Weather Records on 24 January 1966

553 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 January 1966. Highest significance: Clarendon, US.

Key Facts for 24 January 1966

On 24 January 1966, 553 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
63 were record highs and 142 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 533 daily.
Clarendon set a daily record snow depth of 17.8 cm (7.0 in) on 24 January 1966.
Across 160 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 484 records.

Record Map

553 stations

553 station records on 24 January 1966 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 January 1966: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Clarendon	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Willowghby East Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Quanah 2 SW	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Franklinville	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Canton 4 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Nashua 2 NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record daily snowfall	44.7 cm (17.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Munday	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Macedon Lock E30	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Colton 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cloncurry McIllwraith St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Manchester	United States	Record daily snowfall	37.1 cm (14.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tupper Lake Sunmount	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Readsboro 1 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	32.5 cm (12.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hot Springs 1 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bar Harbor 3 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Grafton	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Carrollton Lock 1	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Clarksburg 1	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
South Edwards 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Somerset	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Laghouat	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Shamrock	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record high minimum temperature	24.7 C (76.5 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Donora 1 SW	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gilberton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cameron Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Newell	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Quakertown	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mays Mill	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Werrina Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Calton Hills Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Warwick Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	-11.3 C (11.7 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tbilisi	Georgia	Record high maximum temperature	19.5 C (67.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chestnut Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hereford	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ganca	Azerbaijan	Record high maximum temperature	19.5 C (67.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Morstone Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Undilla Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Boylston	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hanover	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.6 cm (8.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bellows Falls	United States	Record daily snowfall	31.8 cm (12.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Canobie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	130.3 mm (5.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Middleton	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ithaca Cornell UNIV	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ridgway	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Esengyly	Turkmenistan	Record high maximum temperature	27.3 C (81.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gleneagle	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Blue	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin Sewage Plt	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Henrietta	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Blayney (Vittoria)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sotchi	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	18.8 C (65.8 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bemidji	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-43.3 C (-45.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Le Roy	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Haskell	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Millungera Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

553 records

Records set or tied on 24 January 1966 by type: Highest daily maximum 23, Lowest daily maximum 69, Highest daily minimum 40, Lowest daily minimum 73, Heaviest daily rainfall 176, Heaviest daily snowfall 81, Deepest snow cover 91.

Records on 24 January 1966 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	23
Lowest daily maximum	69
Highest daily minimum	40
Lowest daily minimum	73
Heaviest daily rainfall	176
Heaviest daily snowfall	81
Deepest snow cover	91

Records on 24 January 1966 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 18, daily 533.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

467 broken records

Margins by which the 467 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 198.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 January 1966

Top 20 records on 24 January 1966 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 January 1966	Clarendon, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	58 years	63 of 100 (Major)
24 January 1966	Willowghby East Lake, US	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	68 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1966	Quanah 2 SW, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	18 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1966	Franklinville, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	30 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1966	Canton 4 SE, US	daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	15.8 cm (6.2 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1966	Nashua 2 NNW, US	daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	60 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1966	Blue Hill Coop, US	monthly snowfall	44.7 cm (17.6 in)	6.6 cm (2.6 in)	68 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1966	Franklin, US	monthly rain	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	31 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1966	Munday, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	52 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1966	Macedon Lock E30, US	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	46 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1966	Colton 2 N, US	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	3 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1966	Cloncurry McIllwraith St, AU	daily rain	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	55.3 mm (2.2 in)	36 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1966	Manchester, US	daily snowfall	37.1 cm (14.6 in)	19.6 cm (7.7 in)	24 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1966	Tupper Lake Sunmount, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	18 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1966	Readsboro 1 SE, US	daily snowfall	32.5 cm (12.8 in)	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	31 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1966	Hot Springs 1 NNE, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	89 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1966	Bar Harbor 3 NW, US	daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	31 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1966	Grafton, US	daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	80 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1966	Carrollton Lock 1, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1966	Clarksburg 1, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	31 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

1796 to 1966

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1966. 1966 had 553 records.

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

Records on 01-24 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1800	1
1817	1
1823	2
1828	2
1834	2
1845	1
1846	1
1849	1
1855	1
1858	1
1864	1
1866	1
1869	1
1871	1
1872	1
1873	1
1875	1
1879	2
1881	6
1882	2
1883	1
1884	1
1887	1
1888	1
1890	1
1891	4
1892	1
1893	2
1894	3
1895	3
1896	15
1897	2
1899	7
1900	4
1901	2
1902	7
1903	6
1904	11
1905	8
1906	20
1907	24
1908	12
1909	69
1910	20
1911	11
1912	11
1913	27
1914	27
1915	30
1916	28
1917	63
1918	52
1919	55
1920	34
1921	45
1922	89
1923	78
1924	116
1925	67
1926	100
1927	172
1928	215
1929	396
1930	639
1931	436
1932	245
1933	605
1934	361
1935	731
1936	1,085
1937	600
1938	545
1939	198
1940	827
1941	987
1942	634
1943	715
1944	634
1945	130
1946	355
1947	788
1948	1,257
1949	1,123
1950	1,342
1951	466
1952	383
1953	815
1954	368
1955	536
1956	366
1957	305
1958	381
1959	702
1960	348
1961	508
1962	478
1963	1,710
1964	461
1965	537
1966	553
1967	1,249
1968	711
1969	1,049
1970	834
1971	534
1972	756
1973	472
1974	636
1975	523
1976	631
1977	532
1978	1,427
1979	1,436
1980	782
1981	1,324
1982	759
1983	786
1984	677
1985	583
1986	415
1987	842
1988	766
1989	673
1990	929
1991	1,034
1992	894
1993	1,433
1994	634
1995	578
1996	1,150
1997	822
1998	524
1999	1,745
2000	1,135
2001	750
2002	1,724
2003	1,485
2004	719
2005	1,078
2006	928
2007	1,136
2008	973
2009	1,046
2010	1,225
2011	810
2012	503
2013	768
2014	926
2015	617
2016	887
2017	958
2018	721
2019	627
2020	789
2021	517
2022	434
2023	657
2024	1,018
2025	715
2026	1,625

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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	327
25 to 50	58
50 to 75	36
75 to 100	19
100 to 125	10
125 to 150	6
150 to 175	5
175 to 200	6