Weather Records on 24 October 1917

145 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 October 1917. Highest significance: Tinapagee, AU.

Key Facts for 24 October 1917

On 24 October 1917, 145 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
3 were record highs and 14 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 144 daily.
Tinapagee set a daily record precipitation of 34.3 mm (1.4 in) on 24 October 1917.
Across 158 earlier years (1802 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 479 records.

Record Map

145 stations

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

Weather records on 24 October 1917: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tinapagee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Vineland	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Port Jervis	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Philadelphia City	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Stanthorpe Leslie Parade	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Reading Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
State College	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Somerville 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Warwick Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Moorestown 4 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksonville Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
State College	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sunbury (Salesian College )	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Welland	Canada	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Winton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Callington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Morgan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dimboola	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Macquarie (Bellevue Garde	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Roermond	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Morgantown 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Meningie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
McKinlay Roadhouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	7.5 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston SE	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Swan Hill Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Renfrew	Canada	Record daily snowfall	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater	Canada	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hawker (Wilson)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Boola Boolka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Ilulissat (Jakobshavn)	Greenland [Denmark]	Record low minimum temperature	-19.3 C (-2.7 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
World Trade Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Panban	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Moolpa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Blinman	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Hawker (Holowilena)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Overland Corner	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Cooma Lambie Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandra (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Winterswijk	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Umea	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	6.5 C (43.7 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Arrowie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Euston Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Cumbalum (Fairview)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Singleton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Jerrys Plains Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Narraport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Little Rock St Capitol	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Toledo Blade	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Port Elliott	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Branxton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Dungog (Cooreii)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Lilydale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

145 records

Records set or tied on 24 October 1917 by type: Lowest daily maximum 6, Highest daily minimum 3, Lowest daily minimum 8, Heaviest daily rainfall 126, Heaviest daily snowfall 2.

Records on 24 October 1917 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	0
Lowest daily maximum	6
Highest daily minimum	3
Lowest daily minimum	8
Heaviest daily rainfall	126
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 24 October 1917 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 144.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

139 broken records

Margins by which the 139 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 61.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 October 1917

Top 20 records on 24 October 1917 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 October 1917	Tinapagee, AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1917	Newark Liberty Intl AP, US	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	63 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1917	Vineland, US	daily rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	4 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1917	Port Jervis, US	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	26 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1917	Philadelphia City, US	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	4 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1917	Stanthorpe Leslie Parade, AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	6 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1917	Cape May 2 NW, US	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	35 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1917	Reading Wb City, US	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	44 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1917	State College, US	monthly snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	6.1 cm (2.4 in)	16 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1917	Somerville 4 NW, US	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	4 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1917	Warwick Post Office, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	4 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1917	Halmstad, SE	daily rain	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	5.5 mm (0.22 in)	31 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1917	Moorestown 4 E, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	33 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1917	Jacksonville Wb City, US	daily low max	14.4 C (57.9 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	36 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1917	Atlantic City Marina, US	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	35 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1917	State College, US	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	4 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1917	Sunbury (Salesian College ), AU	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	15 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1917	Welland, CA	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	4 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1917	Ny City Cntrl Park, US	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	22 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1917	Winton Post Office, AU	daily rain	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 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

1802 to 1917

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1917. 1917 had 145 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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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 10	117
10 to 20	11
20 to 30	5
30 to 40	3
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	1