Weather Records on 24 May 1917

86 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 May 1917. Highest significance: Lucknow, CA.

Key Facts for 24 May 1917

On 24 May 1917, 86 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
8 were record highs and 46 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 84 daily.
Lucknow set a monthly record daily snowfall of 24.9 cm (9.8 in) on 24 May 1917.
Across 161 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 457 records.

Record Map

86 stations

86 station records on 24 May 1917 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 May 1917: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lucknow	Canada	Record daily snowfall	24.9 cm (9.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bird Rocks	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Westminster	Canada	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Stratford	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Toronto	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Port Stanley	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Stratford	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston Queens U	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Darwin Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Welland	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
London South	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lindsay	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Peterborough	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Alton	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lakefield	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Officer (Jesmond Dene)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lucknow	Canada	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Foster (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	Canada	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Coonalpyn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Millicent	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Barrie	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Alton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	4.6 cm (1.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
White River	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Lucknow	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Dubuque River	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Goolwa Council Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Parry Sound	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Windsor Riverside	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Stonecliffe	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Southampton	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Umea	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville Dwtn AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
State College	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Schanck Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Cleveland 2717 Euclid	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
La Crosse Wb City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Wellington East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Green Bay	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Deniliquin (Wilkinson St)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Bright Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Guelph Oac	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	27.0 C (80.6 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Maccue	Canada	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Madison Wb City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Port Elliott	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Bordertown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Enfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

86 records

Records set or tied on 24 May 1917 by type: Highest daily maximum 5, Lowest daily maximum 33, Highest daily minimum 3, Lowest daily minimum 13, Heaviest daily rainfall 27, Heaviest daily snowfall 5.

Records on 24 May 1917 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	5
Lowest daily maximum	33
Highest daily minimum	3
Lowest daily minimum	13
Heaviest daily rainfall	27
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 24 May 1917 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 84.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

75 broken records

Margins by which the 75 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 188.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 May 1917

Top 20 records on 24 May 1917 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 May 1917	Lucknow, CA	monthly snowfall	24.9 cm (9.8 in)	18.8 cm (7.4 in)	9 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1917	Bird Rocks, CA	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1917	Westminster, CA	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	29 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1917	Stratford, CA	monthly snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	51 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1917	Toronto, CA	daily low max	9.4 C (48.9 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	63 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
24 May 1917	Port Stanley, CA	daily low max	7.2 C (45.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	39 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
24 May 1917	Stratford, CA	daily low max	4.4 C (39.9 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	39 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
24 May 1917	Woodstock, CA	daily low max	5.0 C (41.0 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	39 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
24 May 1917	Kingston Queens U, CA	daily low max	6.7 C (44.1 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	23 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
24 May 1917	Darwin Post Office, AU	daily low max	26.7 C (80.1 F)	2.5 C (4.5 F)	22 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
24 May 1917	Welland, CA	daily low max	7.2 C (45.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	39 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
24 May 1917	London South, CA	daily low max	6.7 C (44.1 F)	8.9 C (16.0 F)	19 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
24 May 1917	Lindsay, CA	daily low max	7.2 C (45.0 F)	7.8 C (14.0 F)	23 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
24 May 1917	Peterborough, CA	daily low max	8.9 C (48.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	34 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
24 May 1917	Ottawa, CA	daily low max	7.8 C (46.0 F)	8.3 C (14.9 F)	16 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
24 May 1917	Alton, CA	daily low max	4.4 C (39.9 F)	7.3 C (13.1 F)	27 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
24 May 1917	Lakefield, CA	daily low max	8.9 C (48.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	33 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
24 May 1917	Buffalo, US	daily low max	6.1 C (43.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	39 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
24 May 1917	Officer (Jesmond Dene), AU	daily rain	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	11.1 mm (0.4 in)	26 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
24 May 1917	Lucknow, CA	daily rain	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	29 years	20 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 1917

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1917. 1917 had 86 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 25	68
25 to 50	6
50 to 75	0
75 to 100	0
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1