Weather Records on 24 October 1947

427 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 October 1947. Highest significance: Thundelarra, AU.

Key Facts for 24 October 1947

On 24 October 1947, 427 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
153 were record highs and 46 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 421 daily.
Thundelarra set a daily record precipitation of 32.3 mm (1.3 in) on 24 October 1947.
Across 158 earlier years (1802 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 478 records.

Record Map

427 stations

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

Weather records on 24 October 1947: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Thundelarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Champhai	India	Record daily precipitation	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Hyde Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Doorawarrah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Genoa	Italy	Record daily precipitation	162.6 mm (6.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bowgada	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Maya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sherkawan	India	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sialsuk	India	Record daily precipitation	133.4 mm (5.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Northern Gully	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Middalya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Aijal	India	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Demagiri	India	Record daily precipitation	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Boologooro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Knoxville	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Golaghat	India	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lungleh	India	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bungulla North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wokha	India	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Jacksonville Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	119.1 mm (4.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Paola	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Grafton City Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Garnett 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Edaggee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bidgemia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Brushgrove Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Halflong Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	133.9 mm (5.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lumding	India	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Daflating	India	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Neosho Rapids	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lawrence Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Vernon 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
St Louis St Louis UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nazira	India	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dullstroom (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Carmel	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Myers Page Fld AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Framingham	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Degilbo Rail STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Noupoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Uman	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	-1.5 C (29.3 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lake City 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	140.2 mm (5.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Glenwood 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Santuck	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Border 3 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cambooya Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Pittsworth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Calliope Public School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Yamba Pilot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kolosib	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sotchi	Russia	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Aiken 5SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
St Louis Eads Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Oombulgurri	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Dhakuakhana	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Imphal (C.Hosp)	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Luckhoff (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

427 records

Records set or tied on 24 October 1947 by type: Highest daily maximum 87, Lowest daily maximum 18, Highest daily minimum 66, Lowest daily minimum 28, Heaviest daily rainfall 221, Heaviest daily snowfall 7.

Records on 24 October 1947 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	87
Lowest daily maximum	18
Highest daily minimum	66
Lowest daily minimum	28
Heaviest daily rainfall	221
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 24 October 1947 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 421.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

358 broken records

Margins by which the 358 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 104.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 October 1947

Top 20 records on 24 October 1947 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 October 1947	Thundelarra, AU	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1947	Champhai, IN	daily rain	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	41 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1947	Hyde Park, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	33 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1947	Doorawarrah, AU	monthly rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1947	Genoa, IT	daily rain	162.6 mm (6.4 in)	61.9 mm (2.4 in)	40 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1947	Bowgada, AU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	14 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1947	Maya, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1947	Sherkawan, IN	daily rain	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1947	Sialsuk, IN	daily rain	133.4 mm (5.3 in)	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1947	Northern Gully, AU	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	5 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1947	Middalya, AU	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1947	Aijal, IN	daily rain	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	30 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1947	Demagiri, IN	daily rain	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	1 year	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1947	Boologooro, AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	42 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1947	Knoxville, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1947	Golaghat, IN	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	32 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1947	Lungleh, IN	daily rain	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	8 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1947	Bungulla North, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	12 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1947	Wokha, IN	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	41 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1947	Jacksonville Wb City, US	daily rain	119.1 mm (4.7 in)	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	8 years	38 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 1947

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1947. 1947 had 427 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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Data for records on 1947-10-24: 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	311
20 to 40	35
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	1