Weather Records on 24 October 1924

94 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 October 1924. Highest significance: Ferrara, IT.

Key Facts for 24 October 1924

On 24 October 1924, 94 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
34 were record highs and 26 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 92 daily.
Ferrara set a monthly record daily precipitation of 100.0 mm (3.9 in) on 24 October 1924.
Across 158 earlier years (1802 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 480 records.

Record Map

94 stations

94 station records on 24 October 1924 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 October 1924: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ferrara	Italy	Record daily precipitation	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Astoria	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Seattle Urban Site	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Quesnel	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Perm	Russia	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yantabulla Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Northumberland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Jervis Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Borda Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Worcester	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Willoughby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Kluitjeskraal (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Macarthur (Glenhuntly)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Agassiz Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Banff	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Chipewyan	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Battleford	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Piketberg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Berrybank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Macleod	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Salekhard	Russia	Record daily precipitation	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Gambier Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Port Fairy (Griffiths Island)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Prince Albert	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
The Towers	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Ellensburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Kamloops	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Millsboro	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Tarboro 1 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Cooke Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
New Westminster	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Belle Isle	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	1.4 C (34.5 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston SE	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
St Albans	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Rutherglen	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Wappingers Falls	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Angel	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Warsaw 2 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Barkerville	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Edmonton	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Chipewyan	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Runnymede Spottsville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Port Townsend	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Quesnel	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Potsdam	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsboro	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Schriever	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Arapaho	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Coonalpyn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Portland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Warrnambool Shire Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Earlington	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Houma	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

94 records

Records set or tied on 24 October 1924 by type: Highest daily maximum 6, Lowest daily maximum 6, Highest daily minimum 28, Lowest daily minimum 20, Heaviest daily rainfall 34.

Records on 24 October 1924 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	6
Lowest daily maximum	6
Highest daily minimum	28
Lowest daily minimum	20
Heaviest daily rainfall	34
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 24 October 1924 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 92.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

71 broken records

Margins by which the 71 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 19.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 October 1924

Top 20 records on 24 October 1924 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 October 1924	Ferrara, IT	monthly rain	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	12.6 mm (0.5 in)	13 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1924	Astoria, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	19 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1924	Seattle Urban Site, US	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	12 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1924	Quesnel, CA	daily high min	10.0 C (50.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	18 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1924	Perm, RU	daily rain	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	8.7 mm (0.34 in)	22 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1924	Yantabulla Station, AU	daily rain	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	30 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1924	Cape Northumberland, AU	daily rain	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	44 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1924	Cape Jervis Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	37 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1924	Cape Borda Comparison, AU	daily rain	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	29 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1924	Worcester, ZA	daily rain	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	36 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1924	Calgary Int'l A, CA	daily high min	8.9 C (48.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	32 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1924	Aberdeen, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	24 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1924	Cape Willoughby, AU	daily rain	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	1.1 mm (0.04 in)	37 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1924	Kluitjeskraal (Bos), ZA	daily rain	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	28 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1924	Macarthur (Glenhuntly), AU	daily rain	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	24 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1924	Agassiz Cda, CA	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	19 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1924	Banff, CA	daily high min	7.2 C (45.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	32 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1924	Fort Chipewyan, CA	daily high max	14.4 C (57.9 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	23 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1924	Battleford, CA	daily high min	5.6 C (42.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	26 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1924	Piketberg (Pol), ZA	daily rain	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	36 years	16 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 1924

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1924. 1924 had 94 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).

Margin	Records
0 to 3	50
3 to 5	11
5 to 8	3
8 to 10	2
10 to 13	0
13 to 15	3
15 to 18	1
18 to 20	1