Weather Records on 24 January 1941

987 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 January 1941. Highest significance: Roseworthy, AU.

Key Facts for 24 January 1941

On 24 January 1941, 987 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
45 were record highs and 47 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 11 were all-time records, 60 monthly and 916 daily.
Roseworthy set an all-time record daily precipitation of 103.1 mm (4.1 in) on 24 January 1941.
Across 160 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 481 records.

Record Map

987 stations

987 station records on 24 January 1941 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 January 1941: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Roseworthy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Langhorne Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Corack East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Colac Botanical Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Clare (Hill River)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Elliston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Lyndoch (Pewsey Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Maitland (Woodburlie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Dingo Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Melrose	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Harrogate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	114.6 mm (4.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Windorah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	130.3 mm (5.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Cowell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Naracoorte	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Tumby Bay (Warratta Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Horseshoe Ranges	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Wilmington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Broken Hill (Kars)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Port Lincoln (Woolga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Goolwa Council Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Port Elliot Caravan Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Victor Harbor Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Beetaloo Reservoir Old Site	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Overland Corner	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Second Valley (Spring Grove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Penola Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Dillalah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Wyandra Railway St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	131.6 mm (5.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Kingston on Murray	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Goroke (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Sorell (Whitlea)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Booleroo Centre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Murray Town (Doughboy Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Quorn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Carrieton (Yanyarrie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Tumby Bay (Hillview)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Port Lincoln (White Flat)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Watervale (Springvale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Warooka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Wentworth (Cuthero)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Yeelana (Brimpton Lake)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ungarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Yongala	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Spalding (Yakilo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Maitland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Sedan (Sandleton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Pira Wild Horse Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Booleroo (Wimont)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Irymple (Arlington)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Wedderburn (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Woomera (South Gap Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cradock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Narraport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mangalore (Mangalore Farm)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Port Arthur	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sandford (Maydena)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge (Milford)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Moonaree	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sheringa (Lake Hamilton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Booleroo Centre (Willowie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

987 records

Records set or tied on 24 January 1941 by type: Highest daily maximum 17, Lowest daily maximum 28, Highest daily minimum 28, Lowest daily minimum 19, Heaviest daily rainfall 789, Heaviest daily snowfall 95, Deepest snow cover 11.

Records on 24 January 1941 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	17
Lowest daily maximum	28
Highest daily minimum	28
Lowest daily minimum	19
Heaviest daily rainfall	789
Heaviest daily snowfall	95
Deepest snow cover	11

Records on 24 January 1941 by timescale: all-time 11, monthly 60, daily 916.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

910 broken records

Margins by which the 910 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 350.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 January 1941

Top 20 records on 24 January 1941 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 January 1941	Roseworthy, AU	all-time rain	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	51 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
24 January 1941	Langhorne Creek, AU	all-time rain	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	47 years	79 of 100 (Major)
24 January 1941	Corack East, AU	all-time rain	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	29 years	72 of 100 (Major)
24 January 1941	Colac Botanical Gardens, AU	monthly rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	55 years	71 of 100 (Major)
24 January 1941	Clare (Hill River), AU	monthly rain	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	69.8 mm (2.7 in)	51 years	70 of 100 (Major)
24 January 1941	Elliston, AU	monthly rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	45 years	64 of 100 (Major)
24 January 1941	Lyndoch (Pewsey Vale), AU	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	56 years	63 of 100 (Major)
24 January 1941	Maitland (Woodburlie), AU	monthly rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	52 years	62 of 100 (Major)
24 January 1941	Dingo Vale, AU	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	54 years	62 of 100 (Major)
24 January 1941	Melrose, AU	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	44 years	61 of 100 (Major)
24 January 1941	Harrogate, AU	all-time rain	114.6 mm (4.5 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	11 years	61 of 100 (Major)
24 January 1941	Windorah Post Office, AU	all-time rain	130.3 mm (5.1 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	53 years	61 of 100 (Major)
24 January 1941	Cowell, AU	monthly rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	52 years	60 of 100 (Major)
24 January 1941	Naracoorte, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	60 of 100 (Major)
24 January 1941	Tumby Bay (Warratta Vale), AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1941	Horseshoe Ranges, AU	daily rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	47 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1941	Wilmington, AU	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	44 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1941	Broken Hill (Kars), AU	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1941	Port Lincoln (Woolga), AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1941	Goolwa Council Depot, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	58 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

1796 to 1941

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1941. 1941 had 987 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 01-24 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1800	1
1817	1
1823	2
1828	2
1834	2
1845	1
1846	1
1849	1
1855	1
1858	1
1864	1
1866	1
1869	1
1871	1
1872	1
1873	1
1875	1
1879	2
1881	6
1882	2
1883	1
1884	1
1887	1
1888	1
1890	1
1891	4
1892	1
1893	2
1894	3
1895	3
1896	15
1897	2
1899	7
1900	4
1901	2
1902	7
1903	6
1904	11
1905	8
1906	20
1907	24
1908	12
1909	69
1910	20
1911	11
1912	11
1913	27
1914	27
1915	30
1916	28
1917	63
1918	52
1919	55
1920	34
1921	45
1922	89
1923	78
1924	116
1925	67
1926	100
1927	172
1928	215
1929	396
1930	639
1931	436
1932	245
1933	605
1934	361
1935	731
1936	1,085
1937	600
1938	545
1939	198
1940	827
1941	987
1942	634
1943	715
1944	634
1945	130
1946	355
1947	788
1948	1,257
1949	1,123
1950	1,342
1951	466
1952	383
1953	815
1954	368
1955	536
1956	366
1957	305
1958	381
1959	702
1960	348
1961	508
1962	478
1963	1,710
1964	461
1965	537
1966	553
1967	1,249
1968	711
1969	1,049
1970	834
1971	534
1972	756
1973	472
1974	636
1975	523
1976	631
1977	532
1978	1,427
1979	1,436
1980	782
1981	1,324
1982	759
1983	786
1984	677
1985	583
1986	415
1987	842
1988	766
1989	673
1990	929
1991	1,034
1992	894
1993	1,433
1994	634
1995	578
1996	1,150
1997	822
1998	524
1999	1,745
2000	1,135
2001	750
2002	1,724
2003	1,485
2004	719
2005	1,078
2006	928
2007	1,136
2008	973
2009	1,046
2010	1,225
2011	810
2012	503
2013	768
2014	926
2015	617
2016	887
2017	958
2018	721
2019	627
2020	789
2021	517
2022	434
2023	657
2024	1,018
2025	715
2026	1,625

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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	867
50 to 100	36
100 to 150	6
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1