Weather Records on 24 October 1921

54 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 October 1921. Highest significance: Gosford (Gertrude Place), AU.

Key Facts for 24 October 1921

On 24 October 1921, 54 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
14 were record highs and 18 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 53 daily.
Gosford (Gertrude Place) set a daily record precipitation of 58.4 mm (2.3 in) on 24 October 1921.
Across 158 earlier years (1802 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 480 records.

Record Map

54 stations

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

Weather records on 24 October 1921: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Gosford (Gertrude Place)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Taree (Radio Station 2Re)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tampa	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Wingham (Lanark Close)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Maitland West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Darwin Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Halden	Norway	Record snow depth	4.0 cm (1.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Enisejsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	8.7 mm (0.34 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Alice Springs Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Indian Head Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Shenkursk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-0.5 C (31.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Boras	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	0.5 C (32.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	1.5 C (34.7 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	1.5 C (34.7 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Parry Sound	Canada	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	1.4 C (34.5 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Umea	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-2.6 C (27.3 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Renfrew	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Brisbane Regional Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	21.3 C (70.3 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Gloucester Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Oberon (Springbank)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-7.4 C (18.7 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Needles	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	16.8 C (62.2 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record daily precipitation	10.8 mm (0.4 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Lincoln UNIV Pwr Plt	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Brandon Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Kargopol	Russia	Record daily precipitation	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Adrian 2 NNE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Thornborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Inverell Comparison	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Schwerin	Germany	Record daily precipitation	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Batesville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Charleville Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	6.9 C (44.4 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Springwood Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Chipewyan	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Wittstock-Rote Muhle	Germany	Record daily precipitation	5.2 mm (0.20 in)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottetown	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	1.5 C (34.7 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Mackay Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	25.4 C (77.7 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Troicko-Pecherskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Brinkley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Stuttgart	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Weldon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

54 records

Records set or tied on 24 October 1921 by type: Highest daily maximum 11, Lowest daily maximum 15, Highest daily minimum 3, Lowest daily minimum 3, Heaviest daily rainfall 21, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 24 October 1921 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	11
Lowest daily maximum	15
Highest daily minimum	3
Lowest daily minimum	3
Heaviest daily rainfall	21
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 24 October 1921 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 53.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

44 broken records

Margins by which the 44 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 40.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 October 1921

Top 20 records on 24 October 1921 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 October 1921	Gosford (Gertrude Place), AU	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	28 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1921	Taree (Radio Station 2Re), AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	38 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1921	Tampa, US	monthly rain	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	26 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1921	Wingham (Lanark Close), AU	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	4 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1921	Maitland West, AU	daily rain	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	38 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1921	Darwin Post Office, AU	daily rain	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	2.6 mm (0.10 in)	45 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1921	Halden, NO	daily snow depth	4.0 cm (1.6 in)	4.0 cm (1.6 in)	38 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1921	Enisejsk, RU	daily rain	8.7 mm (0.34 in)	1.6 mm (0.06 in)	33 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1921	Alice Springs Post Office, AU	daily low min	5.6 C (42.1 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	16 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1921	Indian Head Cda, CA	daily rain	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	16 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1921	Shenkursk, RU	daily rain	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	3.1 mm (0.12 in)	14 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1921	Harnosand, SE	daily low max	-0.5 C (31.1 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	28 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1921	Boras, SE	daily low max	0.5 C (32.9 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	35 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1921	Vanersborg, SE	daily low max	1.5 C (34.7 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	35 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1921	Stockholm, SE	daily low max	1.5 C (34.7 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	35 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1921	Parry Sound, CA	daily rain	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	32 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1921	Linkoeping-Malmslaett, SE	daily low max	1.4 C (34.5 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	35 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1921	Umea, SE	daily low max	-2.6 C (27.3 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	26 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1921	Renfrew, CA	daily low max	4.4 C (39.9 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	29 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1921	Durham, GB	daily high max	17.2 C (63.0 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	20 years	13 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 1921

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1921. 1921 had 54 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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 24 October 1921
Margin	Records
0 to 10	39
10 to 20	2
20 to 30	1
30 to 40	0
40 to 50	2