Weather Records on 24 May 2015

501 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 May 2015. Highest significance: Norman 3SSE, US.

Key Facts for 24 May 2015

On 24 May 2015, 501 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
137 were record highs and 133 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 21 monthly and 478 daily.
Norman 3SSE set a daily record precipitation of 130.6 mm (5.1 in) on 24 May 2015.
Across 161 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 455 records.

Record Map

501 stations

501 station records on 24 May 2015 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 May 2015: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Norman 3SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	130.6 mm (5.1 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Novi Sad	Serbia	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Betatakin	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Boerne	United States	Record daily precipitation	154.4 mm (6.1 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
McAlester Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	156.5 mm (6.2 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Medina 1NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	238.3 mm (9.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Blackwell 1SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	140.7 mm (5.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Wichita Mtn Wr	United States	Record daily precipitation	179.6 mm (7.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Lawrence	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Winfield 3NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Gridley	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Sabinal	United States	Record daily precipitation	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Cloud Peak Reservoir	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Blanchard 2 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	158.2 mm (6.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Erick	United States	Record daily precipitation	123.7 mm (4.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Meeker 5 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Shawnee	United States	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Apache	United States	Record daily precipitation	144.3 mm (5.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hansen Sawmill	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Arkansas City	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Anadarko 3 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lawton	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Prague 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Taloga	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Shamrock #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sherman	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.4 mm (4.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Elko Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Wellington	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Arlington Six Flags	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Atoka	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Claremore 2 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Dome Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Chickasha Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.9 mm (4.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Miami	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Muskogee	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kolguev Severnyi	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	16.2 C (61.2 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Skagway	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Howard 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Geary	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Blanco	United States	Record daily precipitation	217.2 mm (8.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kaycee	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dal-Ftw Wscmo AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Osage City	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Arnett 3NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kingfisher	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gravette	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ottawa	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Peck 4 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lander AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sheridan AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Burr Oak 4S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Beowawe	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hohenwald	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dripping Springs 6 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Watson	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Caldwell	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cassoday 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

501 records

Records set or tied on 24 May 2015 by type: Highest daily maximum 46, Lowest daily maximum 64, Highest daily minimum 91, Lowest daily minimum 69, Heaviest daily rainfall 225, Heaviest daily snowfall 4, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 24 May 2015 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	46
Lowest daily maximum	64
Highest daily minimum	91
Lowest daily minimum	69
Heaviest daily rainfall	225
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 24 May 2015 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 21, daily 478.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

434 broken records

Margins by which the 434 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 320.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 May 2015

Top 20 records on 24 May 2015 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 May 2015	Norman 3SSE, US	daily rain	130.6 mm (5.1 in)	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	108 years	78 of 100 (Major)
24 May 2015	Novi Sad, RS	all-time rain	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	72 of 100 (Major)
24 May 2015	Betatakin, US	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	73 years	69 of 100 (Major)
24 May 2015	Boerne, US	daily rain	154.4 mm (6.1 in)	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	68 years	68 of 100 (Major)
24 May 2015	Madison, US	daily rain	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	106 years	65 of 100 (Major)
24 May 2015	McAlester Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	156.5 mm (6.2 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	106 years	64 of 100 (Major)
24 May 2015	Medina 1NE, US	monthly rain	238.3 mm (9.4 in)	117.9 mm (4.6 in)	27 years	63 of 100 (Major)
24 May 2015	Blackwell 1SSW, US	monthly rain	140.7 mm (5.5 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	46 years	60 of 100 (Major)
24 May 2015	Wichita Mtn Wr, US	monthly rain	179.6 mm (7.1 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	64 years	60 of 100 (Major)
24 May 2015	Lawrence, US	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	78 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 2015	Winfield 3NE, US	daily rain	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	102 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 2015	Gridley, US	daily rain	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	24 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 2015	Sabinal, US	daily rain	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	106 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 2015	Cloud Peak Reservoir, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	34 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 2015	Blanchard 2 SSW, US	daily rain	158.2 mm (6.2 in)	120.1 mm (4.7 in)	20 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 2015	Erick, US	daily rain	123.7 mm (4.9 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	60 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 2015	Meeker 5 W, US	daily rain	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	105 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 2015	Shawnee, US	daily rain	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	106 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 2015	Apache, US	monthly rain	144.3 mm (5.7 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	68 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 2015	Hansen Sawmill, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	30 years	51 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 2015

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2015. 2015 had 501 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 50	422
50 to 100	8
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1