Weather Records on 24 January 1918

52 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 January 1918. Highest significance: Mackay Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 24 January 1918

On 24 January 1918, 52 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
23 were record highs and 7 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 52 daily.
Mackay Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 345.7 mm (13.6 in) on 24 January 1918.
Across 160 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 487 records.

Record Map

52 stations

52 station records on 24 January 1918 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 January 1918: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mackay Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	345.7 mm (13.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bogantungan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Springsure Comet St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	149.4 mm (5.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kei Road (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
St Lawrence Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	207.5 mm (8.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Little Rock St Capitol	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record low maximum temperature	14.8 C (58.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bowen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record low maximum temperature	25.4 C (77.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Nebo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	11.8 C (53.2 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Guelph Oac	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Currawinya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Cottam	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	5.1 C (41.2 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Gladstone Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	11.4 C (52.5 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Setauket Strong	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
London South	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	10.2 C (50.4 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	5.2 C (41.4 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Ulan-Ude	Russia	Record daily precipitation	0.7 mm (0.03 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Yielima Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
London South	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	7.5 C (45.5 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	4.6 C (40.3 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Winnipeg St Johns Coll	Canada	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Winnipeg St Johns Coll	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.4 cm (4.1 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-28.7 C (-19.7 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	6.4 C (43.5 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	10.4 C (50.7 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	11.4 C (52.5 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Minnedosa	Canada	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Minnedosa	Canada	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-24.5 C (-12.1 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Guelph Oac	Canada	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	1 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

52 records

Records set or tied on 24 January 1918 by type: Highest daily maximum 11, Lowest daily maximum 3, Highest daily minimum 12, Lowest daily minimum 4, Heaviest daily rainfall 15, Heaviest daily snowfall 6, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 24 January 1918 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	11
Lowest daily maximum	3
Highest daily minimum	12
Lowest daily minimum	4
Heaviest daily rainfall	15
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 24 January 1918 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 52.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

46 broken records

Margins by which the 46 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 226.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 January 1918

Top 20 records on 24 January 1918 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 January 1918	Mackay Post Office, AU	daily rain	345.7 mm (13.6 in)	226.3 mm (8.9 in)	26 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1918	Bogantungan Post Office, AU	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	26 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1918	Springsure Comet St, AU	daily rain	149.4 mm (5.9 in)	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	29 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1918	Kei Road (Pol), ZA	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	11 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
24 January 1918	St Lawrence Post Office, AU	daily rain	207.5 mm (8.2 in)	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	22 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
24 January 1918	Little Rock St Capitol, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	23 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
24 January 1918	Nuwara Eliya, LK	daily low max	14.8 C (58.6 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	47 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
24 January 1918	Bowen Post Office, AU	daily rain	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	21 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
24 January 1918	Hambantota, LK	daily low max	25.4 C (77.7 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	31 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
24 January 1918	Nebo, AU	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	23 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
24 January 1918	Armagh, GB	daily high max	11.8 C (53.2 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	56 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
24 January 1918	Guelph Oac, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	14 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
24 January 1918	Currawinya, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
24 January 1918	Gunnedah Pool, AU	daily low min	9.4 C (48.9 F)	2.5 C (4.5 F)	37 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
24 January 1918	Cottam, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	20 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
24 January 1918	Munchen-Nymphenburg, DE	daily high min	5.1 C (41.2 F)	2.5 C (4.5 F)	29 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
24 January 1918	Nurnberg, DE	daily high max	11.0 C (51.8 F)	1.9 C (3.4 F)	27 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
24 January 1918	Buffalo, US	daily snowfall	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	3.5 cm (1.4 in)	25 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
24 January 1918	Gladstone Post Office, AU	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	27 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
24 January 1918	Dublin Phoenix Park, IE	daily high min	8.9 C (48.0 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	21 years	14 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 1918

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1918. 1918 had 52 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 50	38
50 to 100	6
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1