Weather Records on 24 May 1960

476 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 May 1960. Highest significance: Chakrata Kalsi Sr, IN.

Key Facts for 24 May 1960

On 24 May 1960, 476 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
115 were record highs and 172 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 463 daily.
Chakrata Kalsi Sr set a daily record precipitation of 66.5 mm (2.6 in) on 24 May 1960.
Across 161 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 455 records.

Record Map

476 stations

476 station records on 24 May 1960 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 May 1960: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Chakrata Kalsi Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Lysebotn	Norway	Record daily precipitation	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Debiabhoj Diyabh	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mineral	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Pollock	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Myklebust I Breim	Norway	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Dry Canyon Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Redding Fire STN 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Central Kin Kin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	154.9 mm (6.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Centerville Ph	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hanover	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dunsmuir	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cavendish	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Langmorn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sauda	Norway	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Grass Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Napoleon	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Etne	Norway	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cornwall	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
McCloud	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hettinger	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Burenda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kalna	India	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Soyland I Gjesdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ghoda Ambegaon	India	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Downieville	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mittagong (Beatrice Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
University Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bjornholt	Norway	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Deer Creek Ph	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hayfork 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Irvington	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rutland	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Vasilevici	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Galesburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hawthorne AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bedford 2 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Listowel Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dawson	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tuba City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Spaulding	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hiram 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Crater Lake Nps HQ	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Evanston 1 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Osceola	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Flandreau	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tropic	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Allakaket	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Prescott	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
De Sabla	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Springview 2NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Keene	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Emery	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Parnamirim (Leopoldina)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Valley	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Seligman	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

476 records

Records set or tied on 24 May 1960 by type: Highest daily maximum 42, Lowest daily maximum 71, Highest daily minimum 73, Lowest daily minimum 101, Heaviest daily rainfall 180, Heaviest daily snowfall 9.

Records on 24 May 1960 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	42
Lowest daily maximum	71
Highest daily minimum	73
Lowest daily minimum	101
Heaviest daily rainfall	180
Heaviest daily snowfall	9
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 24 May 1960 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 13, daily 463.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

368 broken records

Margins by which the 368 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 178.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 May 1960

Top 20 records on 24 May 1960 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 May 1960	Chakrata Kalsi Sr, IN	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	48.7 mm (1.9 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1960	Lysebotn, NO	daily rain	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	35 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1960	Debiabhoj Diyabh, IN	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	59 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1960	Springfield, AU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	46 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1960	Mineral, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	44 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1960	Pollock, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1960	Myklebust I Breim, NO	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	39 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1960	Dry Canyon Rsvr, US	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	38 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1960	Redding Fire STN 2, US	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	7 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1960	Central Kin Kin, AU	daily rain	154.9 mm (6.1 in)	119.3 mm (4.7 in)	8 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1960	Centerville Ph, US	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	45 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1960	Hanover, US	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	59 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1960	Dunsmuir, US	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	47 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1960	Eureka, US	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	51 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1960	Cavendish, US	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	21 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1960	Langmorn, AU	daily rain	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	49.7 mm (2.0 in)	22 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1960	Sauda, NO	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	22.5 mm (0.9 in)	23 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1960	Grass Valley, US	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	60 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1960	Napoleon, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	27 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1960	Etne, NO	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	17.9 mm (0.7 in)	26 years	37 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 1960

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1960. 1960 had 476 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 25	350
25 to 50	15
50 to 75	0
75 to 100	0
100 to 125	1
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	1
175 to 200	1