Weather Records on 28 October 1924

109 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 October 1924. Highest significance: Ashland, US.

Key Facts for 28 October 1924

On 28 October 1924, 109 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
71 were record highs and 3 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 109 daily.
Ashland set a daily record precipitation of 33.8 mm (1.3 in) on 28 October 1924.
Across 152 earlier years (1802 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 489 records.

Record Map

109 stations

109 station records on 28 October 1924 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 October 1924: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Salem AP (McNary Field)	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Grants Pass	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide (Thorndon Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ukiah	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Muckadilla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Windsor Riverside	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Concord	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Moxee	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Eugene	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Spokane Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rivertree (Myall)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moose Jaw Chab	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bourke Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Prince Albert	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Howell Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Sidi-Bel-Abbes	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Kynuna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Battleford	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Stratford	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsboro	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Orleansville (Chlef)	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Marree Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Boulia Airport	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	27.7 C (81.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Toronto	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Cruz	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Dale Enterprise	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Innamincka Police Camp	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Bancroft	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Saint John	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	7.5 mm (0.30 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Portland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Kalamazoo State Hospital	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Yunta (Paratoo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Charleville Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	22.4 C (72.3 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Lindsay	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Nicosia	Cyprus	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	10.4 C (50.7 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Madison Sewage Plt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Regina Int'l A	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Ulm	Germany	Record daily precipitation	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Jacobsdal (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Gardiner	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Miles City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Gloversville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Biskra	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Nevada City	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Lewiston	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Calumet	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Wauseon Wtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Fillmore	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Clarksville	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Port Townsend	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Rosalia	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Laramie	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Milparinka Hotel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

109 records

Records set or tied on 28 October 1924 by type: Highest daily maximum 40, Lowest daily maximum 2, Highest daily minimum 31, Lowest daily minimum 1, Heaviest daily rainfall 35.

Records on 28 October 1924 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	40
Lowest daily maximum	2
Highest daily minimum	31
Lowest daily minimum	1
Heaviest daily rainfall	35
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 28 October 1924 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 109.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

91 broken records

Margins by which the 91 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 29.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 October 1924

Top 20 records on 28 October 1924 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 October 1924	Ashland, US	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	5 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1924	Salem AP (McNary Field), US	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	23 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1924	Grants Pass, US	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	23 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1924	Adelaide (Thorndon Park), AU	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	19 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1924	Ukiah, US	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	23 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1924	Aberdeen, US	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	3 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1924	Muckadilla Post Office, AU	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	11 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1924	Windsor Riverside, CA	daily high max	21.7 C (71.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	49 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1924	Concord, US	daily high max	22.2 C (72.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	49 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1924	Moxee, US	daily rain	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	15 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1924	Eugene, US	daily rain	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	27 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1924	Spokane Intl AP, US	daily rain	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	15 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1924	Rivertree (Myall), AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	16 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1924	Moose Jaw Chab, CA	daily high min	6.7 C (44.1 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	21 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1924	Bourke Post Office, AU	daily high min	25.0 C (77.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	39 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1924	Prince Albert, CA	daily high min	5.0 C (41.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	33 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1924	Howell Wwtp, US	daily high min	14.4 C (57.9 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	27 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1924	Sidi-Bel-Abbes, DZ	daily high min	14.0 C (57.2 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	42 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1924	Kynuna, AU	daily rain	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	35 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1924	Battleford, CA	daily high min	6.7 C (44.1 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	18 years	18 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 109 records.

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

Records on 10-28 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1827	1
1842	1
1856	2
1861	1
1866	2
1867	1
1869	4
1873	1
1876	1
1880	3
1881	1
1882	1
1883	1
1886	1
1888	6
1889	2
1890	3
1891	1
1892	7
1893	4
1894	1
1895	3
1896	5
1897	4
1898	5
1899	8
1900	8
1901	15
1902	18
1903	11
1904	13
1905	8
1906	15
1907	15
1908	12
1909	18
1910	26
1911	16
1912	28
1913	153
1914	31
1915	66
1916	13
1917	31
1918	79
1919	87
1920	48
1921	32
1922	90
1923	74
1924	109
1925	598
1926	123
1927	504
1928	77
1929	224
1930	144
1931	205
1932	164
1933	240
1934	227
1935	406
1936	578
1937	697
1938	170
1939	279
1940	652
1941	324
1942	355
1943	310
1944	501
1945	462
1946	712
1947	462
1948	370
1949	341
1950	544
1951	195
1952	485
1953	341
1954	486
1955	462
1956	353
1957	812
1958	198
1959	430
1960	225
1961	437
1962	432
1963	492
1964	332
1965	402
1966	254
1967	404
1968	523
1969	651
1970	846
1971	1,666
1972	1,012
1973	444
1974	805
1975	282
1976	1,606
1977	616
1978	292
1979	387
1980	1,657
1981	922
1982	578
1983	427
1984	1,553
1985	754
1986	590
1987	973
1988	816
1989	1,083
1990	917
1991	2,462
1992	676
1993	576
1994	675
1995	1,049
1996	1,396
1997	1,767
1998	1,457
1999	1,092
2000	935
2001	1,089
2002	982
2003	1,403
2004	1,641
2005	949
2006	1,295
2007	906
2008	1,207
2009	984
2010	1,029
2011	655
2012	1,097
2013	1,007
2014	850
2015	753
2016	1,139
2017	755
2018	710
2019	1,437
2020	1,646
2021	605
2022	879
2023	1,381
2024	650
2025	462

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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 5	72
5 to 10	9
10 to 15	5
15 to 20	1
20 to 25	1
25 to 30	3