Weather Records on 24 February 1909

73 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 February 1909. Highest significance: Moorestown 4 E, US.

Key Facts for 24 February 1909

On 24 February 1909, 73 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
13 were record highs and 18 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 72 daily.
Moorestown 4 E set a daily record precipitation of 55.9 mm (2.2 in) on 24 February 1909.
Across 153 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 565 records.

Record Map

73 stations

73 station records on 24 February 1909 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 February 1909: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Moorestown 4 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Macedon Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Whroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Trenton 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Middletown 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Momba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-18.2 C (-0.8 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Paterson	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Vineland	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Deniliquin (Wilkinson St)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	19.7 C (67.5 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Portland	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Charlton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	-7.6 C (18.3 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston Queens U	Canada	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Reading Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	Canada	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Quebec	Canada	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Borda Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Philadelphia City	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Scotsburn (Mount Boninyong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Dover	Canada	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Concord	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lakefield	Canada	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Alice Springs Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Ferntree Gully	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	-6.0 C (21.2 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Dalhousie	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-10.8 C (12.6 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
White Cliffs (Tongo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Roto (Coombie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Teryawynia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Windsor Riverside	Canada	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-17.4 C (0.7 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Kyneton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-16.4 C (2.5 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Port Stanley	Canada	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-6.6 C (20.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Northumberland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Wagga Wagga (Kooringal)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Augsburg (Sankt Stephan)	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-6.2 C (20.8 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Balranald (Rsl)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Goderich Lighthouse	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Regensburg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-3.8 C (25.2 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Riva	Italy	Record low maximum temperature	1.8 C (35.2 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Bindara (Netley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Saint John	Canada	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-12.0 C (10.4 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-10.5 C (13.1 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-13.4 C (7.9 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Cleveland 2717 Euclid	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Gambier Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Horsham Polkemmet Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Bute	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Philadelphia City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

73 records

Records set or tied on 24 February 1909 by type: Highest daily maximum 4, Lowest daily maximum 9, Highest daily minimum 9, Lowest daily minimum 9, Heaviest daily rainfall 42.

Records on 24 February 1909 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	4
Lowest daily maximum	9
Highest daily minimum	9
Lowest daily minimum	9
Heaviest daily rainfall	42
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 24 February 1909 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 72.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

68 broken records

Margins by which the 68 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 37.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 February 1909

Top 20 records on 24 February 1909 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 February 1909	Moorestown 4 E, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	41 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1909	Macedon Forestry, AU	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	17 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1909	Whroo, AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	7 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1909	Trenton 2, US	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	31 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1909	Middletown 4 W, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	31 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1909	Momba, AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1909	Kremsmuenster, AT	daily low min	-18.2 C (-0.8 F)	7.5 C (13.5 F)	19 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1909	Paterson, US	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	42 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1909	Vineland, US	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	2 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1909	Deniliquin (Wilkinson St), AU	daily low max	19.7 C (67.5 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	50 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1909	Portland, US	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	21 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1909	Charlton, AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	30 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1909	Salzburg, AT	daily low max	-7.6 C (18.3 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	33 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1909	Kingston Queens U, CA	daily rain	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	21 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1909	Reading Wb City, US	daily rain	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	33 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1909	Beatrice, CA	daily rain	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	28 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1909	Quebec, CA	daily rain	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	21 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1909	Cape Borda Comparison, AU	daily rain	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	9 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1909	Philadelphia City, US	daily rain	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	31 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1909	Scotsburn (Mount Boninyong), AU	daily rain	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	11 years	20 of 100 (Routine)

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 1909

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1909. 1909 had 73 records.

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

Records on 02-24 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1813	1
1814	4
1836	1
1846	2
1858	2
1863	1
1867	1
1868	1
1870	1
1873	2
1875	2
1876	1
1877	2
1879	4
1881	1
1886	1
1887	2
1888	7
1889	6
1891	3
1892	2
1894	2
1896	1
1897	4
1898	10
1899	4
1900	14
1901	4
1902	7
1903	5
1904	5
1905	13
1906	33
1907	16
1908	14
1909	73
1910	25
1911	16
1912	58
1913	6
1914	26
1915	46
1916	24
1917	52
1918	50
1919	39
1920	15
1921	82
1922	54
1923	63
1924	73
1925	110
1926	166
1927	402
1928	139
1929	141
1930	1,185
1931	164
1932	226
1933	331
1934	887
1935	251
1936	514
1937	148
1938	202
1939	385
1940	279
1941	490
1942	287
1943	375
1944	463
1945	212
1946	440
1947	779
1948	299
1949	420
1950	712
1951	423
1952	535
1953	423
1954	720
1955	1,120
1956	627
1957	649
1958	866
1959	217
1960	1,145
1961	520
1962	1,412
1963	593
1964	447
1965	993
1966	637
1967	1,134
1968	734
1969	874
1970	354
1971	377
1972	753
1973	235
1974	365
1975	1,570
1976	999
1977	1,307
1978	1,061
1979	1,473
1980	466
1981	1,177
1982	898
1983	533
1984	652
1985	1,412
1986	1,309
1987	952
1988	373
1989	1,776
1990	1,969
1991	641
1992	922
1993	1,730
1994	1,070
1995	1,081
1996	1,209
1997	1,537
1998	1,459
1999	752
2000	2,155
2001	1,407
2002	883
2003	1,735
2004	980
2005	742
2006	487
2007	1,095
2008	1,060
2009	852
2010	1,527
2011	1,291
2012	838
2013	705
2014	623
2015	1,963
2016	818
2017	1,612
2018	1,356
2019	1,302
2020	697
2021	860
2022	1,808
2023	1,793
2024	417
2025	966
2026	1,107

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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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 5	43
5 to 10	5
10 to 15	12
15 to 20	1
20 to 25	4
25 to 30	2
30 to 35	0
35 to 40	1