Weather Records on 24 May 1996

1,367 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 May 1996. Highest significance: Red Lodge, US.

Key Facts for 24 May 1996

On 24 May 1996, 1,367 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
746 were record highs and 309 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 50 monthly and 1,314 daily.
Red Lodge set a daily record snowfall of 22.9 cm (9.0 in) on 24 May 1996.
Across 161 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 449 records.

Record Map

1,367 stations

1,367 station records on 24 May 1996 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 May 1996: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Red Lodge	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Laurens	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Zhijiang	China	Record daily precipitation	111.9 mm (4.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Springdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Greer	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Fishtail	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Yellowstone Park Mammoth	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Flatwillow 4 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Rawlins AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Helena 1 SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Taloga	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dillon U of Montana Western	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Jordan	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
San Juan Bautista Cuicatlan (	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nashville 1 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gibson 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Enid	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Clemson UNIV	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Vernon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Billy Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Red Lodge	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Helena 1 SSE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Meade	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Conroe	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Deseret	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
State UNIV	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Perry	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Murdo	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Grapevine Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Harlem	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Livingston AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Havraryd_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Big Timber	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Flatwillow 4 ENE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mutual	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sunshine 3NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Clarendon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Howard 2SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wellington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ainsworth	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Enid	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Belle Fourche	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Deadwood	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
San Saba	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Weatherford	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Des Moines Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kitadaito	Japan	Record daily precipitation	117.0 mm (4.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Petropavlovskij Majak	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	7.3 C (45.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kljuchi	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	8.7 C (47.7 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Erick	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Grapevine Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Colony	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Emblem	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tirschenreuth-Lodermuhl	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,367 records

Records set or tied on 24 May 1996 by type: Highest daily maximum 411, Lowest daily maximum 219, Highest daily minimum 335, Lowest daily minimum 90, Heaviest daily rainfall 301, Heaviest daily snowfall 7, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 24 May 1996 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	411
Lowest daily maximum	219
Highest daily minimum	335
Lowest daily minimum	90
Heaviest daily rainfall	301
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 24 May 1996 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 50, daily 1,314.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

986 broken records

Margins by which the 986 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 260.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 May 1996

Top 20 records on 24 May 1996 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 May 1996	Red Lodge, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	89 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1996	Laurens, US	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	30 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1996	Zhijiang, CN	daily rain	111.9 mm (4.4 in)	60.1 mm (2.4 in)	42 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1996	Springdale, US	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	41 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1996	Greer, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	23 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1996	Fishtail, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1996	Yellowstone Park Mammoth, US	daily low max	5.0 C (41.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	97 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1996	Flatwillow 4 ENE, US	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	61 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1996	Rawlins AP, US	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	1 year	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1996	Helena 1 SSE, US	daily high min	24.4 C (75.9 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	84 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1996	Taloga, US	daily high min	23.9 C (75.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	94 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1996	Dillon U of Montana Western, US	daily low max	9.4 C (48.9 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	90 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1996	Jordan, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	5.0 mm (0.20 in)	90 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1996	San Juan Bautista Cuicatlan (, MX	daily low max	23.9 C (75.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	73 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1996	Nashville 1 E, US	daily high max	33.3 C (91.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	99 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1996	Gibson 2 NE, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	18 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1996	Enid, US	daily high min	25.0 C (77.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	99 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1996	Clemson UNIV, US	daily high min	21.1 C (70.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	99 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1996	Vernon, US	daily high min	24.4 C (75.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	92 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1996	Billy Creek, US	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	41 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 1996

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1996. 1996 had 1,367 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 1996-05-24: 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 50	974
50 to 100	10
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1