Weather Records on 24 May 2008

1,173 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 May 2008. Highest significance: Dresden, US.

Key Facts for 24 May 2008

On 24 May 2008, 1,173 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
376 were record highs and 482 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 49 monthly and 1,122 daily.
Dresden set a daily record precipitation of 71.1 mm (2.8 in) on 24 May 2008.
Across 161 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 450 records.

Record Map

1,173 stations

1,173 station records on 24 May 2008 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 May 2008: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Dresden	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Elwood 8 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Cambridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Greeley	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Ravenna	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Saint Paul	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Trenton Dam 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Wilsonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Warrenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Bertrand	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Beaver City	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Highmore	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Plainville 4WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Medicine Creek Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Hebron	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Gaya	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Simojovel (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Minden	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Miller	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.7 mm (4.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Biddle 8 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kearney 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Florence	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Smith Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Loup City	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ord #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Boysen Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bobruisk	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hoxie	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Oberlin	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Broadus	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Harlan Co Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Seligman	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Neligh	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Lewis	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cottonwood Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Norton Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Aurora	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Slavgorod	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Palco	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Studley 9NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Billings Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Osceola	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Rantoul	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Dos Patrias	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Casa Grande Nm	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hobson	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Quartzsite	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tumacacori Nm	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tuscola	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Atwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville Kgvl Radio	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Midwest	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Newcastle	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sells	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Norton 9SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rexford	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Culbertson	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cerro	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Slutsk	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ouessant	France	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,173 records

Records set or tied on 24 May 2008 by type: Highest daily maximum 141, Lowest daily maximum 328, Highest daily minimum 235, Lowest daily minimum 154, Heaviest daily rainfall 301, Heaviest daily snowfall 8, Deepest snow cover 6.

Records on 24 May 2008 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	141
Lowest daily maximum	328
Highest daily minimum	235
Lowest daily minimum	154
Heaviest daily rainfall	301
Heaviest daily snowfall	8
Deepest snow cover	6

Records on 24 May 2008 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 49, daily 1,122.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

872 broken records

Margins by which the 872 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 483.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 May 2008

Top 20 records on 24 May 2008 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 May 2008	Dresden, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	109 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
24 May 2008	Elwood 8 S, US	daily rain	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	64.7 mm (2.5 in)	93 years	77 of 100 (Major)
24 May 2008	Cambridge, US	daily rain	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	74 years	71 of 100 (Major)
24 May 2008	Greeley, US	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	99 years	64 of 100 (Major)
24 May 2008	Ravenna, US	monthly rain	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	103 years	64 of 100 (Major)
24 May 2008	Saint Paul, US	daily rain	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	101 years	64 of 100 (Major)
24 May 2008	Trenton Dam 1N, US	monthly rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	46 years	63 of 100 (Major)
24 May 2008	Wilsonville, US	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	43 years	62 of 100 (Major)
24 May 2008	Warrenton, US	daily rain	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	45.9 mm (1.8 in)	65 years	61 of 100 (Major)
24 May 2008	Bertrand, US	daily rain	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	43 years	61 of 100 (Major)
24 May 2008	Beaver City, US	monthly rain	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	112 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 2008	Highmore, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	101 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 2008	Plainville 4WNW, US	daily rain	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	26 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 2008	Medicine Creek Dam, US	daily rain	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	43 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 2008	Hebron, US	daily snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 2008	Gaya, IN	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	88 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 2008	Simojovel (Dge), MX	monthly rain	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	35 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 2008	Minden, US	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	99 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 2008	Miller, US	daily rain	110.7 mm (4.4 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	43 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 2008	Biddle 8 SW, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	37 years	53 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 2008

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2008. 2008 had 1,173 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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 24 May 2008
Margin	Records
0 to 100	870
100 to 200	1
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1