Weather Records on 24 February 1966

637 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 February 1966. Highest significance: Phoenixville 1 E, US.

Key Facts for 24 February 1966

On 24 February 1966, 637 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
114 were record highs and 220 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 24 monthly and 610 daily.
Phoenixville 1 E set a daily record snowfall of 15.2 cm (6.0 in) on 24 February 1966.
Across 153 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 561 records.

Record Map

637 stations

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

Weather records on 24 February 1966: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Phoenixville 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Vik I Sogn III	Norway	Record snow depth	51.0 cm (20.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Temple	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Neshaminy Falls	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Seward AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Poplar Bluff	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Morganton	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Poplar Bluff	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rocky Mt 8 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bridport Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Searcy	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Arkadelphia 2 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Stuttgart	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pemberton	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kerrville	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kisinev	Moldova	Record high maximum temperature	18.6 C (65.5 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Elkins- Randolph Co AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Coleman 3 WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Girardeau	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Jackson	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Svyatoy Nos;Cape(Closed)	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-22.3 C (-8.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rayne 6 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Francis	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
N Wilkesboro	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Riverton	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lewisburg 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Caroleen	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Jetsonville ( Muskfield )	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nabowla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Union City	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Burkes Garden	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Corning	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Searcy	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Stillmore	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chestertown	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Brackettville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Culpeper	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
White Sulphur Springs	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Uman	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	6.2 C (43.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Warrenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dexter	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Culpeper	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dale Enterprise	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Trenton	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nes Pa Hedmark	Norway	Record snow depth	108.0 cm (42.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
San German 4 W	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Svyatoy Nos;Cape(Closed)	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-26.3 C (-15.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Astrakan	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Askaniia Nova	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	7.7 C (45.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Albany 3 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Melville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Millington 1 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Union 3 SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ewa Plantation 741	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hvar	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

637 records

Records set or tied on 24 February 1966 by type: Highest daily maximum 52, Lowest daily maximum 165, Highest daily minimum 62, Lowest daily minimum 55, Heaviest daily rainfall 167, Heaviest daily snowfall 97, Deepest snow cover 39.

Records on 24 February 1966 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	52
Lowest daily maximum	165
Highest daily minimum	62
Lowest daily minimum	55
Heaviest daily rainfall	167
Heaviest daily snowfall	97
Deepest snow cover	39

Records on 24 February 1966 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 24, daily 610.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

560 broken records

Margins by which the 560 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 210.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 February 1966

Top 20 records on 24 February 1966 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 February 1966	Phoenixville 1 E, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	71 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1966	Vik I Sogn III, NO	daily snow depth	51.0 cm (20.1 in)	21.0 cm (8.3 in)	59 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1966	Temple, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	72 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1966	Neshaminy Falls, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	51 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1966	Seward AP, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	48 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1966	Poplar Bluff, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	48 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1966	Morganton, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	14.5 cm (5.7 in)	56 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1966	Poplar Bluff, US	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	65 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1966	Rocky Mt 8 ESE, US	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	14 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1966	Bridport Post Office, AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	50 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1966	Searcy, US	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	71 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1966	Arkadelphia 2 N, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	73 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1966	Stuttgart, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	74 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1966	Pemberton, US	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	63 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1966	Kerrville, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	68 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1966	Kisinev, MD	monthly high max	18.6 C (65.5 F)	1.9 C (3.4 F)	63 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1966	Elkins- Randolph Co AP, US	daily snowfall	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	3 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1966	Simferopol, UA	daily high min	11.1 C (52.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	76 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1966	Coleman 3 WNW, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	59 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1966	Cape Girardeau, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	56 years	37 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 1966

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1966. 1966 had 637 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 1966-02-24: 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	499
50 to 100	41
100 to 150	13
150 to 200	6
200 to 250	1