Weather Records on 24 May 2002

1,163 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 May 2002. Highest significance: Fall Rvr Lake, US.

Key Facts for 24 May 2002

On 24 May 2002, 1,163 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
209 were record highs and 697 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 1,154 daily.
Fall Rvr Lake set a daily record precipitation of 79.2 mm (3.1 in) on 24 May 2002.
Across 161 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 451 records.

Record Map

1,163 stations

1,163 station records on 24 May 2002 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 May 2002: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Fall Rvr Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Tryvasshogda	Norway	Record snow depth	222.0 cm (87.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Petrun	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Waterdale	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Breckenridge	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Qinzhou	China	Record daily precipitation	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Charlottenberg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Augusta	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Longton	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Parsons 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Osmjany	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Olastorp	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Walden	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.6 cm (2.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Malung	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kindsjon_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Spicer	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.9 cm (3.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Scott	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Boulder	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cheyenne Wells 2NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Norra_Stroo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Independence	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wheatland 4N	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Winning	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kristinehamn	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Salida	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Highland Home	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Grenola 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kadoka	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Spicer	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Le Roy	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Snowshoe Lake	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Moorcroft 3S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tanana AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Anna 4 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	12.4 C (54.3 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bowie	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cody	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bailey	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Charlevoix	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Glenwood 2WNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Forks UNIV (NWS)	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Milesville 5 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lovell	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pavillion	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dongfang	China	Record daily precipitation	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Stalon_11	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Oswego 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ada	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Aiken 5SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Castle Dale	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Archer	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.3 cm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kailua 446	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Aioun Elatrouss	Mauritania	Record low maximum temperature	33.5 C (92.3 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Biri	Norway	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Troicko-Pecherskoe	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-10.2 C (13.6 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Greeley	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cottonwood 2 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lead	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rockypoint 7NNE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,163 records

Records set or tied on 24 May 2002 by type: Highest daily maximum 90, Lowest daily maximum 168, Highest daily minimum 119, Lowest daily minimum 529, Heaviest daily rainfall 207, Heaviest daily snowfall 33, Deepest snow cover 17.

Records on 24 May 2002 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	90
Lowest daily maximum	168
Highest daily minimum	119
Lowest daily minimum	529
Heaviest daily rainfall	207
Heaviest daily snowfall	33
Deepest snow cover	17

Records on 24 May 2002 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 9, daily 1,154.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

914 broken records

Margins by which the 914 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 2070.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 May 2002

Top 20 records on 24 May 2002 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 May 2002	Fall Rvr Lake, US	daily rain	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	92 years	63 of 100 (Major)
24 May 2002	Tryvasshogda, NO	daily snow depth	222.0 cm (87.4 in)	207.0 cm (81.5 in)	51 years	61 of 100 (Major)
24 May 2002	Petrun, RU	daily rain	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	40 years	61 of 100 (Major)
24 May 2002	Waterdale, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	97 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 2002	Breckenridge, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	96 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 2002	Qinzhou, CN	daily rain	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	90.1 mm (3.5 in)	31 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 2002	Charlottenberg, SE	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	17.9 mm (0.7 in)	53 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 2002	Augusta, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	52 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 2002	Longton, US	daily rain	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 2002	Parsons 2 NW, US	daily rain	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	59 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 2002	Osmjany, BY	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 2002	Olastorp, SE	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	16 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 2002	Walden, US	daily snowfall	6.6 cm (2.6 in)	6.6 cm (2.6 in)	103 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 2002	Malung, SE	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	61 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 2002	Kindsjon_D, SE	daily rain	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	35 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 2002	Spicer, US	daily snowfall	9.9 cm (3.9 in)	9.9 cm (3.9 in)	92 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 2002	Ft Scott, US	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	92 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 2002	Boulder, US	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	97 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 2002	Cheyenne Wells 2NE, US	daily low min	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	68 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 2002	Norra_Stroo, SE	daily rain	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	47 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 2002

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2002. 2002 had 1,163 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 2026-10-15 (15 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 500	913
500 to 1000	0
1000 to 1500	0
1500 to 2000	0
2000 to 2500	1