Weather Records on 24 May 1936

432 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 May 1936. Highest significance: Greylingstad (Sar), ZA.

Key Facts for 24 May 1936

On 24 May 1936, 432 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
214 were record highs and 45 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 417 daily.
Greylingstad (Sar) set a monthly record daily precipitation of 125.5 mm (4.9 in) on 24 May 1936.
Across 161 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 455 records.

Record Map

432 stations

432 station records on 24 May 1936 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 May 1936: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Greylingstad (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	125.5 mm (4.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Nowgong	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Randfontein (Gm)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Palkot	India	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Thiruvalla	India	Record daily precipitation	176.0 mm (6.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Heavitree, Estcourt	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Pratt 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Salina	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Biswan	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Machadodorp	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sugar Land	United States	Record daily precipitation	211.3 mm (8.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Chengannur	India	Record daily precipitation	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ottoshoop (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pattanamphitta	India	Record daily precipitation	145.3 mm (5.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Liberal	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hallettsville 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
McPherson	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Machilipatnam	India	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Verwoedburg-Mu"Lytteltn"	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Buxar	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rambha	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hutchinson River	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Phillipsburg 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Derby	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tadepalligudem	India	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	10.7 C (51.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Rockport 1 ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Savanne	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pembroke Eddy Match	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Peddapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Adur	India	Record daily precipitation	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Horton	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Norwich	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Alvin	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cuero	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Alamur(Alamar)	India	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lares	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Schoonoord	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Paragonah	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Houston Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Simcoe	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Polavaram	India	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Herschel	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Manatu	India	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Harur	India	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hugoton	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Manitowoc	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Brantford	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bagaha	India	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Chhuikhadan	India	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lampasas	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bangalore	India	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kotdwara	India	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Emporia 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Fall River	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

432 records

Records set or tied on 24 May 1936 by type: Highest daily maximum 161, Lowest daily maximum 37, Highest daily minimum 53, Lowest daily minimum 8, Heaviest daily rainfall 173.

Records on 24 May 1936 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	161
Lowest daily maximum	37
Highest daily minimum	53
Lowest daily minimum	8
Heaviest daily rainfall	173
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 24 May 1936 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 14, daily 417.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

349 broken records

Margins by which the 349 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 100.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 May 1936

Top 20 records on 24 May 1936 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 May 1936	Greylingstad (Sar), ZA	monthly rain	125.5 mm (4.9 in)	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	4 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1936	Nowgong, IN	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	35 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1936	Randfontein (Gm), ZA	monthly rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	0 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1936	Palkot, IN	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	25 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1936	Thiruvalla, IN	daily rain	176.0 mm (6.9 in)	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	32 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1936	Heavitree, Estcourt, ZA	monthly rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	4 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1936	Pratt 3NW, US	daily rain	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1936	Salina, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	31 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1936	Biswan, IN	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	35 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1936	Machadodorp, ZA	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	5 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1936	Sugar Land, US	all-time rain	211.3 mm (8.3 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	20 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1936	Chengannur, IN	daily rain	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	34 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1936	Ottoshoop (Pol), ZA	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	29 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1936	Pattanamphitta, IN	daily rain	145.3 mm (5.7 in)	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	11 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1936	Liberal, US	monthly rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	22 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1936	Hallettsville 2 N, US	daily rain	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	28 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1936	McPherson, US	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	27 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1936	Machilipatnam, IN	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	32 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1936	Verwoedburg-Mu"Lytteltn", ZA	monthly rain	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	11 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1936	Buxar, IN	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	16 years	36 of 100 (Notable)

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

1794 to 1936

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1936. 1936 had 432 records.

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

Records on 05-24 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1795	1
1797	1
1817	1
1831	1
1837	2
1838	1
1840	1
1841	2
1844	1
1847	3
1848	1
1864	1
1865	1
1866	5
1867	7
1868	2
1870	1
1877	2
1880	2
1882	2
1884	2
1886	2
1888	1
1889	3
1890	3
1891	4
1892	1
1893	8
1894	1
1895	1
1896	1
1897	5
1898	4
1899	7
1900	5
1901	7
1902	8
1903	9
1904	14
1905	16
1906	36
1907	15
1908	16
1909	16
1910	34
1911	28
1912	41
1913	30
1914	35
1915	8
1916	19
1917	86
1918	27
1919	25
1920	38
1921	139
1922	101
1923	106
1924	334
1925	347
1926	284
1927	221
1928	290
1929	112
1930	173
1931	475
1932	251
1933	477
1934	196
1935	426
1936	432
1937	187
1938	438
1939	498
1940	289
1941	499
1942	245
1943	439
1944	710
1945	226
1946	501
1947	456
1948	250
1949	436
1950	640
1951	881
1952	720
1953	1,005
1954	260
1955	841
1956	1,027
1957	513
1958	825
1959	315
1960	476
1961	301
1962	479
1963	734
1964	852
1965	502
1966	340
1967	904
1968	568
1969	408
1970	329
1971	625
1972	487
1973	533
1974	584
1975	886
1976	411
1977	997
1978	797
1979	1,115
1980	978
1981	758
1982	725
1983	1,332
1984	737
1985	637
1986	573
1987	664
1988	689
1989	1,346
1990	923
1991	1,495
1992	1,562
1993	826
1994	832
1995	1,247
1996	1,367
1997	1,028
1998	931
1999	806
2000	1,549
2001	1,335
2002	1,163
2003	1,011
2004	1,276
2005	967
2006	994
2007	1,349
2008	1,173
2009	970
2010	1,699
2011	1,026
2012	983
2013	861
2014	757
2015	501
2016	408
2017	876
2018	595
2019	750
2020	517
2021	583
2022	709
2023	353
2024	930
2025	542
2026	877

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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	305
20 to 40	28
40 to 60	12
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	1