Weather Records on 24 October 1982

838 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 October 1982. Highest significance: Bananal (Pcd), BR.

Key Facts for 24 October 1982

On 24 October 1982, 838 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
256 were record highs and 410 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 52 monthly and 786 daily.
Bananal (Pcd) set a daily record precipitation of 71.5 mm (2.8 in) on 24 October 1982.
Across 158 earlier years (1802 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 475 records.

Record Map

838 stations

838 station records on 24 October 1982 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 October 1982: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bananal (Pcd)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	71.5 mm (2.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lankaran	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Porterville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tarboro 1 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Roxboro 7 ESE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Marion	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sonora	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Waycross 4 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Oelrichs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Florence Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tartu	Estonia	Record high minimum temperature	8.5 C (47.3 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Isabela Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cradock	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Brunswick	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Borinquen AP	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Chernjaevo	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-26.5 C (-15.7 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Calaveras Big Trees	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Holly 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Siler City 2 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kingstree	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Santuck	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lemon Cove	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lindsay	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kaslo	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Denair 3 NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Inverness 3 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Naples	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater St School	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Little Mtn	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sullivans Is	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bishop AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Merced	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Crescent City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Quitman 2 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Haven Fire Dept	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Everett	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hanford 1 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Montague 4 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ridgeland 5 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bonham 3NNE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mexia	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Port Townsend	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Raleigh AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Aklavik A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	19.5 cm (7.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Actopan	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lop Buri	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Westfield 2 SSE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Camden 3 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Summerville 4W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Fruita	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Siler City 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Charleston Intl AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Barstow-Daggett AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Asuncion Nochixtlan	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bomnak	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-11.6 C (11.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hawarden Bridge	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-0.3 C (31.5 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

838 records

Records set or tied on 24 October 1982 by type: Highest daily maximum 54, Lowest daily maximum 239, Highest daily minimum 202, Lowest daily minimum 171, Heaviest daily rainfall 167, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 24 October 1982 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	54
Lowest daily maximum	239
Highest daily minimum	202
Lowest daily minimum	171
Heaviest daily rainfall	167
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 24 October 1982 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 52, daily 786.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

687 broken records

Margins by which the 687 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 76.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 October 1982

Top 20 records on 24 October 1982 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 October 1982	Bananal (Pcd), BR	daily rain	71.5 mm (2.8 in)	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1982	Lankaran, AZ	daily rain	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	81 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1982	Georgetown 2 E, US	daily rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	44 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1982	Porterville, US	daily high min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	75 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1982	Tarboro 1 S, US	daily low max	7.2 C (45.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	72 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1982	Cape May 2 NW, US	monthly rain	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	32 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1982	Roxboro 7 ESE, US	daily low max	9.4 C (48.9 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	84 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1982	Marion, US	monthly low max	8.9 C (48.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	53 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1982	Sonora, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	41 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1982	Waycross 4 NE, US	monthly low max	10.6 C (51.1 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	44 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1982	Oelrichs, US	daily high min	7.2 C (45.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	87 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1982	Florence Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	9 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1982	Tartu, EE	daily high min	8.5 C (47.3 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	90 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1982	Isabela Substn, PR	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	48 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1982	Cradock, ZA	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	12.1 mm (0.5 in)	43 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1982	Brunswick, US	monthly low max	13.3 C (55.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	45 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1982	Gorlitz, DE	daily high min	11.0 C (51.8 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	83 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1982	Borinquen AP, PR	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1982	Chernjaevo, RU	daily low min	-26.5 C (-15.7 F)	5.1 C (9.2 F)	67 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1982	Calaveras Big Trees, US	daily rain	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	31 years	35 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 1982

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1982. 1982 had 838 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	641
10 to 20	26
20 to 30	11
30 to 40	4
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	3
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	1