Weather Records on 24 May 1995

1,247 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 May 1995. Highest significance: Rushville, US.

Key Facts for 24 May 1995

On 24 May 1995, 1,247 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
341 were record highs and 515 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 28 monthly and 1,216 daily.
Rushville set a daily record precipitation of 73.2 mm (2.9 in) on 24 May 1995.
Across 161 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 450 records.

Record Map

1,247 stations

1,247 station records on 24 May 1995 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 May 1995: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Rushville	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Golden	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Chillicothe 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Gallatin 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Pontiac	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Kasilof 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Edina	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Shelbina	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Atchison	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Ixtepec	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Skwentna	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Coffs Harbour Mo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Farland	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Mason City 4SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Pleasant 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Sumner 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Havana	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Downing	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Leavenworth	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lindsay 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.6 mm (4.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Sterling	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Valle de Juarez (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Westcliffe	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wamego 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Nizhyn	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Brunswick	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
New Franklin 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Windsor	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cimarron 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dorrigo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lviv	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Leroy 5 WSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Effingham	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Holton	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hoyt 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ness City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Spickard 7 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Woolgoolga (Clear Place)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.2 mm (3.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mandujano	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Vladikavkaz	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	15.4 C (59.7 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Estes Park	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Boonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Edgerton	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Steffenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
South Pass City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Urunga (Sunset Place)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Smidovich	Russia	Record daily precipitation	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Burlington	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello (River)	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Clarinda	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Boulder	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Logan 1 WNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Centralia	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Coloma	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sandy Hook	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	26.4 C (79.5 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Chiricahua Nm	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
1 ENE Fairfield	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,247 records

Records set or tied on 24 May 1995 by type: Highest daily maximum 106, Lowest daily maximum 399, Highest daily minimum 235, Lowest daily minimum 116, Heaviest daily rainfall 359, Heaviest daily snowfall 9, Deepest snow cover 23.

Records on 24 May 1995 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	106
Lowest daily maximum	399
Highest daily minimum	235
Lowest daily minimum	116
Heaviest daily rainfall	359
Heaviest daily snowfall	9
Deepest snow cover	23

Records on 24 May 1995 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 28, daily 1,216.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

983 broken records

Margins by which the 983 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 320.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 May 1995

Top 20 records on 24 May 1995 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 May 1995	Rushville, US	daily rain	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	92 years	71 of 100 (Major)
24 May 1995	Golden, US	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	68 years	68 of 100 (Major)
24 May 1995	Chillicothe 2S, US	daily rain	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	74 years	67 of 100 (Major)
24 May 1995	Gallatin 1W, US	daily rain	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	58 years	67 of 100 (Major)
24 May 1995	Pontiac, US	daily rain	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	88 years	65 of 100 (Major)
24 May 1995	Kasilof 3 NW, US	monthly rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	25 years	64 of 100 (Major)
24 May 1995	Edina, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	48 years	61 of 100 (Major)
24 May 1995	Shelbina, US	monthly rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	101 years	61 of 100 (Major)
24 May 1995	Atchison, US	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	92 years	60 of 100 (Major)
24 May 1995	Ixtepec, MX	all-time high min	33.9 C (93.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	45 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1995	Skwentna, US	monthly rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	51 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1995	Coffs Harbour Mo, AU	daily rain	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	123.0 mm (4.8 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1995	Mc Farland, US	daily rain	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	72 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1995	Mason City 4SE, US	daily rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1995	Mt Pleasant 1 SW, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	76 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1995	Sumner 3 SW, US	daily rain	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	30 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1995	Havana, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	68 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1995	Downing, US	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	72 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1995	Leavenworth, US	daily rain	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	48 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1995	Lindsay 2 W, US	daily rain	114.6 mm (4.5 in)	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	38 years	49 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 1995

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1995. 1995 had 1,247 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 50	953
50 to 100	18
100 to 150	5
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	2
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	2