Weather Records on 24 September 1920

69 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 September 1920. Highest significance: Genoa, IT.

Key Facts for 24 September 1920

On 24 September 1920, 69 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
49 were record highs and 9 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 68 daily.
Genoa set a daily record precipitation of 112.1 mm (4.4 in) on 24 September 1920.
Across 166 earlier years (1803 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 429 records.

Record Map

69 stations

69 station records on 24 September 1920 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 September 1920: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Genoa	Italy	Record daily precipitation	112.1 mm (4.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Prince Albert	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ottawa	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Qu'appelle	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Edmonton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Portland Rfc City	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moose Factory	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sidi-Bel-Abbes	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Lenoir	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Parry Sound	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Toronto	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Lakefield	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Needles	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Port Dover	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	26.8 C (80.2 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Port Arthur	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	27.0 C (80.6 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Vineland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Northfield	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	29.0 C (84.2 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Paris	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	28.1 C (82.6 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Crookston NW Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Chattanooga Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	22.6 C (72.7 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	12.4 C (54.3 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Unb	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Halifax	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Portland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Morgantown 1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Spokane Intl AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Spokane Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottetown	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Tarnaby	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	10.8 mm (0.4 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Belle Isle	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	13.1 C (55.6 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Berrybank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Wartook Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
New Westminster	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston Queens U	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Stratford	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Stonecliffe	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Gravenhurst	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Portland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Wilmington Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Olympia Priest Pt Park	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Washington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Minnedosa	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Haliburton A	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

69 records

Records set or tied on 24 September 1920 by type: Highest daily maximum 34, Lowest daily maximum 7, Highest daily minimum 15, Lowest daily minimum 2, Heaviest daily rainfall 11.

Records on 24 September 1920 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	34
Lowest daily maximum	7
Highest daily minimum	15
Lowest daily minimum	2
Heaviest daily rainfall	11
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 24 September 1920 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 68.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

48 broken records

Margins by which the 48 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 54.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 September 1920

Top 20 records on 24 September 1920 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 September 1920	Genoa, IT	daily rain	112.1 mm (4.4 in)	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	15 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 1920	Prince Albert, CA	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	5 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 1920	Ottawa, CA	daily high max	30.0 C (86.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	35 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
24 September 1920	Chicoutimi, CA	monthly high max	32.8 C (91.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	24 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
24 September 1920	Ny City Cntrl Park, US	daily high max	31.1 C (88.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	49 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
24 September 1920	Qu'appelle, CA	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	5 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
24 September 1920	Edmonton, CA	daily rain	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	38 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
24 September 1920	Portland Rfc City, US	daily rain	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	18 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
24 September 1920	Moose Factory, CA	daily high max	29.4 C (84.9 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	27 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
24 September 1920	Sidi-Bel-Abbes, DZ	daily low min	4.0 C (39.2 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	22 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
24 September 1920	Lenoir, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	25 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
24 September 1920	Parry Sound, CA	daily high max	30.6 C (87.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	28 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
24 September 1920	Toronto, CA	daily high max	28.3 C (82.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	28 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
24 September 1920	Lakefield, CA	daily high max	31.7 C (89.1 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	28 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
24 September 1920	Chicoutimi, CA	daily high min	15.0 C (59.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	35 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
24 September 1920	Needles, US	daily low max	27.2 C (81.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	28 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
24 September 1920	Port Dover, CA	daily high max	27.8 C (82.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	38 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
24 September 1920	Sacramento 5 ESE, US	daily low min	7.2 C (45.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	19 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
24 September 1920	Innsbruck, AT	daily high max	26.8 C (80.2 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	19 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
24 September 1920	Port Arthur, CA	daily high min	16.1 C (61.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	28 years	15 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

1803 to 1920

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1803 to 1920. 1920 had 69 records.

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

Records on 09-24 in each year
Year	Records
1803	1
1835	1
1836	1
1842	1
1847	1
1852	2
1854	2
1857	2
1858	1
1859	1
1860	1
1863	1
1864	1
1865	1
1866	1
1867	2
1868	1
1870	3
1871	1
1872	1
1873	1
1874	2
1875	2
1876	1
1877	3
1878	2
1881	5
1884	1
1885	2
1887	1
1889	5
1890	1
1891	2
1892	5
1893	1
1894	2
1895	7
1896	2
1898	1
1899	4
1900	5
1901	3
1902	10
1903	8
1904	9
1905	7
1906	5
1907	20
1908	23
1909	31
1910	8
1911	11
1912	49
1913	9
1914	23
1915	159
1916	253
1917	87
1918	7
1919	26
1920	69
1921	23
1922	49
1923	70
1924	175
1925	146
1926	630
1927	194
1928	603
1929	137
1930	488
1931	463
1932	354
1933	424
1934	367
1935	449
1936	329
1937	237
1938	355
1939	331
1940	319
1941	319
1942	918
1943	413
1944	334
1945	475
1946	425
1947	704
1948	422
1949	554
1950	778
1951	580
1952	425
1953	346
1954	269
1955	577
1956	427
1957	370
1958	725
1959	414
1960	487
1961	680
1962	360
1963	715
1964	329
1965	624
1966	410
1967	394
1968	433
1969	278
1970	1,046
1971	485
1972	480
1973	1,208
1974	1,204
1975	1,116
1976	556
1977	814
1978	619
1979	577
1980	633
1981	604
1982	702
1983	1,128
1984	1,565
1985	771
1986	1,207
1987	729
1988	740
1989	1,668
1990	969
1991	519
1992	1,250
1993	1,055
1994	842
1995	1,251
1996	676
1997	1,238
1998	945
1999	933
2000	1,966
2001	1,097
2002	885
2003	863
2004	600
2005	1,256
2006	1,306
2007	1,244
2008	633
2009	866
2010	1,340
2011	770
2012	545
2013	514
2014	764
2015	770
2016	732
2017	1,402
2018	497
2019	516
2020	754
2021	457
2022	395
2023	689
2024	778
2025	576
2026	389

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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	44
10 to 20	1
20 to 30	2
30 to 40	0
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	1