Weather Records on 24 October 1945

549 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 October 1945. Highest significance: Harrow (Pine Hills), AU.

Key Facts for 24 October 1945

On 24 October 1945, 549 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
70 were record highs and 132 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 45 monthly and 503 daily.
Harrow (Pine Hills) set a daily record precipitation of 38.1 mm (1.5 in) on 24 October 1945.
Across 158 earlier years (1802 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 477 records.

Record Map

549 stations

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

Weather records on 24 October 1945: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Harrow (Pine Hills)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Hawkesdale (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Koroit	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Woolsthorpe	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Hedley	Canada	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Casterton (Warrock)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Merino (Glenorchy Estate)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Mundulla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Meningie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide (Salisbury Bowling Cl	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kingston SE	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Warrnambool Shire Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide (Pooraka)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Murray Bridge Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Port Fairy (Griffiths Island)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Merino	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Gumeracha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Strathalbyn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Leake (Kooeeyong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Edenhope (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Goroke (Kangawall)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Casterton (Roseneath)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cobden (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kolora (Wooriwyrite)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Carapook (the Gums)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide (Thorndon Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Victor Harbor Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Wellington East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Coomandook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kybybolite Research Centre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Charam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Karnak (Rosedale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Minimay (Booroopki)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Douglas	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Dunkeld	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Coleraine Hospital	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Poolaijelo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Yatchaw (Amaroo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Keremeos	Canada	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Dingo Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tailem Bend (Woodlands)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Milang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kanawalla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ellerslie Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Princetown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Balmoral (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cudlee Creek (Millbrook)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tailem Bend	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Moorlands	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Moutajup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Dartmoor	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Dergholm (Hillgrove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Yambacoona	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
River Jordan	Canada	Record daily precipitation	136.1 mm (5.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hahndorf	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Apsley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Allansford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Peterborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide (Tea Tree Gully Counc	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

549 records

Records set or tied on 24 October 1945 by type: Highest daily maximum 33, Lowest daily maximum 43, Highest daily minimum 37, Lowest daily minimum 89, Heaviest daily rainfall 338, Heaviest daily snowfall 8, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 24 October 1945 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	33
Lowest daily maximum	43
Highest daily minimum	37
Lowest daily minimum	89
Heaviest daily rainfall	338
Heaviest daily snowfall	8
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 24 October 1945 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 45, daily 503.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

479 broken records

Margins by which the 479 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 89.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 October 1945

Top 20 records on 24 October 1945 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 October 1945	Harrow (Pine Hills), AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	58 years	63 of 100 (Major)
24 October 1945	Cape Otway Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	70 years	62 of 100 (Major)
24 October 1945	Hawkesdale (Post Office), AU	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	50 years	61 of 100 (Major)
24 October 1945	Koroit, AU	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	54 years	61 of 100 (Major)
24 October 1945	Woolsthorpe, AU	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	50 years	61 of 100 (Major)
24 October 1945	Hedley, CA	monthly rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	19 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1945	Casterton (Warrock), AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	50 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1945	Merino (Glenorchy Estate), AU	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	50 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1945	Mundulla, AU	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	52 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1945	Meningie, AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	23 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1945	Adelaide (Salisbury Bowling Cl, AU	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	50 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1945	Kingston SE, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1945	Warrnambool Shire Office, AU	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1945	Adelaide (Pooraka), AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	23 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1945	Murray Bridge Comparison, AU	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	23 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1945	Port Fairy (Griffiths Island), AU	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1945	Merino, AU	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1945	Gumeracha, AU	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	15 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1945	Strathalbyn, AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	15 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1945	Lake Leake (Kooeeyong), AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	51 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

1802 to 1945

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1945. 1945 had 549 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	411
20 to 40	64
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1