Weather Records on 24 May 1942

245 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 May 1942. Highest significance: Trida (Cogie), AU.

Key Facts for 24 May 1942

On 24 May 1942, 245 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
80 were record highs and 28 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 242 daily.
Trida (Cogie) set a daily record precipitation of 43.2 mm (1.7 in) on 24 May 1942.
Across 161 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 456 records.

Record Map

245 stations

245 station records on 24 May 1942 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 May 1942: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Trida (Cogie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Bulgroo Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mannarghat	India	Record daily precipitation	131.8 mm (5.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Choteau	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Thackaringa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cameron Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Arrowie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gongolgon Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gammon Ranges (Wertaloona)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Boolcoomatta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gammon Ranges (Wooltana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bangarpet	India	Record daily precipitation	162.6 mm (6.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dullabcherra	India	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Annur	India	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Frome Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hassan Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti SW Point	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Erode	India	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Glendive	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Colorado City	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Chiknayakanihall	India	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kundha (Kailkund)	India	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Channarayapatna	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mukundapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	164.3 mm (6.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Periyanaickampal	India	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ketty	India	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Drain	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Charleville Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kamloops	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Albert Lea 3SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Big Creek	Canada	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Teryawynia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lyndhurst Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kinchega	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Grong Grong (Berembed)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Steveston	Canada	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Silverton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Valier	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	11.8 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Polson	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Drain	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Omak 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Borroloola	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moonaree	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gammon Ranges (Umberatana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dunkirk 19NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ovando	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
McKinley	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ranken River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Corona Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
White Cliffs (Purnanga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Matong (Bonnie Doon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Blinman (Wirrealpa)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cockburn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Glenormiston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Graz	Austria	Record daily precipitation	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lethbridge Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Edeowie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Broken Hill (Patton Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jhajjar	India	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

245 records

Records set or tied on 24 May 1942 by type: Highest daily maximum 12, Lowest daily maximum 13, Highest daily minimum 68, Lowest daily minimum 15, Heaviest daily rainfall 137.

Records on 24 May 1942 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	12
Lowest daily maximum	13
Highest daily minimum	68
Lowest daily minimum	15
Heaviest daily rainfall	137
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 24 May 1942 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 2, daily 242.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

213 broken records

Margins by which the 213 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 76.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 May 1942

Top 20 records on 24 May 1942 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 May 1942	Trida (Cogie), AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	36 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1942	Bulgroo Station, AU	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	53 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1942	Mannarghat, IN	daily rain	131.8 mm (5.2 in)	76.9 mm (3.0 in)	24 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1942	Choteau, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1942	Thackaringa, AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	16 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1942	Cameron Downs, AU	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	46 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1942	Arrowie, AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
24 May 1942	Gongolgon Post Office, AU	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	46 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
24 May 1942	Gammon Ranges (Wertaloona), AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
24 May 1942	Boolcoomatta, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
24 May 1942	Gammon Ranges (Wooltana), AU	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	4 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
24 May 1942	Bangarpet, IN	all-time rain	162.6 mm (6.4 in)	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	12 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
24 May 1942	Dullabcherra, IN	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	40 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
24 May 1942	Annur, IN	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	11 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
24 May 1942	Frome Downs, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	32 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
24 May 1942	Hassan Obsy, IN	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	19 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
24 May 1942	Anticosti SW Point, CA	daily high min	8.3 C (46.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	52 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
24 May 1942	Erode, IN	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	36 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
24 May 1942	Glendive, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	35 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
24 May 1942	Colorado City, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	25 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 1942

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1942. 1942 had 245 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	168
10 to 20	30
20 to 30	7
30 to 40	6
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	1