Weather Records on 24 May 1910

34 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 May 1910. Highest significance: Grahamstown, ZA.

Key Facts for 24 May 1910

On 24 May 1910, 34 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
13 were record highs and 0 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 31 daily.
Grahamstown set an all-time record daily precipitation of 184.9 mm (7.3 in) on 24 May 1910.
Across 161 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 458 records.

Record Map

34 stations

34 station records on 24 May 1910 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 May 1910: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Grahamstown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	184.9 mm (7.3 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Somerset East	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Graaff Reinet	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Jansenville	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Seymour (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Peddie (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kei Road (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Springbok	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Trenton 2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Port Augusta Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Saint John	Canada	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Lakefield	Canada	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett Council Depot	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	12.5 C (54.5 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Werribee (Wyndham)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Cradock	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Uniondale (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond C/K (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Chattanooga Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	21.4 C (70.5 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Dimboola	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
George Airport	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti SW Point	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Wagga Wagga (Kooringal)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Ladismith (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett Council Depot	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Yarmouth	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Oudtshoorn	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Stonecliffe	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Unb	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Dalhousie	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	0 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

34 records

Records set or tied on 24 May 1910 by type: Highest daily maximum 5, Highest daily minimum 8, Heaviest daily rainfall 21.

Records on 24 May 1910 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	5
Lowest daily maximum	0
Highest daily minimum	8
Lowest daily minimum	0
Heaviest daily rainfall	21
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 24 May 1910 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 2, daily 31.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

28 broken records

Margins by which the 28 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 39.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 May 1910

Top 20 records on 24 May 1910 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 May 1910	Grahamstown, ZA	all-time rain	184.9 mm (7.3 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	65 of 100 (Major)
24 May 1910	Somerset East, ZA	monthly rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	29 years	61 of 100 (Major)
24 May 1910	Graaff Reinet, ZA	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	25 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1910	Jansenville, ZA	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1910	Seymour (Mag), ZA	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	25 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1910	Peddie (Mag), ZA	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	11 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1910	Kei Road (Pol), ZA	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	17 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
24 May 1910	Springbok, ZA	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	0 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
24 May 1910	Trenton 2, US	daily high max	34.4 C (93.9 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	34 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
24 May 1910	Port Augusta Post Office, AU	daily rain	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	4 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
24 May 1910	Saint John, CA	daily rain	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	27 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
24 May 1910	Lakefield, CA	daily rain	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	8 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
24 May 1910	Walgett Council Depot, AU	daily high max	23.9 C (75.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	30 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
24 May 1910	Melbourne Regional Office, AU	daily high min	12.5 C (54.5 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	27 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
24 May 1910	Werribee (Wyndham), AU	daily rain	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	3.1 mm (0.12 in)	26 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
24 May 1910	Cradock, ZA	monthly rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	0.3 mm (0.01 in)	13 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
24 May 1910	Pointe Au Pere, CA	daily high max	22.2 C (72.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	24 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
24 May 1910	Uniondale (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	11 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
24 May 1910	Richmond C/K (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	8 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
24 May 1910	Chattanooga Wb City, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	14 years	14 of 100 (Routine)

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

1794 to 1910

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1910. 1910 had 34 records.

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

Records on 05-24 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1795	1
1797	1
1817	1
1831	1
1837	2
1838	1
1840	1
1841	2
1844	1
1847	3
1848	1
1864	1
1865	1
1866	5
1867	7
1868	2
1870	1
1877	2
1880	2
1882	2
1884	2
1886	2
1888	1
1889	3
1890	3
1891	4
1892	1
1893	8
1894	1
1895	1
1896	1
1897	5
1898	4
1899	7
1900	5
1901	7
1902	8
1903	9
1904	14
1905	16
1906	36
1907	15
1908	16
1909	16
1910	34
1911	28
1912	41
1913	30
1914	35
1915	8
1916	19
1917	86
1918	27
1919	25
1920	38
1921	139
1922	101
1923	106
1924	334
1925	347
1926	284
1927	221
1928	290
1929	112
1930	173
1931	475
1932	251
1933	477
1934	196
1935	426
1936	432
1937	187
1938	438
1939	498
1940	289
1941	499
1942	245
1943	439
1944	710
1945	226
1946	501
1947	456
1948	250
1949	436
1950	640
1951	881
1952	720
1953	1,005
1954	260
1955	841
1956	1,027
1957	513
1958	825
1959	315
1960	476
1961	301
1962	479
1963	734
1964	852
1965	502
1966	340
1967	904
1968	568
1969	408
1970	329
1971	625
1972	487
1973	533
1974	584
1975	886
1976	411
1977	997
1978	797
1979	1,115
1980	978
1981	758
1982	725
1983	1,332
1984	737
1985	637
1986	573
1987	664
1988	689
1989	1,346
1990	923
1991	1,495
1992	1,562
1993	826
1994	832
1995	1,247
1996	1,367
1997	1,028
1998	931
1999	806
2000	1,549
2001	1,335
2002	1,163
2003	1,011
2004	1,276
2005	967
2006	994
2007	1,349
2008	1,173
2009	970
2010	1,699
2011	1,026
2012	983
2013	861
2014	757
2015	501
2016	408
2017	876
2018	595
2019	750
2020	517
2021	583
2022	709
2023	353
2024	930
2025	542
2026	877

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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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 5	13
5 to 10	5
10 to 15	2
15 to 20	0
20 to 25	3
25 to 30	0
30 to 35	1
35 to 40	4