Weather Records on 24 May 1962

479 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 May 1962. Highest significance: Astana, KZ.

Key Facts for 24 May 1962

On 24 May 1962, 479 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
128 were record highs and 104 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 474 daily.
Astana set a monthly record daily precipitation of 37.8 mm (1.5 in) on 24 May 1962.
Across 161 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 455 records.

Record Map

479 stations

479 station records on 24 May 1962 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 May 1962: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Astana	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Challis	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Grafton	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Kalimpong Obsy Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Paul Is AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mangaon	India	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Parma Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria Bay 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pavagada	India	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cumberland	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Laurel 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Powhatan	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Karinga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Stafford	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ridgway	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jamieson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mays Point Lock 25	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lyndon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record daily precipitation	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Boyds 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mangaroon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bayard	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lynton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Roha	India	Record daily precipitation	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Port Washington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mullewa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hammonton 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cove 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mingenew	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomsbury Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Nizamabad	India	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ironton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Butler	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kolhapur	India	Record daily precipitation	44.1 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Vinita 2 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Doylestown	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Billabalong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Nargund	India	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	14.5 C (58.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Grand View 4 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Oakland 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sandsprings	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Carboor	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kudligi	India	Record daily precipitation	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Shirpur	India	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Thana	India	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville Dwtn AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Balline	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tallandoon Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Saguache	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Newark	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Stony River Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Uaroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bowgada	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Pindar Challymenda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Chiplun	India	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Glenns Ferry	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cave Run Lake	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Valmora	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

479 records

Records set or tied on 24 May 1962 by type: Highest daily maximum 68, Lowest daily maximum 68, Highest daily minimum 60, Lowest daily minimum 36, Heaviest daily rainfall 243, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 24 May 1962 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	68
Lowest daily maximum	68
Highest daily minimum	60
Lowest daily minimum	36
Heaviest daily rainfall	243
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 24 May 1962 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 474.

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 83.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 May 1962

Top 20 records on 24 May 1962 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 May 1962	Astana, KZ	monthly rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	48 years	72 of 100 (Major)
24 May 1962	Challis, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	44 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1962	Grafton, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	60 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1962	Kalimpong Obsy Sr, IN	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	31 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1962	Saint Paul Is AP, US	daily snowfall	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	8.3 cm (3.3 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1962	Mangaon, IN	daily rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	59 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1962	Parma Exp STN, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	1 year	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1962	Alexandria Bay 1 SW, US	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1962	Pavagada, IN	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	39 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1962	Cumberland, US	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	48 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1962	Laurel 3 W, US	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	48 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1962	Powhatan, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1962	Karinga, AU	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1962	Stafford, US	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1962	Ridgway, US	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1962	Jamieson, AU	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	71 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
24 May 1962	Mays Point Lock 25, US	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
24 May 1962	Lyndon, AU	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	40 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
24 May 1962	Sonnblick, AT	daily rain	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	24 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
24 May 1962	Boyds 2 NW, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	36 years	32 of 100 (Routine)

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 1962

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1962. 1962 had 479 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 20	354
20 to 40	8
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1