Weather Records on 24 October 1939

776 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 October 1939. Highest significance: Asifabad(Rev), IN.

Key Facts for 24 October 1939

On 24 October 1939, 776 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
317 were record highs and 150 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 763 daily.
Asifabad(Rev) set a daily record precipitation of 110.7 mm (4.4 in) on 24 October 1939.
Across 158 earlier years (1802 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 475 records.

Record Map

776 stations

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

Weather records on 24 October 1939: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Asifabad(Rev)	India	Record daily precipitation	110.7 mm (4.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Pincher Creek Town	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ranchi	India	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Silli	India	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Grove Farm 1021	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Aiea Fld 764A	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Khunti	India	Record daily precipitation	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Jhaldah(Jhalda)	India	Record daily precipitation	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Durban-Botanical Gardens	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Garhwa	India	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Manoharpur	India	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
De Sabla	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Moanalua 770	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Saraikela	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Saraipali	India	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kaanapali AP 453.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Waianae 798	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kopati(Kaupati)	India	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Raigarh	India	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
High River	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Maple Creek	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Barduar	India	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mandakata	India	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Durg(Drug)	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Barabazar	India	Record daily precipitation	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tamar	India	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Morsi	India	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kurundwad	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Crawley	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dobbins Colgate Foreba	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Palkot	India	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dhamtari	India	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Babb 6 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	23.4 cm (9.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wallowa	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Beenleigh Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nizamabad	India	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Raipur	India	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Grass Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Chaibasa	India	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
West Branch	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Hat A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kusrangi	India	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Simga	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
American Falls 6 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar (the Meadows)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Regina Int'l A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Simcoe	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kulikuchi	India	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kurdege	India	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bemetara	India	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kudal	India	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Seymour (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Anthony	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dunvegan	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kurud	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cumberland Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Whitton (Conapaira St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Pincher Creek Town	Canada	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

776 records

Records set or tied on 24 October 1939 by type: Highest daily maximum 180, Lowest daily maximum 89, Highest daily minimum 137, Lowest daily minimum 61, Heaviest daily rainfall 286, Heaviest daily snowfall 21, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 24 October 1939 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	180
Lowest daily maximum	89
Highest daily minimum	137
Lowest daily minimum	61
Heaviest daily rainfall	286
Heaviest daily snowfall	21
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 24 October 1939 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 13, daily 763.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

659 broken records

Margins by which the 659 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 183.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 October 1939

Top 20 records on 24 October 1939 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 October 1939	Asifabad(Rev), IN	daily rain	110.7 mm (4.4 in)	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	26 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1939	Pincher Creek Town, CA	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1939	Ranchi, IN	daily rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	22 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1939	Silli, IN	daily rain	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1939	Grove Farm 1021, US	daily rain	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1939	Aiea Fld 764A, US	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1939	Khunti, IN	daily rain	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	6 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1939	Jhaldah(Jhalda), IN	daily rain	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	6 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1939	Durban-Botanical Gardens, ZA	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	57 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1939	Garhwa, IN	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	33 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1939	Manoharpur, IN	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	33 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1939	De Sabla, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	32 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1939	Moanalua 770, US	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	16 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1939	Saraikela, IN	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	36 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1939	Saraipali, IN	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1939	Kaanapali AP 453.1, US	monthly rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	0 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1939	Waianae 798, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1939	Kopati(Kaupati), IN	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	36 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1939	Raigarh, IN	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	6 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1939	High River, CA	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	28 years	36 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 1939

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1939. 1939 had 776 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 25	590
25 to 50	47
50 to 75	13
75 to 100	4
100 to 125	3
125 to 150	1
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1