Weather Records on 24 October 1933

256 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 October 1933. Highest significance: Ottawa, CA.

Key Facts for 24 October 1933

On 24 October 1933, 256 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
78 were record highs and 87 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 238 daily.
Ottawa set a monthly record daily snowfall of 26.7 cm (10.5 in) on 24 October 1933.
Across 158 earlier years (1802 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 479 records.

Record Map

256 stations

256 station records on 24 October 1933 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 October 1933: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ottawa	Canada	Record daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Ottawa Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record daily snowfall	21.1 cm (8.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Peterborough	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ai-Petri	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sherbrooke	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Florence	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Guelph Oac	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Green Bay	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Harbor Beach 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Grantsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lucknow	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Unb	Canada	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Alma	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Medford	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Shawinigan	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bic	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Saint John	Canada	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sawantwadi	India	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Calumet	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Amguri	India	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Chendipada	India	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ishpeming	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Dawson	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-30.0 C (-22.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Parry Sound	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Huntsville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ladner	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hay River	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Battleford	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Quebec	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Beachport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yalta	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kamloops	Canada	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Millicent	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Midland 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bosque del Apache	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Escanaba	United States	Record daily snowfall	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Toronto Agincourt	Canada	Record daily snowfall	4.6 cm (1.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pine River 3 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	3.0 cm (1.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dawson	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Chipewyan	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Parry Sound	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dayton 1 WSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Barkerville	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bancroft	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Marseille Obs. Palais-Lonchamp	France	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Oconto 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Biscuit Flat (Woolmit)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Hay River	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Lakefield	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Traverse Cy Cherry Capital AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Quesnel	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottetown	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	9.3 C (48.7 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Northfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
El Paso	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Butte Bert Mooney AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

256 records

Records set or tied on 24 October 1933 by type: Highest daily maximum 56, Lowest daily maximum 75, Highest daily minimum 22, Lowest daily minimum 12, Heaviest daily rainfall 55, Heaviest daily snowfall 35, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 24 October 1933 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	56
Lowest daily maximum	75
Highest daily minimum	22
Lowest daily minimum	12
Heaviest daily rainfall	55
Heaviest daily snowfall	35
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 24 October 1933 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 17, daily 238.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

199 broken records

Margins by which the 199 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 165.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 October 1933

Top 20 records on 24 October 1933 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 October 1933	Ottawa, CA	monthly snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	15.8 cm (6.2 in)	25 years	63 of 100 (Major)
24 October 1933	Ottawa Cda, CA	monthly snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	11 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1933	Montreal McGill, CA	monthly snowfall	21.1 cm (8.3 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	45 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1933	Peterborough, CA	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	10.6 cm (4.2 in)	48 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1933	Ai-Petri, UA	daily rain	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	32 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1933	Sherbrooke, CA	monthly snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	8 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1933	Florence, US	monthly snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	8 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1933	Guelph Oac, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	48 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1933	Green Bay, US	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	46 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1933	Harbor Beach 1 SSE, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1933	Grantsburg, US	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	33 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1933	Bathurst Gaol, AU	daily high min	18.3 C (64.9 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	53 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1933	Lucknow, CA	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	47 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1933	Fredericton Unb, CA	daily rain	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1933	Alma, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	37 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1933	Medford, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	38 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1933	Shawinigan, CA	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	31 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1933	Bic, CA	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	32 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1933	Saint John, CA	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	36 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1933	Sawantwadi, IN	daily rain	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	20 years	28 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 1933

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1933. 1933 had 256 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 25	174
25 to 50	10
50 to 75	2
75 to 100	6
100 to 125	3
125 to 150	2
150 to 175	2