Weather Records on 24 February 1953

423 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 February 1953. Highest significance: Kyogle Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 24 February 1953

On 24 February 1953, 423 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
31 were record highs and 103 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 417 daily.
Kyogle Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 97.8 mm (3.9 in) on 24 February 1953.
Across 153 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 562 records.

Record Map

423 stations

423 station records on 24 February 1953 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 February 1953: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kyogle Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Princesa Isabel	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Chinle	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ruby 4 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bunghill Tank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Maclean (McLachlan Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Burren Junction (Hastings Stre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Douglas	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Nimbin Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Coffs Harbour	Australia	Record daily precipitation	176.0 mm (6.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrence Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	9.7 C (49.5 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Harwood Island (Harwood Sugar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	130.6 mm (5.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kommissiepoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Coomrith	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Calliope Public School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Jonkersdam	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pillar Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bedetti(Behali)	India	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Livingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ravenswood Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Langmorn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	111.5 mm (4.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
San Rafael Rch Sp	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Natural Brg	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Spur	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Strathbogie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tomewin (Border Gate)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ladybrand (Skl)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rucker Canyon	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Coteau	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
The Wilgas	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pushmataha	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Woodburn Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wittebank	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Walnut Grove	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Crosbyton	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bangate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ulmarra (Newsagency)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Upper Orara (Aurania)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hughenden	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Goodooga (Mogila)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Condong Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Coraki Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mahalapye	Botswana	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Simmesport	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
El Reno 1 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Collarenebri (Albert St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dumble	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Prince Albert Road	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Grant	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kingman	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kelvin (Carellan)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Marion 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Brookhaven City	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Crystal Springs Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Poplarville Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Reid River Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bauhinia Downs Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Upper Bingara (Emohta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lower Bucca	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

423 records

Records set or tied on 24 February 1953 by type: Highest daily maximum 11, Lowest daily maximum 59, Highest daily minimum 20, Lowest daily minimum 44, Heaviest daily rainfall 214, Heaviest daily snowfall 45, Deepest snow cover 30.

Records on 24 February 1953 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	11
Lowest daily maximum	59
Highest daily minimum	20
Lowest daily minimum	44
Heaviest daily rainfall	214
Heaviest daily snowfall	45
Deepest snow cover	30

Records on 24 February 1953 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 417.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

370 broken records

Margins by which the 370 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 178.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 February 1953

Top 20 records on 24 February 1953 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 February 1953	Kyogle Post Office, AU	daily rain	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	47 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1953	Princesa Isabel, BR	daily rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	27 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1953	Chinle, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	44 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1953	Ruby 4 NW, US	daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	56 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1953	Bunghill Tank, AU	daily rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	37 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1953	Maclean (McLachlan Street), AU	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	52.9 mm (2.1 in)	56 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1953	Burren Junction (Hastings Stre, AU	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	61.9 mm (2.4 in)	19 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1953	Mt Douglas, AU	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	40 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1953	Nimbin Post Office, AU	daily rain	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	46 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1953	Coffs Harbour, AU	daily rain	176.0 mm (6.9 in)	126.5 mm (5.0 in)	2 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1953	Lawrence Post Office, AU	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	65 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1953	Armagh, GB	daily high min	9.7 C (49.5 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	106 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1953	Harwood Island (Harwood Sugar, AU	daily rain	130.6 mm (5.1 in)	110.3 mm (4.3 in)	2 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1953	Kommissiepoort, ZA	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	27 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1953	Coomrith, AU	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	28 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1953	Calliope Public School, AU	daily rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	1 year	41 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1953	Jonkersdam, ZA	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	34 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1953	Pillar Valley, AU	daily rain	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	26 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1953	Bedetti(Behali), IN	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1953	Livingston, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	47 years	39 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

1794 to 1953

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1953. 1953 had 423 records.

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

Records on 02-24 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1813	1
1814	4
1836	1
1846	2
1858	2
1863	1
1867	1
1868	1
1870	1
1873	2
1875	2
1876	1
1877	2
1879	4
1881	1
1886	1
1887	2
1888	7
1889	6
1891	3
1892	2
1894	2
1896	1
1897	4
1898	10
1899	4
1900	14
1901	4
1902	7
1903	5
1904	5
1905	13
1906	33
1907	16
1908	14
1909	73
1910	25
1911	16
1912	58
1913	6
1914	26
1915	46
1916	24
1917	52
1918	50
1919	39
1920	15
1921	82
1922	54
1923	63
1924	73
1925	110
1926	166
1927	402
1928	139
1929	141
1930	1,185
1931	164
1932	226
1933	331
1934	887
1935	251
1936	514
1937	148
1938	202
1939	385
1940	279
1941	490
1942	287
1943	375
1944	463
1945	212
1946	440
1947	779
1948	299
1949	420
1950	712
1951	423
1952	535
1953	423
1954	720
1955	1,120
1956	627
1957	649
1958	866
1959	217
1960	1,145
1961	520
1962	1,412
1963	593
1964	447
1965	993
1966	637
1967	1,134
1968	734
1969	874
1970	354
1971	377
1972	753
1973	235
1974	365
1975	1,570
1976	999
1977	1,307
1978	1,061
1979	1,473
1980	466
1981	1,177
1982	898
1983	533
1984	652
1985	1,412
1986	1,309
1987	952
1988	373
1989	1,776
1990	1,969
1991	641
1992	922
1993	1,730
1994	1,070
1995	1,081
1996	1,209
1997	1,537
1998	1,459
1999	752
2000	2,155
2001	1,407
2002	883
2003	1,735
2004	980
2005	742
2006	487
2007	1,095
2008	1,060
2009	852
2010	1,527
2011	1,291
2012	838
2013	705
2014	623
2015	1,963
2016	818
2017	1,612
2018	1,356
2019	1,302
2020	697
2021	860
2022	1,808
2023	1,793
2024	417
2025	966
2026	1,107

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Data for records on 1953-02-24: 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 25	278
25 to 50	50
50 to 75	28
75 to 100	6
100 to 125	4
125 to 150	3
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1