Weather Records on 24 May 2004

1,276 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 May 2004. Highest significance: Sodus 1W, US.

Key Facts for 24 May 2004

On 24 May 2004, 1,276 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
483 were record highs and 437 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 29 monthly and 1,244 daily.
Sodus 1W set a monthly record daily precipitation of 82.6 mm (3.3 in) on 24 May 2004.
Across 161 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 450 records.

Record Map

1,276 stations

1,276 station records on 24 May 2004 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 May 2004: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sodus 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Charlevoix	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Vanderbilt 11ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Cheboygan	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Iron Mtn-Kingsford Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Elizabethtown	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Trenton Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Escanaba	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Cross Village 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Nagornyj	Russia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Lowville	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
New London Lock #22	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Readstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kamen-Na-Obi	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Piawaning	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Assiniboine	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Peru 2 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Northfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hutchinson 1 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Benton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Gladwin	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Benton 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.7 mm (4.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mattoon	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Morrisville 6 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Stephenson 5WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Burlington Junction	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Brewerton Lock 23	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Severnoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Conception	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Albion	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wausaukee	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Srednjaja Olekma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Du Quoin 4 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Vevay	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Chestertown	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Houghton Lake 6 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Newton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bath	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
State College	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ejanding	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kununoppin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Songpan	China	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Finca Ocotlan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Chinook	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Baldwinsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Boonville 4 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Northville	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Castlewood	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
De Smet	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Omaha Eppley Airfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hagerstown 1E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kalkaska	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Indian Mills 2 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Moorestown 4 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Camden	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Piseco	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Connellsville Lk 7	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Howard	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Warrenton 3 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-14.5 C (5.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,276 records

Records set or tied on 24 May 2004 by type: Highest daily maximum 127, Lowest daily maximum 202, Highest daily minimum 356, Lowest daily minimum 235, Heaviest daily rainfall 340, Heaviest daily snowfall 7, Deepest snow cover 9.

Records on 24 May 2004 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	127
Lowest daily maximum	202
Highest daily minimum	356
Lowest daily minimum	235
Heaviest daily rainfall	340
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	9

Records on 24 May 2004 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 29, daily 1,244.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

998 broken records

Margins by which the 998 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 137.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 May 2004

Top 20 records on 24 May 2004 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 May 2004	Sodus 1W, US	monthly rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	60 years	76 of 100 (Major)
24 May 2004	Charlevoix, US	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	103 years	68 of 100 (Major)
24 May 2004	Vanderbilt 11ENE, US	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	58 years	66 of 100 (Major)
24 May 2004	Cheboygan, US	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	103 years	65 of 100 (Major)
24 May 2004	Iron Mtn-Kingsford Wwtp, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	83 years	64 of 100 (Major)
24 May 2004	Elizabethtown, US	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	44 years	62 of 100 (Major)
24 May 2004	Trenton Falls, US	monthly rain	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	57 years	62 of 100 (Major)
24 May 2004	Escanaba, US	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	58 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 2004	Cross Village 1E, US	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 2004	Nagornyj, RU	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	63 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 2004	Lowville, US	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	102 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 2004	New London Lock #22, US	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	20 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 2004	Readstown, US	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	40 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 2004	Kamen-Na-Obi, RU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	21 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 2004	Piawaning, AU	daily rain	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	37 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 2004	Ft Assiniboine, US	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	26 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 2004	Peru 2 WSW, US	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	65 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 2004	Northfield, US	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	8.2 mm (0.32 in)	102 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 2004	Hutchinson 1 N, US	daily low max	8.3 C (46.9 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	103 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 2004	Ft Benton, US	daily low max	4.4 C (39.9 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	101 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 2004

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2004. 2004 had 1,276 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 20	944
20 to 40	39
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	3