Weather Records on 24 October 1911

23 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 October 1911. Highest significance: Uniondale (Tnk), ZA.

Key Facts for 24 October 1911

On 24 October 1911, 23 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
4 were record highs and 0 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 22 daily.
Uniondale (Tnk) set a daily record precipitation of 25.4 mm (1.0 in) on 24 October 1911.
Across 158 earlier years (1802 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 480 records.

Record Map

23 stations

23 station records on 24 October 1911 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 October 1911: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Uniondale (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
George Airport	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ladismith (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Beaufort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Robertson	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jansenville	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Graaff Reinet	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Maryland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	11.8 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Somerset East	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Ferntree Gully	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
St John's	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Gysinge	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	14.6 mm (0.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Nicola Lake	Canada	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Calitzdorp Pol	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Eversleigh	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Riversdale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Willowmore	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Grahamstown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	10.7 C (51.3 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	9.1 C (48.4 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Milan	Italy	Record daily precipitation	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

23 records

Records set or tied on 24 October 1911 by type: Highest daily minimum 4, Heaviest daily rainfall 19.

Records on 24 October 1911 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	0
Lowest daily maximum	0
Highest daily minimum	4
Lowest daily minimum	0
Heaviest daily rainfall	19
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 24 October 1911 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 22.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

23 broken records

Margins by which the 23 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 27.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 October 1911

Top 20 records on 24 October 1911 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 October 1911	Uniondale (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1911	George Airport, ZA	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	14 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1911	Ladismith (Tnk), ZA	monthly rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	5.0 mm (0.20 in)	31 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1911	Fort Beaufort, ZA	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1911	Robertson, ZA	daily rain	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	23 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1911	Jansenville, ZA	daily rain	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	8 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1911	Graaff Reinet, ZA	daily rain	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	15 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1911	Maryland, AU	daily rain	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	1.7 mm (0.07 in)	42 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1911	Arhangelsk, RU	daily rain	11.8 mm (0.5 in)	4.5 mm (0.18 in)	4 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1911	Somerset East, ZA	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	14 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1911	Ferntree Gully, AU	daily rain	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	16 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1911	St John's, CA	daily high min	13.9 C (57.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	14 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1911	Gysinge, SE	daily rain	14.6 mm (0.6 in)	0.6 mm (0.02 in)	33 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1911	Nicola Lake, CA	daily rain	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	0.3 mm (0.01 in)	30 years	12 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1911	Calitzdorp Pol, ZA	daily rain	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	15 years	12 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1911	Eversleigh, AU	daily rain	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	20 years	10 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1911	Riversdale, ZA	daily rain	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	20 years	10 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1911	Willowmore, ZA	daily rain	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	4.9 mm (0.19 in)	0 years	10 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1911	Grahamstown, ZA	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	0 years	9 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1911	Sandvig, DK	daily high min	10.7 C (51.3 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	19 years	8 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

1802 to 1911

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1911. 1911 had 23 records.

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

Records on 10-24 in each year
Year	Records
1802	2
1840	1
1844	1
1846	1
1849	1
1850	1
1851	1
1857	1
1859	1
1864	1
1866	2
1869	2
1872	2
1873	1
1875	1
1876	2
1877	2
1879	1
1880	7
1881	1
1884	1
1886	2
1887	3
1890	3
1891	3
1892	1
1893	3
1894	3
1895	5
1896	3
1897	1
1898	6
1899	3
1900	9
1901	4
1902	13
1903	6
1904	13
1905	22
1906	30
1907	11
1908	26
1909	13
1910	8
1911	23
1912	37
1913	85
1914	12
1915	43
1916	29
1917	145
1918	27
1919	48
1920	273
1921	54
1922	193
1923	169
1924	94
1925	258
1926	268
1927	308
1928	66
1929	200
1930	420
1931	351
1932	334
1933	256
1934	535
1935	343
1936	223
1937	588
1938	686
1939	776
1940	406
1941	304
1942	299
1943	369
1944	313
1945	549
1946	427
1947	427
1948	215
1949	624
1950	314
1951	546
1952	409
1953	244
1954	538
1955	460
1956	581
1957	673
1958	316
1959	885
1960	378
1961	228
1962	346
1963	1,397
1964	469
1965	387
1966	515
1967	273
1968	206
1969	1,115
1970	594
1971	794
1972	464
1973	558
1974	537
1975	2,018
1976	730
1977	469
1978	594
1979	683
1980	826
1981	1,920
1982	838
1983	662
1984	1,000
1985	902
1986	506
1987	674
1988	512
1989	1,182
1990	594
1991	1,380
1992	1,169
1993	602
1994	594
1995	1,119
1996	1,027
1997	1,400
1998	1,238
1999	1,374
2000	1,514
2001	1,769
2002	2,094
2003	1,934
2004	1,300
2005	973
2006	1,709
2007	1,631
2008	808
2009	870
2010	1,037
2011	658
2012	1,027
2013	497
2014	883
2015	528
2016	622
2017	858
2018	442
2019	761
2020	1,993
2021	588
2022	1,412
2023	682
2024	783
2025	286

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Data for records on 1911-10-24: 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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 5	13
5 to 10	3
10 to 15	2
15 to 20	2
20 to 25	2
25 to 30	1