Weather Records on 23 May 2016

679 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 May 2016. Highest significance: Moreton Telegraph Station, AU.

Key Facts for 23 May 2016

On 23 May 2016, 679 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
277 were record highs and 75 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 660 daily.
Moreton Telegraph Station set a daily record precipitation of 32.0 mm (1.3 in) on 23 May 2016.
Across 158 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 461 records.

Record Map

679 stations

679 station records on 23 May 2016 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 May 2016: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Moreton Telegraph Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Lunner	Norway	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Aurukun Shire Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.4 mm (2.6 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Garsebach Bei Meissen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Doberlug-Kirchhain	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Kuranda Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Krangede_A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Kirup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.6 mm (2.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Julatten	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Valentine Nwr	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Waldsassen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Cairns Severin St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	146.0 mm (5.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Hof	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Juterbog	Germany	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Bernburg/Saale (Nord)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Cabinet Gorge	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Memphis	United States	Record daily precipitation	149.9 mm (5.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Storbron	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	42.3 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Notla 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Portland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ytterhogdal	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Corbin	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Salzwedel	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Rissna_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Saentis	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Troy	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Clarendon	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Twenthe-1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sarna	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Le Bourget	France	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	50.7 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Weihenstephan-Durnast	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ratan	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kowanyama Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.8 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Plauen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gregory	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ostanvik	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Augustus Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cardwell Marine Pde	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Benxi	China	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Genthin	Germany	Record daily precipitation	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Agadez	Niger	Record low maximum temperature	34.5 C (94.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Timiryazevskij	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	14.1 C (57.4 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Nardoo Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Holzkirchen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Oschatz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bareilly	India	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ciudad Victoria	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Denmark Agric. School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Annex Creek	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tambellup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lenzen/Elbe	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tegucigalpa	Honduras	Record low minimum temperature	11.6 C (52.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ebersberg-Halbing	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gardelegen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kothen (Anhalt)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Petropavlovskij Majak	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	6.6 C (43.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cimljansk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

679 records

Records set or tied on 23 May 2016 by type: Highest daily maximum 147, Lowest daily maximum 51, Highest daily minimum 130, Lowest daily minimum 24, Heaviest daily rainfall 326, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 23 May 2016 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	147
Lowest daily maximum	51
Highest daily minimum	130
Lowest daily minimum	24
Heaviest daily rainfall	326
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 23 May 2016 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 18, daily 660.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

609 broken records

Margins by which the 609 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 150.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 May 2016

Top 20 records on 23 May 2016 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 May 2016	Moreton Telegraph Station, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	109 years	77 of 100 (Major)
23 May 2016	Lunner, NO	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	85 years	74 of 100 (Major)
23 May 2016	Newport, US	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	68 years	70 of 100 (Major)
23 May 2016	Aurukun Shire Council, AU	daily rain	66.4 mm (2.6 in)	58.5 mm (2.3 in)	49 years	64 of 100 (Major)
23 May 2016	Garsebach Bei Meissen, DE	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	108 years	63 of 100 (Major)
23 May 2016	Doberlug-Kirchhain, DE	daily rain	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	88 years	61 of 100 (Major)
23 May 2016	Kuranda Railway Station, AU	daily rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	115 years	60 of 100 (Major)
23 May 2016	Krangede_A, SE	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	50 years	60 of 100 (Major)
23 May 2016	Kirup, AU	daily rain	59.6 mm (2.3 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	98 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 2016	Julatten, AU	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	36 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 2016	Valentine Nwr, US	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	68 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 2016	Waldsassen, DE	daily rain	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	66 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 2016	Cairns Severin St, AU	monthly rain	146.0 mm (5.7 in)	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	8 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 2016	Hof, DE	daily rain	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	13.1 mm (0.5 in)	80 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 2016	Juterbog, DE	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 2016	Bernburg/Saale (Nord), DE	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	80 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 2016	Cabinet Gorge, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 2016	Memphis, US	monthly rain	149.9 mm (5.9 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	97 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 2016	Storbron, SE	daily rain	42.3 mm (1.7 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 2016	Notla 3 SE, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	75 years	54 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 2016

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2016. 2016 had 679 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	576
20 to 40	28
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1