Weather Records on 23 May 2013

929 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 May 2013. Highest significance: E Stroudsburg, US.

Key Facts for 23 May 2013

On 23 May 2013, 929 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
224 were record highs and 408 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 33 monthly and 895 daily.
E Stroudsburg set a daily record precipitation of 74.4 mm (2.9 in) on 23 May 2013.
Across 158 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 460 records.

Record Map

929 stations

929 station records on 23 May 2013 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 May 2013: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
E Stroudsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Wudu	China	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Penneshaw	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Kreschenka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Greeneville Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Williamsburg 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Rjazsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Dzhikimda	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Batesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Morganton	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Rex 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Culym	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Tillamook	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
W Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Goldendale	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Astoria AP (Port of)	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record daily precipitation	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
E Tawas	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Seaside	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Plant City	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Baldwin	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lenoir	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Humble Pump STN 5 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
American River (Redbanks)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cheboygan	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Standish 4NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hood Rvr Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Boundary Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Vardoe	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Danbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kennewick	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	2.4 C (36.3 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kakinada	India	Record low minimum temperature	20.4 C (68.7 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Drobeta Turnu Severin	Romania	Record daily precipitation	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sheldon	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hesperia 4 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Vanderbilt 11ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Peru 2 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Clear Lake	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Naselle 2 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Flemington 5 NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Uccle	Belgium	Record low maximum temperature	9.3 C (48.7 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	33.8 C (92.8 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lupton 1S	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hungry Horse Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hightstown 2 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bent Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kraft Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lichinga	Mozambique	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Andersviksberg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
New Meadows Rs	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hemlock	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Morris 2W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Prineville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mather 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Butte Bert Mooney AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bermagui South (Young Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nelligen (Thule Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kaiserslautern	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cuernavaca	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

929 records

Records set or tied on 23 May 2013 by type: Highest daily maximum 94, Lowest daily maximum 301, Highest daily minimum 130, Lowest daily minimum 107, Heaviest daily rainfall 282, Heaviest daily snowfall 8, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 23 May 2013 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	94
Lowest daily maximum	301
Highest daily minimum	130
Lowest daily minimum	107
Heaviest daily rainfall	282
Heaviest daily snowfall	8
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 23 May 2013 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 33, daily 895.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

778 broken records

Margins by which the 778 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 1143.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 May 2013

Top 20 records on 23 May 2013 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 May 2013	E Stroudsburg, US	daily rain	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	100 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
23 May 2013	Wudu, CN	monthly rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	59 years	73 of 100 (Major)
23 May 2013	Penneshaw, AU	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	63 years	68 of 100 (Major)
23 May 2013	Kreschenka, RU	monthly rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	38 years	63 of 100 (Major)
23 May 2013	Greeneville Exp STN, US	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	39 years	61 of 100 (Major)
23 May 2013	Williamsburg 2 N, US	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	50 years	61 of 100 (Major)
23 May 2013	Rjazsk, RU	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 2013	Dzhikimda, RU	daily rain	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	38 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 2013	Batesville, US	daily rain	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	39 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 2013	Morganton, US	daily rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	100 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 2013	Rex 1 S, US	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 2013	Culym, RU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 2013	Tillamook, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 2013	W Pt, US	daily rain	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	52 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 2013	Goldendale, US	monthly low max	7.2 C (45.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	101 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 2013	Astoria AP (Port of), US	monthly rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	44 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 2013	Sonnblick, AT	daily rain	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	9.8 mm (0.39 in)	111 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 2013	E Tawas, US	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	15.4 mm (0.6 in)	86 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 2013	Seaside, US	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 2013	Plant City, US	daily rain	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	112 years	48 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 2013

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2013. 2013 had 929 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 200	776
200 to 400	0
400 to 600	1
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	0
1000 to 1200	1