Weather Records on 24 May 1937

187 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 May 1937. Highest significance: Bettiah, IN.

Key Facts for 24 May 1937

On 24 May 1937, 187 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
67 were record highs and 17 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 181 daily.
Bettiah set a daily record precipitation of 57.9 mm (2.3 in) on 24 May 1937.
Across 161 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 457 records.

Record Map

187 stations

187 station records on 24 May 1937 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 May 1937: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bettiah	India	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cloudcroft	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bansdih	India	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Szeged	Hungary	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Samastipur	India	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bihar	India	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Asthawan	India	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Carlsbad	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bourke Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Baunsi	India	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Islampur	India	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Maple Plain	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Haina 214	United States	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ageon	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Paraiyahat	India	Record daily precipitation	122.7 mm (4.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Saraikela	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Uman	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	16.3 C (61.3 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Uman	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Deming	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vytegra	Russia	Record daily precipitation	15.1 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Maristova	Norway	Record daily precipitation	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Apsley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Casterton (Roseneath)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Naracoorte	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Katol	India	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Waianae 798	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sogndal - Selseng	Norway	Record daily precipitation	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dergholm (Hillgrove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rico	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bagalkot	India	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Brainerd	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide (Brighton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Skjak	Norway	Record daily precipitation	5.5 mm (0.22 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mortlake	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	10.7 C (51.3 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Khutauna	India	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chickmagalur	India	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bonth	India	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Scott City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Camperdown (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Carapook (the Gums)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Sitamarhi Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Mahua	India	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolaev	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	19.2 C (66.6 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Fairfax	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bikram	India	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Berhampur	India	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Vik I Sogn III	Norway	Record daily precipitation	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Ulysses 3NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Minneapolis Wb Dwtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Deming	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Coleraine (Tulse Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Sheohar	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Pithoragarh	India	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Botnen I Forde	Norway	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

187 records

Records set or tied on 24 May 1937 by type: Highest daily maximum 15, Lowest daily maximum 6, Highest daily minimum 52, Lowest daily minimum 11, Heaviest daily rainfall 103.

Records on 24 May 1937 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	15
Lowest daily maximum	6
Highest daily minimum	52
Lowest daily minimum	11
Heaviest daily rainfall	103
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 24 May 1937 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 181.

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 44.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 May 1937

Top 20 records on 24 May 1937 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 May 1937	Bettiah, IN	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	26 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1937	Cloudcroft, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	8 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1937	Bansdih, IN	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	26 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1937	Szeged, HU	daily rain	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	18.9 mm (0.7 in)	19 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1937	Sydney (Observatory Hill), AU	daily high min	15.0 C (59.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	76 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
24 May 1937	Samastipur, IN	daily rain	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	4 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
24 May 1937	Bihar, IN	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	12 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
24 May 1937	Asthawan, IN	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	12 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
24 May 1937	Carlsbad, US	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	8 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
24 May 1937	Bourke Post Office, AU	daily high max	29.4 C (84.9 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	58 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
24 May 1937	Baunsi, IN	monthly rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	23 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
24 May 1937	Islampur, IN	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
24 May 1937	Maple Plain, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	43 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
24 May 1937	Haina 214, US	daily low min	14.4 C (57.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	28 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
24 May 1937	Forbes (Camp Street), AU	daily high max	23.3 C (73.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	56 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
24 May 1937	Ageon, IN	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
24 May 1937	Paraiyahat, IN	monthly rain	122.7 mm (4.8 in)	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	23 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
24 May 1937	Saraikela, IN	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
24 May 1937	Uman, UA	daily high min	16.3 C (61.3 F)	2.1 C (3.8 F)	39 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
24 May 1937	Uman, UA	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	4.7 mm (0.19 in)	35 years	21 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

1794 to 1937

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1937. 1937 had 187 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 10	126
10 to 20	22
20 to 30	3
30 to 40	2
40 to 50	2