Weather Records on 24 January 1985

583 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 January 1985. Highest significance: Coraopolis Neville Is, US.

Key Facts for 24 January 1985

On 24 January 1985, 583 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
111 were record highs and 120 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 564 daily.
Coraopolis Neville Is set a daily record precipitation of 53.3 mm (2.1 in) on 24 January 1985.
Across 160 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 483 records.

Record Map

583 stations

583 station records on 24 January 1985 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 January 1985: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Coraopolis Neville Is	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Bairro Alto	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	188.6 mm (7.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Catucaba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	213.9 mm (8.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Nigniy_Studeniy	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Caraguatatuba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	109.4 mm (4.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Arcade	United States	Record snow depth	101.6 cm (40.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Donegal 2 NW	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Erie Intl AP	United States	Record snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Nogales 6 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
E Jordan	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Jambeiro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	70.3 mm (2.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bertioga	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	145.2 mm (5.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Velikiy Berezny	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Watertown	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ionia 2SSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kemmerer 2N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-26.7 C (-16.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Amatikulu	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Phuket	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lowville	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ponte Alta 1	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	235.0 mm (9.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Benton Harbor AP	United States	Record snow depth	78.7 cm (31.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Minchumina	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Einasleigh Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Conservatoria	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	116.4 mm (4.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ilhabela	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	60.6 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Airi (Rochedo)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Natividade da Serra	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	70.3 mm (2.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Amatikulu(Mill)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Feodosiia	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	8.6 C (47.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pitas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	62.9 mm (2.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Vicente de Carvalho	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	94.1 mm (3.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Juazeiro (Pcd)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ubatuba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	123.8 mm (4.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus-Valley Crossing	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Arcturus Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Metapa de Dominguez	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Creel (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Teriberka	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-24.9 C (-12.8 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Premaydena Hatchery	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Doornkop	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Clarion 3 SW	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Yangan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Paranapiacaba (Alto da Serra)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	169.4 mm (6.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Livermore	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Balmoral Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Valenca	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	110.2 mm (4.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Caete	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	133.6 mm (5.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Represa Itatinga	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	183.2 mm (7.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bottineau	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Casa Grande	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Redencao da Serra	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	111.9 mm (4.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Omu	Japan	Record low minimum temperature	-26.0 C (-14.8 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Rumoi	Japan	Record low minimum temperature	-23.1 C (-9.6 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mornington Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Motuca	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sao Jose Dos Campos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cubatao	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	104.3 mm (4.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Haboro	Japan	Record low minimum temperature	-22.6 C (-8.7 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Chico UNIV Farm	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

583 records

Records set or tied on 24 January 1985 by type: Highest daily maximum 49, Lowest daily maximum 62, Highest daily minimum 62, Lowest daily minimum 58, Heaviest daily rainfall 285, Heaviest daily snowfall 21, Deepest snow cover 46.

Records on 24 January 1985 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	49
Lowest daily maximum	62
Highest daily minimum	62
Lowest daily minimum	58
Heaviest daily rainfall	285
Heaviest daily snowfall	21
Deepest snow cover	46

Records on 24 January 1985 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 14, daily 564.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

501 broken records

Margins by which the 501 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 254.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 January 1985

Top 20 records on 24 January 1985 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 January 1985	Coraopolis Neville Is, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	36 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1985	Bairro Alto, BR	daily rain	188.6 mm (7.4 in)	158.1 mm (6.2 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1985	Catucaba, BR	monthly rain	213.9 mm (8.4 in)	66.2 mm (2.6 in)	7 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1985	Nigniy_Studeniy, UA	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	26 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1985	Caraguatatuba, BR	daily rain	109.4 mm (4.3 in)	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	30 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1985	Arcade, US	monthly snow depth	101.6 cm (40.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	81 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1985	Donegal 2 NW, US	daily snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	40 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1985	Erie Intl AP, US	daily snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	40 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1985	Nogales 6 N, US	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	23 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1985	E Jordan, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	57 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1985	Jambeiro, BR	daily rain	70.3 mm (2.8 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	37 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1985	Bertioga, BR	daily rain	145.2 mm (5.7 in)	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	31 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1985	Velikiy Berezny, UA	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	5 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1985	Watertown, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	55 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1985	Ionia 2SSW, US	daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	39 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1985	Kemmerer 2N, US	daily low min	-26.7 C (-16.1 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	83 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1985	Amatikulu, ZA	daily rain	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	11 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1985	Phuket, TH	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1985	Hillsboro, US	daily high min	3.3 C (37.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	87 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1985	Lowville, US	daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	18.6 cm (7.3 in)	3 years	36 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 1985

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1985. 1985 had 583 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 50	472
50 to 100	21
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1