Weather Records on 24 October 1938

686 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 October 1938. Highest significance: Mutooroo, AU.

Key Facts for 24 October 1938

On 24 October 1938, 686 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
64 were record highs and 72 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 8 were all-time records, 38 monthly and 640 daily.
Mutooroo set an all-time record daily precipitation of 117.9 mm (4.6 in) on 24 October 1938.
Across 158 earlier years (1802 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 476 records.

Record Map

686 stations

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

Weather records on 24 October 1938: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mutooroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	117.9 mm (4.6 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Mulculca	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Port Augusta West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Langmorn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	132.3 mm (5.2 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Silistria	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Cockburn (Burta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	146.1 mm (5.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Broken Hill (Kars)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Yunta (Panaramitee)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Yunta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Netley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	117.1 mm (4.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Fernandina Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.4 mm (4.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Bimbowrie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ivanhoe Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Maude Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Menindee Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Carrathool Motors	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Henley Woolshed	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
St Augustine	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.3 mm (4.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cockburn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Rochdale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Port Augusta Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wandoo Wandong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Federal Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.8 mm (4.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Amyton (Pinda Section 63)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Thackaringa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Gainesville UNIV of Fl	United States	Record daily precipitation	188.5 mm (7.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wentworth (Cuthero)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Pooncarie Mail Agency	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Wilson (Nooroo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Orroroo (Kylmorn)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Coonamble Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mirani Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nevertire (Clyde St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tortosa - Observatorio del Ebr	Spain	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ivanhoe (Mt Manara)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Youhl Plain Tank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Carrathool (Uardry)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rowena (Waroonga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Moruya Heads Pilot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Silverton (Mundi Mundi)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Broken Hill (Stephens Creek Re	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Windsor Kings College	Canada	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Yathong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Burra Burra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Barraba (Mount Lindsay)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Walterhall	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Warrumbungle (Cheddington)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Murray Town (Doughboy Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mannanarie Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ucolta Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomsbury Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Inkerman Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Twin Hills Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tallebung (Vermont Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dobikin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gurley (Glenroy)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Port Augusta (Carriewerloo STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Homestead Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bindara (Netley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Broken Hill (Topar)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

686 records

Records set or tied on 24 October 1938 by type: Highest daily maximum 24, Lowest daily maximum 11, Highest daily minimum 40, Lowest daily minimum 61, Heaviest daily rainfall 545, Heaviest daily snowfall 4, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 24 October 1938 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	24
Lowest daily maximum	11
Highest daily minimum	40
Lowest daily minimum	61
Heaviest daily rainfall	545
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 24 October 1938 by timescale: all-time 8, monthly 38, daily 640.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

618 broken records

Margins by which the 618 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 79.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 October 1938

Top 20 records on 24 October 1938 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 October 1938	Mutooroo, AU	all-time rain	117.9 mm (4.6 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	49 years	79 of 100 (Major)
24 October 1938	Mulculca, AU	all-time rain	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	43 years	77 of 100 (Major)
24 October 1938	Port Augusta West, AU	monthly rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	45 years	68 of 100 (Major)
24 October 1938	Langmorn, AU	monthly rain	132.3 mm (5.2 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	44 years	68 of 100 (Major)
24 October 1938	Silistria, AU	monthly rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	35 years	64 of 100 (Major)
24 October 1938	Cockburn (Burta), AU	all-time rain	146.1 mm (5.8 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	17 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1938	Broken Hill (Kars), AU	monthly rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	18 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1938	Yunta (Panaramitee), AU	monthly rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1938	Yunta, AU	monthly rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	3 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1938	Netley, AU	monthly rain	117.1 mm (4.6 in)	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	3 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1938	Fernandina Beach, US	daily rain	121.4 mm (4.8 in)	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	45 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1938	Bimbowrie, AU	all-time rain	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	52 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1938	Ivanhoe Post Office, AU	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	43 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1938	Maude Post Office, AU	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1938	Menindee Post Office, AU	monthly rain	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	49 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1938	Carrathool Motors, AU	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1938	Henley Woolshed, AU	monthly rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	8 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1938	St Augustine, US	daily rain	115.3 mm (4.5 in)	79.7 mm (3.1 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1938	Cockburn, AU	all-time rain	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	7 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1938	Rochdale, AU	monthly rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	8 years	50 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 1938

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1938. 1938 had 686 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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Data for records on 1938-10-24: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	374
10 to 20	165
20 to 30	51
30 to 40	15
40 to 50	5
50 to 60	4
60 to 70	2
70 to 80	2