Weather Records on 24 May 1923

106 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 May 1923. Highest significance: N Loup, US.

Key Facts for 24 May 1923

On 24 May 1923, 106 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
17 were record highs and 64 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 105 daily.
N Loup set a monthly record daily precipitation of 102.4 mm (4.0 in) on 24 May 1923.
Across 161 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 457 records.

Record Map

106 stations

106 station records on 24 May 1923 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 May 1923: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
N Loup	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Talladega	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Prescott 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Winnipeg St Johns Coll	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Galway	Ireland	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Salisbury	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Feodosiia	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Anacortes	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Galway	Ireland	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Arthur	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record low minimum temperature	-0.1 C (31.8 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Adairsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Oregon	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Seward	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Clinton	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Jackson	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington 3E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Astoria	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Water Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Charlotte Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Colby	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Batesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	0.9 C (33.6 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Atchison	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Lebo	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Yates Ctr	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Kenton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Asheville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Minnedosa	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Wappingers Falls	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Beech Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Haliburton A	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Grenola 1 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Minneapolis	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Oswego 1 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Hebron	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Wellsboro	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Marshall	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Storlien	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	12.1 mm (0.5 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Rogers	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Emporia 1 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
State UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Outtrim	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Horton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Fayette	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	10.4 C (50.7 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	4.8 C (40.6 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Perm	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	15.7 C (60.3 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Hays 1 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Hutchinson River	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Chestnut Hill	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Lowell	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

106 records

Records set or tied on 24 May 1923 by type: Highest daily maximum 10, Lowest daily maximum 38, Highest daily minimum 7, Lowest daily minimum 26, Heaviest daily rainfall 25.

Records on 24 May 1923 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	10
Lowest daily maximum	38
Highest daily minimum	7
Lowest daily minimum	26
Heaviest daily rainfall	25
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 24 May 1923 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 105.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

77 broken records

Margins by which the 77 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 46.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 May 1923

Top 20 records on 24 May 1923 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 May 1923	N Loup, US	monthly rain	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	5 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1923	Newport, US	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	23 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
24 May 1923	Talladega, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	14 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
24 May 1923	Prescott 2 NNW, US	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
24 May 1923	Winnipeg St Johns Coll, CA	daily high min	13.9 C (57.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	47 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
24 May 1923	Galway, IE	daily low max	11.7 C (53.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	42 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
24 May 1923	Salisbury, US	daily low max	14.4 C (57.9 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	27 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
24 May 1923	Feodosiia, UA	daily rain	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	0 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
24 May 1923	Anacortes, US	daily rain	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	22 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
24 May 1923	Bathurst, CA	daily low max	8.9 C (48.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	40 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
24 May 1923	Galway, IE	daily low min	1.7 C (35.1 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	20 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
24 May 1923	Port Arthur, CA	daily high max	26.7 C (80.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	42 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
24 May 1923	Dublin Phoenix Park, IE	daily low min	-0.1 C (31.8 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	49 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
24 May 1923	Adairsville, US	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	17 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
24 May 1923	Oregon, US	daily low max	14.4 C (57.9 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	25 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
24 May 1923	Seward, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	14 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
24 May 1923	Clinton, US	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	12 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
24 May 1923	Jackson, US	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	10 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
24 May 1923	Lexington 3E, US	daily low max	16.7 C (62.1 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	25 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
24 May 1923	Astoria, US	daily low min	3.3 C (37.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	29 years	18 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 1923

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1923. 1923 had 106 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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 24 May 1923
Margin	Records
0 to 10	64
10 to 20	8
20 to 30	3
30 to 40	1
40 to 50	1