Weather Records on 24 February 1956

627 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 February 1956. Highest significance: Maraisburg (Gm), ZA.

Key Facts for 24 February 1956

On 24 February 1956, 627 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
149 were record highs and 125 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 32 monthly and 591 daily.
Maraisburg (Gm) set a daily record precipitation of 84.5 mm (3.3 in) on 24 February 1956.
Across 153 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 561 records.

Record Map

627 stations

627 station records on 24 February 1956 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 February 1956: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Maraisburg (Gm)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	84.5 mm (3.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Meeker	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record snow depth	35.0 cm (13.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Muskau	Germany	Record snow depth	31.0 cm (12.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond-Natal (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Perpignan	France	Record daily precipitation	83.2 mm (3.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Windsor	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bernburg/Saale (Nord)	Germany	Record snow depth	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Elandshoek, Boston	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	137.7 mm (5.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Casey	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Industria	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hlobane	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Washington 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-22.9 C (-9.2 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ranken River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hamburg Bergedorf	Germany	Record snow depth	32.0 cm (12.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Huntingburg AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Logan Utah St UNIV	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Holy Cross	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Freiburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-18.6 C (-1.5 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-7.0 C (19.4 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-6.2 C (20.8 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Vogelstruiskuil	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Scipio	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.1 cm (8.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Avon Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Oolitic Purdue Ex Fm	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Deseret	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Magnetawan	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.3 cm (6.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Villiers (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Grace	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Paris Stp	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Vincennes 4 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Seymour 1 NNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Soldier Summit	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Narua	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-4.0 C (24.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kleve	Germany	Record snow depth	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	22.4 C (72.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Agassiz Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mamit Lake	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Potsdam	Germany	Record snow depth	32.0 cm (12.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Vryburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Neosho	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mullumbimby (Fairview Farm)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Piracuruca	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-25.4 C (-13.7 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Snowhill	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Morrisonville 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-5.7 C (21.7 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Yreka	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Arkadelphia 2 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Fredonia	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kahoma Intake 374	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Austral Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Doberlug-Kirchhain	Germany	Record snow depth	37.0 cm (14.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Zerbst	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-6.0 C (21.2 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

627 records

Records set or tied on 24 February 1956 by type: Highest daily maximum 66, Lowest daily maximum 65, Highest daily minimum 83, Lowest daily minimum 60, Heaviest daily rainfall 270, Heaviest daily snowfall 48, Deepest snow cover 35.

Records on 24 February 1956 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	66
Lowest daily maximum	65
Highest daily minimum	83
Lowest daily minimum	60
Heaviest daily rainfall	270
Heaviest daily snowfall	48
Deepest snow cover	35

Records on 24 February 1956 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 32, daily 591.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

533 broken records

Margins by which the 533 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 200.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 February 1956

Top 20 records on 24 February 1956 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 February 1956	Maraisburg (Gm), ZA	daily rain	84.5 mm (3.3 in)	52.7 mm (2.1 in)	52 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1956	Meeker, US	monthly snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	51 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1956	Leipzig-Holzhausen, DE	daily snow depth	35.0 cm (13.8 in)	11.0 cm (4.3 in)	76 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1956	Bad Muskau, DE	daily snow depth	31.0 cm (12.2 in)	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	0 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1956	Richmond-Natal (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1956	Perpignan, FR	daily rain	83.2 mm (3.3 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	12 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1956	Windsor, US	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	49 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1956	Bernburg/Saale (Nord), DE	daily snow depth	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	11.0 cm (4.3 in)	54 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1956	Elandshoek, Boston, ZA	all-time rain	137.7 mm (5.4 in)	7.7 mm (0.30 in)	48 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1956	Casey, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	49 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1956	Industria, ZA	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	38 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1956	Leipzig-Holzhausen, DE	daily low min	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	5.2 C (9.4 F)	80 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1956	Hlobane, ZA	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	45.9 mm (1.8 in)	17 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1956	Washington 1 W, US	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	48 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1956	Gorlitz, DE	daily low min	-22.9 C (-9.2 F)	7.8 C (14.0 F)	67 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1956	Ranken River, AU	daily rain	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	10 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1956	Hamburg Bergedorf, DE	daily snow depth	32.0 cm (12.6 in)	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	0 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1956	Huntingburg AP, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	61 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1956	Logan Utah St UNIV, US	daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	62 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1956	Holy Cross, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	37 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

1794 to 1956

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1956. 1956 had 627 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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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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 25	461
25 to 50	36
50 to 75	23
75 to 100	4
100 to 125	4
125 to 150	2
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	3