Weather Records on 24 February 1959

217 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 February 1959. Highest significance: New Orleans Audubon, US.

Key Facts for 24 February 1959

On 24 February 1959, 217 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
21 were record highs and 24 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 213 daily.
New Orleans Audubon set a daily record precipitation of 139.7 mm (5.5 in) on 24 February 1959.
Across 153 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 564 records.

Record Map

217 stations

217 station records on 24 February 1959 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 February 1959: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
New Orleans Audubon	United States	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
New Westminster	Canada	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tiangua	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Paradis 7 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Burnett 3 S	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Reserve	United States	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Vancouver Pmo	Canada	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
River Jordan	Canada	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Acude Bonito	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	76.6 mm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Donaldsonville 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Steveston	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Parker 6 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Winchendon	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Angleton 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Manchester	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Goliad	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Houma	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Alvin	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Fitchburg 4 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Burquitlam Vancouver Golf Cour	Canada	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cornwall	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Picos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Harmati	India	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Midland 2	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Johnsbury	United States	Record snow depth	86.4 cm (34.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lafayette Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Miles City	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lowville	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Placid 2 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Houston Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bear Creek	Canada	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Pachena Point	Canada	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Schriever	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cooperstown	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
De Ruyter 4 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Elmira	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hoffmeister 3 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	31.8 cm (12.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Vancouver Harbour CS	Canada	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Rockport 1 ESE	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
White Rock Campbell Scientific	Canada	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Dewan	India	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Weston	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Salisbury	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sechelt	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Poughkeepsie	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Rutland	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Karasjok	Norway	Record daily precipitation	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gothenburg	United States	Record snow depth	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Goyders Lagoon (Clifton Hills)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fazilka	India	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Baldwinsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cadelga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gogland	Russia	Record daily precipitation	7.0 mm (0.28 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Parker 6 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Webster	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Camargo (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Budennovsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kuringup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

217 records

Records set or tied on 24 February 1959 by type: Highest daily maximum 6, Lowest daily maximum 6, Highest daily minimum 15, Lowest daily minimum 18, Heaviest daily rainfall 113, Heaviest daily snowfall 48, Deepest snow cover 11.

Records on 24 February 1959 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	6
Lowest daily maximum	6
Highest daily minimum	15
Lowest daily minimum	18
Heaviest daily rainfall	113
Heaviest daily snowfall	48
Deepest snow cover	11

Records on 24 February 1959 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 213.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

181 broken records

Margins by which the 181 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 559.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 February 1959

Top 20 records on 24 February 1959 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 February 1959	New Orleans Audubon, US	daily rain	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	106.4 mm (4.2 in)	47 years	60 of 100 (Major)
24 February 1959	New Westminster, CA	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	53 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1959	Tiangua, BR	daily rain	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	36 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1959	Paradis 7 S, US	daily rain	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	69.4 mm (2.7 in)	47 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1959	Burnett 3 S, US	daily snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	4 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1959	Reserve, US	daily rain	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	47 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1959	Vancouver Pmo, CA	daily rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	27 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1959	River Jordan, CA	daily rain	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	48 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1959	Acude Bonito, BR	daily rain	76.6 mm (3.0 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	1 year	38 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1959	Donaldsonville 4 SW, US	daily rain	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	25 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1959	Steveston, CA	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1959	Parker 6 E, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	24 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1959	Winchendon, US	daily snowfall	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	55 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1959	Angleton 2 W, US	daily rain	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	9 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1959	Manchester, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	71 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1959	Goliad, US	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1959	Karlshamn, SE	daily high max	10.0 C (50.0 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	76 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1959	Houma, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	47 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1959	Alvin, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	47 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 1959	Fitchburg 4 SE, US	daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	4.5 cm (1.8 in)	65 years	30 of 100 (Routine)

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 1959

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1959. 1959 had 217 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 100	176
100 to 200	3
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1