Weather Records on 24 May 1997

1,028 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 May 1997. Highest significance: Odendaalsrus, ZA.

Key Facts for 24 May 1997

On 24 May 1997, 1,028 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
161 were record highs and 403 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 20 monthly and 1,006 daily.
Odendaalsrus set an all-time record daily precipitation of 178.0 mm (7.0 in) on 24 May 1997.
Across 161 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 451 records.

Record Map

1,028 stations

1,028 station records on 24 May 1997 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 May 1997: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Odendaalsrus	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	178.0 mm (7.0 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Minneapolis	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Klipspruit	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Oranjeville (Skl)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Rietbult	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Miami	United States	Record daily precipitation	136.9 mm (5.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Yokosuka	Japan	Record daily precipitation	113.8 mm (4.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Cruz-Caparao (Dnos)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Yoder 5 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bet-El	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Nelsdrift	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Geluk (Irr)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Winnebago	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ribeirao Corrente	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
De Kroon (Irr)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Harlem	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Rapelje	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Driefontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Clay Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Douglas 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ventersburg (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	56.5 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Catharinasvlei	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Zwartruggens (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sterkfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Green Springs Pwr Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Anahuac	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ogden Pioneer Ph	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Martim Francisco	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cerepovec	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Houston Spring Branch	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Scottsbluff W B Heilig Fld AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tweefontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Leeupoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Rooiberg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Georgiana	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Birney	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Jaguariuna	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Turffontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Paardekopplaas	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Livingston	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Viljoenskroon (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rockford Gtr Rockford AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sitio Sao Sebastiao	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Abritas	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Vaalkop	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Salt Lake City Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Spitskop (Agr)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pretoria-New Cemetry	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
San Saba	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Choshi	Japan	Record daily precipitation	92.0 mm (3.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Owase	Japan	Record daily precipitation	158.0 mm (6.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wesselsbron (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	178.0 mm (7.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bon Accord Dam	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Blaine	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Potter	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lima Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Drummond Aviation	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Vredefort (Skl)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Springs (Rwb)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,028 records

Records set or tied on 24 May 1997 by type: Highest daily maximum 66, Lowest daily maximum 144, Highest daily minimum 95, Lowest daily minimum 259, Heaviest daily rainfall 446, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 17.

Records on 24 May 1997 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	66
Lowest daily maximum	144
Highest daily minimum	95
Lowest daily minimum	259
Heaviest daily rainfall	446
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	17

Records on 24 May 1997 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 20, daily 1,006.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

844 broken records

Margins by which the 844 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 540.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 May 1997

Top 20 records on 24 May 1997 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 May 1997	Odendaalsrus, ZA	all-time rain	178.0 mm (7.0 in)	75.8 mm (3.0 in)	9 years	71 of 100 (Major)
24 May 1997	Minneapolis, US	daily rain	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	50 years	65 of 100 (Major)
24 May 1997	Klipspruit, ZA	daily rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	63 years	60 of 100 (Major)
24 May 1997	Oranjeville (Skl), ZA	monthly rain	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	72 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1997	Rietbult, ZA	daily rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	63 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1997	Miami, US	monthly rain	136.9 mm (5.4 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	46 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1997	Yokosuka, JP	daily rain	113.8 mm (4.5 in)	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	40 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1997	Santa Cruz-Caparao (Dnos), BR	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	38 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1997	Yoder 5 W, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	40 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1997	Bet-El, ZA	monthly rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	2 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1997	Nelsdrift, ZA	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	18.9 mm (0.7 in)	60 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1997	Geluk (Irr), ZA	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	63 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1997	Winnebago, US	daily rain	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	64 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1997	Ribeirao Corrente, BR	daily rain	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	14 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1997	De Kroon (Irr), ZA	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	63 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1997	Harlem, US	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	44 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1997	Rapelje, US	daily rain	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	0 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1997	Driefontein, ZA	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1997	Clay Ctr, US	monthly rain	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	93 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1997	Douglas 1 SE, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	76 years	48 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 1997

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1997. 1997 had 1,028 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 100	833
100 to 200	5
200 to 300	2
300 to 400	2
400 to 500	1
500 to 600	1