Weather Records on 24 February 1969

874 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 February 1969. Highest significance: Seymour (Mag), ZA.

Key Facts for 24 February 1969

On 24 February 1969, 874 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
27 were record highs and 172 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 852 daily.
Seymour (Mag) set a daily record precipitation of 57.0 mm (2.2 in) on 24 February 1969.
Across 153 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 559 records.

Record Map

874 stations

874 station records on 24 February 1969 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 February 1969: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Seymour (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Fall River	United States	Record daily snowfall	39.9 cm (15.7 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Hopetown (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Kamferskraal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Bridgeport	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Jacobsdal (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.5 mm (2.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Santa Ana Fire STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Tustin Irvine Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Bakensrug	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Paso Robles	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart Botanical Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Crescent (Serat)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Miena Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Tocumwal Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Dunedin	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Redlands	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Blouboskuil	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Reitfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Wolhaarkop	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Jubilee Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Leeuwfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Riverside Fire STN 3	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Oenpelli	Australia	Record daily precipitation	122.2 mm (4.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Zeekoevlei	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	71.5 mm (2.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Elsinore	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Squirrel Inn 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	187.5 mm (7.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Buxton (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	74.5 mm (2.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Saugus Pwr Plt 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lissadell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Burnley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Golden Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Groenkloof	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Pinnacles Np	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Forestburg 4 NNE	United States	Record snow depth	109.2 cm (43.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hampshire (Neena Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Beaufort West (Met)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Doornplaat	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.3 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
San Bernardino F S 226	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Brockton	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Emery	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Urana Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Middelplaats	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Corona	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Moulamein Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Albertvale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Salopia	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Grouse	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lahontan Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Whitton (Conapaira St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bulwater	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
De Hoop	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Beaumont Pumping Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Laguna Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Yorba Linda	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kindred (Invergordon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Letjiebos (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pirie (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	89.5 mm (3.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Big Pines Park Fc83B	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Boston	United States	Record daily snowfall	34.8 cm (13.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

874 records

Records set or tied on 24 February 1969 by type: Highest daily maximum 4, Lowest daily maximum 114, Highest daily minimum 23, Lowest daily minimum 58, Heaviest daily rainfall 514, Heaviest daily snowfall 100, Deepest snow cover 61.

Records on 24 February 1969 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	4
Lowest daily maximum	114
Highest daily minimum	23
Lowest daily minimum	58
Heaviest daily rainfall	514
Heaviest daily snowfall	100
Deepest snow cover	61

Records on 24 February 1969 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 18, daily 852.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

773 broken records

Margins by which the 773 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 533.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 February 1969

Top 20 records on 24 February 1969 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 February 1969	Seymour (Mag), ZA	daily rain	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	82 years	69 of 100 (Major)
24 February 1969	Fall River, US	daily snowfall	39.9 cm (15.7 in)	29.7 cm (11.7 in)	68 years	67 of 100 (Major)
24 February 1969	Hopetown (Tnk), ZA	monthly rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	46 years	66 of 100 (Major)
24 February 1969	Kamferskraal, ZA	daily rain	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	71 years	65 of 100 (Major)
24 February 1969	Bridgeport, US	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	58 years	63 of 100 (Major)
24 February 1969	Jacobsdal (Pol), ZA	daily rain	57.5 mm (2.3 in)	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	62 years	62 of 100 (Major)
24 February 1969	Santa Ana Fire STN, US	daily rain	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	56 years	61 of 100 (Major)
24 February 1969	Tustin Irvine Rch, US	daily rain	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	56 years	61 of 100 (Major)
24 February 1969	Bakensrug, ZA	daily rain	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	39 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1969	Paso Robles, US	daily rain	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	67 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1969	Hobart Botanical Gardens, AU	monthly rain	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	23 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1969	Lake Crescent (Serat), AU	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	45 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1969	Miena Dam, AU	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	28 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1969	Tocumwal Airport, AU	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	28 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1969	Dunedin, ZA	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	70 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1969	Redlands, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	25 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1969	Blouboskuil, ZA	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	48 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1969	Reitfontein, ZA	daily rain	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	44.1 mm (1.7 in)	34 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1969	Wolhaarkop, ZA	daily rain	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1969	Jubilee Downs, AU	daily rain	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	96.6 mm (3.8 in)	30 years	52 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 1969

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1969. 1969 had 874 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 1969-02-24: 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 100	731
100 to 200	26
200 to 300	11
300 to 400	4
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1