Weather Records on 24 February 1945

212 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 February 1945. Highest significance: Mount Morris, AU.

Key Facts for 24 February 1945

On 24 February 1945, 212 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
28 were record highs and 34 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 203 daily.
Mount Morris set a daily record precipitation of 105.4 mm (4.1 in) on 24 February 1945.
Across 153 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 564 records.

Record Map

212 stations

212 station records on 24 February 1945 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 February 1945: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mount Morris	Australia	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Lughrata	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Wingaroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Somerset	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Garfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Pilliga (Nirvana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Chinchilla Water Treatment Pla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Victoria Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Miles Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kolora (Wooriwyrite)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pomborneit	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dunderlandsdalen	Norway	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Glentana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Glenlyon Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Delegate Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Goldbutte 7 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mortlake	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ceduna (Goode)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Terang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Delegate (Weewalla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record high minimum temperature	14.9 C (58.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dulacca Truck Stop	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Quambone (Sandy Camp)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Leongatha Sth Gippsland Water	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Campbelltown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Clunes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kirklington	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pilliga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cap Madeleine	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Norman	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hovlandsdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	81.7 mm (3.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Thursday Island Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	103.9 mm (4.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Leongatha (Veronica)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Emerson	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Melton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Carapook (the Gums)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Mahackala	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-18.1 C (-0.6 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Menangle	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vik I Sogn III	Norway	Record daily precipitation	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Brewon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cap Madeleine	Canada	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Norman	Canada	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ballan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mason City	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Minimay (Booroopki)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Manhattan	United States	Record snow depth	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
White Sulphur Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Telangatuk (Scholfield)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Paisley	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yamburgan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wakefield 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mayville	United States	Record snow depth	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Umbercollie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Columboola	Australia	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Loretta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gundare	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lightning Ridge Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Lonarch	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yinnar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chinnar	India	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

212 records

Records set or tied on 24 February 1945 by type: Highest daily maximum 10, Lowest daily maximum 9, Highest daily minimum 18, Lowest daily minimum 25, Heaviest daily rainfall 136, Heaviest daily snowfall 10, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 24 February 1945 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	10
Lowest daily maximum	9
Highest daily minimum	18
Lowest daily minimum	25
Heaviest daily rainfall	136
Heaviest daily snowfall	10
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 24 February 1945 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 9, daily 203.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

193 broken records

Margins by which the 193 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 89.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 February 1945

Top 20 records on 24 February 1945 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 February 1945	Mount Morris, AU	daily rain	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	37 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1945	Lughrata, AU	monthly rain	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	5 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1945	Wingaroo, AU	monthly rain	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	5 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1945	Somerset, AU	daily rain	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	31 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1945	Garfield, AU	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	4 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1945	Pilliga (Nirvana), AU	daily rain	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	11 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1945	Chinchilla Water Treatment Pla, AU	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	40 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1945	Victoria Downs, AU	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	37 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1945	Miles Post Office, AU	monthly rain	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	21 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1945	Kolora (Wooriwyrite), AU	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	33 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1945	Pomborneit, AU	monthly rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	26 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1945	Dunderlandsdalen, NO	daily rain	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	18 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1945	Glentana, AU	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	31 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1945	Glenlyon Station, AU	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	20 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1945	Delegate Post Office, AU	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	33 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1945	Goldbutte 7 N, US	daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	34 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1945	Mortlake, AU	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	4 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1945	Ceduna (Goode), AU	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	18 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1945	Terang, AU	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	4 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1945	Delegate (Weewalla), AU	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	53 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 1945

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1945. 1945 had 212 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 1945-02-24: 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 20	166
20 to 40	17
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1