Weather Records on 24 October 1936

223 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 October 1936. Highest significance: Yerevan, AM.

Key Facts for 24 October 1936

On 24 October 1936, 223 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
58 were record highs and 67 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 221 daily.
Yerevan set a daily record precipitation of 31.5 mm (1.2 in) on 24 October 1936.
Across 158 earlier years (1802 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 479 records.

Record Map

223 stations

223 station records on 24 October 1936 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 October 1936: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Yerevan	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Anticosti SW Point	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Olaa 92	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Paauilo 221	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Papaikou 144.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hakalau 142	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sussex	Canada	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Jahanabad	India	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Moncton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kotli	Pakistan	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Honokaa Mauka	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Karlstad	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ottoshoop (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lambertville River	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tempe Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Texarkana Webb Fld	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ganca	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Karasjok	Norway	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sri Ranbirsingh	India	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nelyambo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tibooburra (Olive Downs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wanaaring (Urisino)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Windsor Kings College	Canada	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Norley Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Schreiber	Canada	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tibooburra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Poonch	India	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Innamincka Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Browning	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bella Coola	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bhimber	Pakistan	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Mahackala	Russia	Record daily precipitation	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Burnet	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Hewitt	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Gumri	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Salisbury Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Wicannia (the Peak Tank)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Bourke	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
St John's	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Karanjia	India	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bar Harbor 3 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Hallock	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Deming	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Marshall	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Trinidad 2 SSE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Orlando Executive AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Champawat	India	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Visalia	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Clarksville 2NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Clarksville 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Penong (Penalumba)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Goorimpa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Savanne	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Machadodorp	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Union Springs 9 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Mesa	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Bluff	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Subiaco	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Plain Dealing	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

223 records

Records set or tied on 24 October 1936 by type: Highest daily maximum 30, Lowest daily maximum 42, Highest daily minimum 28, Lowest daily minimum 25, Heaviest daily rainfall 93, Heaviest daily snowfall 5.

Records on 24 October 1936 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	30
Lowest daily maximum	42
Highest daily minimum	28
Lowest daily minimum	25
Heaviest daily rainfall	93
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 24 October 1936 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 221.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

184 broken records

Margins by which the 184 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 77.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 October 1936

Top 20 records on 24 October 1936 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 October 1936	Yerevan, AM	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	22.2 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1936	Anticosti SW Point, CA	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	63 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1936	Olaa 92, US	daily rain	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	15 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1936	Paauilo 221, US	daily rain	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	28 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1936	Pine Creek, AU	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	38 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1936	Papaikou 144.1, US	daily rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	53.9 mm (2.1 in)	17 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1936	Hakalau 142, US	daily rain	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	2 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1936	Sussex, CA	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	14 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1936	Jahanabad, IN	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	4 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1936	Moncton, CA	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	14 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1936	Kotli, PK	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	35 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1936	Honokaa Mauka, US	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	16 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1936	Karlstad, SE	daily high max	18.0 C (64.4 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	27 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1936	Ottoshoop (Pol), ZA	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	12 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1936	Lambertville River, US	monthly low min	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	31 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1936	Tempe Downs, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	43 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1936	Texarkana Webb Fld, US	daily low max	10.6 C (51.1 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	28 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1936	Ganca, AZ	daily rain	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	32 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1936	Karasjok, NO	daily rain	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	7.7 mm (0.30 in)	36 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1936	Sri Ranbirsingh, IN	daily rain	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	22 years	20 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 1936

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1936. 1936 had 223 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	154
10 to 20	14
20 to 30	6
30 to 40	4
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	1
70 to 80	2