Weather Records on 24 May 2021

583 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 May 2021. Highest significance: Alberton, US.

Key Facts for 24 May 2021

On 24 May 2021, 583 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
258 were record highs and 154 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 563 daily.
Alberton set a daily record precipitation of 30.7 mm (1.2 in) on 24 May 2021.
Across 161 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 454 records.

Record Map

583 stations

583 station records on 24 May 2021 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 May 2021: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Alberton	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Heron 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Torrevieja	Spain	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Copper Bottom	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mott	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Mestad I Oddernes	Norway	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Cabinet Gorge	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
North Fork Jocko	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Stahl Peak	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lemmer (Gemaal Buma)	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Alicante	Spain	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Richardton Abbey	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Myronivka	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Libby Dam (Base)	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Copper Camp	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ekimchan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Chester	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Fairfield	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Oldeholtpade	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Streator 2SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dovland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Middleboro	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Aseral	Norway	Record daily precipitation	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Samsun	Turkey	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Winnebago	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hungry Horse Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Keene 3S	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Youngs Siding	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Aktobe	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	36.3 C (97.3 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Uil	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	38.2 C (100.8 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Landvik	Norway	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Creston	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bellefontaine	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
San Marcos	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bayard	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Babinda Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.5 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Goldbutte 7 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Gambier Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	21.2 C (70.2 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Frederiksoord	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Im. Poliny Osipenko	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Coleman	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Aksakovo	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	34.1 C (93.4 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Magnitogorsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Winona	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kraft Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mukdahan	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Milaca	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen Phillips Fld	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Albany	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide West Terrace	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	25.4 C (77.7 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Atyrau	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	22.9 C (73.2 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mykland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Nerchinskij Zavod	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mahackala	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	20.3 C (68.5 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Theilman 1SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Long Branch-Oakhurst	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Eagle	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Narrandera (Top Reeds)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bear Mountain	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Aralskoe More	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	22.7 C (72.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

583 records

Records set or tied on 24 May 2021 by type: Highest daily maximum 151, Lowest daily maximum 77, Highest daily minimum 107, Lowest daily minimum 77, Heaviest daily rainfall 169, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 24 May 2021 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	151
Lowest daily maximum	77
Highest daily minimum	107
Lowest daily minimum	77
Heaviest daily rainfall	169
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 24 May 2021 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 18, daily 563.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

465 broken records

Margins by which the 465 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 152.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 May 2021

Top 20 records on 24 May 2021 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 May 2021	Alberton, US	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	63 years	61 of 100 (Major)
24 May 2021	Heron 2 NW, US	daily rain	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	24 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 2021	Torrevieja, ES	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	24 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 2021	Copper Bottom, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 2021	Mott, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	56 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 2021	Mestad I Oddernes, NO	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	83 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 2021	Cabinet Gorge, US	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 2021	North Fork Jocko, US	monthly rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	0 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 2021	Stahl Peak, US	daily rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	31 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 2021	Lemmer (Gemaal Buma), NL	daily rain	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	78 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 2021	Alicante, ES	monthly rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 2021	Richardton Abbey, US	daily rain	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	2 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 2021	Myronivka, UA	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 2021	Libby Dam (Base), US	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 2021	Copper Camp, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	14 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 2021	Ekimchan, RU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	16.1 mm (0.6 in)	36 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 2021	Chester, US	daily low max	3.9 C (39.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	110 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 2021	Fairfield, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	72 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 2021	Oldeholtpade, NL	daily rain	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	15 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 2021	Streator 2SE, US	daily high min	20.0 C (68.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	108 years	44 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 2021

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2021. 2021 had 583 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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Data for records on 2021-05-24: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	444
20 to 40	15
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1