Weather Records on 24 May 1968

568 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 May 1968. Highest significance: Circleville, US.

Key Facts for 24 May 1968

On 24 May 1968, 568 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
79 were record highs and 208 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 33 monthly and 534 daily.
Circleville set a monthly record daily precipitation of 121.9 mm (4.8 in) on 24 May 1968.
Across 161 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 454 records.

Record Map

568 stations

568 station records on 24 May 1968 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 May 1968: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Circleville	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Confluence 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Wilmington 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.3 mm (4.4 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Clarington Lock 14	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Marietta Lock 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Washington Dam 19	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Chillicothe	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Moorefield 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Rushville	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Philippi	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
N Vernon 2 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Bens Run 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Westernport	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Cincinnati Fernbank	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Cairo 3 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
New Martinsville 4 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Chilo Meldahl Locks & Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Washington Court House	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.1 mm (4.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Greensboro Lock 7	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Parsons 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Athens 5 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Pleasant Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mabel Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Greensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Summerfield 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hyndman	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pella	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Jackson 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Stony River Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Glenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Parkersburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Henryville Sf	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Falmouth	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
W Manchester 3 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Clarksburg 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Thomas	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ghanzi	Botswana	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Decatur Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Vanceburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mannington 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Inverloch	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ramanagar	India	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Seymour 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Buckhannon	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ravenswood Lock Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Griggsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tuscola	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hastings	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Morgantown L&D	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Isla Perez	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Clinton 1SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge City 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Piqua	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
York 3 SSW Pump STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
El Reno 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Brandonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Middlebourne 3 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Elliston	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

568 records

Records set or tied on 24 May 1968 by type: Highest daily maximum 37, Lowest daily maximum 157, Highest daily minimum 42, Lowest daily minimum 51, Heaviest daily rainfall 277, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 24 May 1968 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	37
Lowest daily maximum	157
Highest daily minimum	42
Lowest daily minimum	51
Heaviest daily rainfall	277
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 24 May 1968 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 33, daily 534.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

467 broken records

Margins by which the 467 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 140.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 May 1968

Top 20 records on 24 May 1968 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 May 1968	Circleville, US	monthly rain	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	52 years	72 of 100 (Major)
24 May 1968	Confluence 1 NW, US	daily rain	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	65 years	66 of 100 (Major)
24 May 1968	Wilmington 3 N, US	monthly rain	111.3 mm (4.4 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	35 years	65 of 100 (Major)
24 May 1968	Clarington Lock 14, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	61 years	64 of 100 (Major)
24 May 1968	Marietta Lock 1, US	monthly rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	21 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1968	Washington Dam 19, US	monthly rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1968	Chillicothe, US	monthly rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	63 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1968	Moorefield 1 SSE, US	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	65 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1968	Rushville, US	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	43 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1968	Philippi, US	monthly rain	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	50 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1968	N Vernon 2 ESE, US	monthly rain	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	7 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1968	Bens Run 1 SSE, US	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	67 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1968	Westernport, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	58 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1968	Cincinnati Fernbank, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	30 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1968	Cairo 3 S, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	30 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1968	Fairmont, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	61 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1968	New Martinsville 4 NNE, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	47 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1968	Chilo Meldahl Locks & Dam, US	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	25 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1968	Greenville Wtp, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1968	Washington Court House, US	all-time rain	120.1 mm (4.7 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	51 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 1968

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1968. 1968 had 568 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	413
20 to 40	39
40 to 60	12
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	1