Weather Records on 5 May 1924

132 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 May 1924. Highest significance: Swift Current, CA.

Key Facts for 5 May 1924

On 5 May 1924, 132 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
72 were record highs and 39 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 126 daily.
Swift Current set a daily record precipitation of 30.2 mm (1.2 in) on 5 May 1924.
Across 160 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 445 records.

Record Map

132 stations

132 station records on 5 May 1924 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 May 1924: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Swift Current	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Battleford	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bozeman Montana State UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	5.5 C (41.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Algiers-Ville/Universite	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	36.0 C (96.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Fort National	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	39.0 C (102.2 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Constantine	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sidi-Bel-Abbes	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	37.0 C (98.6 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sloan 3 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Orleansville (Chlef)	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	42.0 C (107.6 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record low maximum temperature	29.1 C (84.4 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Worthington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Crete 4ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Orleansville (Chlef)	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sarna	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Battleford	Canada	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	39.0 C (102.2 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tarnaby	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	6.2 mm (0.24 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cleveland Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Indianola 1SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Butte Bert Mooney AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Mildura Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Sveg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Old Mission	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Syracuse	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Winterset 4N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record low minimum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Wiarton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Marshalltown	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington 3E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Hebron	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Helena Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Talbotton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Independence	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Atchison	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Klamath Falls 2 SSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Constantine	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	36.0 C (96.8 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Bancroft	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	1.4 C (34.5 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Minneapolis	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus 3 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Coatesville 1 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Dwtn Charleston	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Nelson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Surgut	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	5.7 C (42.3 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Payette	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Atlantic 1 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Ravenna	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Plainfield	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Joseph	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Regina Int'l A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	1.0 C (33.8 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

132 records

Records set or tied on 5 May 1924 by type: Highest daily maximum 31, Lowest daily maximum 8, Highest daily minimum 41, Lowest daily minimum 31, Heaviest daily rainfall 17, Heaviest daily snowfall 4.

Records on 5 May 1924 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	31
Lowest daily maximum	8
Highest daily minimum	41
Lowest daily minimum	31
Heaviest daily rainfall	17
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 5 May 1924 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 126.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

104 broken records

Margins by which the 104 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 140.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 May 1924

Top 20 records on 5 May 1924 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 May 1924	Swift Current, CA	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	12 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1924	Battleford, CA	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	32 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1924	Bozeman Montana State UNIV, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	27 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1924	Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1, DK	monthly low max	5.5 C (41.9 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	49 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
5 May 1924	Algiers-Ville/Universite, DZ	daily high max	36.0 C (96.8 F)	7.0 C (12.6 F)	16 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
5 May 1924	Fort National, DZ	monthly high max	39.0 C (102.2 F)	4.0 C (7.2 F)	19 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
5 May 1924	Oran-Hopital Militaire, DZ	daily high min	18.0 C (64.4 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	30 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
5 May 1924	Constantine, DZ	daily high min	16.0 C (60.8 F)	4.0 C (7.2 F)	36 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
5 May 1924	Sidi-Bel-Abbes, DZ	daily high max	37.0 C (98.6 F)	8.0 C (14.4 F)	19 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
5 May 1924	Sloan 3 S, US	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	4 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
5 May 1924	Orleansville (Chlef), DZ	monthly high max	42.0 C (107.6 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	31 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
5 May 1924	Hambantota, LK	daily low max	29.1 C (84.4 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	51 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
5 May 1924	Worthington, US	monthly high max	33.3 C (91.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	29 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
5 May 1924	Crete 4ESE, US	daily high min	19.4 C (66.9 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	28 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
5 May 1924	Orleansville (Chlef), DZ	daily high min	19.0 C (66.2 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	30 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
5 May 1924	Harnosand, SE	daily rain	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	8.3 mm (0.33 in)	41 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 May 1924	Sarna, SE	daily rain	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	21 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 May 1924	Battleford, CA	daily rain	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	27 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 May 1924	Tizi Ouzou, DZ	daily high max	39.0 C (102.2 F)	8.0 C (14.4 F)	2 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 May 1924	Tarnaby, SE	daily rain	6.2 mm (0.24 in)	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	25 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

1795 to 1924

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1924. 1924 had 132 records.

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

Records on 05-05 in each year
Year	Records
1795	2
1805	1
1836	1
1837	1
1840	1
1850	4
1852	1
1855	1
1856	2
1859	2
1861	5
1862	1
1864	2
1867	1
1875	2
1877	2
1878	1
1879	2
1880	1
1882	1
1884	2
1885	1
1886	3
1888	3
1889	5
1890	2
1891	3
1892	5
1894	3
1895	2
1896	1
1897	2
1898	6
1899	5
1900	3
1901	2
1902	5
1903	9
1904	14
1905	17
1906	4
1907	16
1908	14
1909	17
1910	19
1911	17
1912	17
1913	46
1914	39
1915	73
1916	98
1917	70
1918	24
1919	77
1920	41
1921	63
1922	98
1923	139
1924	132
1925	143
1926	220
1927	115
1928	149
1929	256
1930	469
1931	250
1932	166
1933	339
1934	448
1935	417
1936	377
1937	159
1938	362
1939	222
1940	446
1941	415
1942	529
1943	427
1944	1,237
1945	355
1946	306
1947	528
1948	671
1949	1,099
1950	893
1951	174
1952	723
1953	659
1954	607
1955	382
1956	363
1957	561
1958	404
1959	587
1960	773
1961	644
1962	261
1963	249
1964	643
1965	724
1966	1,413
1967	613
1968	434
1969	530
1970	386
1971	444
1972	292
1973	542
1974	716
1975	711
1976	402
1977	708
1978	1,033
1979	1,534
1980	562
1981	524
1982	659
1983	475
1984	767
1985	463
1986	968
1987	895
1988	820
1989	941
1990	1,511
1991	1,176
1992	1,004
1993	725
1994	743
1995	888
1996	1,368
1997	1,220
1998	1,707
1999	1,301
2000	1,442
2001	963
2002	883
2003	1,792
2004	1,401
2005	1,009
2006	657
2007	850
2008	453
2009	751
2010	1,053
2011	857
2012	1,281
2013	1,265
2014	680
2015	783
2016	554
2017	849
2018	481
2019	538
2020	403
2021	733
2022	514
2023	579
2024	961
2025	717
2026	538

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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 20	101
20 to 40	2
40 to 60	0
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1