Weather Records on 24 October 1920

273 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 October 1920. Highest significance: Cataract River, AU.

Key Facts for 24 October 1920

On 24 October 1920, 273 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
21 were record highs and 15 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 262 daily.
Cataract River set a daily record precipitation of 42.2 mm (1.7 in) on 24 October 1920.
Across 158 earlier years (1802 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 479 records.

Record Map

273 stations

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

Weather records on 24 October 1920: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cataract River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kew	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bukalong Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Blinman	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Yanco Glen (Corona Homestead)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mount McDonald	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Middle Creek (Leneva)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wangaratta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Poolamacca	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Greensborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Koffiefontein (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ipswich	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Marrar (Centenary Drive)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Yan Yean	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Condobolin Retirement Village	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Deniliquin Norwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hillston (Cowl Cowl)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Whroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Canowindra (Canowindra Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Picton Council Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Marfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Coan Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Valencia Creek (Bulgar Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dookie Agricultural College	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kinglake West (Wallaby Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Emerald Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Boggabri (Milchengowrie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Palermo	Italy	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Peak Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Lodge 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Eildon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Warra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Wantabadgery	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sterling	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Eurongilly (Bundaleer)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Clermont Sirius St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cowra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kergunyah South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Oberon (Springbank)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Chiltern (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Benalla (Shadforth Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Humansdorp (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kamferskraal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Walsingham 1	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Roodebloem	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Emu Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yallook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Manildra (Hazeldale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kerang (Meran Downs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Langhorne Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mossgiel (Moolbong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mulwala Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Boort	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nieu-Bethesda (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Paika	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Marmal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

273 records

Records set or tied on 24 October 1920 by type: Highest daily maximum 14, Lowest daily maximum 5, Highest daily minimum 7, Lowest daily minimum 10, Heaviest daily rainfall 237.

Records on 24 October 1920 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	14
Lowest daily maximum	5
Highest daily minimum	7
Lowest daily minimum	10
Heaviest daily rainfall	237
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 24 October 1920 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 11, daily 262.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

265 broken records

Margins by which the 265 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 39.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 October 1920

Top 20 records on 24 October 1920 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 October 1920	Cataract River, AU	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	15 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1920	Kew, AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	39 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1920	Bukalong Station, AU	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	15 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1920	Blinman, AU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	3 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1920	Yanco Glen (Corona Homestead), AU	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	3 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1920	Mount McDonald, AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	17 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1920	Middle Creek (Leneva), AU	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	18 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1920	Wangaratta, AU	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	18 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1920	Poolamacca, AU	monthly rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	9 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1920	Greensborough, AU	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	14 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1920	Koffiefontein (Pol), ZA	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	14 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1920	Ipswich, AU	monthly rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	16 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1920	Marrar (Centenary Drive), AU	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	2 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1920	Yan Yean, AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	3 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1920	Condobolin Retirement Village, AU	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	7 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1920	Deniliquin Norwood, AU	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	18 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1920	Hillston (Cowl Cowl), AU	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	7 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1920	Whroo, AU	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	25 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1920	Canowindra (Canowindra Street), AU	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	14 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1920	Picton Council Depot, AU	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	7 years	33 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 1920

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1920. 1920 had 273 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 5	137
5 to 10	57
10 to 15	25
15 to 20	16
20 to 25	18
25 to 30	6
30 to 35	3
35 to 40	3