Weather Records on 23 May 1996

1,114 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 May 1996. Highest significance: Manti, US.

Key Facts for 23 May 1996

On 23 May 1996, 1,114 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
641 were record highs and 187 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 62 monthly and 1,050 daily.
Manti set a daily record precipitation of 29.0 mm (1.1 in) on 23 May 1996.
Across 158 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 459 records.

Record Map

1,114 stations

1,114 station records on 23 May 1996 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 May 1996: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Manti	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Tecumseh 1S	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Wymore	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Gogerddan	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Valier	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cody 21 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Table Rock 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Virginia	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Jefferson 3SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lagoa Grande (Mmv)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kushiro	Japan	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Miles City AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Shimojishima	Japan	Record daily precipitation	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
San Juan Bautista Cuicatlan (	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Constanta	Romania	Record daily precipitation	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sangary	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sidney 1SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Conrad	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Telchaquillo	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Okeene	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Represa Piquete	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Maryville 2E	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Blue Hill 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Colstrip	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Geary	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Flaming Gorge	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pratt 3NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Grant City	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Grass Range	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Melo Franco	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Albia 3 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Guthrie 5S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Natitingou	Benin	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Obihiro	Japan	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Urakawa	Japan	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Fukaura	Japan	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Paola	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bruning	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Marmarth	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Watonga	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Redig 11 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Neola	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Jodhpur	India	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Las Animas	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Princeton	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Superior	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lakin	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Geneva	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Claremore 2 ENE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Taloga	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Spearfish	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Crockett	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Huntsville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Guadalupe Grijalva	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Abisko	Sweden	Record snow depth	67.0 cm (26.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jefferson 3SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Floydada	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Allen's Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Madre de Deus de Minas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,114 records

Records set or tied on 23 May 1996 by type: Highest daily maximum 405, Lowest daily maximum 124, Highest daily minimum 236, Lowest daily minimum 63, Heaviest daily rainfall 274, Heaviest daily snowfall 8, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 23 May 1996 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	405
Lowest daily maximum	124
Highest daily minimum	236
Lowest daily minimum	63
Heaviest daily rainfall	274
Heaviest daily snowfall	8
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 23 May 1996 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 62, daily 1,050.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

789 broken records

Margins by which the 789 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 200.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 May 1996

Top 20 records on 23 May 1996 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 May 1996	Manti, US	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	79 years	73 of 100 (Major)
23 May 1996	Tecumseh 1S, US	daily rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	88 years	69 of 100 (Major)
23 May 1996	Wymore, US	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	26 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1996	Gogerddan, GB	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1996	Valier, US	daily rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	16 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1996	Cody 21 SW, US	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1996	Table Rock 4N, US	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	95 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1996	Virginia, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1996	Jefferson 3SE, US	monthly high min	25.6 C (78.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	99 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1996	Lagoa Grande (Mmv), BR	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1996	Kushiro, JP	daily rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	32 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1996	Miles City AP, US	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	50 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1996	Shimojishima, JP	daily rain	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	17 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1996	San Juan Bautista Cuicatlan (, MX	daily low max	22.8 C (73.0 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	73 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1996	Constanta, RO	daily rain	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	37 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1996	Sangary, RU	monthly rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	44 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1996	Sidney 1SSE, US	daily rain	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	20 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1996	Conrad, US	monthly rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	9.3 mm (0.37 in)	53 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1996	Telchaquillo, MX	daily high min	30.6 C (87.1 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	39 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1996	Okeene, US	monthly high min	25.0 C (77.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	83 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 1996

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1996. 1996 had 1,114 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 1996-05-23: 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 25	761
25 to 50	21
50 to 75	4
75 to 100	1
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	1
175 to 200	1