Weather Records on 24 May 1993

826 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 May 1993. Highest significance: Obluce, RU.

Key Facts for 24 May 1993

On 24 May 1993, 826 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
245 were record highs and 324 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 23 monthly and 803 daily.
Obluce set a daily record precipitation of 41.9 mm (1.6 in) on 24 May 1993.
Across 161 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 453 records.

Record Map

826 stations

826 station records on 24 May 1993 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 May 1993: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Obluce	Russia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Riddarhyttan	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Cape Columbine	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Brule Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Madrid/Getafe	Spain	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Inverness 3 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
David City 4E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pskem	Uzbekistan	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pasto/Antonio Narin	Colombia	Record daily precipitation	91.0 mm (3.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Morovis 1 N	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Soria	Spain	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Skultuna	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cass Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Fayette	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
La Belle	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Albany 3 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Marion 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pomeroy	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Merida Centro	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	26.0 C (78.8 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Torsby	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Milledgeville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Rosa	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hankinson	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lisjo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Las Animas	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ocala	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Atlanta 5 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tabl.Mtn Molteno Rsv	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mae Sot	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gonzales 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tomball	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Truscott 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Canton	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	111.3 mm (4.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tecolutla	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Beeville 5 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Morris W Cntrl Rsch & Outreach	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Blanco	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lewistown AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lugansk	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	0.4 C (32.7 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Troy	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bayfield 6 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
El Dorado Goodwin Fld	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wells	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Paraiso Novillero	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Campbell	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Atlatlahuacan	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Moose Lake 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Valentine	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Anahuac	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tenasco	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ocotlan de Morelos	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Roosevelt Roads	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Madrid - Retiro	Spain	Record daily precipitation	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Smithville	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pearsall	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
La Motte (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

826 records

Records set or tied on 24 May 1993 by type: Highest daily maximum 107, Lowest daily maximum 149, Highest daily minimum 138, Lowest daily minimum 175, Heaviest daily rainfall 257.

Records on 24 May 1993 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	107
Lowest daily maximum	149
Highest daily minimum	138
Lowest daily minimum	175
Heaviest daily rainfall	257
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 24 May 1993 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 23, daily 803.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

657 broken records

Margins by which the 657 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 85.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 May 1993

Top 20 records on 24 May 1993 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 May 1993	Obluce, RU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	56 years	61 of 100 (Major)
24 May 1993	Riddarhyttan, SE	daily rain	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	52 years	61 of 100 (Major)
24 May 1993	Cape Columbine, ZA	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	47 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1993	Brule Rs, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	54 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1993	Ashland Exp Farm, US	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	23 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1993	Madrid/Getafe, ES	daily rain	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	22 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1993	Inverness 3 SE, US	daily low min	10.0 C (50.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	88 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1993	David City 4E, US	daily low min	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	92 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1993	Pskem, UZ	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	51 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1993	Pasto/Antonio Narin, CO	monthly rain	91.0 mm (3.6 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	14 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1993	Morovis 1 N, PR	daily rain	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1993	Soria, ES	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1993	Skultuna, SE	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	12.1 mm (0.5 in)	44 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1993	Cass Lake, US	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	43 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1993	Fayette, US	daily low min	5.6 C (42.1 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	100 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1993	La Belle, US	daily high min	27.8 C (82.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	58 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1993	Albany 3 SE, US	daily low min	7.2 C (45.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	100 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1993	Marion 2 N, US	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	90 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1993	Pomeroy, US	daily high min	18.9 C (66.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	98 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1993	Merida Centro, MX	daily low min	12.8 C (55.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	26 years	42 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 1993

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1993. 1993 had 826 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	626
20 to 40	20
40 to 60	9
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1