Weather Records on 24 October 1934

535 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 October 1934. Highest significance: Piangil, AU.

Key Facts for 24 October 1934

On 24 October 1934, 535 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
162 were record highs and 11 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 523 daily.
Piangil set a monthly record daily precipitation of 61.7 mm (2.4 in) on 24 October 1934.
Across 158 earlier years (1802 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 477 records.

Record Map

535 stations

535 station records on 24 October 1934 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 October 1934: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Piangil	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Goonumbla (Coradgery)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Charlton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Narromine (Alagala Old)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Warren (Haddon Rig)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Queanbeyan Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Burkes Flat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Korong Vale (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Gragin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lakeside	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Pinnaroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wycheproof (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Slaty Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tyntynder Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pooncarie (Tarcoola)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Euabalong (Booberoi)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Swan Hill (Murray Downs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Boort	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wychitella South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sandy Creek Tank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Moulamein Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mincha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cobar Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Moolpa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Warranooke (Glenorchy)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gladfield Hopefield Estate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bealiba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Narraport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cascade Locks	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tottenham (Burdenda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Carinda Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Methven	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Stockinbingal 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Canary Island South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Euabalong (Lachlan St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Nevertire (Beverley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Granville (Kentucky)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Barham (Thule Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bael Bael	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Charm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kempton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Brae Springs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wakool (Barratta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Quambatook South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Marmal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Collector (Brookdale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Canary Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Doraville	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ultima (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wedderburn (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wilcannia (Billilla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gundaroo (Bairnsdale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ninyeunook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cudgewa North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Trundle (Murrumbogie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Balpool (Nyang)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

535 records

Records set or tied on 24 October 1934 by type: Highest daily maximum 66, Lowest daily maximum 7, Highest daily minimum 96, Lowest daily minimum 4, Heaviest daily rainfall 360, Heaviest daily snowfall 2.

Records on 24 October 1934 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	66
Lowest daily maximum	7
Highest daily minimum	96
Lowest daily minimum	4
Heaviest daily rainfall	360
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 24 October 1934 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 11, daily 523.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

474 broken records

Margins by which the 474 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 51.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 October 1934

Top 20 records on 24 October 1934 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 October 1934	Piangil, AU	monthly rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	17 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1934	Goonumbla (Coradgery), AU	all-time rain	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	9 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1934	Charlton Post Office, AU	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1934	Cambridge, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	34 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1934	Narromine (Alagala Old), AU	monthly rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	1 year	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1934	Warren (Haddon Rig), AU	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	51 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1934	Queanbeyan Bowling Club, AU	monthly rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	58 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1934	Burkes Flat, AU	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1934	Korong Vale (Post Office), AU	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	39 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1934	Gragin, AU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	46 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1934	Lakeside, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	19 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1934	Pinnaroo, AU	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	13 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1934	Wycheproof (Post Office), AU	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1934	Slaty Creek, AU	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	13 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1934	Tyntynder Station, AU	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1934	Cedar Lake, US	monthly rain	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	11 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1934	Pooncarie (Tarcoola), AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	12 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1934	Euabalong (Booberoi), AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1934	Swan Hill (Murray Downs), AU	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	63 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1934	Boort, AU	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	13 years	43 of 100 (Notable)

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 1934

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1934. 1934 had 535 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 10	342
10 to 20	89
20 to 30	37
30 to 40	4
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	1