Weather Records on 24 May 1912

41 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 May 1912. Highest significance: Wingen (Murrulla), AU.

Key Facts for 24 May 1912

On 24 May 1912, 41 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
10 were record highs and 0 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 40 daily.
Wingen (Murrulla) set a daily record precipitation of 43.9 mm (1.7 in) on 24 May 1912.
Across 161 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 457 records.

Record Map

41 stations

41 station records on 24 May 1912 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 May 1912: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Wingen (Murrulla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Maitland West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pesaro	Italy	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Singleton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Brome	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Toronto	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottetown	Canada	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Scone (Philip Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Campbelltown 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Quebec	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Murrurundi Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Bodalla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Barrie	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Unb	Canada	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Milwaukee Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Menangle Jmai	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Parry Sound	Canada	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Parnu	Estonia	Record high minimum temperature	13.7 C (56.7 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Turanville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Portland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Cottam	Canada	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham	Canada	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Muswellbrook (Lower Hill St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Regensburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Dartmouth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Kurrajong Heights (Bells Line	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Denman (Martindale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Moruya Heads Pilot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Windsor Riverside	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Port Hastings	Canada	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Victoria (Mt Victoria (S	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Picton Council Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	9.3 mm (0.37 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Stonecliffe	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

41 records

Records set or tied on 24 May 1912 by type: Highest daily maximum 3, Highest daily minimum 7, Heaviest daily rainfall 31.

Records on 24 May 1912 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	3
Lowest daily maximum	0
Highest daily minimum	7
Lowest daily minimum	0
Heaviest daily rainfall	31
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 24 May 1912 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 40.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

37 broken records

Margins by which the 37 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 30.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 May 1912

Top 20 records on 24 May 1912 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 May 1912	Wingen (Murrulla), AU	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	21 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1912	Maitland West, AU	daily rain	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	15 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
24 May 1912	Pesaro, IT	daily rain	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	15 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
24 May 1912	Beatrice, CA	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	11 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
24 May 1912	Singleton Post Office, AU	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	15 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
24 May 1912	Brome, CA	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	10 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
24 May 1912	Toronto, CA	daily high min	16.1 C (61.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	48 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
24 May 1912	Hohenpeissenberg, DE	daily rain	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	85 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
24 May 1912	Charlottetown, CA	daily rain	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	22 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
24 May 1912	Scone (Philip Street), AU	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	15 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
24 May 1912	Campbelltown 1, AU	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	27 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
24 May 1912	Quebec, CA	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	14 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
24 May 1912	Murrurundi Post Office, AU	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	21 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
24 May 1912	Bodalla Post Office, AU	daily rain	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	33 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
24 May 1912	Barrie, CA	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	11 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
24 May 1912	Fredericton Unb, CA	daily rain	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	29 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
24 May 1912	Milwaukee Wb City, US	daily high min	15.0 C (59.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	33 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
24 May 1912	Menangle Jmai, AU	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	12 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
24 May 1912	Parry Sound, CA	monthly rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	0.3 mm (0.01 in)	7 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
24 May 1912	Parnu, EE	daily high min	13.7 C (56.7 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	29 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 1912

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1912. 1912 had 41 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	19
5 to 10	9
10 to 15	4
15 to 20	3
20 to 25	0
25 to 30	1
30 to 35	1