Weather Records on 7 May 1924

141 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 May 1924. Highest significance: Kristianstad, SE.

Key Facts for 7 May 1924

On 7 May 1924, 141 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
39 were record highs and 58 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 140 daily.
Kristianstad set a daily record precipitation of 32.7 mm (1.3 in) on 7 May 1924.
Across 168 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 420 records.

Record Map

141 stations

141 station records on 7 May 1924 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 May 1924: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Old Mission	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Freiburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Biskra	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	29.0 C (84.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sfax El-Maou	Tunisia	Record high maximum temperature	34.0 C (93.2 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Grants Pass	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Oelrichs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Galva	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Morgantown 1	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tartu	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	20.2 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lund	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Altentreptow	Germany	Record daily precipitation	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg (Sternwarte)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Weimar	Germany	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Falsterbo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	10.8 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Goldberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Teterow	Germany	Record daily precipitation	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Putbus	Germany	Record daily precipitation	15.1 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gumbardo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar (Tindarey)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	12.3 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tunis	Tunisia	Record high maximum temperature	34.0 C (93.2 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nidingen A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Stockton 2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Runnymede Spottsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Biskra	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Tunis	Tunisia	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Martinsburg E W Virginia Rgnl	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Lincoln UNIV Pwr Plt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Warren (Frawley St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Boorolong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Green	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Newberry	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Roma Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Cruz	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Las Animas	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Dickinson Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Paarl (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Decorah	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
New Ulm 2 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Pokegama Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Ravenna	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Florence	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsboro	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Medford	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Charters Towers Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Athens	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Leech Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Sandy Lake Dam Libby	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Two Harbors	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Oakdale	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Hiram	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Neillsville 3ESE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Oconto 4 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
St Cloud State Clg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

141 records

Records set or tied on 7 May 1924 by type: Highest daily maximum 33, Lowest daily maximum 42, Highest daily minimum 6, Lowest daily minimum 16, Heaviest daily rainfall 44.

Records on 7 May 1924 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	33
Lowest daily maximum	42
Highest daily minimum	6
Lowest daily minimum	16
Heaviest daily rainfall	44
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 7 May 1924 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 140.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

117 broken records

Margins by which the 117 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 31.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 May 1924

Top 20 records on 7 May 1924 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 May 1924	Kristianstad, SE	daily rain	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	10 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1924	Old Mission, US	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	5 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1924	Freiburg, DE	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	14 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
7 May 1924	Biskra, DZ	monthly high min	29.0 C (84.2 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	37 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
7 May 1924	Sfax El-Maou, TN	daily high max	34.0 C (93.2 F)	6.0 C (10.8 F)	4 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
7 May 1924	Grants Pass, US	daily high min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	24 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
7 May 1924	Oelrichs, US	daily low max	4.4 C (39.9 F)	8.9 C (16.0 F)	20 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
7 May 1924	Galva, US	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
7 May 1924	Morgantown 1, US	daily high max	30.0 C (86.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	47 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
7 May 1924	Tartu, EE	daily rain	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	45 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
7 May 1924	Vanersborg, SE	daily rain	20.2 mm (0.8 in)	7.0 mm (0.28 in)	54 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
7 May 1924	Lund, SE	daily rain	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	6.5 mm (0.26 in)	49 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
7 May 1924	Altentreptow, DE	daily rain	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	12.3 mm (0.5 in)	22 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
7 May 1924	Bamberg (Sternwarte), DE	daily rain	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	41 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
7 May 1924	Weimar, DE	daily rain	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	30 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
7 May 1924	Falsterbo, SE	daily rain	10.8 mm (0.4 in)	6.7 mm (0.26 in)	22 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
7 May 1924	Goldberg, DE	daily rain	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	22 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
7 May 1924	Teterow, DE	daily rain	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	23 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
7 May 1924	Nurnberg, DE	daily rain	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	43 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
7 May 1924	Putbus, DE	daily rain	15.1 mm (0.6 in)	4.9 mm (0.19 in)	26 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 141 records.

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

Records on 05-07 in each year
Year	Records
1795	2
1805	1
1816	1
1825	2
1837	1
1838	1
1844	1
1845	2
1846	1
1848	2
1850	2
1852	1
1853	1
1856	3
1857	1
1861	3
1862	1
1863	1
1864	1
1867	3
1869	1
1870	1
1872	1
1874	2
1876	3
1878	1
1879	2
1880	1
1884	2
1885	1
1886	4
1887	1
1888	1
1889	2
1890	4
1891	4
1892	2
1894	4
1895	2
1897	5
1898	7
1899	3
1900	10
1901	1
1902	6
1903	13
1904	19
1905	21
1906	15
1907	14
1908	29
1909	15
1910	16
1911	14
1912	14
1913	30
1914	37
1915	40
1916	34
1917	188
1918	60
1919	263
1920	59
1921	41
1922	40
1923	119
1924	141
1925	207
1926	227
1927	191
1928	204
1929	224
1930	637
1931	473
1932	288
1933	291
1934	698
1935	298
1936	466
1937	121
1938	467
1939	194
1940	317
1941	317
1942	270
1943	416
1944	476
1945	751
1946	339
1947	727
1948	338
1949	439
1950	526
1951	226
1952	485
1953	541
1954	481
1955	393
1956	665
1957	546
1958	585
1959	335
1960	899
1961	442
1962	381
1963	825
1964	687
1965	671
1966	762
1967	973
1968	756
1969	678
1970	822
1971	364
1972	515
1973	447
1974	743
1975	784
1976	782
1977	662
1978	925
1979	888
1980	593
1981	710
1982	802
1983	724
1984	1,300
1985	557
1986	1,163
1987	1,115
1988	752
1989	1,880
1990	1,024
1991	599
1992	1,830
1993	831
1994	621
1995	997
1996	880
1997	1,359
1998	1,166
1999	1,008
2000	1,693
2001	743
2002	1,344
2003	1,138
2004	1,397
2005	645
2006	833
2007	1,047
2008	526
2009	735
2010	1,123
2011	558
2012	709
2013	633
2014	646
2015	569
2016	677
2017	543
2018	542
2019	522
2020	577
2021	484
2022	784
2023	667
2024	858
2025	635
2026	715

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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	87
5 to 10	20
10 to 15	6
15 to 20	2
20 to 25	0
25 to 30	1
30 to 35	1