Weather Records on 23 February 1924

156 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 February 1924. Highest significance: Oskaloosa, US.

Key Facts for 23 February 1924

On 23 February 1924, 156 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
4 were record highs and 28 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 155 daily.
Oskaloosa set a daily record snow depth of 22.9 cm (9.0 in) on 23 February 1924.
Across 156 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 556 records.

Record Map

156 stations

156 station records on 23 February 1924 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 February 1924: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Oskaloosa	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Camboon Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Grantville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Collaroy Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Leongatha Sth Gippsland Water	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Glendive	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
W Pt	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	7.9 C (46.2 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Gospic	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	69.7 mm (2.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Eidsvold Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Perry the Pines	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Stanton	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Genoa 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sac City	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Berrybank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dunkeld	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oakdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Colac Botanical Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Expedition Pass Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
W Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kennebec	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Barkers Creek Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Malmsbury Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Syracuse	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Goondiwindi Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	25.1 C (77.2 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Avoca (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Logan 1 WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bass (Kilcunda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Elaine (Larundel)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Enfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Rokewood (the Meadows)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Woolsthorpe	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Hay Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Houston Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Algiers-Ville/Universite	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	14.1 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Taroom Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Corop	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Nagambie Cba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Thorpdale State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Cavendish (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Glendive	United States	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
N Loup	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Harrow (Pine Hills)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Boort	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.3 mm (0.01 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Avoca	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Foster (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Durdidwarrah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Glenthompson (Brie Brie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Beeac (Eurack)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Carroll	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Maragle Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Elmore	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Walhalla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Carisbrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

156 records

Records set or tied on 23 February 1924 by type: Highest daily maximum 1, Lowest daily maximum 11, Highest daily minimum 3, Lowest daily minimum 17, Heaviest daily rainfall 113, Heaviest daily snowfall 9, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 23 February 1924 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	1
Lowest daily maximum	11
Highest daily minimum	3
Lowest daily minimum	17
Heaviest daily rainfall	113
Heaviest daily snowfall	9
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 23 February 1924 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 155.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

139 broken records

Margins by which the 139 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 204.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 February 1924

Top 20 records on 23 February 1924 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 February 1924	Oskaloosa, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	20.4 cm (8.0 in)	4 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1924	Camboon Station, AU	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	16 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1924	Grantville, AU	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	1 year	31 of 100 (Routine)
23 February 1924	Collaroy Station, AU	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	20 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
23 February 1924	Sydney (Observatory Hill), AU	daily low min	13.9 C (57.0 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	54 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
23 February 1924	Leongatha Sth Gippsland Water, AU	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	26 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
23 February 1924	Glendive, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	26 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
23 February 1924	W Pt, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	9 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
23 February 1924	Melbourne Regional Office, AU	daily low min	7.9 C (46.2 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	47 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
23 February 1924	Gospic, HR	daily rain	69.7 mm (2.7 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	27 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
23 February 1924	Eidsvold Post Office, AU	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
23 February 1924	Mt Perry the Pines, AU	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	21 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
23 February 1924	Stanton, US	daily rain	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	14 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 February 1924	Genoa 2 W, US	daily rain	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	14 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 February 1924	Ashland #2, US	daily rain	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	9 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 February 1924	Sac City, US	daily rain	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 February 1924	Berrybank, AU	daily rain	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	45 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 February 1924	Dunkeld, AU	daily rain	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	27 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 February 1924	Oakdale, US	daily rain	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	14 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 February 1924	Colac Botanical Gardens, AU	daily rain	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	39 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 1924

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1924. 1924 had 156 records.

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

Records on 02-23 in each year
Year	Records
1794	2
1802	2
1804	2
1810	1
1814	4
1815	1
1839	1
1846	2
1849	1
1850	1
1855	1
1867	1
1868	1
1871	1
1873	1
1874	1
1875	3
1879	3
1884	1
1886	2
1887	1
1888	5
1889	2
1891	1
1892	2
1895	1
1896	1
1897	1
1898	8
1899	1
1900	5
1901	9
1902	3
1903	17
1904	13
1905	12
1906	21
1907	31
1908	19
1909	27
1910	35
1911	23
1912	46
1913	11
1914	37
1915	58
1916	80
1917	100
1918	31
1919	49
1920	44
1921	74
1922	158
1923	42
1924	156
1925	264
1926	63
1927	298
1928	199
1929	179
1930	690
1931	209
1932	318
1933	321
1934	725
1935	214
1936	430
1937	172
1938	224
1939	616
1940	274
1941	362
1942	355
1943	518
1944	430
1945	335
1946	346
1947	718
1948	450
1949	406
1950	517
1951	397
1952	414
1953	450
1954	654
1955	880
1956	599
1957	807
1958	958
1959	357
1960	802
1961	677
1962	659
1963	1,003
1964	594
1965	640
1966	614
1967	689
1968	1,038
1969	1,010
1970	422
1971	741
1972	843
1973	353
1974	562
1975	1,764
1976	737
1977	1,274
1978	1,263
1979	1,374
1980	520
1981	1,234
1982	972
1983	790
1984	942
1985	1,913
1986	955
1987	916
1988	412
1989	1,413
1990	2,157
1991	712
1992	760
1993	1,477
1994	1,452
1995	1,011
1996	1,603
1997	989
1998	1,401
1999	773
2000	1,701
2001	956
2002	1,228
2003	1,326
2004	802
2005	702
2006	581
2007	883
2008	914
2009	858
2010	1,440
2011	829
2012	770
2013	792
2014	502
2015	1,830
2016	660
2017	1,946
2018	1,728
2019	1,246
2020	794
2021	929
2022	2,595
2023	2,768
2024	373
2025	984
2026	951

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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 50	135
50 to 100	2
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1