Weather Records on 24 January 1928

215 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 January 1928. Highest significance: Westminster, CA.

Key Facts for 24 January 1928

On 24 January 1928, 215 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
8 were record highs and 10 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 213 daily.
Westminster set a daily record precipitation of 44.5 mm (1.8 in) on 24 January 1928.
Across 160 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 486 records.

Record Map

215 stations

215 station records on 24 January 1928 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 January 1928: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Westminster	Canada	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Wallabadah (Woodton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
La Monte	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
St Louis Eads Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Port Jervis	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Renfrew	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Haliburton A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Alton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Castle Mountain	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Haliburton A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ellerston (Hunters Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Wagga Wagga (Kooringal)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Peak Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sarna	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Orje	Norway	Record daily precipitation	15.4 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Malmesbury	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Orebro	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Grantville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Landsort	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Brome	Canada	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Woolsthorpe	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Toledo Blade	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Renfrew	Canada	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record daily precipitation	16.9 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nord Odal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lifjell	Norway	Record daily precipitation	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Granville	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dromana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lakes Entrance Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Holmogadd A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	5.2 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gysinge	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	6.5 mm (0.26 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Narre Warren North (Narre Warr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Beaufort	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Halden	Norway	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Svenska Hogarna	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	5.5 mm (0.22 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Delaware	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bendigo Channel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Merino	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Doberlug-Kirchhain	Germany	Record snow depth	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Postmyr I Drangedal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	16.1 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Casey	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Wayne City	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Salem	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tambo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Guy Fawkes 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Moonan Flat (High St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Queenscliff	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Carisbrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Koroit	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Mortlake	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Grim (Woolnorth)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Stromsfoss Sluse	Norway	Record daily precipitation	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Malung	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Vinga	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	6.0 mm (0.24 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Cleveland 2717 Euclid	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

215 records

Records set or tied on 24 January 1928 by type: Highest daily maximum 5, Lowest daily maximum 5, Highest daily minimum 3, Lowest daily minimum 5, Heaviest daily rainfall 187, Heaviest daily snowfall 9, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 24 January 1928 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	5
Lowest daily maximum	5
Highest daily minimum	3
Lowest daily minimum	5
Heaviest daily rainfall	187
Heaviest daily snowfall	9
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 24 January 1928 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 213.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

201 broken records

Margins by which the 201 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 January 1928

Top 20 records on 24 January 1928 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 January 1928	Westminster, CA	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1928	Wallabadah (Woodton), AU	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	45.9 mm (1.8 in)	33 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1928	La Monte, US	monthly rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	31 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1928	St Louis Eads Brg, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1928	Chicoutimi, CA	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	4 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
24 January 1928	Chicoutimi, CA	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	4 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
24 January 1928	Port Jervis, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	43 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
24 January 1928	Renfrew, CA	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	4 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
24 January 1928	Haliburton A, CA	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	4 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
24 January 1928	Alton, CA	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	31 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
24 January 1928	Castle Mountain, AU	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	14 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
24 January 1928	Haliburton A, CA	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	4 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
24 January 1928	Ellerston (Hunters Vale), AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	16 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
24 January 1928	Wagga Wagga (Kooringal), AU	daily low max	21.1 C (70.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	55 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
24 January 1928	Peak Downs, AU	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	10 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
24 January 1928	Sarna, SE	daily rain	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	1 year	20 of 100 (Routine)
24 January 1928	Orje, NO	daily rain	15.4 mm (0.6 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	25 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
24 January 1928	Malmesbury, ZA	daily rain	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	49 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
24 January 1928	Orebro, SE	daily rain	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	60 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
24 January 1928	Stockholm, SE	daily rain	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	55 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

1796 to 1928

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1928. 1928 had 215 records.

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

Records on 01-24 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1800	1
1817	1
1823	2
1828	2
1834	2
1845	1
1846	1
1849	1
1855	1
1858	1
1864	1
1866	1
1869	1
1871	1
1872	1
1873	1
1875	1
1879	2
1881	6
1882	2
1883	1
1884	1
1887	1
1888	1
1890	1
1891	4
1892	1
1893	2
1894	3
1895	3
1896	15
1897	2
1899	7
1900	4
1901	2
1902	7
1903	6
1904	11
1905	8
1906	20
1907	24
1908	12
1909	69
1910	20
1911	11
1912	11
1913	27
1914	27
1915	30
1916	28
1917	63
1918	52
1919	55
1920	34
1921	45
1922	89
1923	78
1924	116
1925	67
1926	100
1927	172
1928	215
1929	396
1930	639
1931	436
1932	245
1933	605
1934	361
1935	731
1936	1,085
1937	600
1938	545
1939	198
1940	827
1941	987
1942	634
1943	715
1944	634
1945	130
1946	355
1947	788
1948	1,257
1949	1,123
1950	1,342
1951	466
1952	383
1953	815
1954	368
1955	536
1956	366
1957	305
1958	381
1959	702
1960	348
1961	508
1962	478
1963	1,710
1964	461
1965	537
1966	553
1967	1,249
1968	711
1969	1,049
1970	834
1971	534
1972	756
1973	472
1974	636
1975	523
1976	631
1977	532
1978	1,427
1979	1,436
1980	782
1981	1,324
1982	759
1983	786
1984	677
1985	583
1986	415
1987	842
1988	766
1989	673
1990	929
1991	1,034
1992	894
1993	1,433
1994	634
1995	578
1996	1,150
1997	822
1998	524
1999	1,745
2000	1,135
2001	750
2002	1,724
2003	1,485
2004	719
2005	1,078
2006	928
2007	1,136
2008	973
2009	1,046
2010	1,225
2011	810
2012	503
2013	768
2014	926
2015	617
2016	887
2017	958
2018	721
2019	627
2020	789
2021	517
2022	434
2023	657
2024	1,018
2025	715
2026	1,625

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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 20	188
20 to 40	7
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	1