Weather Records on 23 May 2010

1,275 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 May 2010. Highest significance: Cook, AU.

Key Facts for 23 May 2010

On 23 May 2010, 1,275 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
648 were record highs and 405 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 42 monthly and 1,227 daily.
Cook set a daily record precipitation of 28.0 mm (1.1 in) on 23 May 2010.
Across 158 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 458 records.

Record Map

1,275 stations

1,275 station records on 23 May 2010 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 May 2010: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Elizabeth City	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Moroni	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Purcellville	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Hofors	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Aspendell	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Wx	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kumamoto	Japan	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Iizuka	Japan	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Akune	Japan	Record daily precipitation	167.1 mm (6.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ushibuka	Japan	Record daily precipitation	252.0 mm (9.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sater_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
May 2SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ulleungdo	Korea, South	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Berkeley	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Carlisle Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hita	Japan	Record daily precipitation	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lemon Cove	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Warrenton 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Saigo	Japan	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Indio Fire STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nevada City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tahoe City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lovelock	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Roxboro 7 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	14.9 C (58.8 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Orland	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Geneva	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Baranovichi	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Richfield	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Smith Ctr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Searchlight	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Drain	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tsuyama	Japan	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
San Pedro	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Colfax	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Blackfoot Fire Dept	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Walnut	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lynch	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Joseph	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Duluth	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mundrabilla Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	3.7 C (38.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nokia Tottijarvi	Finland	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sakai	Japan	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Fraccionamiento Callejones	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Korsa	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Beloit	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Fulton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cooperstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Paisley	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Aspendell	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Friant Government Camp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ikaalinen Vehuvarpee	Finland	Record daily precipitation	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Ana Tlapacoyan	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Abilene	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hernando	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Sumner	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Izuhara	Japan	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Asosan	Japan	Record daily precipitation	263.9 mm (10.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,275 records

Records set or tied on 23 May 2010 by type: Highest daily maximum 248, Lowest daily maximum 204, Highest daily minimum 400, Lowest daily minimum 201, Heaviest daily rainfall 200, Heaviest daily snowfall 15, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 23 May 2010 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	248
Lowest daily maximum	204
Highest daily minimum	400
Lowest daily minimum	201
Heaviest daily rainfall	200
Heaviest daily snowfall	15
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 23 May 2010 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 42, daily 1,227.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

912 broken records

Margins by which the 912 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 144.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 May 2010

Top 20 records on 23 May 2010 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 May 2010	Cook, AU	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	16.1 mm (0.6 in)	76 years	68 of 100 (Major)
23 May 2010	Elizabeth City, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	97 years	61 of 100 (Major)
23 May 2010	Moroni, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	101 years	61 of 100 (Major)
23 May 2010	Purcellville, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	96 years	61 of 100 (Major)
23 May 2010	Hofors, SE	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	44 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 2010	Aspendell, US	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	92 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 2010	Mt Wx, US	daily rain	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	68 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 2010	Kumamoto, JP	daily rain	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	101.5 mm (4.0 in)	20 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 2010	Iizuka, JP	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	33 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 2010	Akune, JP	daily rain	167.1 mm (6.6 in)	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	11 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 2010	Ushibuka, JP	monthly rain	252.0 mm (9.9 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	44 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 2010	Sater_D, SE	daily rain	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	44 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 2010	May 2SSE, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	73 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 2010	Ulleungdo, KR	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	4 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 2010	Berkeley, US	daily low min	5.6 C (42.1 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	111 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 2010	Carlisle Wtp, US	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	139 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 2010	Hita, JP	daily rain	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	33 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 2010	Lemon Cove, US	daily low max	20.0 C (68.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	107 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 2010	Warrenton 3 SE, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	11 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 2010	Saigo, JP	daily rain	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	23 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 2010

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2010. 2010 had 1,275 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

Download the Data

Data for records on 2010-05-23: 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 20	862
20 to 40	28
40 to 60	11
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	5
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1