Weather Records on 24 May 1978

797 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 May 1978. Highest significance: Indian Mills 2 W, US.

Key Facts for 24 May 1978

On 24 May 1978, 797 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
175 were record highs and 304 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 27 monthly and 768 daily.
Indian Mills 2 W set a daily record precipitation of 68.8 mm (2.7 in) on 24 May 1978.
Across 161 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 453 records.

Record Map

797 stations

797 station records on 24 May 1978 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 May 1978: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Indian Mills 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Acude Macaubas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Shakhrinau	Tajikistan	Record daily precipitation	72.3 mm (2.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Chokpak	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Songiston (Mtn STN)	Tajikistan	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Madruskat	Tajikistan	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Williams 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Trenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Kermit	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Uzgen	Kyrgyzstan	Record daily precipitation	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Sanglok	Tajikistan	Record daily precipitation	91.8 mm (3.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Chon-Arik	Kyrgyzstan	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Marcus Hook	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Haidarakan	Kyrgyzstan	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ukumehame 301	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Eagle Bay	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Aul Turara Ryskulov	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lakehurst AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Boquilla Numero Uno	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Rudnaja Pristan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ura-Tyube	Tajikistan	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
McGill	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Stavanger - Valand	Norway	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Shahristanskij Perev	Tajikistan	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lancaster	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Catkal River	Kyrgyzstan	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Merke	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Turij Rog	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Iskanderkul'	Tajikistan	Record daily precipitation	43.3 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Canaan Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Burno-Oktyabrsk	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	58.6 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ely AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Limbunya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Geisenheim	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dzhergital	Kyrgyzstan	Record daily precipitation	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Vajda-Guba	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	7.9 C (46.2 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Anzobskij Pereval	Tajikistan	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kangurt	Tajikistan	Record daily precipitation	63.7 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mina	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sanglok	Tajikistan	Record daily precipitation	69.4 mm (2.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Berea 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
College Hill Lock 11	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
New Milford	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
South Pass City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Millville Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sviland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Redelinghuis (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Parkhar	Tajikistan	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Jeremiah 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Carrolltown 1 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wilmington Porter Rsch	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
W Liberty 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pemberton	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Plainfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Talas	Kyrgyzstan	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Zlatoust	Russia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

797 records

Records set or tied on 24 May 1978 by type: Highest daily maximum 37, Lowest daily maximum 217, Highest daily minimum 138, Lowest daily minimum 87, Heaviest daily rainfall 301, Heaviest daily snowfall 14, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 24 May 1978 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	37
Lowest daily maximum	217
Highest daily minimum	138
Lowest daily minimum	87
Heaviest daily rainfall	301
Heaviest daily snowfall	14
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 24 May 1978 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 27, daily 768.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

671 broken records

Margins by which the 671 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 May 1978

Top 20 records on 24 May 1978 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 May 1978	Indian Mills 2 W, US	daily rain	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	64 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1978	Acude Macaubas, BR	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1978	Shakhrinau, TJ	daily rain	72.3 mm (2.8 in)	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1978	Chokpak, KZ	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1978	Songiston (Mtn STN), TJ	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1978	Madruskat, TJ	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1978	Williams 3 SW, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	53 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1978	Trenton, US	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	53 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1978	Kermit, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1978	Uzgen, KG	daily rain	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1978	Sanglok, TJ	daily rain	91.8 mm (3.6 in)	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1978	Chon-Arik, KG	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1978	Marcus Hook, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	44 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1978	Haidarakan, KG	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1978	Ukumehame 301, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	35 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1978	Eagle Bay, CA	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	37 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1978	Aul Turara Ryskulov, KZ	daily rain	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1978	Lakehurst AP, US	daily rain	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1978	Boquilla Numero Uno, MX	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1978	Rudnaja Pristan, RU	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	46 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 1978

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1978. 1978 had 797 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

Download the Data

Data for records on 1978-05-24: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	622
20 to 40	37
40 to 60	10
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1