Weather Records on 24 May 1953

1,005 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 May 1953. Highest significance: Davenport, US.

Key Facts for 24 May 1953

On 24 May 1953, 1,005 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
499 were record highs and 191 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 42 monthly and 963 daily.
Davenport set a daily record precipitation of 33.0 mm (1.3 in) on 24 May 1953.
Across 161 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 452 records.

Record Map

1,005 stations

1,005 station records on 24 May 1953 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 May 1953: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Davenport	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Avery Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Helena Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Leeuwin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Forks 4 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Philipsburg	United States	Record daily snowfall	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Philipsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Wallace	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hamilton	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Woodperry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Culbertson	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Boologooro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dhing	India	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Spokane Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Maries	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Deer Lodge	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Colunio	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Hall 1 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Stevensville	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wickepin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Yellow Grass	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Brady Aznoe	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Butte Bert Mooney AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Aneroid	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Adel	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Haxby 18 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Katanning Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	14.1 C (57.4 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Midland 4 ENE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Serpentine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Donnybrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Shaunavon	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cascade 5 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Carthage	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wungong Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Darradup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Philipsburg	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Madison	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Alder Dam Camp	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Moora	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Collie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Casuarina Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Oakland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Andenes	Norway	Record low minimum temperature	-0.9 C (30.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Roland West Portal	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Boyanup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Brunswick Junction	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Missoula 6 NW WFO	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wilgarrup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wynrock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Praha-Klementinum	Czech Republic	Record high maximum temperature	31.2 C (88.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pierce Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lumberton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Goodwell Rsch STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Conway	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksonville Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bannister	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Elsfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Perryville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Holter Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,005 records

Records set or tied on 24 May 1953 by type: Highest daily maximum 194, Lowest daily maximum 126, Highest daily minimum 305, Lowest daily minimum 65, Heaviest daily rainfall 301, Heaviest daily snowfall 13, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 24 May 1953 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	194
Lowest daily maximum	126
Highest daily minimum	305
Lowest daily minimum	65
Heaviest daily rainfall	301
Heaviest daily snowfall	13
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 24 May 1953 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 42, daily 963.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

805 broken records

Margins by which the 805 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 584.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 May 1953

Top 20 records on 24 May 1953 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 May 1953	Davenport, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1953	Avery Rs, US	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	38 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1953	Helena Wb City, US	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1953	Cape Leeuwin, AU	daily rain	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1953	Forks 4 NNE, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1953	Philipsburg, US	daily snowfall	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	35 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1953	Philipsburg, US	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	27 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1953	Wallace, US	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1953	Hamilton, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1953	Woodperry, AU	daily rain	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	32 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1953	Culbertson, US	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	47 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1953	Boologooro, AU	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	32 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1953	Dhing, IN	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	38 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1953	Spokane Intl AP, US	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	36 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1953	Saint Maries, US	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	36 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1953	Deer Lodge, US	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	8 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1953	Colunio, AU	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	35 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1953	Ft Hall 1 NNE, US	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	14 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1953	Stevensville, US	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	8 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1953	Wickepin, AU	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	39 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 1953

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1953. 1953 had 1,005 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 100	802
100 to 200	1
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1