Weather Records on 24 February 1935

251 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 February 1935. Highest significance: Mackay Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 24 February 1935

On 24 February 1935, 251 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
32 were record highs and 28 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 246 daily.
Mackay Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 240.0 mm (9.4 in) on 24 February 1935.
Across 153 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 563 records.

Record Map

251 stations

251 station records on 24 February 1935 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 February 1935: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mackay Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	240.0 mm (9.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Watertown Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record low maximum temperature	25.7 C (78.3 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nes Pa Hedmark	Norway	Record snow depth	35.0 cm (13.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Collins	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Milwaukee Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Peoria City Office	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Yuma	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Port Washington	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Parrsboro	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Abitibi Post	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Madrid	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ai-Petri	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Culbertson	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Chugwater	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ambalapuza	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Orillia	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Junction Walker Fld	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kiruna	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Steinkopf (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ostrov Sosnovez	Russia	Record daily precipitation	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Watertown Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stratton	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Abitibi Post	Canada	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Viljujsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cottonwood Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jodhpur	India	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Norddal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Albert Lea 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tooele	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gronbaek-Allingskovgard	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vilnius	Lithuania	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gannapan	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bjuroklubb	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yanco Glen (Corona Homestead)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Keokuk L&D 19	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Madrid	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Enisejsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Greeley	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Orillia	Canada	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Holyoke	United States	Record daily precipitation	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Grundy Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pialba Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
New Hampton	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fayette	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Olaa 92	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Marshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ullawarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	33.7 C (92.7 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Toulby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Gujjran	India	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Tobolsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Ulan-Ude	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-15.5 C (4.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Wray	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Hays 1 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

251 records

Records set or tied on 24 February 1935 by type: Highest daily maximum 9, Lowest daily maximum 16, Highest daily minimum 23, Lowest daily minimum 12, Heaviest daily rainfall 148, Heaviest daily snowfall 37, Deepest snow cover 6.

Records on 24 February 1935 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	9
Lowest daily maximum	16
Highest daily minimum	23
Lowest daily minimum	12
Heaviest daily rainfall	148
Heaviest daily snowfall	37
Deepest snow cover	6

Records on 24 February 1935 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 4, daily 246.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

214 broken records

Margins by which the 214 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 330.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 February 1935

Top 20 records on 24 February 1935 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 February 1935	Mackay Post Office, AU	daily rain	240.0 mm (9.4 in)	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	46 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1935	Watertown Wwtp, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	25 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1935	Hambantota, LK	daily low max	25.7 C (78.3 F)	2.1 C (3.8 F)	60 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1935	Nes Pa Hedmark, NO	daily snow depth	35.0 cm (13.8 in)	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	3 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1935	Ft Collins, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	35 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1935	Milwaukee Wb City, US	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	28 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1935	Peoria City Office, US	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	4 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1935	Yuma, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	23 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1935	Franklin, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	46 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1935	Port Washington, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1935	Parrsboro, CA	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	4 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1935	Abitibi Post, CA	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	33 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1935	Madrid, US	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	32 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1935	Ai-Petri, UA	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	28 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1935	Culbertson, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	5 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1935	Chugwater, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	23 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1935	Ambalapuza, IN	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	25 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1935	Orillia, CA	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	0.5 cm (0.2 in)	47 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1935	Haparanda, SE	daily high min	0.0 C (32.0 F)	3.5 C (6.3 F)	40 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1935	Grand Junction Walker Fld, US	daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	4 years	21 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 1935

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1935. 1935 had 251 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 50	198
50 to 100	11
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1