Weather Records on 24 May 2013

861 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 May 2013. Highest significance: Kempsey (Wide Street), AU.

Key Facts for 24 May 2013

On 24 May 2013, 861 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
191 were record highs and 435 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 22 monthly and 837 daily.
Kempsey (Wide Street) set a daily record precipitation of 125.8 mm (5.0 in) on 24 May 2013.
Across 161 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 452 records.

Record Map

861 stations

861 station records on 24 May 2013 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 May 2013: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kempsey (Wide Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	125.8 mm (5.0 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Macksville Country Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	158.6 mm (6.2 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Comboyne Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	155.0 mm (6.1 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Hannam Vale (Hannam Vale Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	117.0 mm (4.6 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Telegraph Point (Farrawells Ro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	120.0 mm (4.7 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Samarkand	Uzbekistan	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Eden	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Krambach Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Raton Muni Crews Fld AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Jayton	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Nambucca Heads Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	235.0 mm (9.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Ruston la Tech	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Wanaque Raymond Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Rocky Rvr Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hooker 12 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Prade Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Barre Falls Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Mansfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Houlton AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Le Bourget	France	Record low minimum temperature	2.0 C (35.6 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ringwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Guyra (Lyndhurst)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Camden Airport AWS	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Jackman	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Moosehead	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Nashua 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
West Souburg	Netherlands	Record low minimum temperature	3.7 C (38.7 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ellenburg Depot	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Comboyne South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	136.0 mm (5.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Uccle	Belgium	Record low maximum temperature	8.7 C (47.7 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Roslavl	Russia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Water Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Turramurra (Kissing Point Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Colebrook 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
N Stratford	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Forest Grove	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Amery	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Austin Bergstrom Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cooranbong (Avondale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ebor (Wongwibinda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	7.4 C (45.3 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
West Souburg	Netherlands	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dzhikimda	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record low maximum temperature	-6.9 C (19.6 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Two Harbors	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lovelock	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
McDermitt	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.7 C (27.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Darwin River Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wollombi (Narone Creek Rd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kulnura (Mangrove Creek Dam)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-0.3 C (31.5 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	9.8 C (49.6 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Schierke	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	7.1 C (44.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bulls Brg Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville 2 NNE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jefferson	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

861 records

Records set or tied on 24 May 2013 by type: Highest daily maximum 83, Lowest daily maximum 234, Highest daily minimum 108, Lowest daily minimum 201, Heaviest daily rainfall 231, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 24 May 2013 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	83
Lowest daily maximum	234
Highest daily minimum	108
Lowest daily minimum	201
Heaviest daily rainfall	231
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 24 May 2013 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 22, daily 837.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

733 broken records

Margins by which the 733 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 1066.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 May 2013

Top 20 records on 24 May 2013 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 May 2013	Kempsey (Wide Street), AU	daily rain	125.8 mm (5.0 in)	92.8 mm (3.7 in)	112 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
24 May 2013	Macksville Country Club, AU	daily rain	158.6 mm (6.2 in)	117.5 mm (4.6 in)	107 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
24 May 2013	Comboyne Post Office, AU	daily rain	155.0 mm (6.1 in)	112.1 mm (4.4 in)	70 years	71 of 100 (Major)
24 May 2013	Hannam Vale (Hannam Vale Road), AU	daily rain	117.0 mm (4.6 in)	78.9 mm (3.1 in)	70 years	69 of 100 (Major)
24 May 2013	Telegraph Point (Farrawells Ro, AU	daily rain	120.0 mm (4.7 in)	92.1 mm (3.6 in)	70 years	69 of 100 (Major)
24 May 2013	Samarkand, UZ	all-time rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	9 years	69 of 100 (Major)
24 May 2013	Eden, US	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	56 years	62 of 100 (Major)
24 May 2013	Krambach Post Office, AU	daily rain	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	48.9 mm (1.9 in)	84 years	60 of 100 (Major)
24 May 2013	Raton Muni Crews Fld AP, US	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	56 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 2013	Jayton, US	monthly rain	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	18 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 2013	Nambucca Heads Bowling Club, AU	monthly rain	235.0 mm (9.3 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	92 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 2013	Ruston la Tech, US	monthly high min	25.6 C (78.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	111 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 2013	Wanaque Raymond Dam, US	daily rain	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	34 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 2013	Rocky Rvr Dam, US	daily rain	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	34 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 2013	Hooker 12 NNW, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	75 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 2013	Prade Rch, US	monthly rain	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	41 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 2013	Barre Falls Dam, US	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	52 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 2013	Mt Mansfield, US	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	8 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 2013	Houlton AP, US	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	8 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 2013	Le Bourget, FR	daily low min	2.0 C (35.6 F)	2.5 C (4.5 F)	108 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 2013

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2013. 2013 had 861 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 200	731
200 to 400	0
400 to 600	1
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	0
1000 to 1200	1