Weather Records on 24 February 2011

1,291 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 February 2011. Highest significance: Newcastle, US.

Key Facts for 24 February 2011

On 24 February 2011, 1,291 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
467 were record highs and 443 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 31 monthly and 1,254 daily.
Newcastle set a daily record snowfall of 24.1 cm (9.5 in) on 24 February 2011.
Across 153 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 557 records.

Record Map

1,291 stations

1,291 station records on 24 February 2011 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 February 2011: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Newcastle	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Custer	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Darrington Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Sedro-Woolley	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Quilcene 2 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Quilcene 2 SW	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Coulee Dam 1 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Grayland	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.1 cm (8.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Elwha Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Knobs 4 SW	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Dresden	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Rosalia	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Spokane Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.7 cm (5.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Donors Hill Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Grayland	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Methoni	Greece	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hot Springs	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Davenport	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Richland	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Coconut Is 840.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Silver Creek Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Seemore Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hardy	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hermosa 3 SSW	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Buhl #2	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Massena	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Caruthersville	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hermosa 3 SSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bettles AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.1 cm (9.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bowling Green Warren Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ningaloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Koombooloomba Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	186.0 mm (7.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ekalaka	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Long Creek	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ansonia 1 NW	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
1 WSW Princeton	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Oral	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kansas City Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kandanga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	106.5 mm (4.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Colville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cynthiana	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Murray	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Alton	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Elma	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Waterville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Paducah	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Topeka ASOS	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kotzebue AP	United States	Record snow depth	193.0 cm (76.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Barrow AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Madison Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Washington 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Louisville McAlpine	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond State Police	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Custer	United States	Record daily snowfall	28.4 cm (11.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Shelbyville Water Dept	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.8 mm (2.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Olga 2 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Eyre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Black Rock	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Centralia	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,291 records

Records set or tied on 24 February 2011 by type: Highest daily maximum 220, Lowest daily maximum 268, Highest daily minimum 247, Lowest daily minimum 175, Heaviest daily rainfall 194, Heaviest daily snowfall 94, Deepest snow cover 93.

Records on 24 February 2011 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	220
Lowest daily maximum	268
Highest daily minimum	247
Lowest daily minimum	175
Heaviest daily rainfall	194
Heaviest daily snowfall	94
Deepest snow cover	93

Records on 24 February 2011 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 31, daily 1,254.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

978 broken records

Margins by which the 978 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 838.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 February 2011

Top 20 records on 24 February 2011 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 February 2011	Newcastle, US	daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	13.9 cm (5.5 in)	81 years	72 of 100 (Major)
24 February 2011	Custer, US	monthly snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	96 years	67 of 100 (Major)
24 February 2011	Darrington Rs, US	daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	55 years	66 of 100 (Major)
24 February 2011	Sedro-Woolley, US	daily snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	93 years	65 of 100 (Major)
24 February 2011	Quilcene 2 SW, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	75 years	63 of 100 (Major)
24 February 2011	Quilcene 2 SW, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	20.4 cm (8.0 in)	75 years	61 of 100 (Major)
24 February 2011	Coulee Dam 1 SW, US	daily snowfall	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	69 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 2011	Grayland, US	all-time snowfall	21.1 cm (8.3 in)	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	40 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 2011	Elwha Rs, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	53 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 2011	Knobs 4 SW, US	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	51 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 2011	Dresden, US	daily rain	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	33 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 2011	Rosalia, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	107 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 2011	Spokane Intl AP, US	daily snowfall	13.7 cm (5.4 in)	5.3 cm (2.1 in)	100 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 2011	Donors Hill Station, AU	daily rain	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	119 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 2011	Grayland, US	all-time snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	62 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 2011	Methoni, GR	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	29 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 2011	Hot Springs, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	76 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 2011	Davenport, US	daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	100 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 2011	Richland, US	daily low min	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	100 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 2011	Coconut Is 840.1, US	daily rain	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	28 years	51 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

1794 to 2011

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2011. 2011 had 1,291 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

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Data for records on 2011-02-24: 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 200	969
200 to 400	8
400 to 600	0
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	1