Weather Records on 24 May 1989

1,346 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 May 1989. Highest significance: Green Bay, US.

Key Facts for 24 May 1989

On 24 May 1989, 1,346 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
909 were record highs and 189 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 86 monthly and 1,256 daily.
Green Bay set a daily record precipitation of 52.1 mm (2.1 in) on 24 May 1989.
Across 161 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 449 records.

Record Map

1,346 stations

1,346 station records on 24 May 1989 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 May 1989: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Green Bay	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Ordynskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Bruce Rock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Fond du Lac Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Milford 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Myrup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Cuttening	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Hartford-Bradley Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	122.2 mm (4.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Miranda Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Oskaloosa	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Wisley	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Albacete Los Llanos	Spain	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Columbia	United States	Record daily precipitation	136.9 mm (5.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Dalyup Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ionia 2SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
I Dunno	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Newton Rigg	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bosque del Apache	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bungulla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gavle	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Saugatuck Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bremer Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Keflavik	Iceland	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	14.7 C (58.5 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Crystal Springs Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mountainair	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ravensthorpe	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sidney 1SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bungulla North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Oktyabr Skoye	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.9 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Carroll	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Artesia 6S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Government Camp	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bordeaux-Merignac	France	Record high minimum temperature	19.3 C (66.7 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	14.1 C (57.4 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Primghar	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hutchinson 1 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Graball	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
McPherson	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mountainair	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gumri	Armenia	Record high maximum temperature	29.1 C (84.4 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lochnagar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Arkadelphia 2 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Crested Butte	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Middletown 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Charles City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Providence	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Geneva	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Marion 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Barbara Muni AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Eastbourne	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	24.0 C (75.2 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Morgan	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Live Oak	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Stanton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Oake Marsh Farm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Henichesk	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	5.4 C (41.7 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Feodosiia	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	14.2 C (57.6 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Leroy 5 WSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,346 records

Records set or tied on 24 May 1989 by type: Highest daily maximum 491, Lowest daily maximum 89, Highest daily minimum 418, Lowest daily minimum 100, Heaviest daily rainfall 240, Heaviest daily snowfall 8.

Records on 24 May 1989 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	491
Lowest daily maximum	89
Highest daily minimum	418
Lowest daily minimum	100
Heaviest daily rainfall	240
Heaviest daily snowfall	8
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 24 May 1989 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 86, daily 1,256.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,042 broken records

Margins by which the 1,042 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 152.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 May 1989

Top 20 records on 24 May 1989 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 May 1989	Green Bay, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	88 years	76 of 100 (Major)
24 May 1989	Ordynskoe, RU	all-time rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	15 years	69 of 100 (Major)
24 May 1989	Bruce Rock, AU	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	56 years	63 of 100 (Major)
24 May 1989	Fond du Lac Wwtp, US	daily rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	87 years	62 of 100 (Major)
24 May 1989	Milford 4 NW, US	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	43 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1989	Myrup, AU	daily rain	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	78 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1989	Cuttening, AU	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	56 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1989	Hartford-Bradley Intl AP, US	monthly rain	122.2 mm (4.8 in)	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	4 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1989	Miranda Downs Station, AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	82 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1989	Oskaloosa, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	67 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1989	Wisley, GB	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	18 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1989	Albacete Los Llanos, ES	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	34 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1989	Columbia, US	daily rain	136.9 mm (5.4 in)	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	23 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1989	Dalyup Park, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	78 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1989	Ionia 2SSW, US	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1989	I Dunno, AU	daily rain	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	22 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1989	Newton Rigg, GB	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	10.3 mm (0.4 in)	52 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1989	Bosque del Apache, US	monthly high max	41.1 C (106.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	88 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1989	Bungulla, AU	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	56 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1989	Gavle, SE	daily high min	13.0 C (55.4 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	99 years	44 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 1989

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1989. 1989 had 1,346 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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Data for records on 1989-05-24: 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	1,008
20 to 40	26
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1