Weather Records on 24 October 1950

314 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 October 1950. Highest significance: Bramfield Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 24 October 1950

On 24 October 1950, 314 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
116 were record highs and 49 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 304 daily.
Bramfield Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 27.4 mm (1.1 in) on 24 October 1950.
Across 158 earlier years (1802 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 478 records.

Record Map

314 stations

314 station records on 24 October 1950 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 October 1950: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bramfield Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Sheringa (Lake Hamilton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Elliston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Port Lincoln	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Streaky Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Port Lincoln (Big Swamp)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Smoky Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Perpignan	France	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Don	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Courela (Challner)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Colton (Boola Boola)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Port Lincoln (Westmere)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Port Kenny (Yandra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cape de Couedic	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Savary Island	Canada	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Carawa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wirrulla (Petina)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tumby Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fairview	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Yeelana (Brimpton Lake)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Alice Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Old Halls Creek	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Yeelanna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen Rd (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rajakkamangalam	India	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Port Lincoln (White Flat)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Omeo Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tumby Bay (Hillview)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
P.P. Channel	India	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rockford	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Napier Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Old Halls Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Denman Island	Canada	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bamfield	Canada	Record daily precipitation	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mnt Fletcher (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Cochituate	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Moola Bulla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Wedge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Rouxville (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cummins	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Talia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Alberni Beaver Creek	Canada	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Muenster	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-3.4 C (25.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Pastura 6 SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Corona	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Danville 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bluefield 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Butler (Anona)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Waterville Wwtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Fruitland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Nagarcoil	India	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tombstone	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hatch	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mahlabatini (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Mesa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Coulta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

314 records

Records set or tied on 24 October 1950 by type: Highest daily maximum 42, Lowest daily maximum 33, Highest daily minimum 74, Lowest daily minimum 16, Heaviest daily rainfall 144, Heaviest daily snowfall 5.

Records on 24 October 1950 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	42
Lowest daily maximum	33
Highest daily minimum	74
Lowest daily minimum	16
Heaviest daily rainfall	144
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 24 October 1950 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 10, daily 304.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

254 broken records

Margins by which the 254 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 71.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 October 1950

Top 20 records on 24 October 1950 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 October 1950	Bramfield Post Office, AU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	56 years	63 of 100 (Major)
24 October 1950	Sheringa (Lake Hamilton), AU	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	55 years	61 of 100 (Major)
24 October 1950	Elliston, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1950	Port Lincoln, AU	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	25 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1950	Streaky Bay, AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	27 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1950	Port Lincoln (Big Swamp), AU	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	25 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1950	Smoky Bay, AU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1950	Perpignan, FR	daily rain	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	35 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1950	Cape Don, AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	25 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1950	Courela (Challner), AU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1950	Colton (Boola Boola), AU	monthly rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	38 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1950	Port Lincoln (Westmere), AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1950	Port Kenny (Yandra), AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	4 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1950	Cape de Couedic, AU	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	25 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1950	Savary Island, CA	monthly rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	23 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1950	Carawa, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	28 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1950	Wirrulla (Petina), AU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	4 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1950	Tumby Bay, AU	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	4 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1950	Fairview, ZA	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	19 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1950	Yeelana (Brimpton Lake), AU	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	4 years	40 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 1950

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1950. 1950 had 314 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 10	187
10 to 20	42
20 to 30	18
30 to 40	5
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	1