Weather Records on 24 May 1975

886 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 May 1975. Highest significance: Niznij Novgorod, RU.

Key Facts for 24 May 1975

On 24 May 1975, 886 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
448 were record highs and 254 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 24 monthly and 861 daily.
Niznij Novgorod set a monthly record daily precipitation of 54.3 mm (2.1 in) on 24 May 1975.
Across 161 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 452 records.

Record Map

886 stations

886 station records on 24 May 1975 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 May 1975: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Niznij Novgorod	Russia	Record daily precipitation	54.3 mm (2.1 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
New Braunfels	United States	Record daily precipitation	119.6 mm (4.7 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Vallecillo (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	149.9 mm (5.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Blanco	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.3 mm (4.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Jeddo 3S	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Murcia/San Javier	Spain	Record daily precipitation	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Falfurrias	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Huehuetlan El Grande	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Southport 5 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pearsall	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dime Box	United States	Record daily precipitation	117.1 mm (4.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
San Marcos	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Koppio	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Luray 5 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Clover Valley	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cle Elum	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Jourdanton	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Holland 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gove 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Versailles	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Giddings 5E	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Schulenburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Waxahachie	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Cle Elum	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mogoca	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	29.7 C (85.5 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Chita	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	32.5 C (90.5 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Newberry-Luce Co Rd Commission	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tuckerton 2 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Park Rapids Muni AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lethbridge A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	0.5 C (32.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Big Wells 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
McGregor	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nixon	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Crandall Creek	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
South Nietta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Island Park	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
New Bedford Coop	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Frankfort 2NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Red Springs 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Waverly	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ponca City	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ennis	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
La Grange	United States	Record daily precipitation	169.4 mm (6.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lockhart	United States	Record daily precipitation	157.0 mm (6.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Marlin	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Curral Novo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	0.7 C (33.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Livingston	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Montrose	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cleburne	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Clifton 10 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Romney 1 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sidney 1SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pontiac Wwtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Huntington	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

886 records

Records set or tied on 24 May 1975 by type: Highest daily maximum 229, Lowest daily maximum 107, Highest daily minimum 219, Lowest daily minimum 147, Heaviest daily rainfall 154, Heaviest daily snowfall 22, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 24 May 1975 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	229
Lowest daily maximum	107
Highest daily minimum	219
Lowest daily minimum	147
Heaviest daily rainfall	154
Heaviest daily snowfall	22
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 24 May 1975 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 24, daily 861.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

666 broken records

Margins by which the 666 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 661.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 May 1975

Top 20 records on 24 May 1975 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 May 1975	Niznij Novgorod, RU	monthly rain	54.3 mm (2.1 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	41 years	69 of 100 (Major)
24 May 1975	New Braunfels, US	daily rain	119.6 mm (4.7 in)	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	66 years	62 of 100 (Major)
24 May 1975	Vallecillo (Smn), MX	monthly rain	149.9 mm (5.9 in)	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	17 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1975	Blanco, US	daily rain	111.3 mm (4.4 in)	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	52 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1975	Jeddo 3S, US	daily rain	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1975	Murcia/San Javier, ES	daily rain	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	22 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1975	Falfurrias, US	daily rain	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	44 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1975	Huehuetlan El Grande, MX	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	30 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1975	Columbus, US	daily rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	4 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1975	Southport 5 N, US	daily high max	34.4 C (93.9 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	72 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1975	Pearsall, US	daily rain	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	54.3 mm (2.1 in)	24 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1975	Dime Box, US	daily rain	117.1 mm (4.6 in)	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	20 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1975	San Marcos, US	daily rain	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	45 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1975	Koppio, AU	daily rain	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	13.3 mm (0.5 in)	41 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1975	Luray 5 E, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	6 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1975	Clover Valley, US	daily low min	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	65 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1975	Cle Elum, US	monthly snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	57 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1975	Jourdanton, US	daily rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	13 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1975	Holland 1 E, US	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1975	Gove 4W, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	75 years	37 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 1975

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1975. 1975 had 886 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	663
100 to 200	1
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	1