Weather Records on 24 October 2007

1,631 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 October 2007. Highest significance: Elkhorn, US.

Key Facts for 24 October 2007

On 24 October 2007, 1,631 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
687 were record highs and 663 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 124 monthly and 1,504 daily.
Elkhorn set a daily record precipitation of 49.5 mm (1.9 in) on 24 October 2007.
Across 158 earlier years (1802 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 470 records.

Record Map

1,631 stations

1,631 station records on 24 October 2007 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 October 2007: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Elkhorn	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Yunta (Paratoo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.6 mm (2.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Melrose (Para Gums)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Whyalla (Broadview)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Sturt Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Whyte Yarcowie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Quicksand	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Springfield 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Georgetown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Laura	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.2 mm (2.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
W Liberty 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Cave Run Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Moonta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Carrieton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Emiliano Zapata	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	159.5 mm (6.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Heidelberg	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Carrieton (Oakburne)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Danville	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Beckley Raleigh Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Woolgangi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hooker 12 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Keene 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Clay City 1 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Highmarket 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Bryan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Barren Rvr Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Atlatlahuacan	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Olmsted L&D	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Princeton	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ramos Arizpe (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Abasolo	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Galati	Romania	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Grayson Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hodgenville Lincoln P	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Vernon	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lordsburg 4 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Chippewa Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Waterloo	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Summerville 4W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lexington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Oodla Wirra (McCoys Well)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Woodville 4 ESE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Anaconda	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Charlottesville 2W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Rocky Mt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Charleston - Yeager AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Presa Colorines (Cfe)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Paris	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Taylorsville 2SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Solomons	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Solomons	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Natchez	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Franklinville	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Edenton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gallipolis	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Somerset	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Presa Alvaro Obregon	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Deland 1 SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bradfordsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Glasgow	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,631 records

Records set or tied on 24 October 2007 by type: Highest daily maximum 343, Lowest daily maximum 368, Highest daily minimum 344, Lowest daily minimum 295, Heaviest daily rainfall 274, Heaviest daily snowfall 6, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 24 October 2007 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	343
Lowest daily maximum	368
Highest daily minimum	344
Lowest daily minimum	295
Heaviest daily rainfall	274
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 24 October 2007 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 124, daily 1,504.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,272 broken records

Margins by which the 1,272 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 113.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 October 2007

Top 20 records on 24 October 2007 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 October 2007	Elkhorn, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	93 years	78 of 100 (Major)
24 October 2007	Yunta (Paratoo), AU	monthly rain	58.6 mm (2.3 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	68 years	63 of 100 (Major)
24 October 2007	Melrose (Para Gums), AU	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	68 years	62 of 100 (Major)
24 October 2007	Whyalla (Broadview), AU	daily rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	68 years	60 of 100 (Major)
24 October 2007	Sturt Vale, AU	all-time rain	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	11.3 mm (0.4 in)	68 years	60 of 100 (Major)
24 October 2007	Whyte Yarcowie, AU	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	22.5 mm (0.9 in)	68 years	60 of 100 (Major)
24 October 2007	Quicksand, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	80 years	60 of 100 (Major)
24 October 2007	Springfield 2W, US	daily rain	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	49 years	60 of 100 (Major)
24 October 2007	Georgetown, AU	daily rain	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	32 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 2007	Laura, AU	daily rain	64.2 mm (2.5 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 2007	W Liberty 3NW, US	daily rain	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	49 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 2007	Cave Run Lake, US	daily rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	49 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 2007	Moonta, AU	daily rain	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	15.6 mm (0.6 in)	68 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 2007	Carrieton, AU	daily rain	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	68 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 2007	Emiliano Zapata, MX	daily rain	159.5 mm (6.3 in)	113.5 mm (4.5 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 2007	Heidelberg, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	48 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 2007	Carrieton (Oakburne), AU	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 2007	Danville, US	daily rain	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	49 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 2007	Beckley Raleigh Co AP, US	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	30 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 2007	Woolgangi, AU	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	17.9 mm (0.7 in)	72 years	52 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 2007

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 2007. 2007 had 1,631 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	1,197
20 to 40	60
40 to 60	11
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	3