Weather Records on 17 February 1924

252 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 February 1924. Highest significance: Port Arthur, AU.

Key Facts for 17 February 1924

On 17 February 1924, 252 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
22 were record highs and 3 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 248 daily.
Port Arthur set a monthly record daily precipitation of 99.1 mm (3.9 in) on 17 February 1924.
Across 161 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 500 records.

Record Map

252 stations

252 station records on 17 February 1924 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 February 1924: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Port Arthur	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Tallinn	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Coleraine (Tulse Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
North Adelaide	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Happy Valley Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lucindale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Urambie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Fulton	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lamar 7N	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Glenelg Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Isisford Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Maitland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Katherine Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Emu Rail (Dalyenong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lebanon 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
St Arnaud	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lyonville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Beales Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Raleigh State UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Wolseley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Caltowie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Narridy Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Burra (Kooringa)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Laura	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ardrossan (Winulta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Crystal Brook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Victoria	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Marrabel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston SE	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Apsley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Curramulka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Minlaton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moonta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Coromandel Valley (Branden)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dingo Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Penola Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide (Pooraka)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tanunda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Trentham (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Maitland (Woodburlie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Uraidla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Clare Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide (Thorndon Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Belair (State Flora Nursery)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wilmington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kadina	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wycheproof (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wedderburn (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tumby Bay (Warratta Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Blyth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gladstone (Booyoolee)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Brinkworth (Bungaree)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kingscote	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gawler (Loos)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Willunga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sturt	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Maryborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

252 records

Records set or tied on 17 February 1924 by type: Highest daily maximum 9, Lowest daily maximum 1, Highest daily minimum 13, Lowest daily minimum 2, Heaviest daily rainfall 224, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 17 February 1924 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	9
Lowest daily maximum	1
Highest daily minimum	13
Lowest daily minimum	2
Heaviest daily rainfall	224
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 17 February 1924 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 248.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

236 broken records

Margins by which the 236 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 47.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 February 1924

Top 20 records on 17 February 1924 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 February 1924	Port Arthur, AU	monthly rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	85 years	79 of 100 (Major)
17 February 1924	Tallinn, EE	monthly rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	46 years	69 of 100 (Major)
17 February 1924	Coleraine (Tulse Hill), AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1924	Georgetown, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	20 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1924	North Adelaide, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	27 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1924	Happy Valley Reservoir, AU	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	10 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1924	Lucindale Post Office, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	4 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1924	Urambie, AU	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	2 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1924	Fulton, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	29 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1924	Lamar 7N, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	13 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
17 February 1924	Glenelg Post Office, AU	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	10 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
17 February 1924	Isisford Post Office, AU	daily rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	33 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
17 February 1924	Maitland, AU	monthly rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	6 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
17 February 1924	Katherine Council, AU	daily rain	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
17 February 1924	Emu Rail (Dalyenong), AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	4 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
17 February 1924	Lebanon 2W, US	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	30 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
17 February 1924	St Arnaud, AU	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	36 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
17 February 1924	Lyonville, AU	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
17 February 1924	Beales Reservoir, AU	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
17 February 1924	Raleigh State UNIV, US	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	30 years	21 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 1924

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1924. 1924 had 252 records.

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

Records on 02-17 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1824	1
1827	1
1843	1
1847	2
1849	1
1850	1
1851	1
1852	1
1855	4
1856	1
1858	1
1859	2
1866	2
1867	3
1869	1
1874	1
1876	2
1878	1
1879	2
1880	1
1883	2
1884	1
1885	4
1887	2
1888	1
1891	1
1892	7
1893	1
1894	1
1895	7
1896	6
1897	1
1898	6
1899	3
1900	6
1901	5
1902	16
1903	22
1904	11
1905	9
1906	10
1907	6
1908	9
1909	10
1910	25
1911	27
1912	19
1913	17
1914	41
1915	17
1916	26
1917	38
1918	64
1919	236
1920	39
1921	182
1922	78
1923	69
1924	252
1925	188
1926	145
1927	377
1928	488
1929	234
1930	367
1931	212
1932	390
1933	164
1934	344
1935	150
1936	1,102
1937	295
1938	529
1939	755
1940	330
1941	166
1942	671
1943	542
1944	462
1945	349
1946	341
1947	274
1948	890
1949	436
1950	469
1951	358
1952	394
1953	369
1954	1,009
1955	721
1956	1,082
1957	252
1958	1,806
1959	575
1960	222
1961	734
1962	397
1963	303
1964	184
1965	332
1966	480
1967	611
1968	350
1969	604
1970	1,050
1971	487
1972	750
1973	821
1974	355
1975	1,035
1976	1,421
1977	650
1978	1,452
1979	1,965
1980	954
1981	2,353
1982	732
1983	484
1984	748
1985	622
1986	1,077
1987	659
1988	400
1989	1,026
1990	1,370
1991	771
1992	593
1993	2,102
1994	705
1995	1,387
1996	1,115
1997	841
1998	2,204
1999	697
2000	870
2001	712
2002	863
2003	1,151
2004	880
2005	538
2006	1,621
2007	1,177
2008	1,155
2009	765
2010	1,544
2011	1,615
2012	444
2013	312
2014	832
2015	1,209
2016	842
2017	864
2018	509
2019	1,177
2020	1,047
2021	2,052
2022	1,116
2023	1,581
2024	703
2025	617
2026	954

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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 17 February 1924
Margin	Records
0 to 10	165
10 to 20	54
20 to 30	11
30 to 40	5
40 to 50	1