Weather Records on 24 February 1928

139 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 February 1928. Highest significance: Inkerman Station, AU.

Key Facts for 24 February 1928

On 24 February 1928, 139 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
32 were record highs and 82 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 136 daily.
Inkerman Station set a daily record precipitation of 104.9 mm (4.1 in) on 24 February 1928.
Across 153 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 564 records.

Record Map

139 stations

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

Weather records on 24 February 1928: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Inkerman Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Burdekin Shire Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	190.5 mm (7.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Laramie	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Dwtn Charleston	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Cairo River	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Quitman 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
St Lawrence Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Orono	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Buffelsfontein 14	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	-2.0 C (28.4 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Collins	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Rockwell City	United States	Record snow depth	228.6 cm (90.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	-3.0 C (26.6 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Grinnell 3 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Escanaba	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Darwin Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	30.1 C (86.2 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Tewantin Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	24.9 C (76.8 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Poretskoye	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-32.6 C (-26.7 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Greeley	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
New Smyrna Beach	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Marion	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Kingfisher	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Lucinda Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Ashton 1N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Oconto 4 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Ilulissat (Jakobshavn)	Greenland [Denmark]	Record high maximum temperature	3.5 C (38.3 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Kazan	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-31.9 C (-25.4 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record high maximum temperature	21.4 C (70.5 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Stanwell Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Tuscumbia	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Guthrie Ctr	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Sac City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Ulysses 3NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Worthington	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Hernando	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Missoula 6 NW WFO	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Minden	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Viroqua	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
St Cloud State Clg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Broome Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	38.5 C (101.3 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Anakie Richardson St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Marshalltown	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Santee	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Jackson Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Kennewick	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Medford	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Oshkosh	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Halifax Macrossan St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Fords Bridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Bogoroditskoye-Fenino	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Kamennaja-Step	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-24.7 C (-12.5 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Fordyce (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Bluff	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Lakin	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Pine River 3 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

139 records

Records set or tied on 24 February 1928 by type: Highest daily maximum 16, Lowest daily maximum 67, Highest daily minimum 16, Lowest daily minimum 15, Heaviest daily rainfall 22, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 24 February 1928 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	16
Lowest daily maximum	67
Highest daily minimum	16
Lowest daily minimum	15
Heaviest daily rainfall	22
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 24 February 1928 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 136.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

105 broken records

Margins by which the 105 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 762.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 February 1928

Top 20 records on 24 February 1928 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 February 1928	Inkerman Station, AU	daily rain	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	33 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1928	Georgetown Post Office, AU	daily high min	26.7 C (80.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	31 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1928	Burdekin Shire Council, AU	monthly rain	190.5 mm (7.5 in)	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	30 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1928	Laramie, US	daily low max	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	34 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1928	Dwtn Charleston, US	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	17 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1928	Cairo River, US	daily rain	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	12 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1928	Quitman 2 NW, US	daily rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	8 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1928	St Lawrence Post Office, AU	daily rain	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	31 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1928	Sydney, CA	daily high min	1.1 C (34.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	49 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1928	Orono, US	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	8 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1928	Buffelsfontein 14, ZA	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	28 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1928	Karesuando, SE	daily high min	-2.0 C (28.4 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	36 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1928	Ft Collins, US	daily low max	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	24 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1928	Rockwell City, US	daily snow depth	228.6 cm (90.0 in)	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	10 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1928	Jokkmokk, SE	daily high min	-3.0 C (26.6 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	40 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1928	Grinnell 3 SW, US	daily low max	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	33 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1928	Escanaba, US	daily low max	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	38 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1928	Tizi Ouzou, DZ	daily high min	11.0 C (51.8 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	32 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1928	Darwin Post Office, AU	monthly high min	30.1 C (86.2 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	0 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1928	Tewantin Post Office, AU	daily low max	24.9 C (76.8 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	29 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

1794 to 1928

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1928. 1928 had 139 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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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 100	104
100 to 200	0
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	0
700 to 800	1