Weather Records on 24 May 1956

1,027 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 May 1956. Highest significance: Lake Leake (Elizabeth River), AU.

Key Facts for 24 May 1956

On 24 May 1956, 1,027 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
117 were record highs and 511 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 1,010 daily.
Lake Leake (Elizabeth River) set a monthly record daily precipitation of 137.9 mm (5.4 in) on 24 May 1956.
Across 161 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 451 records.

Record Map

1,027 stations

1,027 station records on 24 May 1956 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 May 1956: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lake Leake (Elizabeth River)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	137.9 mm (5.4 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Willowmore	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Aachen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Cranbrook (Cranbrook House)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Weilerswist-Lommersum	Germany	Record daily precipitation	46.1 mm (1.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Kellevie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Swansea Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Apslawn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
St Marys (Cullenswood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	184.2 mm (7.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Triabunna (3 Boyle Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Bijapur	India	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Poowong (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Pathardi	India	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Nugent	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kokpekty	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Waseca	Canada	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Goulds Country Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Wellington (the Springs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Korumburra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Heidelberg Cape (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Longwarry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ormley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
St Helens Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Jamkhed	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
St Marys (Clive Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	178.8 mm (7.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Race (Aut)	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Buckland (Brockley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Waddamana Field Study Centre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Jonkersberg (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ione	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Drouin Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Turtleford	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Chatillon-Sur-Seine	France	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Pleasant	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Junnar	India	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kleinfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Drouin West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Moorina (Frome Dam)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Muddebihal	India	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Malsiras	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Shahapur	India	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Genoa	Italy	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Leongatha Sth Gippsland Water	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Peterborough	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Goudveld (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Georges Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mardan South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Warragul	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Loch	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Avoca (Railway House)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Maria Island (Darlington)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Badami	India	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sidlaghatta	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jingi Jingi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
St Andrews	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bell Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Irvingdale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Labertouche	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Palakonda	India	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Saint John	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,027 records

Records set or tied on 24 May 1956 by type: Highest daily maximum 35, Lowest daily maximum 168, Highest daily minimum 82, Lowest daily minimum 343, Heaviest daily rainfall 395, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 24 May 1956 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	35
Lowest daily maximum	168
Highest daily minimum	82
Lowest daily minimum	343
Heaviest daily rainfall	395
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 24 May 1956 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 16, daily 1,010.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

827 broken records

Margins by which the 827 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 250.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 May 1956

Top 20 records on 24 May 1956 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 May 1956	Lake Leake (Elizabeth River), AU	monthly rain	137.9 mm (5.4 in)	64.2 mm (2.5 in)	65 years	75 of 100 (Major)
24 May 1956	Willowmore, ZA	monthly rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	71 years	68 of 100 (Major)
24 May 1956	Aachen, DE	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	50 years	61 of 100 (Major)
24 May 1956	Cranbrook (Cranbrook House), AU	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	47 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1956	Weilerswist-Lommersum, DE	daily rain	46.1 mm (1.8 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1956	Kellevie, AU	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	41 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1956	Swansea Post Office, AU	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	65 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1956	Apslawn, AU	daily rain	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	65 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1956	St Marys (Cullenswood), AU	monthly rain	184.2 mm (7.3 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	4 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1956	Triabunna (3 Boyle Street), AU	daily rain	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	41 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1956	Bijapur, IN	monthly rain	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	4 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1956	Poowong (Post Office), AU	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	57 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1956	Pathardi, IN	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	56.7 mm (2.2 in)	38 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1956	Nugent, AU	monthly rain	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	4 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1956	Kokpekty, KZ	all-time rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	6.7 mm (0.26 in)	26 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1956	Waseca, CA	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	43 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1956	Goulds Country Post Office, AU	daily rain	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	12 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1956	Mount Wellington (the Springs), AU	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	56 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1956	Korumburra, AU	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	39 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1956	Heidelberg Cape (Pol), ZA	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	74 years	49 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 1956

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1956. 1956 had 1,027 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	818
50 to 100	7
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1