Weather Records on 24 May 1952

720 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 May 1952. Highest significance: Columbus, US.

Key Facts for 24 May 1952

On 24 May 1952, 720 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
51 were record highs and 35 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 32 monthly and 686 daily.
Columbus set a monthly record daily precipitation of 115.1 mm (4.5 in) on 24 May 1952.
Across 161 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 453 records.

Record Map

720 stations

720 station records on 24 May 1952 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 May 1952: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Columbus	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.1 mm (4.5 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Gulbarga	India	Record daily precipitation	124.7 mm (4.9 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Toronto	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Port Victoria	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Eidsvold Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Akalkot	India	Record daily precipitation	122.4 mm (4.8 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Lughrata	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Whitemark	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Wingaroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Wallaroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Tenali	India	Record daily precipitation	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Rapalle	India	Record daily precipitation	308.6 mm (12.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Nandikottur	India	Record daily precipitation	127.8 mm (5.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Indi	India	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Camboon Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bagewadi	India	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Corny Point	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Degilbo Rail STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Cananeia G4-001	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Aloograda	India	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Osmanabad	India	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bluff Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Giddalore	India	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Brentwood Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Banana Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Childers Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Perry the Pines	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ponnur(Ponnuru)	India	Record daily precipitation	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Santaravur	India	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Boonara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Koilkuntla	India	Record daily precipitation	129.0 mm (5.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Voravakal(Varaka)	India	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mundubbera	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Gympie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
The Hermatige	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Howard Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kurnool	India	Record daily precipitation	115.1 mm (4.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomington Indiana UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bauhinia Downs Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Goomeri Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kingaroy Prince Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Miva	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Welland	Canada	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Coalstoun Lakes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Theebine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pattikonda	India	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Abilene	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville Kgvl Radio	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kilkivan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Thule	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sholapur	India	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	23.4 C (74.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Howell Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Smith Bay (Smiths Bay)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Barfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Biggenden Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Inskip Point Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Warwick Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dublin 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	201.9 mm (7.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Taroom Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

720 records

Records set or tied on 24 May 1952 by type: Highest daily maximum 22, Lowest daily maximum 23, Highest daily minimum 29, Lowest daily minimum 12, Heaviest daily rainfall 634.

Records on 24 May 1952 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	22
Lowest daily maximum	23
Highest daily minimum	29
Lowest daily minimum	12
Heaviest daily rainfall	634
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 24 May 1952 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 32, daily 686.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

668 broken records

Margins by which the 668 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 119.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 May 1952

Top 20 records on 24 May 1952 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 May 1952	Columbus, US	monthly rain	115.1 mm (4.5 in)	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	44 years	69 of 100 (Major)
24 May 1952	Gulbarga, IN	monthly rain	124.7 mm (4.9 in)	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	34 years	65 of 100 (Major)
24 May 1952	Toronto, CA	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	97 years	64 of 100 (Major)
24 May 1952	Port Victoria, AU	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	54 years	63 of 100 (Major)
24 May 1952	Eidsvold Post Office, AU	daily rain	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	56 years	63 of 100 (Major)
24 May 1952	Akalkot, IN	monthly rain	122.4 mm (4.8 in)	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	30 years	63 of 100 (Major)
24 May 1952	Lughrata, AU	monthly rain	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	26 years	62 of 100 (Major)
24 May 1952	Whitemark, AU	monthly rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 years	62 of 100 (Major)
24 May 1952	Wingaroo, AU	monthly rain	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	29 years	61 of 100 (Major)
24 May 1952	Wallaroo, AU	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	45 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1952	Tenali, IN	daily rain	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1952	Rapalle, IN	all-time rain	308.6 mm (12.1 in)	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	12 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1952	Nandikottur, IN	daily rain	127.8 mm (5.0 in)	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	39 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1952	Indi, IN	monthly rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	19 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1952	Camboon Station, AU	daily rain	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	60.9 mm (2.4 in)	21 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1952	Bagewadi, IN	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	41 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1952	Corny Point, AU	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	24 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1952	Degilbo Rail STN, AU	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	39 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1952	Cananeia G4-001, BR	daily rain	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	42 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1952	Aloograda, IN	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	48 years	53 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 1952

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1952. 1952 had 720 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

Download the Data

Data for records on 1952-05-24: 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 20	515
20 to 40	104
40 to 60	37
60 to 80	7
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	3