Weather Records on 24 January 1968

711 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 January 1968. Highest significance: Tea Tree Well, AU.

Key Facts for 24 January 1968

On 24 January 1968, 711 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
541 were record highs and 47 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 56 monthly and 655 daily.
Tea Tree Well set a daily record precipitation of 58.4 mm (2.3 in) on 24 January 1968.
Across 160 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 483 records.

Record Map

711 stations

711 station records on 24 January 1968 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 January 1968: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tea Tree Well	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Barrow Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Waseca	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bundooma Railway Siding	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Miguel Dos Campos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	61.3 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mulungu (Camarazal)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Harlem	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gleichen	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Swan River	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Brady Aznoe	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wastina Hemaruka	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Banff	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Assiniboia	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Olds	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
High Prairie	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Humboldt	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Collins	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Assiniboine	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Centennial 1NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wray	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Valier	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Prince	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Camp Crook	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Red Deer	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Indian Head Cda	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Boulder	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Benton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Spearfish	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Salgueiro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	46.1 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Qu'appelle	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Waseca	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Knight L C,Balgowan	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Karina	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Laguna Beach	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cheyenne Wells 2NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Holyoke	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Red Lake Indian Agcy	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Grover 10 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Big Sandy	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Red Lodge	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeport	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hay Springs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cottonwood 2 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lead	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lewistown AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Agassiz Cda	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Red Deer	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Watsonville Wtr Wks	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Chester	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Chinook	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kimball 2NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Prospect 2 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Meade	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Northport	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kendall	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Grootfontein	Namibia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mundau	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kamloops	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

711 records

Records set or tied on 24 January 1968 by type: Highest daily maximum 282, Lowest daily maximum 36, Highest daily minimum 259, Lowest daily minimum 11, Heaviest daily rainfall 97, Heaviest daily snowfall 17, Deepest snow cover 9.

Records on 24 January 1968 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	282
Lowest daily maximum	36
Highest daily minimum	259
Lowest daily minimum	11
Heaviest daily rainfall	97
Heaviest daily snowfall	17
Deepest snow cover	9

Records on 24 January 1968 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 56, daily 655.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

574 broken records

Margins by which the 574 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 92.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 January 1968

Top 20 records on 24 January 1968 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 January 1968	Tea Tree Well, AU	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1968	Barrow Creek, AU	daily rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	44 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1968	Waseca, CA	daily snowfall	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	9.2 cm (3.6 in)	56 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1968	Bundooma Railway Siding, AU	monthly rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	26 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1968	Sao Miguel Dos Campos, BR	daily rain	61.3 mm (2.4 in)	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	2 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1968	Mulungu (Camarazal), BR	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	20 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1968	Harlem, US	monthly high max	16.7 C (62.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	68 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1968	Gleichen, CA	monthly high min	5.6 C (42.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	64 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1968	Swan River, CA	daily high max	4.4 C (39.9 F)	10.0 C (18.0 F)	58 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
24 January 1968	Brady Aznoe, US	monthly high min	9.4 C (48.9 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	54 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
24 January 1968	Wastina Hemaruka, CA	monthly high min	0.0 C (32.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	54 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
24 January 1968	Banff, CA	daily high max	8.9 C (48.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	78 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
24 January 1968	Assiniboia, CA	monthly high min	0.0 C (32.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	50 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
24 January 1968	Olds, CA	monthly high min	3.9 C (39.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	50 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
24 January 1968	High Prairie, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	32 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
24 January 1968	Humboldt, CA	monthly high min	0.6 C (33.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	42 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
24 January 1968	Ft Collins, US	daily high min	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	74 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
24 January 1968	Ft Assiniboine, US	monthly high min	7.2 C (45.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	49 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
24 January 1968	Centennial 1NE, US	daily high max	10.0 C (50.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	56 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
24 January 1968	Wray, US	daily high min	2.8 C (37.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	57 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

1796 to 1968

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1968. 1968 had 711 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 20	554
20 to 40	11
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1