Weather Records on 24 February 1943

375 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 February 1943. Highest significance: Grassy Hill Radio Otc, AU.

Key Facts for 24 February 1943

On 24 February 1943, 375 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
268 were record highs and 25 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 357 daily.
Grassy Hill Radio Otc set a daily record precipitation of 111.5 mm (4.4 in) on 24 February 1943.
Across 153 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 563 records.

Record Map

375 stations

375 station records on 24 February 1943 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 February 1943: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Grassy Hill Radio Otc	Australia	Record daily precipitation	111.5 mm (4.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Woodbrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	113.5 mm (4.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cooya Pooya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wando Vale Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	3.2 C (37.8 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Portage la Prairie	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-30.0 C (-22.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lorraine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	106.4 mm (4.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Glenwood Spgs #2	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Port Hedland Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pardoo Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	16.9 C (62.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Niulii 179	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Roebourne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Prestwood Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Blacksburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Inverell Comparison	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Portage la Prairie	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Unb	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Regensburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Alice Springs Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	15.5 C (59.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Pecs Pogany	Hungary	Record high maximum temperature	18.4 C (65.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Szombathely	Hungary	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Enisejsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-8.6 C (16.5 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Yarrie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mildura Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Graz	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	17.4 C (63.3 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Nanaimo	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Russell	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-38.9 C (-38.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Augsburg (Sankt Stephan)	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	14.9 C (58.8 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Eastport	United States	Record high maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lock Haven	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Somerset	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
De Grey	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	15.2 C (59.4 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Badplaas (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Estes Park	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Warsaw 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Fort McPherson	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti SW Point	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Saint John	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Milesovka	Czech Republic	Record high maximum temperature	10.9 C (51.6 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
York 3 SSW Pump STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Weston	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Allakaket	United States	Record high maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
University Exp STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Morrisburg	Canada	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
McGill	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Government Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Waterdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Baku	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	7.0 mm (0.28 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record snow depth	500.0 cm (196.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hovlandsdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Grover 10 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dover	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Scotland Neck	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Waynesville 1 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

375 records

Records set or tied on 24 February 1943 by type: Highest daily maximum 157, Lowest daily maximum 12, Highest daily minimum 111, Lowest daily minimum 13, Heaviest daily rainfall 72, Heaviest daily snowfall 7, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 24 February 1943 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	157
Lowest daily maximum	12
Highest daily minimum	111
Lowest daily minimum	13
Heaviest daily rainfall	72
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 24 February 1943 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 18, daily 357.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

297 broken records

Margins by which the 297 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 660.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 February 1943

Top 20 records on 24 February 1943 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 February 1943	Grassy Hill Radio Otc, AU	daily rain	111.5 mm (4.4 in)	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	46 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1943	Woodbrook, AU	daily rain	113.5 mm (4.5 in)	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	32 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1943	Cooya Pooya, AU	daily rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	20 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1943	Wando Vale Station, AU	daily rain	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	29 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1943	Uppsala_Aut, SE	daily high min	3.2 C (37.8 F)	2.5 C (4.5 F)	96 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1943	Portage la Prairie, CA	daily low min	-30.0 C (-22.0 F)	17.8 C (32.0 F)	16 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1943	Lorraine, AU	daily rain	106.4 mm (4.2 in)	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	20 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1943	Glenwood Spgs #2, US	daily snowfall	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	20 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1943	Port Hedland Post Office, AU	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	28 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1943	Pardoo Station, AU	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	20 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1943	Plauen, DE	daily high max	16.9 C (62.4 F)	4.8 C (8.6 F)	42 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1943	Niulii 179, US	daily low max	20.0 C (68.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	36 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1943	Roebourne, AU	daily rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	12 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1943	Prestwood Station, AU	daily rain	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	8 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1943	Blacksburg, US	daily high min	8.9 C (48.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	46 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1943	Inverell Comparison, AU	daily low min	3.9 C (39.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	56 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1943	Portage la Prairie, CA	daily low max	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	10.5 C (18.9 F)	16 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1943	Fredericton Unb, CA	daily high max	9.4 C (48.9 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	46 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1943	Regensburg, DE	monthly high max	16.1 C (61.0 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	32 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1943	Durham, US	monthly high min	6.7 C (44.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	27 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

1794 to 1943

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1943. 1943 had 375 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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Data for records on 1943-02-24: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	295
100 to 200	1
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	1