Weather Records on 24 January 1917

63 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 January 1917. Highest significance: Morven Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 24 January 1917

On 24 January 1917, 63 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
0 were record highs and 11 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 63 daily.
Morven Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 74.7 mm (2.9 in) on 24 January 1917.
Across 160 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 487 records.

Record Map

63 stations

63 station records on 24 January 1917 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 January 1917: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Morven Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Charleville Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Innes Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tulloona (Coolanga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pesaro	Italy	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Yallaroi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Plauen	Germany	Record snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Casino Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Yetman (Warialda Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Boulia Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Booreegamma	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Millie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Goondiwindi Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ramornie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Yamba Pilot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Katherine Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tennant Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Emmaville Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Galway	Ireland	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Warwick Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ebor (Kotupna)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lawrence Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Tambo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Maneroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Warialda Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Bingara (Keera)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-22.0 C (-7.6 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Alice Springs Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Englesberg Village	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Alice Springs Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	29.0 C (84.2 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Bundaberg Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Beenleigh Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Woody Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Lismore (Centre Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-11.0 C (12.2 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Allora Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Inverell Comparison	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	20.1 C (68.2 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Emmaville (Strathbogie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Brisbane Regional Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Boorolong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Condong Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Sandgate Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Woolgoolga (Clear Place)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Cap Chat	Canada	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Ferrara	Italy	Record daily precipitation	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Winton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Moree Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Inverell Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Stonehenge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Boras	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-8.5 C (16.7 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-18.0 C (-0.4 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Southport Ridgeway Ave	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Toowoomba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Derra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-19.0 C (-2.2 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Kempsey (Wide Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

63 records

Records set or tied on 24 January 1917 by type: Lowest daily maximum 7, Lowest daily minimum 4, Heaviest daily rainfall 49, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 24 January 1917 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	0
Lowest daily maximum	7
Highest daily minimum	0
Lowest daily minimum	4
Heaviest daily rainfall	49
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 24 January 1917 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 63.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

59 broken records

Margins by which the 59 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 150.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 January 1917

Top 20 records on 24 January 1917 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 January 1917	Morven Post Office, AU	daily rain	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	63.3 mm (2.5 in)	25 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1917	Charleville Post Office, AU	daily rain	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1917	Glen Innes Post Office, AU	daily rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	33 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1917	Tulloona (Coolanga), AU	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	18 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1917	Pesaro, IT	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	2 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1917	Yallaroi, AU	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	22 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1917	Plauen, DE	daily snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	6 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1917	Casino Airport, AU	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	18 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
24 January 1917	Yetman (Warialda Street), AU	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	26 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
24 January 1917	Boulia Airport, AU	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
24 January 1917	Booreegamma, AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	26 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
24 January 1917	Millie, AU	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
24 January 1917	Goondiwindi Post Office, AU	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	21 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
24 January 1917	Ramornie, AU	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	21 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
24 January 1917	Yamba Pilot Station, AU	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	18 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
24 January 1917	Katherine Council, AU	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	15 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
24 January 1917	Tennant Creek Post Office, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	22 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
24 January 1917	Emmaville Post Office, AU	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	29 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
24 January 1917	Galway, IE	daily low max	1.1 C (34.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	45 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
24 January 1917	Warwick Post Office, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	24 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

1796 to 1917

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1917. 1917 had 63 records.

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

Records on 01-24 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1800	1
1817	1
1823	2
1828	2
1834	2
1845	1
1846	1
1849	1
1855	1
1858	1
1864	1
1866	1
1869	1
1871	1
1872	1
1873	1
1875	1
1879	2
1881	6
1882	2
1883	1
1884	1
1887	1
1888	1
1890	1
1891	4
1892	1
1893	2
1894	3
1895	3
1896	15
1897	2
1899	7
1900	4
1901	2
1902	7
1903	6
1904	11
1905	8
1906	20
1907	24
1908	12
1909	69
1910	20
1911	11
1912	11
1913	27
1914	27
1915	30
1916	28
1917	63
1918	52
1919	55
1920	34
1921	45
1922	89
1923	78
1924	116
1925	67
1926	100
1927	172
1928	215
1929	396
1930	639
1931	436
1932	245
1933	605
1934	361
1935	731
1936	1,085
1937	600
1938	545
1939	198
1940	827
1941	987
1942	634
1943	715
1944	634
1945	130
1946	355
1947	788
1948	1,257
1949	1,123
1950	1,342
1951	466
1952	383
1953	815
1954	368
1955	536
1956	366
1957	305
1958	381
1959	702
1960	348
1961	508
1962	478
1963	1,710
1964	461
1965	537
1966	553
1967	1,249
1968	711
1969	1,049
1970	834
1971	534
1972	756
1973	472
1974	636
1975	523
1976	631
1977	532
1978	1,427
1979	1,436
1980	782
1981	1,324
1982	759
1983	786
1984	677
1985	583
1986	415
1987	842
1988	766
1989	673
1990	929
1991	1,034
1992	894
1993	1,433
1994	634
1995	578
1996	1,150
1997	822
1998	524
1999	1,745
2000	1,135
2001	750
2002	1,724
2003	1,485
2004	719
2005	1,078
2006	928
2007	1,136
2008	973
2009	1,046
2010	1,225
2011	810
2012	503
2013	768
2014	926
2015	617
2016	887
2017	958
2018	721
2019	627
2020	789
2021	517
2022	434
2023	657
2024	1,018
2025	715
2026	1,625

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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 20	37
20 to 40	16
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1