Weather Records on 22 October 1924

142 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 October 1924. Highest significance: Gigoomgan, AU.

Key Facts for 22 October 1924

On 22 October 1924, 142 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
10 were record highs and 72 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 141 daily.
Gigoomgan set a daily record precipitation of 63.0 mm (2.5 in) on 22 October 1924.
Across 161 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 456 records.

Record Map

142 stations

142 station records on 22 October 1924 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 October 1924: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Gigoomgan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Moyston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gulargambone (Yalcogrin St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Jacobsdal (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Dingee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record daily precipitation	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bad Lauchstadt	Germany	Record daily precipitation	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Doberlug-Kirchhain	Germany	Record daily precipitation	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Schwerin	Germany	Record daily precipitation	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Erambie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Braunschweig (T.H.)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	11.3 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wellwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Weimar	Germany	Record daily precipitation	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Trunkey Creek (Trunkey (Black	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Whroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Corryong (Parish Lane)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Vineland	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Asheville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bundarra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Welland	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsboro	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Warsaw 2 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Tiaro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Orange 3	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Waren	Germany	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Deniliquin Norwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Kyabram Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Cooperstown	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Johnsbury	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Condobolin (Borambil Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Barraba (Mount Lindsay)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Carcoar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Cadia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Brungle (Rosemount)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Wombat (Tumbleton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Hills	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Leitchville Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Teterow	Germany	Record daily precipitation	12.3 mm (0.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Lowville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Florence	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record high maximum temperature	27.7 C (81.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Goolgumbla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Echuca Aerodrome	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Worcester	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Pendleton Dwtn	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Currawinya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Orange (McLaughlin St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Bigga (Woolbrook)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Balpool (Nyang)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Farmland 5 NNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Cedar Rapids #1	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Framingham	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Syracuse	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Bethlehem	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Elizabeth	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Moncure 3 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

142 records

Records set or tied on 22 October 1924 by type: Highest daily maximum 5, Lowest daily maximum 57, Highest daily minimum 5, Lowest daily minimum 15, Heaviest daily rainfall 60.

Records on 22 October 1924 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	5
Lowest daily maximum	57
Highest daily minimum	5
Lowest daily minimum	15
Heaviest daily rainfall	60
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 22 October 1924 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 141.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

110 broken records

Margins by which the 110 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 46.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 October 1924

Top 20 records on 22 October 1924 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 October 1924	Gigoomgan, AU	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	20 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1924	Moyston, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	37 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1924	Gulargambone (Yalcogrin St), AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	7 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
22 October 1924	Jacobsdal (Pol), ZA	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	13 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
22 October 1924	Ashland, US	daily high min	13.3 C (55.9 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	17 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
22 October 1924	Ashland, US	monthly low min	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	28 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
22 October 1924	Dingee, AU	daily rain	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	33 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
22 October 1924	Jena Sternwarte, DE	daily rain	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	4.0 mm (0.16 in)	43 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
22 October 1924	Bad Lauchstadt, DE	daily rain	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	29 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
22 October 1924	Doberlug-Kirchhain, DE	daily rain	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	12 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
22 October 1924	Schwerin, DE	daily rain	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	11 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
22 October 1924	Erambie, AU	daily rain	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	25 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
22 October 1924	Leipzig-Holzhausen, DE	daily rain	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	29 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
22 October 1924	Braunschweig (T.H.), DE	daily rain	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	6.8 mm (0.27 in)	11 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
22 October 1924	Magdeburg, DE	daily rain	11.3 mm (0.4 in)	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	12 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
22 October 1924	Wellwood, AU	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	33 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
22 October 1924	Weimar, DE	daily rain	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	4.9 mm (0.19 in)	29 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
22 October 1924	Trunkey Creek (Trunkey (Black, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	33 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
22 October 1924	Whroo, AU	daily rain	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	44 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
22 October 1924	Corryong (Parish Lane), AU	daily rain	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	31 years	19 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

1793 to 1924

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1924. 1924 had 142 records.

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

Records on 10-22 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1795	1
1802	1
1810	3
1826	1
1840	1
1842	1
1843	1
1851	2
1853	1
1855	1
1857	1
1859	2
1863	1
1867	1
1869	1
1871	1
1872	1
1875	1
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1880	6
1883	1
1884	3
1888	1
1889	1
1890	5
1891	15
1892	3
1893	2
1894	3
1895	5
1896	1
1897	2
1898	8
1900	3
1901	7
1902	3
1903	8
1904	17
1905	13
1906	12
1907	14
1908	24
1909	6
1910	9
1911	43
1912	22
1913	59
1914	20
1915	57
1916	226
1917	74
1918	27
1919	62
1920	172
1921	78
1922	50
1923	105
1924	142
1925	265
1926	97
1927	227
1928	133
1929	417
1930	401
1931	272
1932	209
1933	484
1934	599
1935	874
1936	681
1937	348
1938	133
1939	602
1940	498
1941	576
1942	339
1943	208
1944	299
1945	547
1946	282
1947	754
1948	292
1949	481
1950	400
1951	581
1952	602
1953	615
1954	372
1955	457
1956	324
1957	885
1958	345
1959	524
1960	393
1961	523
1962	203
1963	909
1964	294
1965	433
1966	362
1967	316
1968	300
1969	966
1970	714
1971	626
1972	780
1973	569
1974	910
1975	742
1976	1,194
1977	624
1978	678
1979	1,826
1980	547
1981	943
1982	979
1983	712
1984	1,798
1985	797
1986	1,049
1987	944
1988	999
1989	1,353
1990	1,042
1991	718
1992	1,151
1993	654
1994	631
1995	1,399
1996	1,743
1997	1,072
1998	853
1999	721
2000	1,070
2001	774
2002	1,419
2003	2,006
2004	1,371
2005	1,090
2006	1,296
2007	1,060
2008	846
2009	826
2010	723
2011	691
2012	914
2013	845
2014	603
2015	600
2016	652
2017	720
2018	488
2019	589
2020	1,664
2021	412
2022	955
2023	567
2024	911
2025	566

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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 10	103
10 to 20	3
20 to 30	2
30 to 40	1
40 to 50	1