Weather Records on 24 October 1964

469 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 October 1964. Highest significance: Newcastle Nobbys Signal Statio, AU.

Key Facts for 24 October 1964

On 24 October 1964, 469 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
36 were record highs and 297 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 460 daily.
Newcastle Nobbys Signal Statio set a daily record precipitation of 29.7 mm (1.2 in) on 24 October 1964.
Across 158 earlier years (1802 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 477 records.

Record Map

469 stations

469 station records on 24 October 1964 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 October 1964: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Newcastle Nobbys Signal Statio	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Cochin	India	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Muswellbrook (Bengalla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ravensworth (Hillview)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Muswellbrook (Edderton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sedgefield (Bundajon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Millers Forest School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Jerrys Plains Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Branxton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Graz	Austria	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Palermo	Italy	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Singleton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Paterson Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bens Run 1 SSE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hvar	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	62.4 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Newton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
W Chester 2 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Glenfield (Macquarie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tanhurst Est, Umzint	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	129.0 mm (5.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mirannie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Urbana Wrf	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Quakertown	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Towanda 1 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Muswellbrook (Lower Hill St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Szombathely	Hungary	Record daily precipitation	49.7 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Newark Ag Farm	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cumberland	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Keene	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bedford Hills	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
New Bern 3 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville Wtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Delphi 2 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Scarsdale	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Waverly	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chambersburg 1 ESE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Uniontown 1 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
York 3 SSW Pump STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Buckhannon	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record high maximum temperature	23.7 C (74.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsburg	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Seymour 1 WSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hightstown 2 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bedford Hills	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kenton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Wauseon Wtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Altoona Horseshoe Curv	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Claysville 3 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericksburg Np	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Staunton Wtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mannington 1 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Branxton (Dalwood Vineyard)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mulbring (Vincent Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bankstown (Condell Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Karasjok	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	6.2 C (43.2 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeville 1 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Forest City 2 NNE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Denton 2 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Weston	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

469 records

Records set or tied on 24 October 1964 by type: Highest daily maximum 14, Lowest daily maximum 37, Highest daily minimum 22, Lowest daily minimum 260, Heaviest daily rainfall 133, Heaviest daily snowfall 3.

Records on 24 October 1964 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	14
Lowest daily maximum	37
Highest daily minimum	22
Lowest daily minimum	260
Heaviest daily rainfall	133
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 24 October 1964 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 9, daily 460.

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 48.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 October 1964

Top 20 records on 24 October 1964 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 October 1964	Newcastle Nobbys Signal Statio, AU	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	100 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1964	Fort Cochin, IN	daily rain	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	61 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1964	Muswellbrook (Bengalla), AU	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	12 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1964	Ravensworth (Hillview), AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	9 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1964	Muswellbrook (Edderton), AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	47 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1964	Sedgefield (Bundajon), AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	47 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1964	Millers Forest School, AU	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	46 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1964	Jerrys Plains Post Office, AU	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	47 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1964	Branxton Post Office, AU	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	12 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1964	Graz, AT	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	53 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1964	Palermo, IT	daily rain	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	44 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1964	Singleton Post Office, AU	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	25 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1964	Paterson Post Office, AU	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	43 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1964	Bens Run 1 SSE, US	daily low min	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	61 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1964	Hvar, HR	daily rain	62.4 mm (2.5 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	56 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1964	Newton, US	daily low min	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	68 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1964	W Chester 2 NW, US	daily low min	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	68 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1964	Glenfield (Macquarie), AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	47 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1964	Tanhurst Est, Umzint, ZA	monthly rain	129.0 mm (5.1 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	7 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1964	Cobar Post Office, AU	daily low min	5.0 C (41.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	76 years	32 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

1802 to 1964

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1964. 1964 had 469 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 1964-10-24: 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 24 October 1964
Margin	Records
0 to 10	328
10 to 20	26
20 to 30	13
30 to 40	2
40 to 50	1