Weather Records on 24 February 1939

385 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 February 1939. Highest significance: Genoa, IT.

Key Facts for 24 February 1939

On 24 February 1939, 385 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
14 were record highs and 67 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 381 daily.
Genoa set a monthly record daily precipitation of 148.6 mm (5.9 in) on 24 February 1939.
Across 153 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 563 records.

Record Map

385 stations

385 station records on 24 February 1939 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 February 1939: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Genoa	Italy	Record daily precipitation	148.6 mm (5.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Toolleen (Ryan)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Beito	Norway	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Minot Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mundrabilla Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sitamarhi Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Casino Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Old Baratta Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Madhepur	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mannum Council Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Yambacoona	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Katbari	India	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lugano	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	50.9 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Missoula 6 NW WFO	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.2 cm (5.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
White Cliffs (Bootra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Choteau	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lebo	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater St School	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
McKinlay Roadhouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tranquille	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hay River	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Chainpur	India	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Napoleon	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Deal Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Panskura	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kimball 2NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Angelica	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Port Dover	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Gjerstad I Aust-Agder	Norway	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Herefoss	Norway	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kissimmee	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Alice Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Quinyambie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Burnie (No 1)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Forbesganj	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Wonderboom	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Wellsburg Wtr Trmt Pl	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide West Terrace	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lifjell	Norway	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
William Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Missoula 6 NW WFO	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Town Maitland (Cem)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tuddal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Augusta (Nectar Brook)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Clinton (Yararoo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Flinders State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hay River	Canada	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pennyroyal Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Geilo	Norway	Record daily precipitation	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rjukan	Norway	Record daily precipitation	9.8 mm (0.39 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lebo	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nord Odal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	8.3 mm (0.33 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kimball 2NE	United States	Record snow depth	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gammon Ranges (Umberatana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Point Lowly Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide (Glen Osmond)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Terang (Sunnyside)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hiasen I Sigdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

385 records

Records set or tied on 24 February 1939 by type: Highest daily maximum 7, Lowest daily maximum 14, Highest daily minimum 7, Lowest daily minimum 53, Heaviest daily rainfall 269, Heaviest daily snowfall 33, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 24 February 1939 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	7
Lowest daily maximum	14
Highest daily minimum	7
Lowest daily minimum	53
Heaviest daily rainfall	269
Heaviest daily snowfall	33
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 24 February 1939 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 381.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

344 broken records

Margins by which the 344 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 1939

Top 20 records on 24 February 1939 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 February 1939	Genoa, IT	monthly rain	148.6 mm (5.9 in)	15.9 mm (0.6 in)	96 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1939	Toolleen (Ryan), AU	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	52.9 mm (2.1 in)	33 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1939	Beito, NO	monthly rain	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	11 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1939	Minot Exp STN, US	daily snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	0 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1939	Mundrabilla Station, AU	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1939	Sitamarhi Sr, IN	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	16 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1939	Casino Airport, AU	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	51 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1939	Old Baratta Homestead, AU	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	35 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1939	Madhepur, IN	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	16 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1939	Mannum Council Depot, AU	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	12 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1939	Yambacoona, AU	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	5 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1939	Katbari, IN	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	37 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1939	Lugano, CH	daily rain	50.9 mm (2.0 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	23 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1939	Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	60 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1939	Missoula 6 NW WFO, US	daily snowfall	14.2 cm (5.6 in)	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	12 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1939	White Cliffs (Bootra), AU	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	42 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1939	Choteau, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	45 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1939	Lebo, US	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	4 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1939	Coldwater St School, US	daily snowfall	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	5.3 cm (2.1 in)	40 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1939	McKinlay Roadhouse, AU	daily rain	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	47 years	27 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 1939

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1939. 1939 had 385 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	332
50 to 100	9
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1