Weather Records on 24 May 2016

408 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 May 2016. Highest significance: Ed, SE.

Key Facts for 24 May 2016

On 24 May 2016, 408 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
211 were record highs and 53 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 392 daily.
Ed set an all-time record daily precipitation of 83.1 mm (3.3 in) on 24 May 2016.
Across 161 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 455 records.

Record Map

408 stations

408 station records on 24 May 2016 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 May 2016: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ed	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Denmark Agric. School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Borisoglebsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Frolovo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Fremont	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Isabela Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Isabela Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sonora	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Rtiscevo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bodie California St Historic P	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Plainville 4WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kilagarden	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bodie California St Historic P	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Le Mars	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Oktyabr Skoye	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Livny	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sodankyla AWS	Finland	Record high minimum temperature	10.5 C (50.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Usak	Turkey	Record low minimum temperature	0.5 C (32.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kirwin Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Albany	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Surgut	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	29.2 C (84.6 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Borlange	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hogboda	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Andersviksberg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Anahuac	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gustavsfors	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Onahama	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Erikstad	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolskoye/Beringa Ostrov	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	3.8 C (38.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Miltonvale	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Natoma	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rocksprings	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Two Harbors	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
M'Puoya	Congo (Brazzaville)	Record low minimum temperature	17.4 C (63.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rosso	Mauritania	Record low maximum temperature	33.7 C (92.7 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Iskenderun	Turkey	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tsuruga	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	31.6 C (88.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kjevik	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	13.2 C (55.8 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mauna Loa Slope Obs 39	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lockhart River Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gambona	Congo (Brazzaville)	Record high minimum temperature	23.4 C (74.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Yap Island WSO AP	Federated States of Micronesia	Record low maximum temperature	28.1 C (82.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Makurazaki	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	21.3 C (70.3 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Aguirre	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ostrov Sosnovez	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	14.5 C (58.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Barkakra	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	27.5 C (81.5 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Surat Thani	Thailand	Record low maximum temperature	26.0 C (78.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Surat Thani	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Benning Lawson Fld	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.5 C (50.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Maryborough	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	31.2 C (88.2 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lovewell Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hill City Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Merida	Venezuela	Record high maximum temperature	32.0 C (89.6 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Dolisie	Congo (Brazzaville)	Record low minimum temperature	17.5 C (63.5 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Iida	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	29.9 C (85.8 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ueno	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	30.2 C (86.4 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tarapoto	Peru	Record low maximum temperature	28.2 C (82.8 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kandalaksa	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	10.7 C (51.3 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
East London	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

408 records

Records set or tied on 24 May 2016 by type: Highest daily maximum 120, Lowest daily maximum 28, Highest daily minimum 91, Lowest daily minimum 25, Heaviest daily rainfall 141, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 24 May 2016 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	120
Lowest daily maximum	28
Highest daily minimum	91
Lowest daily minimum	25
Heaviest daily rainfall	141
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 24 May 2016 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 15, daily 392.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

351 broken records

Margins by which the 351 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 130.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 May 2016

Top 20 records on 24 May 2016 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 May 2016	Ed, SE	all-time rain	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	6 years	68 of 100 (Major)
24 May 2016	Denmark Agric. School, AU	monthly rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	65 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 2016	Borisoglebsk, RU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	39 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 2016	Frolovo, RU	monthly rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	71 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 2016	Fremont, US	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	109 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 2016	Isabela Substn, PR	daily high max	33.9 C (93.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	100 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 2016	Isabela Substn, PR	daily high min	23.9 C (75.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	101 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 2016	Sonora, US	daily low max	23.3 C (73.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	113 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 2016	Rtiscevo, RU	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	39 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 2016	Bodie California St Historic P, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	115 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 2016	Plainville 4WNW, US	monthly rain	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	40 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 2016	Kilagarden, SE	daily rain	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	43 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 2016	Bodie California St Historic P, US	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	1.2 cm (0.5 in)	115 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 2016	Le Mars, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	2.1 mm (0.08 in)	107 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 2016	Halmstad, SE	daily high max	27.8 C (82.0 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	87 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 2016	Oktyabr Skoye, RU	monthly high min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	63 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 2016	Livny, RU	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	46 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 2016	Sodankyla AWS, FI	daily high min	10.5 C (50.9 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	86 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 2016	Usak, TR	daily low min	0.5 C (32.9 F)	6.5 C (11.7 F)	36 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 2016	Kirwin Dam, US	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	64 years	37 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 2016

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2016. 2016 had 408 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 2026-10-16 (16 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	343
20 to 40	6
40 to 60	0
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1