Weather Records on 5 May 2023

579 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 May 2023. Highest significance: Orovada 3 W, US.

Key Facts for 5 May 2023

On 5 May 2023, 579 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
182 were record highs and 224 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 562 daily.
Orovada 3 W set a daily record precipitation of 29.5 mm (1.2 in) on 5 May 2023.
Across 160 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 442 records.

Record Map

579 stations

579 station records on 5 May 2023 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 May 2023: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Orovada 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Tejon Rancho	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Nancheng	China	Record daily precipitation	234.2 mm (9.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Ginneken	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Susanville 2SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Zeerijp	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hart Mtn Refuge	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kealakekua 26.2	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Snowshoe	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Yulin	China	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Souda Airport	Greece	Record daily precipitation	131.1 mm (5.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Northport	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Robinson	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Roodeschool	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Barbara	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dunkirk 19NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Isabela Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dagget Pass	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Eggebek	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Laghouat	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	21.4 C (70.5 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Priest Rvr Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hallettsville 2 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hotan	China	Record low minimum temperature	2.0 C (35.6 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mullheim	Germany	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tihvin	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	2.5 C (36.5 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Falun	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-4.2 C (24.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sierraville Rs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Brest-Guipavas	France	Record daily precipitation	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Majuro Wbas AP	Marshall Islands	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Big Sandy	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fruita	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Heron 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Holm	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dismal Swamp	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Parnu	Estonia	Record low maximum temperature	5.4 C (41.7 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Schleswig	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sappemeer	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Foreman	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chico UNIV Farm	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Seeley Lake Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bechar	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	26.3 C (79.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bet Dagan	Israel	Record high maximum temperature	38.8 C (101.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wu Lu Mu Qi	China	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
King Hussein	Jordan	Record high maximum temperature	37.0 C (98.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Drevsjo	Norway	Record low minimum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Karlstad-Airport	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-3.8 C (25.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Colusa 2 SSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Vinton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
El Centro Naf	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gabo Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hoboksar	China	Record low maximum temperature	5.7 C (42.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Qitai	China	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Orskar_A	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-1.5 C (29.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Van	Turkey	Record low minimum temperature	0.1 C (32.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Orland	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Loma	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Republic	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Juan Mendoza	Bolivia	Record high minimum temperature	5.8 C (42.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Xingren	China	Record high maximum temperature	36.5 C (97.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
New Plymouth AWS	New Zealand	Record high minimum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

579 records

Records set or tied on 5 May 2023 by type: Highest daily maximum 57, Lowest daily maximum 138, Highest daily minimum 125, Lowest daily minimum 86, Heaviest daily rainfall 159, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 12.

Records on 5 May 2023 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	57
Lowest daily maximum	138
Highest daily minimum	125
Lowest daily minimum	86
Heaviest daily rainfall	159
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	12

Records on 5 May 2023 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 16, daily 562.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

474 broken records

Margins by which the 474 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 305.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 May 2023

Top 20 records on 5 May 2023 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 May 2023	Orovada 3 W, US	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	49 years	64 of 100 (Major)
5 May 2023	Tejon Rancho, US	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	96 years	63 of 100 (Major)
5 May 2023	Nancheng, CN	monthly rain	234.2 mm (9.2 in)	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	6 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 2023	Ginneken, NL	daily rain	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	18.9 mm (0.7 in)	38 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 2023	Susanville 2SW, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	6 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 2023	Zeerijp, NL	daily rain	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	25 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 2023	Hart Mtn Refuge, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	10 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 2023	Kealakekua 26.2, US	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	113 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 2023	Snowshoe, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	48 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 2023	Yulin, CN	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	62 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 2023	Souda Airport, GR	daily rain	131.1 mm (5.2 in)	122.7 mm (4.8 in)	13 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 2023	Northport, US	daily high min	12.2 C (54.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	122 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 2023	Robinson, US	daily low min	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	116 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 2023	Roodeschool, NL	monthly rain	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	8.3 mm (0.33 in)	29 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 2023	Santa Barbara, US	daily high min	16.1 C (61.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	127 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 2023	Dunkirk 19NNE, US	daily high min	11.7 C (53.1 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	86 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 2023	Isabela Substn, PR	daily high min	23.3 C (73.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	120 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 2023	Dagget Pass, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	33 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 2023	Eggebek, DE	daily rain	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	20.7 mm (0.8 in)	1 year	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 2023	Laghouat, DZ	daily high min	21.4 C (70.5 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	114 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

1795 to 2023

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2023. 2023 had 579 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 05-05 in each year
Year	Records
1795	2
1805	1
1836	1
1837	1
1840	1
1850	4
1852	1
1855	1
1856	2
1859	2
1861	5
1862	1
1864	2
1867	1
1875	2
1877	2
1878	1
1879	2
1880	1
1882	1
1884	2
1885	1
1886	3
1888	3
1889	5
1890	2
1891	3
1892	5
1894	3
1895	2
1896	1
1897	2
1898	6
1899	5
1900	3
1901	2
1902	5
1903	9
1904	14
1905	17
1906	4
1907	16
1908	14
1909	17
1910	19
1911	17
1912	17
1913	46
1914	39
1915	73
1916	98
1917	70
1918	24
1919	77
1920	41
1921	63
1922	98
1923	139
1924	132
1925	143
1926	220
1927	115
1928	149
1929	256
1930	469
1931	250
1932	166
1933	339
1934	448
1935	417
1936	377
1937	159
1938	362
1939	222
1940	446
1941	415
1942	529
1943	427
1944	1,237
1945	355
1946	306
1947	528
1948	671
1949	1,099
1950	893
1951	174
1952	723
1953	659
1954	607
1955	382
1956	363
1957	561
1958	404
1959	587
1960	773
1961	644
1962	261
1963	249
1964	643
1965	724
1966	1,413
1967	613
1968	434
1969	530
1970	386
1971	444
1972	292
1973	542
1974	716
1975	711
1976	402
1977	708
1978	1,033
1979	1,534
1980	562
1981	524
1982	659
1983	475
1984	767
1985	463
1986	968
1987	895
1988	820
1989	941
1990	1,511
1991	1,176
1992	1,004
1993	725
1994	743
1995	888
1996	1,368
1997	1,220
1998	1,707
1999	1,301
2000	1,442
2001	963
2002	883
2003	1,792
2004	1,401
2005	1,009
2006	657
2007	850
2008	453
2009	751
2010	1,053
2011	857
2012	1,281
2013	1,265
2014	680
2015	783
2016	554
2017	849
2018	481
2019	538
2020	403
2021	733
2022	514
2023	579
2024	961
2025	717
2026	538

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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 50	464
50 to 100	4
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	2