 May 1995 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 May 1995	Wakeeney, US	daily rain	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	76 years	73 of 100 (Major)
23 May 1995	Atakpane, TG	all-time rain	381.0 mm (15.0 in)	170.9 mm (6.7 in)	20 years	70 of 100 (Major)
23 May 1995	Zima, RU	monthly rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	69 of 100 (Major)
23 May 1995	Hays 1 S, US	daily rain	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	40 years	62 of 100 (Major)
23 May 1995	Geneseo, US	daily rain	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	64 years	61 of 100 (Major)
23 May 1995	Arhangelsk, RU	daily rain	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1995	Newton, US	daily rain	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	97 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1995	Tierra Nueva, MX	all-time rain	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	17 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1995	Trousdale 1 NE, US	monthly rain	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	51 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1995	Bethany, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	92 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1995	Lusk 2 SW, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	97 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1995	Santa Cruz Do Piaui, BR	daily rain	62.1 mm (2.4 in)	61.3 mm (2.4 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1995	Boqueirao, BR	daily rain	57.5 mm (2.3 in)	52.7 mm (2.1 in)	12 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1995	Kjahta, RU	daily rain	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	58 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1995	Kamianets-Podil Sky, UA	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	8 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1995	Blockton 1W, US	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	1 year	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1995	Oakley 4W, US	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	24 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1995	Burlington Junction, US	daily rain	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	30 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1995	Lyons, US	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	94 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1995	Vytegra, RU	daily high min	16.0 C (60.8 F)	2.5 C (4.5 F)	96 years	44 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 1995

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1995. 1995 had 1,106 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 1995-05-23: 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 50	844
50 to 100	21
100 to 150	5
150 to 200	4
200 to 250	3
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	4