Weather Records on 24 October 1971

794 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 October 1971. Highest significance: Buckingham, US.

Key Facts for 24 October 1971

On 24 October 1971, 794 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
413 were record highs and 63 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 786 daily.
Buckingham set a daily record precipitation of 79.8 mm (3.1 in) on 24 October 1971.
Across 158 earlier years (1802 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 475 records.

Record Map

794 stations

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

Weather records on 24 October 1971: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Buckingham	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Farmville	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Wytheville	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
San Bernardino F S 226	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Elkin	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Chestertown	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Timbo Novo (Pcd)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Amanzamnyama (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bremo Bluff	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Burdekin Shire Council	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Luroy	Norway	Record daily precipitation	95.1 mm (3.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Alagoa Nova (Laranjeiras)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Jefferson 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Alton	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Blue	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nord-Rana	Norway	Record daily precipitation	44.1 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gyzylarbat	Turkmenistan	Record high maximum temperature	33.8 C (92.8 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Milan Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Randolph 5 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wattle Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Novorossijsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sotchi	Russia	Record daily precipitation	107.1 mm (4.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	17.7 C (63.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sovetskaja Gavan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	46.9 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pemberton	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	22.5 C (72.5 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gallivare_A	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-22.3 C (-8.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Alpine	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bright Angel Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Covina City Yard Fc387B	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Appomattox	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Trenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kaiserslautern	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	22.6 C (72.7 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
New Canton	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rocky Mt	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Paripiranga	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	15.2 C (59.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Murray	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lambertville	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Feitoria (Sao Felix)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Milford 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Idlewild	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Toledo Blade	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottesville 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Columbia 2SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Riverton	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Martinsburg E W Virginia Rgnl	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Le Bourget	France	Record high maximum temperature	21.6 C (70.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Uil	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Florence	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Delphi 2 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Athens 5 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hatch	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Brocken	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Beiarn	Norway	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Maclear (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Frankfort Downtown	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

794 records

Records set or tied on 24 October 1971 by type: Highest daily maximum 112, Lowest daily maximum 45, Highest daily minimum 301, Lowest daily minimum 18, Heaviest daily rainfall 304, Heaviest daily snowfall 8, Deepest snow cover 6.

Records on 24 October 1971 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	112
Lowest daily maximum	45
Highest daily minimum	301
Lowest daily minimum	18
Heaviest daily rainfall	304
Heaviest daily snowfall	8
Deepest snow cover	6

Records on 24 October 1971 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 8, daily 786.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

654 broken records

Margins by which the 654 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 65.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 October 1971

Top 20 records on 24 October 1971 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 October 1971	Buckingham, US	daily rain	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	73 years	69 of 100 (Major)
24 October 1971	Farmville, US	daily rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	68 years	67 of 100 (Major)
24 October 1971	Wytheville, US	daily rain	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	24 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1971	San Bernardino F S 226, US	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	52 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1971	Elkin, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	57 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1971	Chestertown, US	daily rain	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	12 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1971	Timbo Novo (Pcd), BR	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	14 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1971	Amanzamnyama (Bos), ZA	daily rain	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1971	Bremo Bluff, US	daily rain	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	12 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1971	Burdekin Shire Council, AU	monthly high max	40.0 C (104.0 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	76 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1971	Luroy, NO	daily rain	95.1 mm (3.7 in)	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	29 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1971	Alagoa Nova (Laranjeiras), BR	daily rain	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	4 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1971	Jefferson 2 E, US	daily rain	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	57 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1971	Alton, US	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	49 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1971	Blue, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	52 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1971	Burketown Post Office, AU	monthly high max	41.7 C (107.1 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	70 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1971	Nord-Rana, NO	daily rain	44.1 mm (1.7 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1971	Gyzylarbat, TM	daily high max	33.8 C (92.8 F)	4.7 C (8.5 F)	73 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1971	Milan Exp STN, US	daily rain	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	45 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1971	Randolph 5 NNE, US	monthly rain	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	21 years	38 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

1802 to 1971

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1971. 1971 had 794 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 10	529
10 to 20	65
20 to 30	35
30 to 40	9
40 to 50	8
50 to 60	4
60 to 70	4