Weather Records on 24 February 1921

82 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 February 1921. Highest significance: Port Augusta Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 24 February 1921

On 24 February 1921, 82 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
17 were record highs and 3 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 77 daily.
Port Augusta Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 31.5 mm (1.2 in) on 24 February 1921.
Across 153 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 564 records.

Record Map

82 stations

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

Weather records on 24 February 1921: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Port Augusta Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Melrose	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Goolwa Council Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cowell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Port Augusta (Carriewerloo STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego Wbo	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Burra (Poonunda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sable Island	Canada	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Poplitah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Moolpa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Arumpo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Biskra	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Curnomona (Curnamona)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tareena	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Outalpa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Pirie (Valencia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Germein (Telowie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gammon Ranges (Wooltana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tolarno	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Neds Corner Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Augusta Ostrich Farm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yunta (Paratoo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cockburn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yankalilla (Woodvale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Victoria (Cal-Lal)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Nicosia	Cyprus	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Deniliquin (Wilkinson St)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Torrumbarry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Wentworth (Cuthero)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Sidi-Bel-Abbes	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Biskra	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	3.2 mm (0.13 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Port Victoria	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Cooke Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Kongal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Lillimur Estate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Sable Island East End	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Willunga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Dunolly	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Uman	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-19.8 C (-3.6 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Remarkable	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Murray Bridge Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Broken Hill (Glen Lyon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Needles	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Barrow Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Quorn (Olive Grove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Morgan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Kaniva	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Banff	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Swift Current	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Victoria River Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Quorn (Depot Flat)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Maitland (Woodburlie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Broken Hill (Patton Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Lancefield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Barkerville	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Hat A	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Quorn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Cockburn (Burta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

82 records

Records set or tied on 24 February 1921 by type: Highest daily maximum 11, Lowest daily maximum 2, Highest daily minimum 6, Lowest daily minimum 1, Heaviest daily rainfall 62.

Records on 24 February 1921 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	11
Lowest daily maximum	2
Highest daily minimum	6
Lowest daily minimum	1
Heaviest daily rainfall	62
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 24 February 1921 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 77.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

74 broken records

Margins by which the 74 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 30.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 February 1921

Top 20 records on 24 February 1921 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 February 1921	Port Augusta Post Office, AU	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	12 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1921	Melrose, AU	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	12 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1921	Goolwa Council Depot, AU	monthly rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	31 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1921	Cowell, AU	monthly rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	19 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1921	Port Augusta (Carriewerloo STN, AU	monthly rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	9 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1921	San Diego Wbo, US	monthly high max	31.7 C (89.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	32 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1921	Burra (Poonunda), AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1921	Sable Island, CA	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	20 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1921	Poplitah, AU	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	36 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1921	Moolpa, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	12 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1921	Arumpo, AU	monthly rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	10 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1921	Biskra, DZ	daily low max	14.0 C (57.2 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	32 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1921	Curnomona (Curnamona), AU	daily rain	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	39 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1921	Tareena, AU	daily rain	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1921	Outalpa, AU	daily rain	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	9 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1921	Port Pirie (Valencia), AU	daily rain	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	28 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1921	Port Germein (Telowie), AU	daily rain	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	28 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1921	Gammon Ranges (Wooltana), AU	daily rain	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	9 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1921	Tolarno, AU	daily rain	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	38 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1921	Neds Corner Homestead, AU	daily rain	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	12 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

1794 to 1921

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1921. 1921 had 82 records.

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

Records on 02-24 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1813	1
1814	4
1836	1
1846	2
1858	2
1863	1
1867	1
1868	1
1870	1
1873	2
1875	2
1876	1
1877	2
1879	4
1881	1
1886	1
1887	2
1888	7
1889	6
1891	3
1892	2
1894	2
1896	1
1897	4
1898	10
1899	4
1900	14
1901	4
1902	7
1903	5
1904	5
1905	13
1906	33
1907	16
1908	14
1909	73
1910	25
1911	16
1912	58
1913	6
1914	26
1915	46
1916	24
1917	52
1918	50
1919	39
1920	15
1921	82
1922	54
1923	63
1924	73
1925	110
1926	166
1927	402
1928	139
1929	141
1930	1,185
1931	164
1932	226
1933	331
1934	887
1935	251
1936	514
1937	148
1938	202
1939	385
1940	279
1941	490
1942	287
1943	375
1944	463
1945	212
1946	440
1947	779
1948	299
1949	420
1950	712
1951	423
1952	535
1953	423
1954	720
1955	1,120
1956	627
1957	649
1958	866
1959	217
1960	1,145
1961	520
1962	1,412
1963	593
1964	447
1965	993
1966	637
1967	1,134
1968	734
1969	874
1970	354
1971	377
1972	753
1973	235
1974	365
1975	1,570
1976	999
1977	1,307
1978	1,061
1979	1,473
1980	466
1981	1,177
1982	898
1983	533
1984	652
1985	1,412
1986	1,309
1987	952
1988	373
1989	1,776
1990	1,969
1991	641
1992	922
1993	1,730
1994	1,070
1995	1,081
1996	1,209
1997	1,537
1998	1,459
1999	752
2000	2,155
2001	1,407
2002	883
2003	1,735
2004	980
2005	742
2006	487
2007	1,095
2008	1,060
2009	852
2010	1,527
2011	1,291
2012	838
2013	705
2014	623
2015	1,963
2016	818
2017	1,612
2018	1,356
2019	1,302
2020	697
2021	860
2022	1,808
2023	1,793
2024	417
2025	966
2026	1,107

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Data for records on 1921-02-24: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	35
5 to 10	18
10 to 15	9
15 to 20	6
20 to 25	4
25 to 30	1
30 to 35	1