Weather Records on 24 February 1938

202 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 February 1938. Highest significance: Mungar Junction, AU.

Key Facts for 24 February 1938

On 24 February 1938, 202 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
80 were record highs and 10 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 196 daily.
Mungar Junction set a daily record precipitation of 108.0 mm (4.3 in) on 24 February 1938.
Across 153 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 564 records.

Record Map

202 stations

202 station records on 24 February 1938 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 February 1938: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mungar Junction	Australia	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mangalore (Mangalore Farm)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sable Island	Canada	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Jamestown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Armour	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bundaleer Forest Reserve	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mackay Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	36.6 C (97.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Claude	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Balook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tirrengower	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bajramaly	Turkmenistan	Record high minimum temperature	16.2 C (61.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Le Mars	United States	Record snow depth	393.7 cm (155.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Simpson	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sangareddi(Rev)	India	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Minot Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sitka Magnetic Obsy	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Rock Rapids	United States	Record snow depth	274.3 cm (108.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hay River	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hakalau 142	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kathgodam	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bundaberg Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	26.4 C (79.5 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Claude	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Nalgonda	India	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tot-Ma	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-37.0 C (-34.6 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kvikkjokk-Arrenjarka	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Logan 1 WNW	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Atlin	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Lodge	United States	Record snow depth	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gladstone	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hallett (Old Canowie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mintaro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Murray Town (Doughboy Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Watervale (Springvale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Collingrove	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Narridy Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Enid	United States	Record snow depth	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Spalding (Bundaleer Reservoir)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Crystal Brook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Laura	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Maitland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton (Uralla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Melrose (Para Gums)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Spalding	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Edmonton	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mayaguez City	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	6.5 C (43.7 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hallett	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Belalie North (Teecarnee)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Gulbarga	India	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
El Dorado	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Dickinson Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Stirling	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	17.3 C (63.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Lenah Valley (Augusta Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bella Coola	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
New Westminster	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Waterloo	United States	Record daily snowfall	0.8 cm (0.3 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

202 records

Records set or tied on 24 February 1938 by type: Highest daily maximum 44, Lowest daily maximum 6, Highest daily minimum 36, Lowest daily minimum 4, Heaviest daily rainfall 89, Heaviest daily snowfall 7, Deepest snow cover 16.

Records on 24 February 1938 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	44
Lowest daily maximum	6
Highest daily minimum	36
Lowest daily minimum	4
Heaviest daily rainfall	89
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	16

Records on 24 February 1938 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 196.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

166 broken records

Margins by which the 166 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 2159.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 February 1938

Top 20 records on 24 February 1938 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 February 1938	Mungar Junction, AU	daily rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	78.8 mm (3.1 in)	43 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1938	Mangalore (Mangalore Farm), AU	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1938	Georgetown, AU	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1938	Sable Island, CA	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	44 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1938	Jamestown, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	34 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1938	Armour, US	daily snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	37 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1938	Bundaleer Forest Reserve, AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	34 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1938	Mackay Post Office, AU	daily high max	36.6 C (97.9 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	40 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1938	Claude, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	32 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1938	Balook, AU	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1938	Tirrengower, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	26 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1938	Bajramaly, TM	monthly high min	16.2 C (61.2 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	42 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1938	Le Mars, US	daily snow depth	393.7 cm (155.0 in)	215.9 cm (85.0 in)	24 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1938	Fort Simpson, CA	monthly high max	14.4 C (57.9 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	27 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1938	Sangareddi(Rev), IN	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	4 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1938	Minot Exp STN, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	26 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1938	Sitka Magnetic Obsy, US	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	8 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1938	Rock Rapids, US	daily snow depth	274.3 cm (108.0 in)	147.3 cm (58.0 in)	14 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1938	Burketown Post Office, AU	daily low min	19.4 C (66.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	31 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1938	Hay River, CA	monthly high max	12.2 C (54.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	31 years	25 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 1938

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1938. 1938 had 202 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 500	164
500 to 1000	0
1000 to 1500	1
1500 to 2000	0
2000 to 2500	1