Weather Records on 24 May 1992

1,562 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 May 1992. Highest significance: Taganrog (Lighthouse), RU.

Key Facts for 24 May 1992

On 24 May 1992, 1,562 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
606 were record highs and 692 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 39 monthly and 1,521 daily.
Taganrog (Lighthouse) set a daily record precipitation of 56.7 mm (2.2 in) on 24 May 1992.
Across 161 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 448 records.

Record Map

1,562 stations

1,562 station records on 24 May 1992 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 May 1992: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Taganrog (Lighthouse)	Russia	Record daily precipitation	56.7 mm (2.2 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Lovsta	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	86.5 mm (3.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Sanderson	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Rostov-Na-Donu	Russia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Wink FAA AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Alamogordo	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Magdalena	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Karamay	China	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Juana Diaz Camp	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Konstantinovsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cayey 1 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sahty	Russia	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Albion	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Shirakawa	Japan	Record daily precipitation	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Magdalena	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Claude	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kotel'nikovo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Dolores	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Arcadia	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Balmorhea	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Beedeville 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Port Washington	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Half Moon Bay	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
1 WSW Princeton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Deming	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
S Bend AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tapalpa (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Antioch	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	3.1 C (37.6 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Matveev Kurgan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	11.4 C (52.5 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hart 3 WSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kelly Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Lean	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Clara Do Ingai	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	113.5 mm (4.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Azov	Russia	Record daily precipitation	74.8 mm (2.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	10.2 C (50.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lugansk	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	32.9 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Adin Rs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sidney 1SSE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
New Ulm 2 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Virginia City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mountainair	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Fremont	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dodgeville Wwtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cidra 1 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kamensk-Sahtinskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mattoon	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Delphi 2 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Vernon	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lordsburg 4 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cottage Grove 2E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Midland 4 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ulan-Ude	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Debaltseve	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Duncan	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,562 records

Records set or tied on 24 May 1992 by type: Highest daily maximum 342, Lowest daily maximum 481, Highest daily minimum 264, Lowest daily minimum 211, Heaviest daily rainfall 263, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 24 May 1992 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	342
Lowest daily maximum	481
Highest daily minimum	264
Lowest daily minimum	211
Heaviest daily rainfall	263
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 24 May 1992 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 39, daily 1,521.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,253 broken records

Margins by which the 1,253 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 1992

Top 20 records on 24 May 1992 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 May 1992	Taganrog (Lighthouse), RU	daily rain	56.7 mm (2.2 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	70 years	64 of 100 (Major)
24 May 1992	Lovsta, SE	monthly rain	86.5 mm (3.4 in)	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	34 years	64 of 100 (Major)
24 May 1992	Sanderson, US	monthly rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	92 years	62 of 100 (Major)
24 May 1992	Rostov-Na-Donu, RU	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	46 years	60 of 100 (Major)
24 May 1992	Wink FAA AP, US	monthly rain	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	51 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1992	Alamogordo, US	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	33 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1992	Magdalena, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	64 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1992	Karamay, CN	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	30 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1992	Juana Diaz Camp, PR	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	59 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1992	Konstantinovsk, RU	daily rain	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	41 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1992	Cayey 1 E, PR	daily rain	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	70.3 mm (2.8 in)	21 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1992	Sahty, RU	monthly rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	37 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1992	Albion, US	daily low max	11.1 C (52.0 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	83 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1992	Shirakawa, JP	monthly rain	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	26 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1992	Magdalena, US	daily low max	9.4 C (48.9 F)	6.2 C (11.2 F)	84 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1992	Claude, US	daily low max	13.3 C (55.9 F)	7.8 C (14.0 F)	86 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1992	Kotel'nikovo, RU	daily rain	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	41 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1992	Dolores, US	monthly rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	42 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1992	Arcadia, US	daily low min	7.2 C (45.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	51 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1992	Balmorhea, US	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	51 years	45 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 1992

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1992. 1992 had 1,562 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	1,212
20 to 40	33
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1