Weather Records on 24 May 1970

329 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 May 1970. Highest significance: Concordia ASOS, US.

Key Facts for 24 May 1970

On 24 May 1970, 329 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
109 were record highs and 51 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 322 daily.
Concordia ASOS set a monthly record daily precipitation of 119.9 mm (4.7 in) on 24 May 1970.
Across 161 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 456 records.

Record Map

329 stations

329 station records on 24 May 1970 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 May 1970: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record daily precipitation	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Pierce	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
New Delhi/Safdarjun	India	Record daily precipitation	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Danville	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Yalta	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ai-Petri	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	59.1 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Wakeeney	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Brocken	Germany	Record snow depth	85.0 cm (33.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Stuart	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Dale Enterprise	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Myers Page Fld AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tiraspol	Moldova	Record daily precipitation	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Togul	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Myers Page Fld AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Panskura	India	Record daily precipitation	110.2 mm (4.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Frankfort	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lincoln UNIV Pwr Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Manassa	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bartow 1SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Husum	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	0.8 C (33.4 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Adirampatanam	India	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Davis 2 WSW Exp Farm	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gobindpur	India	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tampa Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fellsmere 7 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Villahermosa (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Albion 5 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Conconully	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
McGregor	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	2.5 C (36.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Haleyville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Melbourne WFO	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bjelasnica	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record low maximum temperature	-3.2 C (26.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bagewadi	India	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tranqubar	India	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hamlin 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	2.7 C (36.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Midland 2	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Wooster Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tirukkattupalli	India	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mannargudi	India	Record daily precipitation	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mainpuri	India	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kyrylivka	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa 4SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Leitchfield 2 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Uthankarai	India	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tiruvaiyaru	India	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cheyenne	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Novoselenginsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ellsworth	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Elgin	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mosquero 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hebbronville	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Little Port Walter	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Orlando Executive AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Winnipeg Richardson Int'l A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Gaspe	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Vanur	India	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Clearwater	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

329 records

Records set or tied on 24 May 1970 by type: Highest daily maximum 61, Lowest daily maximum 23, Highest daily minimum 48, Lowest daily minimum 28, Heaviest daily rainfall 166, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 24 May 1970 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	61
Lowest daily maximum	23
Highest daily minimum	48
Lowest daily minimum	28
Heaviest daily rainfall	166
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 24 May 1970 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 7, daily 322.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

253 broken records

Margins by which the 253 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 800.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 May 1970

Top 20 records on 24 May 1970 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 May 1970	Concordia ASOS, US	monthly rain	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	66 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1970	Ft Pierce, US	daily rain	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	63 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1970	New Delhi/Safdarjun, IN	monthly rain	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	4 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1970	Danville, US	daily rain	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	27 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1970	Yalta, UA	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	15 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1970	Ai-Petri, UA	daily rain	59.1 mm (2.3 in)	48.9 mm (1.9 in)	15 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1970	Wakeeney, US	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	16 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1970	Brocken, DE	daily snow depth	85.0 cm (33.5 in)	80.0 cm (31.5 in)	43 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1970	Stuart, US	daily rain	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1970	Dale Enterprise, US	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	69 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1970	Ft Myers Page Fld AP, US	daily rain	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	1 year	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1970	Tiraspol, MD	daily rain	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	1 year	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1970	Togul, RU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	31 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1970	Ft Myers Page Fld AP, US	daily low max	22.8 C (73.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	44 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1970	Panskura, IN	daily rain	110.2 mm (4.3 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	37 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1970	Frankfort, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	68 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1970	Lincoln UNIV Pwr Plt, US	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	61 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1970	Manassa, US	daily high max	31.1 C (88.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	73 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1970	Bartow 1SE, US	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1970	Husum, DE	daily low min	0.8 C (33.4 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	75 years	36 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 1970

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1970. 1970 had 329 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 100	251
100 to 200	1
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	0
700 to 800	1