Weather Records on 24 May 1958

825 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 May 1958. Highest significance: Kanmantoo, AU.

Key Facts for 24 May 1958

On 24 May 1958, 825 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
300 were record highs and 30 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 31 monthly and 794 daily.
Kanmantoo set a daily record precipitation of 42.2 mm (1.7 in) on 24 May 1958.
Across 161 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 453 records.

Record Map

825 stations

825 station records on 24 May 1958 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 May 1958: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kanmantoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Kybybolite Research Centre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Bridgewater	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Nairne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Victor Harbor Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Merino	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Mitcham Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Heywood Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Kingston SE	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Mirranatwa (Bowacka)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Dartmoor	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Edenhope (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Terang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Riverton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Happy Valley Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Moyston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Wickliffe	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Portland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide (Pooraka)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Penshurst (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Birdwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Kalangadoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Balmoral (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Branxholme	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Branxholme (Bassett)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Belair (Kalyra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Frances	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Port Elliot Caravan Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Wirrega (Taunton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Gambier Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Harrow (Pine Hills)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Cavendish (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Koroit	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Woolsthorpe	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hamley Bridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Keith	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cleve	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Nuriootpa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Belair (State Flora Nursery)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Barker	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Pleasant	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Halls Gap	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Casterton (Roseneath)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mortlake	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Beito	Norway	Record daily precipitation	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lobethal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Macclesfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Leake (Kooeeyong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lucindale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Penola Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Lauderdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lyndoch (Pewsey Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Coromandel Valley (Branden)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Finniss	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Burr Forest Reserve	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Stockport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Strathalbyn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Yankalilla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Nelson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Gumeracha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

825 records

Records set or tied on 24 May 1958 by type: Highest daily maximum 153, Lowest daily maximum 15, Highest daily minimum 147, Lowest daily minimum 15, Heaviest daily rainfall 495.

Records on 24 May 1958 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	153
Lowest daily maximum	15
Highest daily minimum	147
Lowest daily minimum	15
Heaviest daily rainfall	495
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 24 May 1958 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 31, daily 794.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

693 broken records

Margins by which the 693 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 71.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 May 1958

Top 20 records on 24 May 1958 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 May 1958	Kanmantoo, AU	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	73 years	68 of 100 (Major)
24 May 1958	Kybybolite Research Centre, AU	monthly rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	51 years	66 of 100 (Major)
24 May 1958	Bridgewater, AU	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	60 years	63 of 100 (Major)
24 May 1958	Nairne, AU	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	60 years	63 of 100 (Major)
24 May 1958	Victor Harbor Comparison, AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	60 years	62 of 100 (Major)
24 May 1958	Merino, AU	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	52 years	62 of 100 (Major)
24 May 1958	Mitcham Post Office, AU	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	60 years	61 of 100 (Major)
24 May 1958	Heywood Post Office, AU	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	69 years	61 of 100 (Major)
24 May 1958	Kingston SE, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	52 years	60 of 100 (Major)
24 May 1958	Mirranatwa (Bowacka), AU	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	52 years	60 of 100 (Major)
24 May 1958	Dartmoor, AU	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	68 years	60 of 100 (Major)
24 May 1958	Edenhope (Post Office), AU	monthly rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	50 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1958	Terang, AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	52 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1958	Riverton, AU	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	48 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1958	Happy Valley Reservoir, AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1958	Moyston, AU	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1958	Wickliffe, AU	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	52 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1958	Portland, AU	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	69 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1958	Adelaide (Pooraka), AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	63 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1958	Penshurst (Post Office), AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	69 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 1958

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1958. 1958 had 825 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 1958-05-24: 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 10	466
10 to 20	147
20 to 30	56
30 to 40	16
40 to 50	6
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	1