Weather Records on 23 May 1998

947 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 May 1998. Highest significance: Benkelman 1N, US.

Key Facts for 23 May 1998

On 23 May 1998, 947 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
520 were record highs and 250 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 7 were all-time records, 22 monthly and 918 daily.
Benkelman 1N set a daily record precipitation of 113.5 mm (4.5 in) on 23 May 1998.
Across 158 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 460 records.

Record Map

947 stations

947 station records on 23 May 1998 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 May 1998: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Benkelman 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.5 mm (4.5 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Gulbene	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Cerralvo (Dge)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomington Indiana UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Vale	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Utena	Lithuania	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Porthill	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Red Bluff Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lyntupy	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bolivar Wtr Wks	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Corning	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Joao Pessoa	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-1.3 C (29.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Roxboro 7 ESE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dokshitsy	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bengbu	China	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Uralsk	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	18.5 C (65.3 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
New Meadows Rs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Banner Elk	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bangkok Metropolis	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Sumner	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Zapata 1 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Emmett 2 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Garnett 1 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tecolutla	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Poretskoye	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	17.4 C (63.3 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Payette	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Louisville McAlpine	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record high minimum temperature	20.2 C (68.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hefei	China	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Huntington	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bezenchuk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	19.7 C (67.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Marshall	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Spencer 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Stratton	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Paris	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Huixtla	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tuxcueca	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Newport Beach Harbor	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ouesso	Congo (Brazzaville)	Record high maximum temperature	36.8 C (98.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Valga	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Arad	Romania	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hot Springs 1 NNE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Williams 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cynthiana	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
San Luis de la Paz	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Jesus Maria	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ixtlahuaca (Smn)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cuitzeo	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Williamson	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky I	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hami	China	Record low minimum temperature	3.8 C (38.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dongfang	China	Record high minimum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Presa Valerio Trujano	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ayutla	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Searcy	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Paintsville 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Winthrop UNIV	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Republic	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

947 records

Records set or tied on 23 May 1998 by type: Highest daily maximum 291, Lowest daily maximum 100, Highest daily minimum 229, Lowest daily minimum 150, Heaviest daily rainfall 175, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 23 May 1998 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	291
Lowest daily maximum	100
Highest daily minimum	229
Lowest daily minimum	150
Heaviest daily rainfall	175
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 23 May 1998 by timescale: all-time 7, monthly 22, daily 918.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

691 broken records

Margins by which the 691 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 71.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 May 1998

Top 20 records on 23 May 1998 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 May 1998	Benkelman 1N, US	daily rain	113.5 mm (4.5 in)	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	52 years	65 of 100 (Major)
23 May 1998	Gulbene, LV	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	45 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1998	Cerralvo (Dge), MX	daily low min	8.9 C (48.0 F)	8.3 C (14.9 F)	45 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1998	Bloomington Indiana UNIV, US	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	80 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1998	Vale, US	daily low max	11.1 C (52.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	104 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1998	Utena, LT	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	7 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1998	Porthill, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	56 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1998	Red Bluff Dam, US	all-time high min	31.1 C (88.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	39 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1998	Lyntupy, BY	daily rain	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	21.7 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1998	Bolivar Wtr Wks, US	daily high min	23.9 C (75.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	96 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1998	Corning, US	daily high min	23.9 C (75.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	96 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1998	Joao Pessoa, BR	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	80 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1998	Linkoeping-Malmslaett, SE	daily low min	-1.3 C (29.7 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	93 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1998	Roxboro 7 ESE, US	daily low max	17.2 C (63.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	98 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1998	Dokshitsy, BY	daily rain	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	40 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1998	Bengbu, CN	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	40 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1998	Uralsk, KZ	daily high min	18.5 C (65.3 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	85 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1998	New Meadows Rs, US	daily low max	8.3 C (46.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	88 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1998	Banner Elk, US	daily high min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	88 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 1998	Bangkok Metropolis, TH	daily rain	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	28 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 1998

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1998. 1998 had 947 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 10	656
10 to 20	21
20 to 30	10
30 to 40	2
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	1