Weather Records on 24 February 1946

440 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 February 1946. Highest significance: Innamincka Station, AU.

Key Facts for 24 February 1946

On 24 February 1946, 440 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
191 were record highs and 14 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 426 daily.
Innamincka Station set a daily record precipitation of 49.5 mm (1.9 in) on 24 February 1946.
Across 153 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 562 records.

Record Map

440 stations

440 station records on 24 February 1946 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 February 1946: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Innamincka Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Najibabad	India	Record daily precipitation	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Bijnor	India	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Guayama 1SW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Vermilion Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mayville	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Barwani	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
The Wilgas	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nagina	India	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Arrilalah Telegraph Off	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Jeoli Jansath	India	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Belmont	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Byrock Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Baghpat Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dhampur	India	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Srinagar	India	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Garotha	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pauri	India	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Umbergaon	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bhim (Dawer)	India	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hardwar Mayapur	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Moth	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Leeukop	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hukeri	India	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hamirpur	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mawana	India	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Dehradun	India	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Farmington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mussoorie	India	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sarila	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Storlien	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-32.0 C (-25.6 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
White Cliffs (Purnanga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Boatman Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Unb	Canada	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Barwasagar	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Unb	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Harpur	India	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Roorkee	India	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Barguzin	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-10.4 C (13.3 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Duchesne	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cunnamulla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Nanaimo	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Revelstoke	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Cedaredge	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Estes Park	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Holyoke	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Idaho Springs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Blackfoot Fire Dept	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Augusta	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Dickinson Exp STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Elberta	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Concrete Ppl Fish STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bedford 2 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kamennaja-Step	Russia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Vermilion Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Morena	India	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jhansi	India	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

440 records

Records set or tied on 24 February 1946 by type: Highest daily maximum 135, Lowest daily maximum 4, Highest daily minimum 56, Lowest daily minimum 10, Heaviest daily rainfall 215, Heaviest daily snowfall 14, Deepest snow cover 6.

Records on 24 February 1946 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	135
Lowest daily maximum	4
Highest daily minimum	56
Lowest daily minimum	10
Heaviest daily rainfall	215
Heaviest daily snowfall	14
Deepest snow cover	6

Records on 24 February 1946 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 13, daily 426.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

359 broken records

Margins by which the 359 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 406.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 February 1946

Top 20 records on 24 February 1946 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 February 1946	Innamincka Station, AU	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	62 years	64 of 100 (Major)
24 February 1946	Najibabad, IN	daily rain	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	76.4 mm (3.0 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1946	Bijnor, IN	daily rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	23 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1946	Guayama 1SW, PR	daily rain	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	23 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1946	Fort Vermilion Cda, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	32 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1946	Mayville, US	daily snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	0 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1946	Barwani, IN	monthly rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	31 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1946	The Wilgas, AU	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	27 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1946	Nagina, IN	monthly rain	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	18 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1946	Arrilalah Telegraph Off, AU	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	28 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1946	Jeoli Jansath, IN	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	10 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1946	Belmont, AU	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	20 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1946	Byrock Post Office, AU	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	40 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1946	Baghpat Sr, IN	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	2 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1946	Dhampur, IN	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	23 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1946	Srinagar, IN	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	23 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1946	Garotha, IN	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1946	Pauri, IN	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	23 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1946	Umbergaon, IN	monthly rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	6 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1946	Bhim (Dawer), IN	monthly rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	31 years	34 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 1946

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1946. 1946 had 440 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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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	355
100 to 200	2
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1