Weather Records on 23 May 2018

552 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 May 2018. Highest significance: Sugar City, US.

Key Facts for 23 May 2018

On 23 May 2018, 552 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
354 were record highs and 34 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 543 daily.
Sugar City set a daily record precipitation of 35.6 mm (1.4 in) on 23 May 2018.
Across 158 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 462 records.

Record Map

552 stations

552 station records on 23 May 2018 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 May 2018: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sugar City	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Alejskaja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Windom	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Bijsk Zonalnaja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Gassaway	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Alta 1 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Ithaca Cornell UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Talbotton	United States	Record daily precipitation	169.4 mm (6.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Estherville 4E	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Canyon	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Aue	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Two Ocean Plateau	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Yreka	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bay City Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Idaho Falls 16 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hularin	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wallace	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Oakland 1 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Shickshinny 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Murdo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Jackson Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Leeuwin	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	27.0 C (80.6 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
De Bilt	Netherlands	Record high minimum temperature	14.3 C (57.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Troy	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Neosho	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Genoa 2 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Weaverville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mechanicsville 5 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Elista	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	35.1 C (95.2 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Naples	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gregory	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cody	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Thumb Divide	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Manjimup	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	26.3 C (79.3 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Arcadia	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Poronajsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	8.6 C (47.5 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Hall 1 NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bozeman 6 W Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Leeuwin	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	16.8 C (62.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Donnybrook	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	27.4 C (81.3 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Budennovsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	35.5 C (95.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rexburg Byu Idaho	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gallipolis	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pohnpei WSO	Federated States of Micronesia	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Eichstatt-Landershofen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ericson 8 WNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bolsoy Santar	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	8.1 C (46.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jaskul	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Commerce 4 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Asheboro 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sutton Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mauth-Finsterau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hope 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Grantsville 1ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Grassy Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Puttalam	Sri Lanka	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kurilsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	23.5 C (74.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Certkovo	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	17.7 C (63.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nakhon Si Thammarat	Thailand	Record low maximum temperature	28.4 C (83.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
The Poplars	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

552 records

Records set or tied on 23 May 2018 by type: Highest daily maximum 109, Lowest daily maximum 20, Highest daily minimum 245, Lowest daily minimum 14, Heaviest daily rainfall 163, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 23 May 2018 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	109
Lowest daily maximum	20
Highest daily minimum	245
Lowest daily minimum	14
Heaviest daily rainfall	163
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 23 May 2018 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 9, daily 543.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

443 broken records

Margins by which the 443 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 44.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 May 2018

Top 20 records on 23 May 2018 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 May 2018	Sugar City, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	108 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
23 May 2018	Alejskaja, RU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	15.4 mm (0.6 in)	80 years	65 of 100 (Major)
23 May 2018	Windom, US	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	104 years	60 of 100 (Major)
23 May 2018	Bijsk Zonalnaja, RU	daily rain	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 2018	Gassaway, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	67 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 2018	Alta 1 NNW, US	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	37 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 2018	Ithaca Cornell UNIV, US	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	91 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 2018	Talbotton, US	monthly rain	169.4 mm (6.7 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	74 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 2018	Estherville 4E, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	13 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 2018	Canyon, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	13 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 2018	Aue, DE	daily rain	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	12.6 mm (0.5 in)	68 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 2018	Two Ocean Plateau, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	33 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 2018	Yreka, US	daily high min	14.4 C (57.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	120 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 2018	Bay City Wtr Wks, US	daily rain	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	55 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 2018	Idaho Falls 16 SE, US	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	55 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 2018	Hularin, RU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	64 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 2018	Wallace, US	daily high min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	104 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 2018	Oakland 1 SE, US	daily high min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	108 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 2018	Shickshinny 3 N, US	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 2018	Murdo, US	daily high min	17.2 C (63.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	96 years	41 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 2018

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2018. 2018 had 552 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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 23 May 2018
Margin	Records
0 to 10	393
10 to 20	36
20 to 30	10
30 to 40	2
40 to 50	2