Weather Records on 15 May 1924

174 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 May 1924. Highest significance: Raleigh State UNIV, US.

Key Facts for 15 May 1924

On 15 May 1924, 174 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
91 were record highs and 24 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 174 daily.
Raleigh State UNIV set a daily record precipitation of 37.8 mm (1.5 in) on 15 May 1924.
Across 162 earlier years (1820 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 432 records.

Record Map

174 stations

174 station records on 15 May 1924 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 May 1924: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Raleigh State UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	26.0 C (78.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Newberry	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Brome	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Renfrew	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	30.8 C (87.4 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Wauchope (Avondale Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	27.5 C (81.5 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Uccle	Belgium	Record high minimum temperature	13.8 C (56.8 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Helmond	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Astana	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bobundara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Quebec	Canada	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Uccle	Belgium	Record daily precipitation	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti West Point	Canada	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nimmitabel Wastewater Treatmen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jonkoping	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	26.0 C (78.8 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Earlington	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lakeside	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nowra Council Offices	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	28.5 C (83.3 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	26.0 C (78.8 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Braunschweig (T.H.)	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	29.7 C (85.5 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Surgut	Russia	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Society Hill 6 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Chattanooga Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Emmaville Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Jimenbuen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	15.1 C (59.2 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Lubeck-Werft	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	28.4 C (83.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Harkerville (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Bloukrans (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
New Braunfels	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
May Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Warialda Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Stockton 2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Joseph	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide West Terrace	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	5.1 C (41.2 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Delegate (Weewalla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Banff	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Lucknow	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Escondido	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Vernon	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Blandville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Columbia Falls 5 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Klamath Falls 2 SSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Moxee	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Berry Masonic Village	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Brogers Creek Upper (Cookville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Bukalong Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston Queens U	Canada	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Claremont Pomona Clg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Lamar	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

174 records

Records set or tied on 15 May 1924 by type: Highest daily maximum 60, Lowest daily maximum 20, Highest daily minimum 31, Lowest daily minimum 4, Heaviest daily rainfall 59.

Records on 15 May 1924 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	60
Lowest daily maximum	20
Highest daily minimum	31
Lowest daily minimum	4
Heaviest daily rainfall	59
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 15 May 1924 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 174.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

155 broken records

Margins by which the 155 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 43.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 May 1924

Top 20 records on 15 May 1924 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 May 1924	Raleigh State UNIV, US	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	30 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
15 May 1924	Ft Bidwell, US	daily high max	33.9 C (93.0 F)	8.3 C (14.9 F)	33 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
15 May 1924	Sandvig, DK	daily high max	26.0 C (78.8 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	40 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
15 May 1924	Newberry, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	19 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
15 May 1924	Brome, CA	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	35 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
15 May 1924	Renfrew, CA	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
15 May 1924	Magdeburg, DE	daily high max	30.8 C (87.4 F)	4.3 C (7.7 F)	40 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
15 May 1924	Wauchope (Avondale Street), AU	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	2 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
15 May 1924	Altastenberg, DE	daily high min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	4.3 C (7.7 F)	30 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
15 May 1924	Vastervik, SE	daily high max	27.5 C (81.5 F)	3.5 C (6.3 F)	36 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
15 May 1924	Ft Bidwell, US	daily high min	10.0 C (50.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	52 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
15 May 1924	Uccle, BE	daily high min	13.8 C (56.8 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	30 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
15 May 1924	Helmond, NL	daily rain	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	1 year	20 of 100 (Routine)
15 May 1924	Astana, KZ	daily rain	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	17 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
15 May 1924	Bobundara, AU	daily rain	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	40 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
15 May 1924	Quebec, CA	daily rain	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	26 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
15 May 1924	Uccle, BE	daily rain	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	24 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
15 May 1924	Anticosti West Point, CA	daily rain	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	6.8 mm (0.27 in)	26 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
15 May 1924	Nimmitabel Wastewater Treatmen, AU	daily rain	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	9 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
15 May 1924	Jonkoping, SE	daily high max	26.0 C (78.8 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	40 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

1820 to 1924

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1820 to 1924. 1924 had 174 records.

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

Records on 05-15 in each year
Year	Records
1820	1
1825	1
1831	1
1832	1
1837	2
1845	1
1847	2
1848	1
1855	2
1857	2
1859	1
1862	1
1863	1
1865	1
1866	2
1867	1
1868	2
1870	1
1871	3
1874	2
1876	4
1878	1
1879	2
1881	1
1883	1
1885	1
1886	2
1888	3
1891	3
1893	5
1894	2
1895	4
1896	2
1897	4
1898	3
1899	9
1900	9
1901	2
1902	9
1903	4
1904	13
1905	16
1906	10
1907	27
1908	25
1909	89
1910	27
1911	27
1912	26
1913	60
1914	16
1915	236
1916	27
1917	80
1918	133
1919	25
1920	58
1921	92
1922	30
1923	125
1924	174
1925	100
1926	161
1927	191
1928	144
1929	161
1930	136
1931	459
1932	368
1933	439
1934	227
1935	288
1936	372
1937	373
1938	393
1939	351
1940	179
1941	454
1942	701
1943	568
1944	630
1945	588
1946	238
1947	334
1948	264
1949	363
1950	260
1951	736
1952	476
1953	426
1954	355
1955	538
1956	466
1957	521
1958	605
1959	764
1960	291
1961	508
1962	1,128
1963	782
1964	347
1965	320
1966	389
1967	609
1968	1,019
1969	790
1970	512
1971	351
1972	484
1973	818
1974	1,230
1975	372
1976	803
1977	1,186
1978	922
1979	404
1980	625
1981	586
1982	500
1983	1,215
1984	1,059
1985	649
1986	679
1987	1,073
1988	643
1989	552
1990	776
1991	1,179
1992	944
1993	784
1994	910
1995	1,750
1996	1,452
1997	1,175
1998	1,641
1999	810
2000	850
2001	1,280
2002	801
2003	1,023
2004	1,046
2005	767
2006	955
2007	949
2008	995
2009	675
2010	1,088
2011	1,298
2012	751
2013	1,081
2014	1,411
2015	717
2016	890
2017	435
2018	1,074
2019	627
2020	472
2021	412
2022	847
2023	566
2024	596
2025	801
2026	481

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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	138
10 to 20	14
20 to 30	2
30 to 40	0
40 to 50	1