Weather Records on 20 May 1924

189 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 May 1924. Highest significance: Tarlee, AU.

Key Facts for 20 May 1924

On 20 May 1924, 189 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
37 were record highs and 50 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 186 daily.
Tarlee set a daily record precipitation of 31.0 mm (1.2 in) on 20 May 1924.
Across 162 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 457 records.

Record Map

189 stations

189 station records on 20 May 1924 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 May 1924: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tarlee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kapunda Water Works	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide (Tea Tree Gully Counc	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cooke Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kapunda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Vysnij Volocek	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide (Thorndon Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gumeracha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide (Pooraka)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wellington East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
New Westminster	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Murray Bridge Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Two Wells	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Birch Tree	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Stonyfell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Woodside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Echunga Golf Course	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Willunga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hallett	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Shelford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide (Salisbury Bowling Cl	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Meningie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Coonalpyn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Caltowie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Burra (Kooringa)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Collingrove	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stockwell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Birdwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Torrens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mannum Council Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Agassiz Cda	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Salekhard	Russia	Record daily precipitation	5.4 mm (0.21 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Magill Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Lobethal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Nairne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Callington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Greensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Jackson	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Laura	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Hahndorf	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Kanmantoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Port Germein	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Bundaleer Forest Reserve	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Macclesfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Barker	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Lindsay	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Belle Plaine	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Dubuque River	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Wandearah North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
North Adelaide	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Hamley Bridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Meadows	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Peterborough	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Yacka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Port Victoria	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Big Springs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston Queens U	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Lakefield	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

189 records

Records set or tied on 20 May 1924 by type: Highest daily maximum 17, Lowest daily maximum 18, Highest daily minimum 20, Lowest daily minimum 32, Heaviest daily rainfall 100, Heaviest daily snowfall 2.

Records on 20 May 1924 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	17
Lowest daily maximum	18
Highest daily minimum	20
Lowest daily minimum	32
Heaviest daily rainfall	100
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 20 May 1924 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 186.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

161 broken records

Margins by which the 161 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 43.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 May 1924

Top 20 records on 20 May 1924 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 May 1924	Tarlee, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	21 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 1924	Kapunda Water Works, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	17 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 1924	Adelaide (Tea Tree Gully Counc, AU	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	17 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 1924	Cooke Plains, AU	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	21 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 1924	Kapunda, AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	21 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 1924	Vysnij Volocek, RU	daily rain	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	22 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 1924	Adelaide (Thorndon Park), AU	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	34 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 1924	Gumeracha, AU	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	1 year	34 of 100 (Routine)
20 May 1924	Adelaide (Pooraka), AU	monthly rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	13 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
20 May 1924	Wellington East, AU	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	27 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
20 May 1924	New Westminster, CA	monthly high min	15.0 C (59.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	47 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
20 May 1924	Murray Bridge Comparison, AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	17 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
20 May 1924	Two Wells, AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	17 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
20 May 1924	Birch Tree, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	27 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
20 May 1924	Stonyfell, AU	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	17 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
20 May 1924	Richmond, US	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	14 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
20 May 1924	Woodside, AU	monthly rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	16 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
20 May 1924	Echunga Golf Course, AU	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	7 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
20 May 1924	Willunga, AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	3 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
20 May 1924	Hallett, AU	daily rain	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	21 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

1802 to 1924

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1924. 1924 had 189 records.

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

Records on 05-20 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1803	1
1804	1
1815	1
1825	1
1837	1
1844	1
1845	3
1847	1
1854	1
1858	3
1861	1
1862	1
1865	1
1867	1
1868	2
1870	3
1871	2
1876	2
1877	3
1879	1
1880	2
1884	2
1885	1
1887	2
1889	3
1890	3
1891	5
1892	3
1893	1
1894	6
1895	3
1896	3
1897	3
1898	4
1899	4
1900	1
1901	5
1902	11
1903	19
1904	4
1905	4
1906	22
1907	35
1908	23
1909	10
1910	20
1911	82
1912	20
1913	10
1914	16
1915	42
1916	29
1917	46
1918	92
1919	56
1920	44
1921	234
1922	40
1923	125
1924	189
1925	251
1926	128
1927	118
1928	138
1929	323
1930	129
1931	451
1932	689
1933	449
1934	582
1935	259
1936	207
1937	270
1938	331
1939	266
1940	337
1941	378
1942	337
1943	802
1944	315
1945	498
1946	339
1947	358
1948	514
1949	586
1950	327
1951	288
1952	615
1953	518
1954	822
1955	421
1956	565
1957	728
1958	378
1959	785
1960	612
1961	333
1962	773
1963	732
1964	517
1965	200
1966	416
1967	587
1968	743
1969	885
1970	310
1971	653
1972	612
1973	419
1974	893
1975	1,332
1976	837
1977	553
1978	534
1979	683
1980	751
1981	1,540
1982	554
1983	1,307
1984	867
1985	426
1986	790
1987	1,036
1988	805
1989	764
1990	722
1991	925
1992	1,200
1993	1,208
1994	778
1995	734
1996	1,749
1997	1,106
1998	1,124
1999	673
2000	991
2001	847
2002	2,299
2003	1,201
2004	746
2005	929
2006	1,006
2007	565
2008	999
2009	1,529
2010	1,011
2011	1,117
2012	604
2013	919
2014	629
2015	1,001
2016	692
2017	1,214
2018	460
2019	1,483
2020	784
2021	904
2022	1,643
2023	1,106
2024	478
2025	969
2026	696

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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	132
10 to 20	21
20 to 30	6
30 to 40	1
40 to 50	1