Weather Records on 24 February 1940

279 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 February 1940. Highest significance: Greifswald, DE.

Key Facts for 24 February 1940

On 24 February 1940, 279 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
37 were record highs and 56 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 277 daily.
Greifswald set a daily record snow depth of 60.0 cm (23.6 in) on 24 February 1940.
Across 153 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 563 records.

Record Map

279 stations

279 station records on 24 February 1940 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 February 1940: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Greifswald	Germany	Record snow depth	60.0 cm (23.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Waren	Germany	Record snow depth	50.0 cm (19.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Portage Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.3 cm (7.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Muskegon Co AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Isabela Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Goderich	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Soltau	Germany	Record snow depth	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dixon Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bay City	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Atlantic 1 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Alma	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Holland Wtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Prairie du Chien	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Big Rapids Wtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisville	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Brockville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Isabela Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Klipplaatdrift (Skl)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Milwaukee Wb City	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gunupur	India	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hart 3 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	2.0 C (35.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Garsebach Bei Meissen	Germany	Record snow depth	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Waterloo	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.4 cm (4.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Dodge 5NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bancroft	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Freeport	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Macdonald College	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Altentreptow	Germany	Record snow depth	40.0 cm (15.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kilauea 1134	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Brantford	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tbilisi	Georgia	Record high minimum temperature	4.5 C (40.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kailua 446	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-32.2 C (-26.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Newaygo Hardy Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
W Branch 3SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Plymouth Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ventspils	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	15.4 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Goldfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Liepaja	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	8.8 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Goderich	Canada	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Brockville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Higgins Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kokpekty	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Portage Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bancroft	Canada	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa 4SW	United States	Record snow depth	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Collegeville St Joe AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	4.6 cm (1.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lansing	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Prairie du Chien	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Glenwood Spgs #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hart 3 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lovell	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pontiac	United States	Record daily snowfall	3.3 cm (1.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Waterloo	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Harbor Beach 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
W Branch 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

279 records

Records set or tied on 24 February 1940 by type: Highest daily maximum 13, Lowest daily maximum 27, Highest daily minimum 24, Lowest daily minimum 29, Heaviest daily rainfall 85, Heaviest daily snowfall 87, Deepest snow cover 14.

Records on 24 February 1940 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	13
Lowest daily maximum	27
Highest daily minimum	24
Lowest daily minimum	29
Heaviest daily rainfall	85
Heaviest daily snowfall	87
Deepest snow cover	14

Records on 24 February 1940 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 1, daily 277.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

231 broken records

Margins by which the 231 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 508.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 February 1940

Top 20 records on 24 February 1940 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 February 1940	Greifswald, DE	daily snow depth	60.0 cm (23.6 in)	36.0 cm (14.2 in)	10 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1940	Waren, DE	daily snow depth	50.0 cm (19.7 in)	24.0 cm (9.4 in)	44 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1940	Portage Wwtp, US	daily snowfall	19.3 cm (7.6 in)	14.2 cm (5.6 in)	34 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1940	Muskegon Co AP, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	41 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1940	Isabela Substn, PR	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1940	Goderich, CA	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	70 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1940	Soltau, DE	daily snow depth	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	47 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1940	Dixon Wwtp, US	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	46 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1940	Bay City, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	39 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1940	Atlantic 1 NE, US	daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	46 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1940	Alma, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	41 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1940	Holland Wtp, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	5 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1940	Prairie du Chien, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	20 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1940	Georgetown, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	39 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1940	Big Rapids Wtp, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	18 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1940	Harrisville, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	39 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1940	Brockville, CA	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	66 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1940	Isabela Substn, PR	daily low max	23.9 C (75.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	25 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1940	Klipplaatdrift (Skl), ZA	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	12 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1940	Milwaukee Wb City, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	52 years	30 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 1940

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1940. 1940 had 279 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 100	219
100 to 200	8
200 to 300	2
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1