Weather Records on 24 October 1951

546 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 October 1951. Highest significance: Toledo Blade, US.

Key Facts for 24 October 1951

On 24 October 1951, 546 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
120 were record highs and 84 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 537 daily.
Toledo Blade set a daily record precipitation of 72.9 mm (2.9 in) on 24 October 1951.
Across 158 earlier years (1802 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 477 records.

Record Map

546 stations

546 station records on 24 October 1951 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 October 1951: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Toledo Blade	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Susanville 2SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Parry Sound	Canada	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Albion 5 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Barrage Temiscamingue	Canada	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Monroe	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Walkerton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Harrisville	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sandusky	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hastings	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Shorlakode	India	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Algonquin Park	Canada	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Virginia City	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mercedes 6 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Barrage A Lac Kempt	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Spaulding	United States	Record daily precipitation	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Markland Dam 39	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Carrollton Lock 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cincinnati Fernbank	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Napoleon	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cordova 2 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tiger Creek Ph	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield Mad Rvr St	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Oak Ridges	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ambalapuza	India	Record daily precipitation	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Harrison 1 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Angola	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rochester	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ann Arbor U of Mich	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wayne	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Melstone	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Defiance	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hamilton	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lima Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Imlay	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Portola	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lake City Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mancelona	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bowman Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Camptonville Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Deer Creek Ph	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sierraville Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pontiac Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton Fairfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lucknow	Canada	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Los Gatos	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Le Claire	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fife Lake 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Haileybury	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
La Tuque	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Manouan Sanmaur	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ponnani	India	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dudleys	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ennis	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
New Orleans Audubon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
P.P. Channel	India	Record daily precipitation	172.7 mm (6.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hovlandsdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

546 records

Records set or tied on 24 October 1951 by type: Highest daily maximum 23, Lowest daily maximum 53, Highest daily minimum 97, Lowest daily minimum 31, Heaviest daily rainfall 327, Heaviest daily snowfall 15.

Records on 24 October 1951 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	23
Lowest daily maximum	53
Highest daily minimum	97
Lowest daily minimum	31
Heaviest daily rainfall	327
Heaviest daily snowfall	15
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 24 October 1951 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 8, daily 537.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

484 broken records

Margins by which the 484 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 102.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 October 1951

Top 20 records on 24 October 1951 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 October 1951	Toledo Blade, US	daily rain	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	44 years	61 of 100 (Major)
24 October 1951	Susanville 2SW, US	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1951	Parry Sound, CA	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	20 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1951	Monticello, US	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	48.7 mm (1.9 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1951	Albion 5 E, US	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	32 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1951	Barrage Temiscamingue, CA	daily rain	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	52.9 mm (2.1 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1951	Monroe, US	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	25 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1951	Walkerton, CA	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	13 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1951	Harrisville, US	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1951	Sandusky, US	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1951	Hastings, US	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1951	Shorlakode, IN	daily rain	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	20 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1951	Algonquin Park, CA	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	6 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1951	Georgetown, US	daily rain	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	56 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1951	Virginia City, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	57 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1951	Mercedes 6 SSE, US	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	32 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1951	Barrage A Lac Kempt, CA	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1951	Lake Spaulding, US	daily rain	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	10 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1951	Markland Dam 39, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	45 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1951	Carrollton Lock 1, US	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	24 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 1951

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1951. 1951 had 546 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 1951-10-24: 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	426
20 to 40	38
40 to 60	11
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	4