Weather Records on 24 February 1927

402 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 February 1927. Highest significance: Colesberg (Tnk), ZA.

Key Facts for 24 February 1927

On 24 February 1927, 402 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
213 were record highs and 6 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 395 daily.
Colesberg (Tnk) set a daily record precipitation of 47.0 mm (1.9 in) on 24 February 1927.
Across 153 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 562 records.

Record Map

402 stations

402 station records on 24 February 1927 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 February 1927: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Colesberg (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Condon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Augusta	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Warburton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Nevada City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ringwood 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tarboro 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tuscumbia	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
San Jacinto	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Port Lincoln (Woolga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chatillon-Sur-Seine	France	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Old Noarlunga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Elliot Caravan Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Urana (Nowranie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
American River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide (Thorndon Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mannum Council Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bairnsdale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wangaratta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Pleasant	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Benalla (Shadforth Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Minlaton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lakes Entrance Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rome	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Houston Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide (Pooraka)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Two Wells	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Torrens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Milang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Burra Burra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Moama	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Mulwala Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Barmah East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Numurkah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Dandenong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
San Remo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Curramulka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Maitland (Weetulta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Willoughby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Kingscote	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Ashbourne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Birdwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Gogeldrie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Madowla Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Seacombe	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Wandin (Yallock)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Macarthur (Glenhuntly)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Selma	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Langhorne Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Deniliquin Norwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Bruthen (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Clyde State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Greensborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Port Campbell Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Sveg	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	-1.5 C (29.3 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa 4SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

402 records

Records set or tied on 24 February 1927 by type: Highest daily maximum 113, Lowest daily maximum 1, Highest daily minimum 100, Lowest daily minimum 5, Heaviest daily rainfall 179, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 24 February 1927 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	113
Lowest daily maximum	1
Highest daily minimum	100
Lowest daily minimum	5
Heaviest daily rainfall	179
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 24 February 1927 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 7, daily 395.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

328 broken records

Margins by which the 328 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 110.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 February 1927

Top 20 records on 24 February 1927 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 February 1927	Colesberg (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1927	Condon, AU	daily rain	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	16 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1927	Augusta, US	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	12 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1927	Warburton, AU	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	40 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1927	Nevada City, US	monthly high min	12.2 C (54.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	26 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1927	Ringwood 2, AU	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	48 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1927	Tarboro 1 S, US	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	9 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1927	Tuscumbia, US	daily high min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	24 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1927	San Jacinto, US	daily high min	11.7 C (53.1 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	25 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1927	Port Lincoln (Woolga), AU	daily rain	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	27 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1927	Chatillon-Sur-Seine, FR	daily rain	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	16 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1927	Old Noarlunga Post Office, AU	daily rain	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	40 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1927	Port Elliot Caravan Park, AU	daily rain	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	40 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1927	Urana (Nowranie), AU	daily rain	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	34 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1927	American River, AU	daily rain	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	30 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1927	Adelaide (Thorndon Park), AU	daily rain	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	3.9 mm (0.15 in)	46 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1927	Mannum Council Depot, AU	daily rain	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	34 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1927	Bairnsdale Post Office, AU	daily rain	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	24 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1927	Wangaratta, AU	daily rain	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	45 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1927	Mount Pleasant, AU	daily rain	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	5.5 mm (0.22 in)	34 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 1927

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1927. 1927 had 402 records.

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

Records on 02-24 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1813	1
1814	4
1836	1
1846	2
1858	2
1863	1
1867	1
1868	1
1870	1
1873	2
1875	2
1876	1
1877	2
1879	4
1881	1
1886	1
1887	2
1888	7
1889	6
1891	3
1892	2
1894	2
1896	1
1897	4
1898	10
1899	4
1900	14
1901	4
1902	7
1903	5
1904	5
1905	13
1906	33
1907	16
1908	14
1909	73
1910	25
1911	16
1912	58
1913	6
1914	26
1915	46
1916	24
1917	52
1918	50
1919	39
1920	15
1921	82
1922	54
1923	63
1924	73
1925	110
1926	166
1927	402
1928	139
1929	141
1930	1,185
1931	164
1932	226
1933	331
1934	887
1935	251
1936	514
1937	148
1938	202
1939	385
1940	279
1941	490
1942	287
1943	375
1944	463
1945	212
1946	440
1947	779
1948	299
1949	420
1950	712
1951	423
1952	535
1953	423
1954	720
1955	1,120
1956	627
1957	649
1958	866
1959	217
1960	1,145
1961	520
1962	1,412
1963	593
1964	447
1965	993
1966	637
1967	1,134
1968	734
1969	874
1970	354
1971	377
1972	753
1973	235
1974	365
1975	1,570
1976	999
1977	1,307
1978	1,061
1979	1,473
1980	466
1981	1,177
1982	898
1983	533
1984	652
1985	1,412
1986	1,309
1987	952
1988	373
1989	1,776
1990	1,969
1991	641
1992	922
1993	1,730
1994	1,070
1995	1,081
1996	1,209
1997	1,537
1998	1,459
1999	752
2000	2,155
2001	1,407
2002	883
2003	1,735
2004	980
2005	742
2006	487
2007	1,095
2008	1,060
2009	852
2010	1,527
2011	1,291
2012	838
2013	705
2014	623
2015	1,963
2016	818
2017	1,612
2018	1,356
2019	1,302
2020	697
2021	860
2022	1,808
2023	1,793
2024	417
2025	966
2026	1,107

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Data for records on 1927-02-24: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 20	321
20 to 40	4
40 to 60	0
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1