Weather Records on 24 May 1920

38 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 May 1920. Highest significance: Bredasdorp, ZA.

Key Facts for 24 May 1920

On 24 May 1920, 38 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
16 were record highs and 13 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 38 daily.
Bredasdorp set a daily record precipitation of 43.4 mm (1.7 in) on 24 May 1920.
Across 161 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 458 records.

Record Map

38 stations

38 station records on 24 May 1920 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 May 1920: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bredasdorp	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Piketberg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Barkerville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.3 cm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	25.4 C (77.7 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Sfax El-Maou	Tunisia	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Alice Springs Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Edmonton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	26.3 C (79.3 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Lenoir	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	23.0 C (73.4 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Kazan	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Matjiesfontein (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Spokane Intl AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	13.2 C (55.8 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Surgut	Russia	Record daily precipitation	5.0 mm (0.20 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Oktjabrskij-Gorodok	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	16.2 C (61.2 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Portland	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Sveg	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Gardiner	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	29.0 C (84.2 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Barkerville	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Palmerville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Sidi-Bel-Abbes	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti SW Point	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Somerville 4 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Astoria	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

38 records

Records set or tied on 24 May 1920 by type: Highest daily maximum 8, Lowest daily maximum 8, Highest daily minimum 8, Lowest daily minimum 5, Heaviest daily rainfall 8, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 24 May 1920 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	8
Lowest daily maximum	8
Highest daily minimum	8
Lowest daily minimum	5
Heaviest daily rainfall	8
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 24 May 1920 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 38.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

32 broken records

Margins by which the 32 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 53.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 May 1920

Top 20 records on 24 May 1920 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 May 1920	Bredasdorp, ZA	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	29 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
24 May 1920	Piketberg (Pol), ZA	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	31 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
24 May 1920	Barkerville, CA	daily snowfall	5.3 cm (2.1 in)	5.3 cm (2.1 in)	31 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
24 May 1920	Cet Central England, GB	daily high max	25.4 C (77.7 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	36 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
24 May 1920	Ft Bidwell, US	daily rain	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	51 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
24 May 1920	Baltimore Customs House, US	daily low max	14.4 C (57.9 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	42 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
24 May 1920	Sfax El-Maou, TN	daily high max	35.0 C (95.0 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	16 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
24 May 1920	Sheffield, GB	daily high max	23.9 C (75.0 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	36 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
24 May 1920	Bathurst Gaol, AU	daily high max	19.4 C (66.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	29 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
24 May 1920	Oestersund-Froesoen, SE	daily high min	10.0 C (50.0 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	26 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
24 May 1920	Alice Springs Post Office, AU	daily low min	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	21 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
24 May 1920	Edmonton, CA	daily rain	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	15 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
24 May 1920	Oxford, GB	daily high max	26.3 C (79.3 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	7 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
24 May 1920	Lenoir, US	daily rain	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	17 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
24 May 1920	Atlantic City Marina, US	daily low max	11.7 C (53.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	28 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
24 May 1920	Altastenberg, DE	daily high max	23.0 C (73.4 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	27 years	12 of 100 (Routine)
24 May 1920	Kazan, RU	daily high min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	25 years	12 of 100 (Routine)
24 May 1920	Matjiesfontein (Sar), ZA	daily rain	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	17 years	12 of 100 (Routine)
24 May 1920	Kiev, UA	daily high min	16.1 C (61.0 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	28 years	12 of 100 (Routine)
24 May 1920	Spokane Intl AP, US	daily low min	2.2 C (36.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	21 years	12 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 1920

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1920. 1920 had 38 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 10	29
10 to 20	2
20 to 30	0
30 to 40	0
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	1