Weather Records on 24 February 2001

1,407 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 February 2001. Highest significance: Wapello, US.

Key Facts for 24 February 2001

On 24 February 2001, 1,407 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
307 were record highs and 221 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 49 monthly and 1,354 daily.
Wapello set a daily record precipitation of 50.5 mm (2.0 in) on 24 February 2001.
Across 153 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 556 records.

Record Map

1,407 stations

1,407 station records on 24 February 2001 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 February 2001: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Wapello	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Grenola 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Musgrave	Australia	Record daily precipitation	134.2 mm (5.3 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Champaign 3S	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Tecumseh 1S	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Falls City Brenner Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
I Dunno	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Florence	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Meade	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Grant City	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Wichita Mtn Wr	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Gravette	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Wymore	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Vinita 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Anthony	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Laporte	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Fall Rvr Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Okemah	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Monmouth	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Washington	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Enid	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Kingfisher	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Fairfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Eureka 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Lehigh 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Knoxville	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Waynesville 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	123.4 mm (4.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Claremore 2 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Dewar 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
De Smet	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
St Joseph Rosecrans Mem AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Norseman	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Mannford 6 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
S Bend AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Herington	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgeport	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Table Rock 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Webbers Falls 5 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Vichy Rolla Natl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield Abraham Lincoln Ca	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Elgin	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Barneston	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Lookeba 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Weatherford	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Burlington Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Balladonia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Eaton Rapids	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Lebanon 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Weeping Water	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Hanna	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Blue Rapids	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Coldwater St School	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Cloquet	United States	Record daily snowfall	28.2 cm (11.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Anderson	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Oakes	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Pawhuska	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Chicago Midway AP 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Valparaiso Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Fostoria 7 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,407 records

Records set or tied on 24 February 2001 by type: Highest daily maximum 120, Lowest daily maximum 159, Highest daily minimum 187, Lowest daily minimum 62, Heaviest daily rainfall 695, Heaviest daily snowfall 121, Deepest snow cover 63.

Records on 24 February 2001 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	120
Lowest daily maximum	159
Highest daily minimum	187
Lowest daily minimum	62
Heaviest daily rainfall	695
Heaviest daily snowfall	121
Deepest snow cover	63

Records on 24 February 2001 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 49, daily 1,354.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,179 broken records

Margins by which the 1,179 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 356.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 February 2001

Top 20 records on 24 February 2001 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 February 2001	Wapello, US	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	95 years	78 of 100 (Major)
24 February 2001	Grenola 1 N, US	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	93 years	77 of 100 (Major)
24 February 2001	Musgrave, AU	daily rain	134.2 mm (5.3 in)	80.4 mm (3.2 in)	91 years	75 of 100 (Major)
24 February 2001	Champaign 3S, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	71 years	71 of 100 (Major)
24 February 2001	Tecumseh 1S, US	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	67 years	70 of 100 (Major)
24 February 2001	Falls City Brenner Fld, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	67 years	69 of 100 (Major)
24 February 2001	I Dunno, AU	daily rain	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	70 years	67 of 100 (Major)
24 February 2001	Florence, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	67 years	67 of 100 (Major)
24 February 2001	Meade, US	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	98 years	67 of 100 (Major)
24 February 2001	Grant City, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	66 years	67 of 100 (Major)
24 February 2001	Wichita Mtn Wr, US	daily rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	93 years	66 of 100 (Major)
24 February 2001	Gravette, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	68 years	65 of 100 (Major)
24 February 2001	Wymore, US	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	50 years	65 of 100 (Major)
24 February 2001	Vinita 2 N, US	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	89 years	65 of 100 (Major)
24 February 2001	Anthony, US	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	50 years	65 of 100 (Major)
24 February 2001	Laporte, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	45 years	63 of 100 (Major)
24 February 2001	Fall Rvr Lake, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	93 years	63 of 100 (Major)
24 February 2001	Okemah, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	48 years	63 of 100 (Major)
24 February 2001	Monmouth, US	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	95 years	62 of 100 (Major)
24 February 2001	Washington, US	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	41 years	62 of 100 (Major)

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

1794 to 2001

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2001. 2001 had 1,407 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 02-24 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1813	1
1814	4
1836	1
1846	2
1858	2
1863	1
1867	1
1868	1
1870	1
1873	2
1875	2
1876	1
1877	2
1879	4
1881	1
1886	1
1887	2
1888	7
1889	6
1891	3
1892	2
1894	2
1896	1
1897	4
1898	10
1899	4
1900	14
1901	4
1902	7
1903	5
1904	5
1905	13
1906	33
1907	16
1908	14
1909	73
1910	25
1911	16
1912	58
1913	6
1914	26
1915	46
1916	24
1917	52
1918	50
1919	39
1920	15
1921	82
1922	54
1923	63
1924	73
1925	110
1926	166
1927	402
1928	139
1929	141
1930	1,185
1931	164
1932	226
1933	331
1934	887
1935	251
1936	514
1937	148
1938	202
1939	385
1940	279
1941	490
1942	287
1943	375
1944	463
1945	212
1946	440
1947	779
1948	299
1949	420
1950	712
1951	423
1952	535
1953	423
1954	720
1955	1,120
1956	627
1957	649
1958	866
1959	217
1960	1,145
1961	520
1962	1,412
1963	593
1964	447
1965	993
1966	637
1967	1,134
1968	734
1969	874
1970	354
1971	377
1972	753
1973	235
1974	365
1975	1,570
1976	999
1977	1,307
1978	1,061
1979	1,473
1980	466
1981	1,177
1982	898
1983	533
1984	652
1985	1,412
1986	1,309
1987	952
1988	373
1989	1,776
1990	1,969
1991	641
1992	922
1993	1,730
1994	1,070
1995	1,081
1996	1,209
1997	1,537
1998	1,459
1999	752
2000	2,155
2001	1,407
2002	883
2003	1,735
2004	980
2005	742
2006	487
2007	1,095
2008	1,060
2009	852
2010	1,527
2011	1,291
2012	838
2013	705
2014	623
2015	1,963
2016	818
2017	1,612
2018	1,356
2019	1,302
2020	697
2021	860
2022	1,808
2023	1,793
2024	417
2025	966
2026	1,107

Download the Data

Data for records on 2001-02-24: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	1,113
50 to 100	46
100 to 150	7
150 to 200	10
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1
350 to 400	1