Weather Records on 24 May 1973

533 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 May 1973. Highest significance: Aberdeen, US.

Key Facts for 24 May 1973

On 24 May 1973, 533 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
86 were record highs and 80 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 523 daily.
Aberdeen set a daily record precipitation of 46.0 mm (1.8 in) on 24 May 1973.
Across 161 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 454 records.

Record Map

533 stations

533 station records on 24 May 1973 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 May 1973: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Aberdeen	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Naselle 2 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Salva Vidas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	86.8 mm (3.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Neah Bay 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Sisseton	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen 20NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Union City	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Pacatuba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Elbow Lake 5 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Britton	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Stromsfoss Sluse	Norway	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Loksak	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cumming 2N	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Artichoke Lake 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Maysville	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Murray	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Collegeville St John's	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bomnak	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Madison Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Milbank 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Copperhill	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nantahala	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Haskins Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria Chandler Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ortonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Huntington	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Springfontein (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dawson	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Astor Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Park Falls Dnr HQ	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Maranguape	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	68.4 mm (2.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tapoco	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Coroata	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Santuck	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Darlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Biskra	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Carthage	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Banff	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mammoth Cave	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Frederick Police Brks	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ottertail	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fazenda Feijao	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wittstock-Rote Muhle	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gvarv	Norway	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wheaton	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Union	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Baker City AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tewantin Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	18.4 C (65.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Acude Cedro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Carnaubas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	103.2 mm (4.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gainesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Quinault Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Palestina (Smn)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Roosevelt 1 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ashley	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Valsetz	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Anderson	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lebanon	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Elk Rvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

533 records

Records set or tied on 24 May 1973 by type: Highest daily maximum 29, Lowest daily maximum 68, Highest daily minimum 57, Lowest daily minimum 12, Heaviest daily rainfall 367.

Records on 24 May 1973 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	29
Lowest daily maximum	68
Highest daily minimum	57
Lowest daily minimum	12
Heaviest daily rainfall	367
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 24 May 1973 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 9, daily 523.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

474 broken records

Margins by which the 474 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 68.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 May 1973

Top 20 records on 24 May 1973 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 May 1973	Aberdeen, US	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	72 years	66 of 100 (Major)
24 May 1973	Naselle 2 ENE, US	monthly rain	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	32 years	63 of 100 (Major)
24 May 1973	Salva Vidas, BR	daily rain	86.8 mm (3.4 in)	68.2 mm (2.7 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1973	Neah Bay 1 E, US	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	40 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1973	Sisseton, US	daily rain	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	68 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1973	Aberdeen 20NNE, US	daily rain	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	22 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1973	Union City, US	daily rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	48 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1973	Pacatuba, BR	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	55 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1973	Elbow Lake 5 E, US	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1973	Britton, US	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	0 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1973	Stromsfoss Sluse, NO	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	81 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1973	Loksak, RU	daily rain	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	20.2 mm (0.8 in)	27 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1973	Cumming 2N, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	30 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1973	Artichoke Lake 1 E, US	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	3 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1973	Maysville, US	daily rain	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	30 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1973	Murray, US	daily rain	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	27 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1973	Collegeville St John's, US	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	55 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1973	Bomnak, RU	daily rain	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1973	Madison, US	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	60 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1973	Madison Wwtp, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	12 years	42 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 1973

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1973. 1973 had 533 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 10	371
10 to 20	63
20 to 30	18
30 to 40	12
40 to 50	8
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	1