Weather Records on 24 January 1947

788 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 January 1947. Highest significance: Springbrook Forestry, AU.

Key Facts for 24 January 1947

On 24 January 1947, 788 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
499 were record highs and 23 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 13 were all-time records, 38 monthly and 737 daily.
Springbrook Forestry set an all-time record daily precipitation of 687.6 mm (27.1 in) on 24 January 1947.
Across 160 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 482 records.

Record Map

788 stations

788 station records on 24 January 1947 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 January 1947: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Springbrook Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	687.6 mm (27.1 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Mt Alford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	208.3 mm (8.2 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Rathdowney Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	208.3 mm (8.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Abbotsford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	174.0 mm (6.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Lowood Don St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Elgin (Glenbrook)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	109.7 mm (4.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Gold Creek Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	182.9 mm (7.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Irvingdale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Dalmorton Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	109.5 mm (4.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Englesberg Village	Australia	Record daily precipitation	146.8 mm (5.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Peddapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Crosby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	162.6 mm (6.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Drake (Village Resource Centre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	164.6 mm (6.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Murwillumbah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	190.5 mm (7.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Rosevale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	149.1 mm (5.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Enoggera Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Shawinigan	Canada	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Western Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Nerang Gilston Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	183.1 mm (7.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Killarney Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tarome	Australia	Record daily precipitation	192.0 mm (7.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Laidley Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	147.1 mm (5.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Emu Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Omanama	Australia	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Old Koreelah (White Swamp (Ede	Australia	Record daily precipitation	283.5 mm (11.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Copmanhurst Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	116.6 mm (4.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Grandchester Symes St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	159.0 mm (6.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Buckland (Brockley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Darlington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	168.1 mm (6.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ramornie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Boonah Stark Ave	Australia	Record daily precipitation	176.8 mm (7.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hattonvale Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	166.6 mm (6.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ipswich	Australia	Record daily precipitation	127.8 mm (5.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Blakefield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mundoolin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	149.1 mm (5.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kodiak	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
The Highlands Irrigation	Australia	Record daily precipitation	118.9 mm (4.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Top Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	202.2 mm (8.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Tamborine Fern St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	322.6 mm (12.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Marburg - Warrego Highway	Australia	Record daily precipitation	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sunnybank Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	121.4 mm (4.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Beenleigh Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	132.6 mm (5.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
South Grafton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dorrigo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	126.5 mm (5.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Murphys Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Legume (New Koreelah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	116.1 mm (4.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	-25.2 C (-13.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Saentis	Switzerland	Record low maximum temperature	-20.1 C (-4.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Condong Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pillar Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Athmalik	India	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Cotton West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	165.9 mm (6.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tomewin (Border Gate)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	322.8 mm (12.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bellbrook (East Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Roadvale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Balgownie West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Murrumbeena Leeds Grove	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Forest Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cambooya Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bonshaw (Campbell St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

788 records

Records set or tied on 24 January 1947 by type: Highest daily maximum 210, Lowest daily maximum 8, Highest daily minimum 289, Lowest daily minimum 15, Heaviest daily rainfall 258, Heaviest daily snowfall 8.

Records on 24 January 1947 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	210
Lowest daily maximum	8
Highest daily minimum	289
Lowest daily minimum	15
Heaviest daily rainfall	258
Heaviest daily snowfall	8
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 24 January 1947 by timescale: all-time 13, monthly 38, daily 737.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

622 broken records

Margins by which the 622 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 300.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 January 1947

Top 20 records on 24 January 1947 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 January 1947	Springbrook Forestry, AU	all-time rain	687.6 mm (27.1 in)	300.8 mm (11.8 in)	15 years	67 of 100 (Major)
24 January 1947	Mt Alford, AU	all-time rain	208.3 mm (8.2 in)	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	9 years	65 of 100 (Major)
24 January 1947	Rathdowney Post Office, AU	all-time rain	208.3 mm (8.2 in)	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	0 years	63 of 100 (Major)
24 January 1947	Abbotsford, AU	monthly rain	174.0 mm (6.9 in)	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	28 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1947	Lowood Don St, AU	daily rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	62.4 mm (2.5 in)	48 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1947	Glen Elgin (Glenbrook), AU	monthly rain	109.7 mm (4.3 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	36 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1947	Gold Creek Reservoir, AU	monthly rain	182.9 mm (7.2 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	54 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1947	Irvingdale Post Office, AU	daily rain	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	29 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1947	Dalmorton Homestead, AU	daily rain	109.5 mm (4.3 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	29 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1947	Englesberg Village, AU	daily rain	146.8 mm (5.8 in)	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	20 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1947	Peddapuram, IN	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	45 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1947	Mt Crosby, AU	daily rain	162.6 mm (6.4 in)	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	29 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1947	Drake (Village Resource Centre, AU	monthly rain	164.6 mm (6.5 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	54 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1947	Murwillumbah Post Office, AU	daily rain	190.5 mm (7.5 in)	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	16 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1947	Rosevale, AU	daily rain	149.1 mm (5.9 in)	109.7 mm (4.3 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1947	Enoggera Reservoir, AU	daily rain	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	56 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1947	Shawinigan, CA	monthly rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	43 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1947	Western Creek, AU	all-time rain	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1947	Nerang Gilston Rd, AU	daily rain	183.1 mm (7.2 in)	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1947	Killarney Post Office, AU	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	29 years	47 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

1796 to 1947

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1947. 1947 had 788 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 01-24 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1800	1
1817	1
1823	2
1828	2
1834	2
1845	1
1846	1
1849	1
1855	1
1858	1
1864	1
1866	1
1869	1
1871	1
1872	1
1873	1
1875	1
1879	2
1881	6
1882	2
1883	1
1884	1
1887	1
1888	1
1890	1
1891	4
1892	1
1893	2
1894	3
1895	3
1896	15
1897	2
1899	7
1900	4
1901	2
1902	7
1903	6
1904	11
1905	8
1906	20
1907	24
1908	12
1909	69
1910	20
1911	11
1912	11
1913	27
1914	27
1915	30
1916	28
1917	63
1918	52
1919	55
1920	34
1921	45
1922	89
1923	78
1924	116
1925	67
1926	100
1927	172
1928	215
1929	396
1930	639
1931	436
1932	245
1933	605
1934	361
1935	731
1936	1,085
1937	600
1938	545
1939	198
1940	827
1941	987
1942	634
1943	715
1944	634
1945	130
1946	355
1947	788
1948	1,257
1949	1,123
1950	1,342
1951	466
1952	383
1953	815
1954	368
1955	536
1956	366
1957	305
1958	381
1959	702
1960	348
1961	508
1962	478
1963	1,710
1964	461
1965	537
1966	553
1967	1,249
1968	711
1969	1,049
1970	834
1971	534
1972	756
1973	472
1974	636
1975	523
1976	631
1977	532
1978	1,427
1979	1,436
1980	782
1981	1,324
1982	759
1983	786
1984	677
1985	583
1986	415
1987	842
1988	766
1989	673
1990	929
1991	1,034
1992	894
1993	1,433
1994	634
1995	578
1996	1,150
1997	822
1998	524
1999	1,745
2000	1,135
2001	750
2002	1,724
2003	1,485
2004	719
2005	1,078
2006	928
2007	1,136
2008	973
2009	1,046
2010	1,225
2011	810
2012	503
2013	768
2014	926
2015	617
2016	887
2017	958
2018	721
2019	627
2020	789
2021	517
2022	434
2023	657
2024	1,018
2025	715
2026	1,625

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Data for records on 1947-01-24: 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 50	598
50 to 100	21
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1