Weather Records on 24 May 1951

881 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 May 1951. Highest significance: Tennyson, AU.

Key Facts for 24 May 1951

On 24 May 1951, 881 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
117 were record highs and 75 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 36 monthly and 845 daily.
Tennyson set a monthly record daily precipitation of 53.8 mm (2.1 in) on 24 May 1951.
Across 161 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 452 records.

Record Map

881 stations

881 station records on 24 May 1951 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 May 1951: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tennyson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Wanganella General Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Deoband	India	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Runnymede	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Romsey	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Trentham (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Torrumbarry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Toolleen (Ryan)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Lilydale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Heathcote	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Mansfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Rochester	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Beaconsfield Upper	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Laanecoorie Weir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Mornington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Macedon Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Riddells Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Dadupur	India	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Corop	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Molesworth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Portsea Quarantine Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Somerton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Glenaroua	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Grim (Woolnorth)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Kalsia	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Worcester	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Miepoll South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Frankston 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Highlands (Glentannar)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Cornelia Creek Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Nagambie (Goulburn Weir)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Tatura Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Murrumbeena Leeds Grove	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Waranga Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ventnor (Oaklands)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Minnipa Agricultural Centre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Dandenong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mordialloc Woodlands Golf Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Maldon (Derby Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Vermilion Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Barker	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Murchison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cheltenham Kingston Centre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Croydon State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Echuca Aerodrome	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Essendon 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Flemington Racecourse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Narre Warren North (Narre Warr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Broadford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Seymour Shire Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Neshaminy Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Macorna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Nagambie Cba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Goulburn River @ Shepparton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Clyde State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Yarra River (Yarra Glen)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sunbury (Salesian College )	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Fort William	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

881 records

Records set or tied on 24 May 1951 by type: Highest daily maximum 42, Lowest daily maximum 32, Highest daily minimum 75, Lowest daily minimum 43, Heaviest daily rainfall 687, Heaviest daily snowfall 2.

Records on 24 May 1951 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	42
Lowest daily maximum	32
Highest daily minimum	75
Lowest daily minimum	43
Heaviest daily rainfall	687
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 24 May 1951 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 36, daily 845.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

806 broken records

Margins by which the 806 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 71.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 May 1951

Top 20 records on 24 May 1951 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 May 1951	Tennyson, AU	monthly rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	58 years	73 of 100 (Major)
24 May 1951	Wanganella General Store, AU	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	68 years	68 of 100 (Major)
24 May 1951	Deoband, IN	monthly rain	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	38 years	66 of 100 (Major)
24 May 1951	Runnymede, AU	monthly rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	63 of 100 (Major)
24 May 1951	Romsey, AU	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	68 years	63 of 100 (Major)
24 May 1951	Trentham (Post Office), AU	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	68 years	62 of 100 (Major)
24 May 1951	Torrumbarry, AU	monthly rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	61 years	61 of 100 (Major)
24 May 1951	Toolleen (Ryan), AU	monthly rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	51 years	61 of 100 (Major)
24 May 1951	Lilydale, AU	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	48 years	60 of 100 (Major)
24 May 1951	Heathcote, AU	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	44 years	60 of 100 (Major)
24 May 1951	Mansfield, US	monthly rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	58 years	60 of 100 (Major)
24 May 1951	Rochester, AU	monthly rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1951	Beaconsfield Upper, AU	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1951	Laanecoorie Weir, AU	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1951	Mornington, AU	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	33 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1951	Macedon Forestry, AU	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	73 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1951	Riddells Creek, AU	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1951	Dadupur, IN	monthly rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	7 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1951	Corop, AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1951	Molesworth, AU	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 years	56 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 1951

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1951. 1951 had 881 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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Data for records on 1951-05-24: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	496
10 to 20	193
20 to 30	81
30 to 40	30
40 to 50	4
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	1