Weather Records on 23 May 2007

1,170 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 May 2007. Highest significance: Tuba City, US.

Key Facts for 23 May 2007

On 23 May 2007, 1,170 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
679 were record highs and 273 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 62 monthly and 1,107 daily.
Tuba City set a monthly record daily precipitation of 41.7 mm (1.6 in) on 23 May 2007.
Across 158 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 458 records.

Record Map

1,170 stations

1,170 station records on 23 May 2007 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 May 2007: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tuba City	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Botnen I Forde	Norway	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Yanzhou	China	Record daily precipitation	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Mancos 1SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Hovlandsdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Larned	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Burnet	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Babuskin	Russia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Silverton	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.3 cm (6.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Plentywood	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Detroit Lakes 1 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Haukedal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Zhumadian	China	Record daily precipitation	121.6 mm (4.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Pelican Rapids	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Dayton 1 WSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Elkhorn	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Telluride 4WNW	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Aztec Ruins Nm	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Zamora	Spain	Record daily precipitation	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Glasgow 14 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Zortman	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Garden City Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tukan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record high maximum temperature	13.5 C (56.3 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bredette	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
San Jose de Raices	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Uman	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	33.0 C (91.4 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Haleyville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gunnison 3SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hermit 8 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Montrose #2	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Huimin	China	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Montelimar	France	Record high minimum temperature	19.7 C (67.5 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record high minimum temperature	5.5 C (41.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mesa Verde Np	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dayton 1 WSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	17.1 C (62.8 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hermit 8 SE	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Logan Utah St UNIV	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Horton	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ely AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Salzburg	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	16.3 C (61.3 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tuba City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cortez	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tipton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Opheim 10 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Raymond 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wanyuan	China	Record daily precipitation	122.1 mm (4.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hurbanovo	Slovakia	Record high maximum temperature	31.6 C (88.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Libres (Smn)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nikolaev	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	37.4 C (99.3 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Crested Butte	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Valentine	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Askaniia Nova	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	35.5 C (95.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Rothsay	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver City	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Manila	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,170 records

Records set or tied on 23 May 2007 by type: Highest daily maximum 325, Lowest daily maximum 157, Highest daily minimum 354, Lowest daily minimum 116, Heaviest daily rainfall 201, Heaviest daily snowfall 10, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 23 May 2007 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	325
Lowest daily maximum	157
Highest daily minimum	354
Lowest daily minimum	116
Heaviest daily rainfall	201
Heaviest daily snowfall	10
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 23 May 2007 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 62, daily 1,107.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

929 broken records

Margins by which the 929 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 152.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 May 2007

Top 20 records on 23 May 2007 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 May 2007	Tuba City, US	monthly rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	58 years	77 of 100 (Major)
23 May 2007	Botnen I Forde, NO	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	93 years	64 of 100 (Major)
23 May 2007	Yanzhou, CN	daily rain	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	51.9 mm (2.0 in)	49 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 2007	Mancos 1SW, US	daily low max	5.6 C (42.1 F)	8.8 C (15.8 F)	97 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 2007	Hovlandsdal, NO	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	93 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 2007	Larned, US	daily rain	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	68 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 2007	Burnet, US	daily rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	70 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 2007	Babuskin, RU	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	22.5 mm (0.9 in)	12 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 2007	Silverton, US	daily snowfall	16.3 cm (6.4 in)	13.8 cm (5.4 in)	73 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 2007	Plentywood, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 2007	Detroit Lakes 1 NNE, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	81 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 2007	Haukedal, NO	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 2007	Hillsboro, US	daily rain	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	59.1 mm (2.3 in)	18 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 2007	Zhumadian, CN	monthly rain	121.6 mm (4.8 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	26 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 2007	Pelican Rapids, US	daily rain	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	9 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 2007	Dayton 1 WSW, US	daily low max	6.7 C (44.1 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	101 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 2007	Elkhorn, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	93 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 2007	Telluride 4WNW, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	94 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 2007	Aztec Ruins Nm, US	daily low max	12.8 C (55.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	76 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 2007	Zamora, ES	daily rain	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	45 years	46 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 2007

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2007. 2007 had 1,170 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	881
20 to 40	34
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	1
140 to 160	1