Weather Records on 24 January 1971

534 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 January 1971. Highest significance: Jindabyne (Lynwood), AU.

Key Facts for 24 January 1971

On 24 January 1971, 534 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
188 were record highs and 57 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 514 daily.
Jindabyne (Lynwood) set an all-time record daily precipitation of 120.7 mm (4.8 in) on 24 January 1971.
Across 160 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 484 records.

Record Map

534 stations

534 station records on 24 January 1971 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 January 1971: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Jindabyne (Lynwood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Genoa	Italy	Record daily precipitation	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Dumas	United States	Record daily precipitation	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	103.2 mm (4.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Koffiefontein (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Rosedale	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Jagersfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bundabaroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Klintonel	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Rockland	United States	Record snow depth	99.1 cm (39.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cwencwe (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lambertina	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bombala (Nungatta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Plooysburg S.A.P.	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Thornlea	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Enid Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Swartkoppies	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Leeuspruit Wes	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Plain Dealing	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Clarksdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Water Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Uplands (Gibbo River Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pekisko	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kisinev	Moldova	Record high minimum temperature	6.4 C (43.5 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Makwassie	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Douglas	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bauhinia Downs Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Blackwarry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Hat A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	26.4 cm (10.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kursk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	1.8 C (35.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mbulu (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bethesdaweg (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Uman	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	4.7 C (40.5 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Warren 2 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Eastport	United States	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Madalya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rooisloot	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dinokana	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pontotoc	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mott	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Merredin Research Station	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	0.7 C (33.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Odesa	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	11.9 C (53.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fordyce	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Morobay Lock	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hettinger	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Leyden	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Allakaket	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-59.4 C (-74.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
German Town	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hickory Flat	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rainworth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Aquiraz	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Haileybury	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	8.5 C (47.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Illawarra	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
New Albany	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
New England	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mungindi (Burrenbah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Eureka	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

534 records

Records set or tied on 24 January 1971 by type: Highest daily maximum 93, Lowest daily maximum 32, Highest daily minimum 95, Lowest daily minimum 25, Heaviest daily rainfall 240, Heaviest daily snowfall 31, Deepest snow cover 18.

Records on 24 January 1971 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	93
Lowest daily maximum	32
Highest daily minimum	95
Lowest daily minimum	25
Heaviest daily rainfall	240
Heaviest daily snowfall	31
Deepest snow cover	18

Records on 24 January 1971 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 17, daily 514.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

448 broken records

Margins by which the 448 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 483.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 January 1971

Top 20 records on 24 January 1971 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 January 1971	Jindabyne (Lynwood), AU	all-time rain	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	57 years	74 of 100 (Major)
24 January 1971	Genoa, IT	daily rain	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	98 years	61 of 100 (Major)
24 January 1971	Dumas, US	daily rain	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	33 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1971	Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij, RU	monthly rain	103.2 mm (4.1 in)	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	2 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1971	Koffiefontein (Pol), ZA	daily rain	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	88 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1971	Rosedale, US	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	51 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1971	Jagersfontein, ZA	daily rain	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	76 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1971	Bundabaroo, AU	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	45 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1971	Klintonel, CA	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	24 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1971	Rockland, US	daily snow depth	99.1 cm (39.0 in)	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	23 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1971	Cwencwe (Bos), ZA	daily rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	39 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1971	Lambertina, ZA	daily rain	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	51 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1971	Bombala (Nungatta), AU	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1971	Plooysburg S.A.P., ZA	daily rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	40 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1971	Thornlea, ZA	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1971	Enid Dam, US	daily rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	15 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1971	Swartkoppies, ZA	daily rain	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	12 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1971	Leeuspruit Wes, ZA	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	27 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1971	Plain Dealing, US	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	76 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1971	Clarksdale, US	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	57 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

1796 to 1971

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1971. 1971 had 534 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 100	441
100 to 200	5
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1