Weather Records on 24 May 1998

931 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 May 1998. Highest significance: Bethel AP, US.

Key Facts for 24 May 1998

On 24 May 1998, 931 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
565 were record highs and 197 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 20 monthly and 906 daily.
Bethel AP set a daily record snowfall of 7.1 cm (2.8 in) on 24 May 1998.
Across 161 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 452 records.

Record Map

931 stations

931 station records on 24 May 1998 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 May 1998: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bethel AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Jefferson 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record high maximum temperature	36.2 C (97.2 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Balfour	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lermontovka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Rougemont	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kirovskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Windom	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabethton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Guttenberg L&D 10	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jerome 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
University	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tullahoma	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Marianna 2 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hernando	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Murfreesboro 5 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Centennial 1NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Redwood Falls Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-1.2 C (29.8 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lancaster 4 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Weeaproinah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
San Miguel Ejutla	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tecolutla	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Newport Beach Harbor	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sparta 1 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rushville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Maquoketa	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Covington 3 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Covington 3 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Partizansk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Villaflores (Smn)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cuitzeo	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Presa Alvaro Obregon	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
White Hall 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Grundy	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wajima	Japan	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Brinkley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
King City	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Blue Mounds 6 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Brodhead Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Huixtla	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Jesus Maria	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Svijagino	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Greenbrier	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Byllesby 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dores Do Indaia (Cvsf)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Morawa	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	30.8 C (87.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kellerberrin	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	29.7 C (85.5 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Northam	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	28.8 C (83.8 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Motozintla (Smn)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Washington 2 ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Murray	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bencubbin	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Wandering Comparison	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	25.5 C (77.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tanybryn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bilma	Niger	Record high maximum temperature	47.1 C (116.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tapoco	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Fossil	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

931 records

Records set or tied on 24 May 1998 by type: Highest daily maximum 247, Lowest daily maximum 73, Highest daily minimum 318, Lowest daily minimum 124, Heaviest daily rainfall 167, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 24 May 1998 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	247
Lowest daily maximum	73
Highest daily minimum	318
Lowest daily minimum	124
Heaviest daily rainfall	167
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 24 May 1998 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 20, daily 906.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

624 broken records

Margins by which the 624 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 66.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 May 1998

Top 20 records on 24 May 1998 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 May 1998	Bethel AP, US	daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	6.6 cm (2.6 in)	71 years	63 of 100 (Major)
24 May 1998	Jefferson 3SE, US	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	88 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1998	Newport, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	44 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1998	Hambantota, LK	daily high max	36.2 C (97.2 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	96 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1998	Balfour, AU	daily rain	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	56 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1998	Lermontovka, RU	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	15.9 mm (0.6 in)	35 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1998	Rougemont, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	81 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1998	Kirovskij, RU	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	12.1 mm (0.5 in)	59 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1998	Windom, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	89 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1998	Elizabethton, US	daily high min	19.4 C (66.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	96 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1998	Guttenberg L&D 10, US	monthly rain	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	35 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1998	Jerome 2 S, US	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1998	University, US	daily high min	22.8 C (73.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	96 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1998	Tullahoma, US	daily high min	20.6 C (69.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	96 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1998	Marianna 2 S, US	daily high min	23.3 C (73.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	96 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1998	Hernando, US	daily high min	23.3 C (73.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	96 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1998	Murfreesboro 5 N, US	daily high min	21.7 C (71.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	96 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1998	Centennial 1NE, US	daily low min	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	96 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1998	Redwood Falls Muni AP, US	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	89 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1998	Linkoeping-Malmslaett, SE	daily low min	-1.2 C (29.8 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	93 years	38 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 1998

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1998. 1998 had 931 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 10	581
10 to 20	30
20 to 30	7
30 to 40	3
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	1