Weather Records on 24 February 1917

52 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 February 1917. Highest significance: Portland Rfc City, US.

Key Facts for 24 February 1917

On 24 February 1917, 52 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
3 were record highs and 17 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 51 daily.
Portland Rfc City set a daily record snowfall of 13.2 cm (5.2 in) on 24 February 1917.
Across 153 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 565 records.

Record Map

52 stations

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

Weather records on 24 February 1917: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Portland Rfc City	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Halifax	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Fraserburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
New Westminster	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Yarmouth	Canada	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Outtrim	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bird Rocks	Canada	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
St George Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Surat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Whitehead	Canada	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Charleville Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Morven Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Ebor (Wongwibinda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti SW Point	Canada	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti SW Point	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottetown	Canada	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record low minimum temperature	19.9 C (67.8 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Aramac Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Langmorn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Toowoomba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Milton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Wagga Wagga (Kooringal)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	21.0 C (69.8 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	-12.5 C (9.5 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Portland Rfc City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett Council Depot	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Moose Factory	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Bundarra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-17.5 C (0.5 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Astoria	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Astoria	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Nowra Council Offices	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Houston Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide West Terrace	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	19.8 C (67.6 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Isisford Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Moree Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Ramornie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Scotsburn (Mount Boninyong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Rowlesburg 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Stony Mountain	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-36.7 C (-34.1 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Stanthorpe Leslie Parade	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville Dwtn AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
New Westminster	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Bird Rocks	Canada	Record daily snowfall	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Halifax	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Yetman (Warialda Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Bird Rocks	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Stony Mountain	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

52 records

Records set or tied on 24 February 1917 by type: Highest daily maximum 2, Lowest daily maximum 11, Highest daily minimum 1, Lowest daily minimum 6, Heaviest daily rainfall 29, Heaviest daily snowfall 3.

Records on 24 February 1917 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	2
Lowest daily maximum	11
Highest daily minimum	1
Lowest daily minimum	6
Heaviest daily rainfall	29
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 24 February 1917 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 51.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

47 broken records

Margins by which the 47 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 104.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 February 1917

Top 20 records on 24 February 1917 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 February 1917	Portland Rfc City, US	daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	10.4 cm (4.1 in)	29 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1917	Halifax, CA	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	8 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1917	Fraserburg, ZA	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	17 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1917	Sacramento 5 ESE, US	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	18 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1917	New Westminster, CA	daily low min	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	4 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1917	Cobar Post Office, AU	daily low max	22.2 C (72.0 F)	8.4 C (15.1 F)	12 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1917	Yarmouth, CA	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	16 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1917	Outtrim, AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	31 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1917	Bird Rocks, CA	daily rain	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	32 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1917	St George Post Office, AU	daily rain	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1917	Surat, AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1917	Whitehead, CA	monthly rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	4 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1917	Charleville Post Office, AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	28 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1917	Forbes (Camp Street), AU	daily low max	22.8 C (73.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	37 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1917	Morven Post Office, AU	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	28 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1917	Ebor (Wongwibinda), AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	25 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1917	Anticosti SW Point, CA	daily rain	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	2.6 mm (0.10 in)	35 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1917	Anticosti SW Point, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	35 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1917	Charlottetown, CA	daily rain	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	32 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1917	Hambantota, LK	daily low min	19.9 C (67.8 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	40 years	17 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 1917

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1917. 1917 had 52 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 20	43
20 to 40	3
40 to 60	0
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1