Weather Records on 24 May 2026

877 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 May 2026. Highest significance: Fulton, US.

Key Facts for 24 May 2026

On 24 May 2026, 877 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
603 were record highs and 169 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 60 monthly and 816 daily.
Fulton set a daily record precipitation of 35.3 mm (1.4 in) on 24 May 2026.
Across 161 earlier years (1794 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 452 records.

Record Map

877 stations

877 station records on 24 May 2026 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 May 2026: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Fulton	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Brockport	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	29.7 C (85.5 F)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	33.4 C (92.1 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	31.2 C (88.2 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bradford	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	30.9 C (87.6 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Buxton	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	29.9 C (85.8 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Rothamsted	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	32.0 C (89.6 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wisley	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lisbon	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Stearns 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lewiston	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mocksville 5SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dover	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cayuga Lock #1	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lockport 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pulaski 2 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Vienna	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Northam	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	-0.4 C (31.3 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Stevensville 2SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Auburn	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Elmira	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Louisburg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Statesville 2 NNE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Martinsville Fltr Plt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Arkadelphia 2 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Victor 2NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Chapel Hill 2 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Greeneville Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesboro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fillmore	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bordeaux-Merignac	France	Record high maximum temperature	34.2 C (93.6 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Geisenheim	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	31.4 C (88.5 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	10.8 C (51.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	29.8 C (85.6 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Port Jervis	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Huntsville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record high maximum temperature	25.1 C (77.2 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Geneva Rsch Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hemlock	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hoonah	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pte de Chassiron	France	Record high minimum temperature	18.5 C (65.3 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Saga	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sellersville	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Preston: Moor Park	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	30.9 C (87.6 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Niagara Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sioux Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Haikou	China	Record high minimum temperature	28.1 C (82.6 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Quicksand	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gastonia	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tryon	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Zeitz	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	16.3 C (61.3 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Berus	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	18.4 C (65.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rhein Main	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	32.0 C (89.6 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Salamanca Aeropuerto	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Portola	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Xichang	China	Record high minimum temperature	26.4 C (79.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Jian	China	Record high minimum temperature	30.1 C (86.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mont-de-Marsan	France	Record high maximum temperature	33.2 C (91.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wurzburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	31.3 C (88.3 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

877 records

Records set or tied on 24 May 2026 by type: Highest daily maximum 273, Lowest daily maximum 131, Highest daily minimum 330, Lowest daily minimum 38, Heaviest daily rainfall 104, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 24 May 2026 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	273
Lowest daily maximum	131
Highest daily minimum	330
Lowest daily minimum	38
Heaviest daily rainfall	104
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 24 May 2026 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 60, daily 816.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

750 broken records

Margins by which the 750 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 54.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 May 2026

Top 20 records on 24 May 2026 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 May 2026	Fulton, US	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	88 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 2026	Brockport, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	113 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 2026	Durham, GB	monthly high max	29.7 C (85.5 F)	1.9 C (3.4 F)	103 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 2026	Oxford, GB	monthly high max	33.4 C (92.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	81 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 2026	Cet Central England, GB	monthly high max	31.2 C (88.2 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	81 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 2026	Bradford, GB	monthly high max	30.9 C (87.6 F)	2.6 C (4.7 F)	78 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 2026	Buxton, GB	monthly high max	29.9 C (85.8 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	78 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 2026	Rothamsted, GB	monthly high max	32.0 C (89.6 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	78 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 2026	Wisley, GB	monthly high max	33.3 C (91.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	81 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 2026	Lisbon, US	daily rain	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	54.3 mm (2.1 in)	35 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 2026	Stearns 2S, US	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 2026	Lewiston, US	monthly rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	0.3 mm (0.01 in)	89 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 2026	Mocksville 5SE, US	daily low max	15.0 C (59.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	130 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 2026	Dover, US	daily low max	13.9 C (57.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	104 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 2026	Cayuga Lock #1, US	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	12 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 2026	Lockport 2SE, US	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	76 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 2026	Pulaski 2 E, US	daily low max	12.8 C (55.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	103 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 2026	Vienna, US	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	64 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 2026	Northam, AU	daily low min	-0.4 C (31.3 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	112 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 2026	Stevensville 2SW, US	daily low max	14.4 C (57.9 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	85 years	42 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 2026

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2026. 2026 had 877 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 2026-10-17. Last revised 17 October 2026 (2026-10-17).

Margin	Records
0 to 10	717
10 to 20	23
20 to 30	6
30 to 40	2
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	1