Weather Records on 19 May 1924

179 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 May 1924. Highest significance: Flora 5 NW, US.

Key Facts for 19 May 1924

On 19 May 1924, 179 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
45 were record highs and 92 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 178 daily.
Flora 5 NW set a daily record precipitation of 49.5 mm (1.9 in) on 19 May 1924.
Across 161 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 462 records.

Record Map

179 stations

179 station records on 19 May 1924 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 May 1924: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Flora 5 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Yankalilla (Woodvale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Port Arthur	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Minnedosa	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cottbus	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	17.9 C (64.2 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Putbus	Germany	Record daily precipitation	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Falsterbo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Waverley	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kei Road (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Waukaringa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cullendale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Saddleworth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Winterswijk	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yatina	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
St Albans	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chita	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	12.1 C (53.8 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Calumet	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Winnipeg St Johns Coll	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Jhb-Joubert Park	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Clare (Hill River)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Stoney Creek	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Lakefield	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	14.5 C (58.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Pirie (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Kologha (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Katberg (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Umzimkulu (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Fort National	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Guelph Oac	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Somerset East	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Middleburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Jeffersonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Algiers-Ville/Universite	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Fort National	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	21.0 C (69.8 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Lyndoch	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett Council Depot	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston Queens U	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Owen Sound	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Brantford	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Durban-Botanical Gardens	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Forest City 2 NNE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Grayling	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Sandy Lake Dam Libby	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Escanaba	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
El Paso	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Walwa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Brandon Cda	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Renfrew	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Parry Sound	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Peterborough	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Lubeck-Werft	Germany	Record daily precipitation	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Elliotdale (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

179 records

Records set or tied on 19 May 1924 by type: Highest daily maximum 16, Lowest daily maximum 40, Highest daily minimum 29, Lowest daily minimum 52, Heaviest daily rainfall 42.

Records on 19 May 1924 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	16
Lowest daily maximum	40
Highest daily minimum	29
Lowest daily minimum	52
Heaviest daily rainfall	42
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 19 May 1924 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 178.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

134 broken records

Margins by which the 134 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 34.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 May 1924

Top 20 records on 19 May 1924 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 May 1924	Flora 5 NW, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	27 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1924	Yankalilla (Woodvale), AU	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	8 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1924	Oran-Hopital Militaire, DZ	daily high min	18.0 C (64.4 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	63 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
19 May 1924	Port Arthur, CA	daily low min	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	38 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
19 May 1924	Chicoutimi, CA	daily low max	3.9 C (39.0 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	36 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
19 May 1924	Minnedosa, CA	daily low min	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	35 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
19 May 1924	Cottbus, DE	monthly high min	17.9 C (64.2 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	31 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
19 May 1924	Harrisville, US	daily low min	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	29 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
19 May 1924	Putbus, DE	daily rain	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	7.8 mm (0.31 in)	68 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
19 May 1924	Falsterbo, SE	daily rain	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	33 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
19 May 1924	Waverley, ZA	daily rain	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	17 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
19 May 1924	Kei Road (Pol), ZA	daily rain	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	36 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
19 May 1924	Waukaringa, AU	daily rain	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	27 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
19 May 1924	Cullendale, ZA	daily rain	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	36 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
19 May 1924	Saddleworth, AU	daily rain	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	37 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
19 May 1924	Winterswijk, NL	daily rain	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	5.7 mm (0.22 in)	24 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
19 May 1924	Yatina, AU	daily rain	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	17 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
19 May 1924	St Albans, CA	daily low min	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	31 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
19 May 1924	Chita, RU	daily high min	12.1 C (53.8 F)	3.7 C (6.7 F)	32 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
19 May 1924	Calumet, US	daily low min	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	28 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

1798 to 1924

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1924. 1924 had 179 records.

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

Records on 05-19 in each year
Year	Records
1798	1
1802	1
1803	1
1811	1
1825	1
1826	1
1843	1
1845	1
1847	1
1848	1
1861	2
1864	1
1866	2
1868	2
1870	2
1872	2
1873	1
1877	4
1878	1
1879	1
1880	4
1881	2
1885	3
1886	1
1888	4
1890	2
1891	1
1892	1
1893	1
1894	3
1895	1
1896	3
1897	3
1898	1
1899	3
1900	16
1901	5
1902	6
1903	12
1904	5
1905	3
1906	22
1907	23
1908	11
1909	4
1910	34
1911	69
1912	11
1913	20
1914	37
1915	56
1916	44
1917	21
1918	64
1919	42
1920	28
1921	171
1922	48
1923	75
1924	179
1925	258
1926	102
1927	154
1928	118
1929	373
1930	277
1931	268
1932	758
1933	517
1934	476
1935	270
1936	144
1937	295
1938	432
1939	216
1940	306
1941	352
1942	463
1943	852
1944	453
1945	443
1946	329
1947	263
1948	605
1949	950
1950	487
1951	422
1952	568
1953	690
1954	642
1955	560
1956	605
1957	836
1958	369
1959	487
1960	708
1961	273
1962	1,092
1963	542
1964	358
1965	231
1966	483
1967	514
1968	735
1969	912
1970	415
1971	772
1972	478
1973	676
1974	734
1975	616
1976	1,238
1977	726
1978	1,215
1979	516
1980	401
1981	1,264
1982	464
1983	1,014
1984	597
1985	386
1986	1,022
1987	876
1988	726
1989	694
1990	600
1991	1,020
1992	1,017
1993	934
1994	883
1995	1,175
1996	2,038
1997	1,074
1998	1,237
1999	682
2000	1,055
2001	779
2002	2,461
2003	1,523
2004	788
2005	834
2006	1,276
2007	725
2008	950
2009	1,577
2010	959
2011	1,257
2012	509
2013	841
2014	560
2015	1,080
2016	634
2017	1,547
2018	468
2019	1,239
2020	790
2021	579
2022	1,147
2023	709
2024	469
2025	764
2026	1,358

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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	116
5 to 10	12
10 to 15	4
15 to 20	0
20 to 25	0
25 to 30	1
30 to 35	1