Weather Records on 24 October 1932

334 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 October 1932. Highest significance: Gazole, IN.

Key Facts for 24 October 1932

On 24 October 1932, 334 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
40 were record highs and 38 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 327 daily.
Gazole set a daily record precipitation of 109.2 mm (4.3 in) on 24 October 1932.
Across 158 earlier years (1802 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 478 records.

Record Map

334 stations

334 station records on 24 October 1932 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 October 1932: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Gazole	India	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Gunnison 3SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Middelwater	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hajo	India	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rajmahal	India	Record daily precipitation	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mehgawan	India	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Borio	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gunnison 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Rani(Ranigoda)	India	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sahebganj	India	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Nanpara	India	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Godda	India	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pakur	India	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Collbran	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
St Albans	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pachamba	India	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gondwara(Kohra)	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rajauli	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Raghunathpur	India	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ebrach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hardoi	India	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Suri	India	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Boko	India	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Big Creek	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Malda	India	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kamalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Palasbari	India	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Begusarai	India	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ernakulam	India	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Amchong(Sonepur)	India	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Deo	India	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Chhaygaon	India	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Dibrugarh Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Colagaon	India	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Grenfell	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Nawadah	India	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Barh	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Gangajalghati	India	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mathabhanga	India	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Balfour (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Rapid City Forrest	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Baunsi	India	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Pavagada	India	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Gidhour	India	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Forbesganj	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cannanore	India	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Knysna (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tezpur	India	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kachugaon	India	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ilav	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ankleshwar	India	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
St Albans	Canada	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gotska Sandon	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	23.5 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ulm	Germany	Record daily precipitation	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oudtshoorn	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Grenfell	Canada	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kurgan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	7.2 mm (0.28 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dunedin	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dumka	India	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hungund	India	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

334 records

Records set or tied on 24 October 1932 by type: Highest daily maximum 21, Lowest daily maximum 19, Highest daily minimum 19, Lowest daily minimum 19, Heaviest daily rainfall 243, Heaviest daily snowfall 13.

Records on 24 October 1932 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	21
Lowest daily maximum	19
Highest daily minimum	19
Lowest daily minimum	19
Heaviest daily rainfall	243
Heaviest daily snowfall	13
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 24 October 1932 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 7, daily 327.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

307 broken records

Margins by which the 307 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 152.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 October 1932

Top 20 records on 24 October 1932 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 October 1932	Gazole, IN	daily rain	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	31 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1932	Gunnison 3SW, US	monthly snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	33 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1932	Middelwater, ZA	monthly rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	27 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1932	Hajo, IN	daily rain	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	65.1 mm (2.6 in)	13 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1932	Rajmahal, IN	daily rain	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	128.5 mm (5.1 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1932	Mehgawan, IN	daily rain	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	113.8 mm (4.5 in)	12 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1932	Borio, IN	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	31 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1932	Gunnison 3SW, US	monthly rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	35 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1932	Rani(Ranigoda), IN	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	30 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1932	Sahebganj, IN	daily rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	15 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1932	Nanpara, IN	daily rain	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	92.9 mm (3.7 in)	4 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1932	Godda, IN	daily rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	12 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1932	Pakur, IN	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	31 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1932	Collbran, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	16 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1932	St Albans, CA	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	7.4 cm (2.9 in)	38 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1932	Pachamba, IN	daily rain	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	15 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1932	Gondwara(Kohra), IN	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	6 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1932	Rajauli, IN	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1932	Raghunathpur, IN	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	16 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1932	Ebrach, DE	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	9 years	32 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 1932

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1932. 1932 had 334 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 20	224
20 to 40	55
40 to 60	11
60 to 80	7
80 to 100	4
100 to 120	3
120 to 140	2
140 to 160	1