Weather Records on 24 October 1942

299 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 October 1942. Highest significance: Vryburg (Pol), ZA.

Key Facts for 24 October 1942

On 24 October 1942, 299 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
77 were record highs and 102 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 298 daily.
Vryburg (Pol) set a daily record precipitation of 38.9 mm (1.5 in) on 24 October 1942.
Across 158 earlier years (1802 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 478 records.

Record Map

299 stations

299 station records on 24 October 1942 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 October 1942: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Vryburg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Paramakudi	India	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Dinokana	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Praha-Klementinum	Czech Republic	Record high minimum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Holly	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Praha-Klementinum	Czech Republic	Record high maximum temperature	17.1 C (62.8 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rocklands	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond City Locks	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Melur	India	Record daily precipitation	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Villa Nora (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Planknek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Waverley	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kamuthi	India	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Randolph 5 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	12.6 C (54.7 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cheboygan	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Dunkirk 19NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Napoleon	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Halaula 1110	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Uccle	Belgium	Record high minimum temperature	12.4 C (54.3 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Garden Head	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	11.8 C (53.2 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Madurai	India	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Aruppukottai	India	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Windsor Kings College	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Augsburg (Sankt Stephan)	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Vilatnikulam	India	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Provincetown 3 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mildred	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mackay Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Waseca	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	12.3 C (54.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Dixon Wwtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Valparaiso Wtr Wks	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
S Bend AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Swaelfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nicosia	Cyprus	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Noupoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Philipstown (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Caucaia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	8.5 mm (0.33 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Naboomspruit (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ust-Maja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	4.0 mm (0.16 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Queenstown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lamar	United States	Record daily snowfall	3.6 cm (1.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Poortjie	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Eureka	United States	Record daily snowfall	3.3 cm (1.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Middleburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pitea	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Leopold Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Maple Plain	United States	Record daily snowfall	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Verhojansk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	2.2 mm (0.09 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lakin	United States	Record daily snowfall	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bird Island	United States	Record daily snowfall	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record daily precipitation	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Idaho Springs	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Poplar 2 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Spooner Ag Rsch STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

299 records

Records set or tied on 24 October 1942 by type: Highest daily maximum 32, Lowest daily maximum 30, Highest daily minimum 45, Lowest daily minimum 72, Heaviest daily rainfall 89, Heaviest daily snowfall 27, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 24 October 1942 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	32
Lowest daily maximum	30
Highest daily minimum	45
Lowest daily minimum	72
Heaviest daily rainfall	89
Heaviest daily snowfall	27
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 24 October 1942 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 298.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

247 broken records

Margins by which the 247 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 102.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 October 1942

Top 20 records on 24 October 1942 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 October 1942	Vryburg (Pol), ZA	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	54 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1942	Paramakudi, IN	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	40 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1942	Dinokana, ZA	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	5 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1942	Praha-Klementinum, CZ	daily high min	11.0 C (51.8 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	140 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1942	Holly, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	47 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1942	Praha-Klementinum, CZ	daily high max	17.1 C (62.8 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	84 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1942	Rocklands, ZA	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	9 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1942	Richmond City Locks, US	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	44 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1942	Melur, IN	daily rain	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	12 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1942	Villa Nora (Pol), ZA	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	21 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1942	Leipzig-Holzhausen, DE	daily high max	19.0 C (66.2 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	64 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1942	Planknek, ZA	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1942	Waverley, ZA	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	4 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1942	Kamuthi, IN	daily rain	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	16 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1942	Randolph 5 NNE, US	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	4 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1942	Leipzig-Holzhausen, DE	daily high min	13.3 C (55.9 F)	2.9 C (5.2 F)	37 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1942	Jena Sternwarte, DE	daily high min	12.6 C (54.7 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	37 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1942	Cheboygan, US	daily snowfall	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	8 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1942	Dunkirk 19NNE, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	29 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1942	Napoleon, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	43 years	25 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

1802 to 1942

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1942. 1942 had 299 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 20	214
20 to 40	21
40 to 60	9
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1