Weather Records on 24 October 1949

624 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 October 1949. Highest significance: Runnymede, AU.

Key Facts for 24 October 1949

On 24 October 1949, 624 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
48 were record highs and 80 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 50 monthly and 574 daily.
Runnymede set a monthly record daily precipitation of 64.3 mm (2.5 in) on 24 October 1949.
Across 158 earlier years (1802 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 476 records.

Record Map

624 stations

624 station records on 24 October 1949 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 October 1949: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Runnymede	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Monsildale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	113.3 mm (4.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Franklyn Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Caboonbah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
West Haldon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Isis Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Mee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	154.2 mm (6.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Derrylin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Forest Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Schanck Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Christmas Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	158.2 mm (6.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ouyen (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Tambo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Coongoola	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Malavalli	India	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hattonvale Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mungar Junction	Australia	Record daily precipitation	232.4 mm (9.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Thylungra Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Eulo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bayrick	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Rowena (Iffley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Shelford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Wanaaring (Urisino)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Yantabulla (Brindingabba)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ramornie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lissington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Coleman	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Graham	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Yambacoona	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hosanagar	India	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Culcairn Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kumsi	India	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cobar (Double Gates)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Elmore	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Deal Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Maxwelton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Goombungee Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Holbrook (Rsl)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Flinders State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Shoreham	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Barunah Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Le Bourget	France	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mirtna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wyandra Railway St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kyabra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dalmorton Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Toolleen (Ryan)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cressy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Birregurra (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cowes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hastings Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
San Remo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Corinda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Burpengary Ulmann Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hungerford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Noccundra Police Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Louth (Bloxham Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Brewon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

624 records

Records set or tied on 24 October 1949 by type: Highest daily maximum 34, Lowest daily maximum 37, Highest daily minimum 14, Lowest daily minimum 43, Heaviest daily rainfall 491, Heaviest daily snowfall 4, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 24 October 1949 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	34
Lowest daily maximum	37
Highest daily minimum	14
Lowest daily minimum	43
Heaviest daily rainfall	491
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 24 October 1949 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 50, daily 574.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

571 broken records

Margins by which the 571 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 103.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 October 1949

Top 20 records on 24 October 1949 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 October 1949	Runnymede, AU	monthly rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	64 of 100 (Major)
24 October 1949	Monsildale, AU	monthly rain	113.3 mm (4.5 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	29 years	61 of 100 (Major)
24 October 1949	Franklyn Vale, AU	monthly rain	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	14 years	60 of 100 (Major)
24 October 1949	Caboonbah, AU	monthly rain	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	6 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1949	West Haldon, AU	monthly rain	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	10 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1949	Isis Downs, AU	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	32 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1949	Mt Mee, AU	monthly rain	154.2 mm (6.1 in)	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	6 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1949	Derrylin, AU	monthly rain	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	49.1 mm (1.9 in)	7 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1949	Forest Vale, AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	32 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1949	Cape Schanck Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	43 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1949	Christmas Creek, AU	monthly rain	158.2 mm (6.2 in)	103.8 mm (4.1 in)	5 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1949	Ouyen (Post Office), AU	monthly rain	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	1 year	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1949	Tambo Post Office, AU	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	56 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1949	Coongoola, AU	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1949	Malavalli, IN	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	35 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1949	Hattonvale Store, AU	monthly rain	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	14 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1949	Mungar Junction, AU	monthly rain	232.4 mm (9.1 in)	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	16 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1949	Thylungra Station, AU	monthly rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	7 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1949	Eulo Post Office, AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	61 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1949	Bayrick, AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	50 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 1949

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1949. 1949 had 624 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	469
20 to 40	78
40 to 60	17
60 to 80	6
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1