Weather Records on 15 May 2024

596 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 May 2024. Highest significance: Nizamabad, IN.

Key Facts for 15 May 2024

On 15 May 2024, 596 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
390 were record highs and 44 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 22 monthly and 573 daily.
Nizamabad set a daily record precipitation of 63.0 mm (2.5 in) on 15 May 2024.
Across 162 earlier years (1820 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 430 records.

Record Map

596 stations

596 station records on 15 May 2024 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 May 2024: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Nizamabad	India	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Roxboro 7 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Emporia 1 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Middelburg	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Winterpock	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Westhampton Gabreski AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Philippine	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Moorcroft 3S	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Graham 2 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Clarksville	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
S Boston	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Newburgh L&D	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Rocky Mt 8 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Chase City	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hopewell	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Oksoey Fyr	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	13.4 C (56.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Daytona Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kii-Kahuku 911	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Westkapelle	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ellsworth	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Henderson 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wytheville	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Vero Beach Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Iliamna AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.5 C (22.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Martinsville 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Judal Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Leeuwin	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	18.4 C (65.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Lauderdale Beach	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Pierce	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Clark 3NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Baise	China	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Slatteroy Fyr	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	14.3 C (57.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wauchula	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Frankfort Disposal	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Vitim	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Apalachicola AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
John H Kerr Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Islip-Li Macarthur AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kaneohe Bay MCAS	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wallops Is Nasa Test Facility	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Perl-Nennig	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Utsira Fyr	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	13.1 C (55.6 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Smithland L&D	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Stavanger - Valand	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kloosterzande	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Stavanger - Valand	Norway	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Slatteroy Fyr	Norway	Record high maximum temperature	24.8 C (76.6 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Louisburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Nelsonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cheraw	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Utsira Fyr	Norway	Record high maximum temperature	21.3 C (70.3 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dry Tortugas	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello Muni AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Obrestad Fyr	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	13.4 C (56.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sula	Norway	Record high maximum temperature	22.1 C (71.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ostergarnsholm_A	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Melbourne WFO	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hami	China	Record high minimum temperature	22.4 C (72.3 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

596 records

Records set or tied on 15 May 2024 by type: Highest daily maximum 148, Lowest daily maximum 9, Highest daily minimum 242, Lowest daily minimum 35, Heaviest daily rainfall 161, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 15 May 2024 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	148
Lowest daily maximum	9
Highest daily minimum	242
Lowest daily minimum	35
Heaviest daily rainfall	161
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 15 May 2024 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 22, daily 573.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

496 broken records

Margins by which the 496 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 69.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 May 2024

Top 20 records on 15 May 2024 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 May 2024	Nizamabad, IN	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	82 years	74 of 100 (Major)
15 May 2024	Roxboro 7 ESE, US	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	122 years	67 of 100 (Major)
15 May 2024	Emporia 1 WNW, US	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	90 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 2024	Middelburg, NL	daily rain	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	18.9 mm (0.7 in)	23 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 2024	Winterpock, US	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	29 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 2024	Westhampton Gabreski AP, US	daily rain	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	18 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 2024	Philippine, NL	daily rain	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 2024	Moorcroft 3S, US	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	72 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 2024	Graham 2 ENE, US	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	100 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 2024	Clarksville, US	daily rain	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	13 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 2024	S Boston, US	daily rain	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	69.8 mm (2.7 in)	15 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 2024	Newburgh L&D, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	90 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 2024	Rocky Mt 8 ESE, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	108 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 2024	Chase City, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	13 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 2024	Hopewell, US	daily rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	90 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 2024	Oksoey Fyr, NO	daily high min	13.4 C (56.1 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	113 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 2024	Daytona Beach, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	99 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 2024	Kii-Kahuku 911, US	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	5 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 2024	Westkapelle, NL	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	16 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 2024	Ellsworth, US	daily rain	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	1 year	43 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

1820 to 2024

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1820 to 2024. 2024 had 596 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 05-15 in each year
Year	Records
1820	1
1825	1
1831	1
1832	1
1837	2
1845	1
1847	2
1848	1
1855	2
1857	2
1859	1
1862	1
1863	1
1865	1
1866	2
1867	1
1868	2
1870	1
1871	3
1874	2
1876	4
1878	1
1879	2
1881	1
1883	1
1885	1
1886	2
1888	3
1891	3
1893	5
1894	2
1895	4
1896	2
1897	4
1898	3
1899	9
1900	9
1901	2
1902	9
1903	4
1904	13
1905	16
1906	10
1907	27
1908	25
1909	89
1910	27
1911	27
1912	26
1913	60
1914	16
1915	236
1916	27
1917	80
1918	133
1919	25
1920	58
1921	92
1922	30
1923	125
1924	174
1925	100
1926	161
1927	191
1928	144
1929	161
1930	136
1931	459
1932	368
1933	439
1934	227
1935	288
1936	372
1937	373
1938	393
1939	351
1940	179
1941	454
1942	701
1943	568
1944	630
1945	588
1946	238
1947	334
1948	264
1949	363
1950	260
1951	736
1952	476
1953	426
1954	355
1955	538
1956	466
1957	521
1958	605
1959	764
1960	291
1961	508
1962	1,128
1963	782
1964	347
1965	320
1966	389
1967	609
1968	1,019
1969	790
1970	512
1971	351
1972	484
1973	818
1974	1,230
1975	372
1976	803
1977	1,186
1978	922
1979	404
1980	625
1981	586
1982	500
1983	1,215
1984	1,059
1985	649
1986	679
1987	1,073
1988	643
1989	552
1990	776
1991	1,179
1992	944
1993	784
1994	910
1995	1,750
1996	1,452
1997	1,175
1998	1,641
1999	810
2000	850
2001	1,280
2002	801
2003	1,023
2004	1,046
2005	767
2006	955
2007	949
2008	995
2009	675
2010	1,088
2011	1,298
2012	751
2013	1,081
2014	1,411
2015	717
2016	890
2017	435
2018	1,074
2019	627
2020	472
2021	412
2022	847
2023	566
2024	596
2025	801
2026	481

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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 10	443
10 to 20	29
20 to 30	13
30 to 40	4
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	5
60 to 70	1