Weather Records on 24 October 1944

313 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 October 1944. Highest significance: Wyndham Port, AU.

Key Facts for 24 October 1944

On 24 October 1944, 313 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
214 were record highs and 26 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 311 daily.
Wyndham Port set a monthly record daily precipitation of 57.2 mm (2.3 in) on 24 October 1944.
Across 158 earlier years (1802 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 478 records.

Record Map

313 stations

313 station records on 24 October 1944 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 October 1944: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Wyndham Port	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Nargund	India	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Springs (Rwb)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hadagalli	India	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ludlow	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Galway	Ireland	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Turuvekere	India	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sangli	India	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kiandra Chalet	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Nelson	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tiptur	India	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	2.6 C (36.7 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Adel	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Newry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Fernie	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kloofend	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Addison	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Valley City 3 NNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sangola	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Manati 2 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Morris W Cntrl Rsch & Outreach	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Libby 1 NE Rs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Oakland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Havre Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Devrukh	India	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Rayagada	India	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Le Mars	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Frederick Police Brks	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Deer Lodge	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Glasgow #2	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Paterson	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Barguzin	Russia	Record daily precipitation	3.2 mm (0.13 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Maragle Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Turgaj	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Flora Valley Old	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Krielsfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kalyan	India	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chardzhev	Turkmenistan	Record high minimum temperature	13.6 C (56.5 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Casa Grande	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Columbia Falls 5 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Albany 1 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Clearbrook	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo Bill Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kilauea 1134	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Springvale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Saanichton Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Mundargi	India	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Ulan-Ude	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Scott City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Flandreau	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Vermillion 2 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Carnarvon Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	35.2 C (95.4 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Yellowin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Victoria Gonzales Hts	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Macleod	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Lundbreck	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Debrecen Airport	Hungary	Record high minimum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Benson	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

313 records

Records set or tied on 24 October 1944 by type: Highest daily maximum 121, Lowest daily maximum 5, Highest daily minimum 93, Lowest daily minimum 21, Heaviest daily rainfall 73.

Records on 24 October 1944 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	121
Lowest daily maximum	5
Highest daily minimum	93
Lowest daily minimum	21
Heaviest daily rainfall	73
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 24 October 1944 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 311.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

238 broken records

Margins by which the 238 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 56.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 October 1944

Top 20 records on 24 October 1944 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 October 1944	Wyndham Port, AU	monthly rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	37 years	66 of 100 (Major)
24 October 1944	Nargund, IN	daily rain	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1944	Springs (Rwb), ZA	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	10 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1944	Hadagalli, IN	daily rain	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1944	Ludlow, ZA	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	3 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1944	Galway, IE	daily low max	7.2 C (45.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	58 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1944	Turuvekere, IN	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1944	Sangli, IN	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1944	Kiandra Chalet, AU	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	42 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1944	Nelson, CA	daily high min	10.6 C (51.1 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	38 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1944	Tiptur, IN	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1944	Irkutsk, RU	daily high min	2.6 C (36.7 F)	2.5 C (4.5 F)	53 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1944	Adel, US	monthly high min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	26 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1944	Newry, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	22 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1944	Fernie, CA	daily high min	11.1 C (52.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	27 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1944	Kloofend, ZA	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	17 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1944	Addison, US	daily low min	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	48 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1944	Valley City 3 NNW, US	daily high max	25.0 C (77.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	49 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1944	Sangola, IN	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	28 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1944	Manati 2 E, PR	daily low max	24.4 C (75.9 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	28 years	23 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 1944

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1944. 1944 had 313 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 10	211
10 to 20	16
20 to 30	9
30 to 40	1
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	1