Weather Records on 24 May 1991

1,495 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 May 1991. Highest significance: Healy, US.

Key Facts for 24 May 1991

On 24 May 1991, 1,495 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
984 were record highs and 268 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 66 monthly and 1,426 daily.
Healy set a daily record precipitation of 52.1 mm (2.1 in) on 24 May 1991.
Across 161 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 448 records.

Record Map

1,495 stations

1,495 station records on 24 May 1991 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 May 1991: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Healy	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Langtry	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Winnibigoshish Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Elk Mtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Canton L&D 20	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Sisian	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ignacio Lopez Rayon	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lake George 8 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Pelican Rapids	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Childress Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mungindi Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Zinder	Niger	Record low maximum temperature	27.6 C (81.7 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ust Tzilma	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	16.5 C (61.7 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Barrow AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Elkhart	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bayfield 6 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
San Luis San Pedro	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Devils Garden	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Fulton 3 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Agassiz Refuge	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	9.2 C (48.6 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Zoetendals Vallei	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gyzylarbat	Turkmenistan	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-8.0 C (17.6 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lake City Exp Farm	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nindigully	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Estherville 4E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Quincy Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Yuanping	China	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Charles	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Grayling	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Caledonia	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fairmont	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ravenna	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
San Diego de Alejandria	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Danville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
1 WSW Princeton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Washington 1 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Leech Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Selinsgrove 2 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Samarkand	Uzbekistan	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bamberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-0.5 C (31.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Maradi	Niger	Record low maximum temperature	28.7 C (83.7 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Madison	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Effingham 3SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Elgin Water	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Harbor Beach 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Milford Gm Proving Ground	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Corinth 5 WSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Middletown 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Barraba Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Coimbra	Portugal	Record high maximum temperature	33.2 C (91.8 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Narjan Mar	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Geneseo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
E Jordan	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
W Branch 3SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wauseon Wtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Byssa	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Waycross 4 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,495 records

Records set or tied on 24 May 1991 by type: Highest daily maximum 254, Lowest daily maximum 99, Highest daily minimum 730, Lowest daily minimum 169, Heaviest daily rainfall 237, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 24 May 1991 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	254
Lowest daily maximum	99
Highest daily minimum	730
Lowest daily minimum	169
Heaviest daily rainfall	237
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 24 May 1991 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 66, daily 1,426.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,137 broken records

Margins by which the 1,137 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 61.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 May 1991

Top 20 records on 24 May 1991 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 May 1991	Healy, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	85 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1991	Langtry, US	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1991	Winnibigoshish Dam, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	53 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1991	Elk Mtn, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1991	Canton L&D 20, US	daily rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	56 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1991	Sisian, AM	daily rain	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	44 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1991	Ignacio Lopez Rayon, MX	daily low min	15.0 C (59.0 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1991	Lake George 8 SW, US	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1991	Pelican Rapids, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	48 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1991	Childress Muni AP, US	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1991	Mungindi Post Office, AU	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	77 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1991	Zinder, NE	daily low max	27.6 C (81.7 F)	7.4 C (13.3 F)	37 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1991	Ust Tzilma, RU	daily high min	16.5 C (61.7 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	94 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1991	Barrow AP, US	daily snowfall	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	13 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1991	Elkhart, US	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	54 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1991	Bayfield 6 N, US	daily high min	17.8 C (64.0 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	95 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1991	San Luis San Pedro, MX	daily high max	40.6 C (105.1 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	28 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1991	Devils Garden, US	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	22 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1991	Fulton 3 W, US	daily high min	21.7 C (71.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	94 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 May 1991	Agassiz Refuge, US	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	4 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 1991

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1991. 1991 had 1,495 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 1991-05-24: 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 10	1,064
10 to 20	39
20 to 30	21
30 to 40	8
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	1