Weather Records on 24 January 1921

45 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 January 1921. Highest significance: Plauen, DE.

Key Facts for 24 January 1921

On 24 January 1921, 45 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
16 were record highs and 0 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 42 daily.
Plauen set a monthly record daily precipitation of 29.2 mm (1.1 in) on 24 January 1921.
Across 160 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 487 records.

Record Map

45 stations

45 station records on 24 January 1921 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 January 1921: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Plauen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Milan	Italy	Record high maximum temperature	14.5 C (58.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kunzelsau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bungendore Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	8.6 C (47.5 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bungendore (Gidleigh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	41.9 C (107.4 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Teterow	Germany	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nossen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	7.7 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Crookwell Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottetown	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	8.6 C (47.5 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Cullendale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Culbertson	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Kazalinsk	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	1.6 mm (0.06 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Horton	United States	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Barraba (Mount Lindsay)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Harden (East St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Columbia Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Cape York Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Springwood Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	5.8 C (42.4 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Goulburn (Kippilaw)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Altentreptow	Germany	Record daily precipitation	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide West Terrace	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	39.1 C (102.4 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	3.1 C (37.6 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Tomsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-7.4 C (18.7 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Yardley Chase	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Doberlug-Kirchhain	Germany	Record daily precipitation	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	6.2 mm (0.24 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Louisville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Stratford	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	6.2 mm (0.24 in)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Biskra	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	22.0 C (71.6 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	0 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

45 records

Records set or tied on 24 January 1921 by type: Highest daily maximum 6, Highest daily minimum 10, Heaviest daily rainfall 28, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 24 January 1921 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	6
Lowest daily maximum	0
Highest daily minimum	10
Lowest daily minimum	0
Heaviest daily rainfall	28
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 24 January 1921 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 42.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

40 broken records

Margins by which the 40 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 41.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 January 1921

Top 20 records on 24 January 1921 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 January 1921	Plauen, DE	monthly rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	1 year	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1921	Milan, IT	daily high max	14.5 C (58.1 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	92 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1921	Kunzelsau, DE	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	23 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1921	Bungendore Post Office, AU	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	27 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1921	Armagh, GB	daily high min	8.6 C (47.5 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	71 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
24 January 1921	Bungendore (Gidleigh), AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	27 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
24 January 1921	Melbourne Regional Office, AU	daily high max	41.9 C (107.4 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	50 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
24 January 1921	Franklin, US	daily rain	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
24 January 1921	Teterow, DE	daily rain	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	8.8 mm (0.35 in)	8 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
24 January 1921	Nossen, DE	daily rain	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	6.0 mm (0.24 in)	22 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
24 January 1921	Concordia ASOS, US	daily rain	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	16 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
24 January 1921	Durham, GB	daily rain	7.7 mm (0.30 in)	1.7 mm (0.07 in)	37 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
24 January 1921	Crookwell Post Office, AU	daily rain	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	35 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
24 January 1921	Charlottetown, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	4.1 cm (1.6 in)	22 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
24 January 1921	Heinersreuth-Vollhof, DE	daily high max	8.6 C (47.5 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	36 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
24 January 1921	Lichtentanne, DE	monthly rain	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	4 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
24 January 1921	Cullendale, ZA	daily rain	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	6.8 mm (0.27 in)	23 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
24 January 1921	Culbertson, US	monthly rain	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	3 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
24 January 1921	Arnsberg, DE	daily rain	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	2.4 mm (0.09 in)	29 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
24 January 1921	Kazalinsk, KZ	daily rain	1.6 mm (0.06 in)	0.7 mm (0.03 in)	35 years	16 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 1921

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1921. 1921 had 45 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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 24 January 1921
Margin	Records
0 to 10	33
10 to 20	5
20 to 30	0
30 to 40	1
40 to 50	1