Weather Records on 24 October 1966

515 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 October 1966. Highest significance: New Norcia, AU.

Key Facts for 24 October 1966

On 24 October 1966, 515 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
121 were record highs and 123 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 20 monthly and 495 daily.
New Norcia set a daily record precipitation of 39.6 mm (1.6 in) on 24 October 1966.
Across 158 earlier years (1802 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 477 records.

Record Map

515 stations

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

Weather records on 24 October 1966: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
New Norcia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Meckering	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Newnan 7 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Camp Hill 2NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
La Grange 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Nyabing	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Benalla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cranbrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tambellup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Le Bourget	France	Record daily precipitation	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pingelly	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dresden-Strehlen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sitka Magnetic Obsy	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Yates Hydro Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Teuschnitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	13.2 C (55.8 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wickepin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Covington	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Beacon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Weilerswist-Lommersum	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Greiz-Dolau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Jarrahdale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Regensburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	11.2 C (52.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kondut	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dadeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Arukutty	India	Record daily precipitation	109.7 mm (4.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tara	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-22.0 C (-7.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Napas	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bad Ems	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Araria	India	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mascota (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hanty-Mansijsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-24.2 C (-11.6 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kvikkjokk-Arrenjarka	Sweden	Record snow depth	27.0 cm (10.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Indianola 1SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Ayr	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bantwal	India	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kolpasevo	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-13.1 C (8.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Milstead	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bad-Ahrweiler Neuenahr	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kulasekarapatnam	India	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Laryak	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-26.6 C (-15.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Portage Wwtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Perumpavur	India	Record daily precipitation	198.1 mm (7.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
M.O. Amini	India	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ahuacatlan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kolpasevo	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-24.3 C (-11.7 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pudino	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-24.1 C (-11.4 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tomsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-9.1 C (15.6 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Basel Binningen	Switzerland	Record high minimum temperature	12.9 C (55.2 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Nossen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Suolovuopmi	Norway	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Amarante	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Dijon-Longvic	France	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mayen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kurgan	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-19.7 C (-3.5 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lewistown AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Britannia Beach Furry Cr	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kazalinsk	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

515 records

Records set or tied on 24 October 1966 by type: Highest daily maximum 39, Lowest daily maximum 59, Highest daily minimum 82, Lowest daily minimum 64, Heaviest daily rainfall 263, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 24 October 1966 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	39
Lowest daily maximum	59
Highest daily minimum	82
Lowest daily minimum	64
Heaviest daily rainfall	263
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 24 October 1966 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 20, daily 495.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

458 broken records

Margins by which the 458 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 104.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 October 1966

Top 20 records on 24 October 1966 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 October 1966	New Norcia, AU	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1966	Meckering, AU	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	33 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1966	Newnan 7 WNW, US	daily rain	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	24 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1966	Camp Hill 2NW, US	daily rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	48 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1966	La Grange 1N, US	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	77 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1966	Nyabing, AU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	52 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1966	Benalla, AU	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	13 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1966	Cranbrook, AU	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	9 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1966	Tambellup, AU	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	7 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1966	Le Bourget, FR	daily rain	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1966	Pingelly, AU	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	33 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1966	Dresden-Strehlen, DE	daily rain	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	16 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1966	Sitka Magnetic Obsy, US	daily low max	1.7 C (35.1 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	65 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1966	Yates Hydro Plt, US	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	47 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1966	Teuschnitz, DE	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	33 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1966	Nurnberg, DE	daily high min	13.2 C (55.8 F)	3.5 C (6.3 F)	67 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1966	Wickepin, AU	monthly rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	15 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1966	Covington, US	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	52 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1966	Beacon, AU	monthly rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	5.0 mm (0.20 in)	18 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1966	Munchen-Nymphenburg, DE	daily high min	11.0 C (51.8 F)	2.4 C (4.3 F)	67 years	34 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 1966

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1966. 1966 had 515 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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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 20	428
20 to 40	24
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1