Weather Records on 23 October 1924

160 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 October 1924. Highest significance: Jacksonville Wb City, US.

Key Facts for 23 October 1924

On 23 October 1924, 160 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
15 were record highs and 123 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 157 daily.
Jacksonville Wb City set a daily record low maximum temperature of 15.6 C (60.1 F) on 23 October 1924.
Across 160 earlier years (1795 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 465 records.

Record Map

160 stations

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

Weather records on 23 October 1924: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Jacksonville Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Quesnel	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Angel	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsboro	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Conapaira	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record daily precipitation	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Royal Observatory	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	9.3 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Paarl (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stellenbosch (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kluitjeskraal (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Darwin Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	28.7 C (83.7 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Malmesbury	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bartow 1SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Eversley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
The Towers	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Amherst	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Fall River	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Robben Island (Vrt)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Upper Sandusky	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Morgantown 1	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Darwin Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	21.6 C (70.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Chipewyan	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Zametchino	Russia	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Vineland	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Wappingers Falls	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
State College	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Warsaw 2 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Mauzy	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Keene	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Glens Falls Fire STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Bellefontaine	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Granville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Emporium 1 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Trenton 1 NNE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Katherine Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Stewarts Brook Composite	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge City 3 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Marion 2 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Plain Dealing	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Addison	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria 4 WSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville Wtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Tulbagh (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Herschel	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Dahlonega 4WSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Solomons	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Kalamazoo State Hospital	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Plainfield	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Port Jervis	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge St Hospital	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Huntingdon	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Johnsbury	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Buckhannon	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Boston City WSO	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Salekhard	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-0.2 C (31.6 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

160 records

Records set or tied on 23 October 1924 by type: Highest daily maximum 6, Lowest daily maximum 15, Highest daily minimum 9, Lowest daily minimum 108, Heaviest daily rainfall 22.

Records on 23 October 1924 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	6
Lowest daily maximum	15
Highest daily minimum	9
Lowest daily minimum	108
Heaviest daily rainfall	22
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 23 October 1924 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 157.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

113 broken records

Margins by which the 113 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 18.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 October 1924

Top 20 records on 23 October 1924 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 October 1924	Jacksonville Wb City, US	daily low max	15.6 C (60.1 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	32 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
23 October 1924	Quesnel, CA	daily high min	8.9 C (48.0 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	11 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
23 October 1924	Mt Angel, US	daily high min	14.4 C (57.9 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	20 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
23 October 1924	Scottsboro, US	monthly low max	5.0 C (41.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	25 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
23 October 1924	Conapaira, AU	daily rain	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	42 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 October 1924	Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel, DE	daily rain	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	18 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 October 1924	Royal Observatory, ZA	daily rain	9.3 mm (0.37 in)	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	64 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 October 1924	Paarl (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	45 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 October 1924	Stellenbosch (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	30 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 October 1924	Kluitjeskraal (Bos), ZA	daily rain	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	1 year	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 October 1924	Darwin Post Office, AU	monthly low max	28.7 C (83.7 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	18 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 October 1924	Malmesbury, ZA	daily rain	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	2.1 mm (0.08 in)	45 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 October 1924	Bartow 1SE, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	26 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 October 1924	Eversley, AU	daily rain	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	26 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
23 October 1924	The Towers, ZA	daily rain	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	1 year	18 of 100 (Routine)
23 October 1924	Amherst, US	daily low min	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	26 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
23 October 1924	Fall River, US	daily low min	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	26 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
23 October 1924	Robben Island (Vrt), ZA	daily rain	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	30 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
23 October 1924	Upper Sandusky, US	daily low min	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	28 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
23 October 1924	Morgantown 1, US	daily low min	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	28 years	17 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

1795 to 1924

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1924. 1924 had 160 records.

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

Records on 10-23 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1802	2
1843	1
1845	1
1850	1
1851	2
1855	1
1859	2
1861	1
1863	1
1865	2
1866	1
1869	3
1871	2
1872	1
1873	2
1876	2
1878	1
1880	7
1881	2
1882	1
1883	1
1885	2
1888	1
1889	2
1890	2
1891	8
1892	3
1893	3
1894	5
1895	4
1896	2
1897	3
1898	5
1899	4
1900	8
1901	7
1902	7
1903	10
1904	7
1905	15
1906	17
1907	5
1908	19
1909	12
1910	6
1911	40
1912	50
1913	38
1914	9
1915	167
1916	290
1917	62
1918	12
1919	42
1920	262
1921	58
1922	38
1923	165
1924	160
1925	191
1926	131
1927	266
1928	120
1929	352
1930	310
1931	353
1932	310
1933	241
1934	333
1935	519
1936	490
1937	816
1938	403
1939	717
1940	304
1941	499
1942	306
1943	446
1944	283
1945	533
1946	258
1947	631
1948	251
1949	432
1950	507
1951	626
1952	432
1953	373
1954	317
1955	266
1956	587
1957	1,266
1958	255
1959	682
1960	341
1961	329
1962	141
1963	1,297
1964	264
1965	330
1966	625
1967	297
1968	175
1969	1,200
1970	617
1971	705
1972	601
1973	712
1974	653
1975	1,028
1976	879
1977	578
1978	570
1979	1,094
1980	584
1981	1,502
1982	1,071
1983	853
1984	1,261
1985	846
1986	968
1987	694
1988	619
1989	1,363
1990	954
1991	1,232
1992	1,176
1993	670
1994	558
1995	1,471
1996	1,396
1997	1,172
1998	1,221
1999	1,011
2000	1,275
2001	1,091
2002	1,868
2003	1,952
2004	1,224
2005	679
2006	1,976
2007	1,673
2008	993
2009	838
2010	683
2011	701
2012	1,017
2013	754
2014	755
2015	760
2016	460
2017	603
2018	322
2019	459
2020	1,777
2021	298
2022	1,342
2023	544
2024	674
2025	343

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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 3	83
3 to 5	16
5 to 8	6
8 to 10	3
10 to 13	1
13 to 15	2
15 to 18	0
18 to 20	2