Weather Records on 23 May 2019

1,044 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 May 2019. Highest significance: Hill City, US.

Key Facts for 23 May 2019

On 23 May 2019, 1,044 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
352 were record highs and 427 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 32 monthly and 1,011 daily.
Hill City set a daily record snow depth of 22.9 cm (9.0 in) on 23 May 2019.
Across 158 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 459 records.

Record Map

1,044 stations

1,044 station records on 23 May 2019 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 May 2019: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hill City	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Vancouver 4 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Ferron	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Magadan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Laketown	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Woodruff	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Rock Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Jendouba	Tunisia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Pittsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ash Grove 4S	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
King's Cabin	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bright Angel Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Oswego 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Belle Fourche	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgeport	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hams Fork	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lysa Hora	Czech Republic	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Castle Rock	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Washburn	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rocky Ford 2 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Manila	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wasco	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
St Louis Sci Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Deseret	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Milford	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Hall 1 NNE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Monterey	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hallettsville 2 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Moroni	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgeport	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ness City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Manti	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Oak City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Scipio	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Woodruff	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Harrison	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Trona	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Washington 2 ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Jerseyville 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ulysses 3NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lead	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Green Rvr	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Oakley	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Minden	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sundance	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Onslow Airport	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	37.7 C (99.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bajramaly	Turkmenistan	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Spearfish	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gravette	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Portales	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Britton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Panguitch	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Atwood	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Diamond 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Overton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ferron	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Loa	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Indian Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,044 records

Records set or tied on 23 May 2019 by type: Highest daily maximum 129, Lowest daily maximum 298, Highest daily minimum 223, Lowest daily minimum 129, Heaviest daily rainfall 228, Heaviest daily snowfall 18, Deepest snow cover 19.

Records on 23 May 2019 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	129
Lowest daily maximum	298
Highest daily minimum	223
Lowest daily minimum	129
Heaviest daily rainfall	228
Heaviest daily snowfall	18
Deepest snow cover	19

Records on 23 May 2019 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 32, daily 1,011.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

838 broken records

Margins by which the 838 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 700.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 May 2019

Top 20 records on 23 May 2019 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 May 2019	Hill City, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	109 years	70 of 100 (Major)
23 May 2019	Vancouver 4 NNE, US	monthly rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	162 years	68 of 100 (Major)
23 May 2019	Ferron, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	68 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 2019	Magadan, RU	daily rain	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 2019	Laketown, US	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	116 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 2019	Woodruff, US	daily snowfall	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	119 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 2019	Rock Creek, US	monthly rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	23 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 2019	Georgetown, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	109 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 2019	Jendouba, TN	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	62 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 2019	Pittsburg, US	daily rain	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	57 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 2019	Ash Grove 4S, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 2019	King's Cabin, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	22 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 2019	Bright Angel Rs, US	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	78 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 2019	Oswego 1 N, US	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	110 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 2019	Belle Fourche, US	daily low min	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	7.8 C (14.0 F)	72 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 2019	Bridgeport, US	daily low max	2.8 C (37.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	101 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 2019	Hams Fork, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	14 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 2019	Lysa Hora, CZ	daily rain	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 2019	Castle Rock, US	daily low min	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	94 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 2019	Washburn, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	64 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 2019

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2019. 2019 had 1,044 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 2019-05-23: 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 100	825
100 to 200	11
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	1