Weather Records on 24 October 1985

902 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 October 1985. Highest significance: Trentham (Post Office), AU.

Key Facts for 24 October 1985

On 24 October 1985, 902 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
424 were record highs and 103 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 22 monthly and 879 daily.
Trentham (Post Office) set a monthly record daily precipitation of 104.6 mm (4.1 in) on 24 October 1985.
Across 158 earlier years (1802 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 475 records.

Record Map

902 stations

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

Weather records on 24 October 1985: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Trentham (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	84 of 100 (Exceptional)
Daylesford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Anakie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Morrisons (Ballark)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Bungaree (Kirks Reservoir)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Clunes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Ballan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Crowley 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Forrest State Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Rosebud (Country Club)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Beales Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Scotsburn (Mount Boninyong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Avoca (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Melton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Shepherds Flat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Dungowan Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Minyip (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mirranatwa (Bowacka)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart (Waterworks Reserve)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Budgeree East (Claremont)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Olympia AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Moorabool Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cairn Curran Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Campbelltown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ciudad Altamirano	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Eden (Timbillica)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	156.0 mm (6.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Edenhope (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tidal River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.2 mm (3.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Balliang East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Gisborne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.0 mm (4.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Meredith (Darra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.4 mm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wilsons Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Coliban Upper	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Newstead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Jacksonville 2E	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Omeo Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Glenmaggie Weir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Blackwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	123.8 mm (4.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Woods Point	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gabo Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nowa Nowa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Moorabbin Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Beaumaris	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Aspendale Csiro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ballarat Botanical Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pennyroyal Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bruthen (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.2 mm (2.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hawkhurst	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.4 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Valencia Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Narre Warren North (Narre Warr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Maryborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Talbot (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Beaufort (Wongan)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Eversley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Meredith	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Willaura (Main Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Big Hill Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Maffra Forestry Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Winchelsea (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Denison (Wandocka State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

902 records

Records set or tied on 24 October 1985 by type: Highest daily maximum 76, Lowest daily maximum 59, Highest daily minimum 348, Lowest daily minimum 44, Heaviest daily rainfall 374, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 24 October 1985 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	76
Lowest daily maximum	59
Highest daily minimum	348
Lowest daily minimum	44
Heaviest daily rainfall	374
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 24 October 1985 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 22, daily 879.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

729 broken records

Margins by which the 729 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 89.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 October 1985

Top 20 records on 24 October 1985 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 October 1985	Trentham (Post Office), AU	monthly rain	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	80 years	84 of 100 (Exceptional)
24 October 1985	Daylesford, AU	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	83 years	74 of 100 (Major)
24 October 1985	Anakie, AU	daily rain	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	79 years	72 of 100 (Major)
24 October 1985	Morrisons (Ballark), AU	daily rain	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	68 years	69 of 100 (Major)
24 October 1985	Bungaree (Kirks Reservoir), AU	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	79 years	67 of 100 (Major)
24 October 1985	Clunes, AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	79 years	61 of 100 (Major)
24 October 1985	Ballan, AU	daily rain	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	36 years	60 of 100 (Major)
24 October 1985	Crowley 2 NE, US	daily rain	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	89.6 mm (3.5 in)	42 years	60 of 100 (Major)
24 October 1985	Forrest State Forest, AU	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	38 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1985	Rosebud (Country Club), AU	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	52 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1985	Beales Reservoir, AU	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	79 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1985	Scotsburn (Mount Boninyong), AU	daily rain	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	87 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1985	Avoca (Post Office), AU	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	20.2 mm (0.8 in)	51 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1985	Melton, AU	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	82 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1985	Shepherds Flat, AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	27 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1985	Dungowan Station, AU	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	68 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1985	Minyip (Post Office), AU	daily rain	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	51 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1985	Mirranatwa (Bowacka), AU	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	68 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1985	Hobart (Waterworks Reserve), AU	daily rain	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	27 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1985	Budgeree East (Claremont), AU	daily rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	27 years	49 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 1985

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1985. 1985 had 902 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 20	674
20 to 40	48
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1