Weather Records on 24 May 1971

625 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 May 1971. Highest significance: Munsingen-Apfelstetten, DE.

Key Facts for 24 May 1971

On 24 May 1971, 625 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
47 were record highs and 327 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 621 daily.
Munsingen-Apfelstetten set a daily record precipitation of 40.1 mm (1.6 in) on 24 May 1971.
Across 161 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 454 records.

Record Map

625 stations

625 station records on 24 May 1971 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 May 1971: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Munsingen-Apfelstetten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Port Stanley	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Kaiserslautern	Germany	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Creston 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Cameron Falls	Canada	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Pelee Island	Canada	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Frankfort Disposal	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Powell River	Canada	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Armstrong (Aut)	Canada	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Zilair	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Queimadas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Clarinda	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Stanley Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kezma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Gonvick 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Eaglehawk Neck (Jetty Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lauda-Konigshofen-Gerlachsheim	Germany	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Findlay Wpcc	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Prentice #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wisconsin Rapids	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Scaddan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tasman Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Marais	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Faribault	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Two Harbors	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Edgeley 3WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Red Lake Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo 2N	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-1.4 C (29.5 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Winter	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kempten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Premaydena Hatchery	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Malvern	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Koolau Dam 833	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nubeena	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kakabeka Falls	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Manassa	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Windsor	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jamestown State Hosp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Britton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Santiago	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-2.0 C (28.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bay City	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Forman 5 SSE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Milha	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	58.1 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dorado 2 WNW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Berne Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Big Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Winona	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Armour	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Canton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Clark	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Forestburg 4 NNE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Miller	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Arteaga	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mormon Flat	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

625 records

Records set or tied on 24 May 1971 by type: Highest daily maximum 12, Lowest daily maximum 197, Highest daily minimum 35, Lowest daily minimum 130, Heaviest daily rainfall 242, Heaviest daily snowfall 4, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 24 May 1971 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	12
Lowest daily maximum	197
Highest daily minimum	35
Lowest daily minimum	130
Heaviest daily rainfall	242
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 24 May 1971 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 621.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

527 broken records

Margins by which the 527 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 203.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 May 1971

Top 20 records on 24 May 1971 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 May 1971	Munsingen-Apfelstetten, DE	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	76 years	71 of 100 (Major)
24 May 1971	Port Stanley, CA	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	72 years	63 of 100 (Major)
24 May 1971	Kaiserslautern, DE	daily rain	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	20.2 mm (0.8 in)	56 years	61 of 100 (Major)
24 May 1971	Creston 2 SW, US	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	48 years	60 of 100 (Major)
24 May 1971	Cameron Falls, CA	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1971	Pelee Island, CA	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	18 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1971	Frankfort Disposal, US	daily rain	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	69.8 mm (2.7 in)	26 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1971	Powell River, CA	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1971	Armstrong (Aut), CA	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1971	Zilair, RU	daily rain	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	33 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1971	Queimadas, BR	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	46 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1971	Clarinda, US	monthly rain	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	72 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1971	Stanley Wwtp, US	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	48 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1971	Kezma, RU	monthly rain	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	4 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1971	Gonvick 2 W, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1971	Eaglehawk Neck (Jetty Road), AU	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	14 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1971	Hohenpeissenberg, DE	daily rain	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	15.6 mm (0.6 in)	58 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1971	Lauda-Konigshofen-Gerlachsheim, DE	daily rain	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	5 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1971	Findlay Wpcc, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	68 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1971	Prentice #2, US	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	66 years	45 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 1971

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1971. 1971 had 625 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 50	522
50 to 100	4
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1