Weather Records on 24 May 1985

637 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 May 1985. Highest significance: Yerington, US.

Key Facts for 24 May 1985

On 24 May 1985, 637 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
257 were record highs and 224 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 618 daily.
Yerington set a daily record precipitation of 31.5 mm (1.2 in) on 24 May 1985.
Across 161 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 454 records.

Record Map

637 stations

637 station records on 24 May 1985 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 May 1985: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Yerington	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Merke	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	60.3 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Almaty	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	75.5 mm (3.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Doniphan	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Colpon-Ata	Kyrgyzstan	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Carthage	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Clarksville	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cave Run Lake	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	2.7 C (36.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Motozintla (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Capitan	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesboro	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Colfax	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bai'tyk	Kyrgyzstan	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Greensburg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Appomattox	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kassansay	Uzbekistan	Record daily precipitation	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Laghouat	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	7.5 C (45.5 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Valley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
White Sulphur Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Vercniy-Gorel'nik	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	46.1 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ust'-Gorel'nik	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	49.9 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Coeur D'Alene	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Knoxville AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Philpott Dam 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Iaeger 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Natividade da Serra	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	63.7 mm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bishkek	Kyrgyzstan	Record daily precipitation	49.1 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Chon-Arik	Kyrgyzstan	Record daily precipitation	64.1 mm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bol'soe-Almaatinskoe-Ozero	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Chapala	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ekimchan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bellrock	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sand Mt Substn	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tapoco	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Saudades	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ucakty	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kem-Port	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-0.8 C (30.6 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cookeville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dayton 1 WSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
La Purisima	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cerralvo (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kandalaksa	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	0.8 C (33.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bomnak	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cedarville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
La Plata 1 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Johns	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Romney 1 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ostrov Vrangelja	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	6.8 C (44.2 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ostrov Sosnovez	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-2.3 C (27.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Big Sandy	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Minnville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Winthrop UNIV	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Buena Vista	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sabdan	Kyrgyzstan	Record daily precipitation	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Paca-Ata	Kyrgyzstan	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	4.5 C (40.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Poplarville Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericksburg Np	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

637 records

Records set or tied on 24 May 1985 by type: Highest daily maximum 131, Lowest daily maximum 161, Highest daily minimum 126, Lowest daily minimum 63, Heaviest daily rainfall 151, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 24 May 1985 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	131
Lowest daily maximum	161
Highest daily minimum	126
Lowest daily minimum	63
Heaviest daily rainfall	151
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 24 May 1985 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 17, daily 618.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

500 broken records

Margins by which the 500 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 90.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 May 1985

Top 20 records on 24 May 1985 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 May 1985	Yerington, US	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	68 years	68 of 100 (Major)
24 May 1985	Merke, KZ	all-time rain	60.3 mm (2.4 in)	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	38 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1985	Almaty, KZ	monthly rain	75.5 mm (3.0 in)	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	53 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1985	Doniphan, US	daily rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	76 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1985	Colpon-Ata, KG	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	3 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1985	Carthage, US	daily low max	15.6 C (60.1 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	89 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1985	Clarksville, US	monthly rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	3.1 mm (0.12 in)	62 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1985	Cave Run Lake, US	daily low max	15.0 C (59.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	72 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1985	Haparanda, SE	daily low max	2.7 C (36.9 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	85 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1985	Motozintla (Smn), MX	monthly low min	7.2 C (45.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	62 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1985	Capitan, US	monthly high min	17.8 C (64.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	57 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1985	Waynesboro, US	daily low max	17.2 C (63.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	72 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1985	Colfax, US	daily high min	13.3 C (55.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	87 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1985	Bai'tyk, KG	daily rain	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	7 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1985	Greensburg, US	daily low max	14.4 C (57.9 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	72 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1985	Appomattox, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	34 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1985	Kassansay, UZ	monthly rain	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	20 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1985	Laghouat, DZ	daily low min	7.5 C (45.5 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	83 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
24 May 1985	Ft Valley, US	daily high min	5.6 C (42.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	72 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
24 May 1985	White Sulphur Springs, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	44 years	33 of 100 (Routine)

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 1985

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1985. 1985 had 637 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 20	479
20 to 40	16
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1