Weather Records on 24 February 2016

818 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 February 2016. Highest significance: Mt Clemens Ang Base, US.

Key Facts for 24 February 2016

On 24 February 2016, 818 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
363 were record highs and 33 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 40 monthly and 778 daily.
Mt Clemens Ang Base set a daily record precipitation of 33.3 mm (1.3 in) on 24 February 2016.
Across 153 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 560 records.

Record Map

818 stations

818 station records on 24 February 2016 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 February 2016: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mt Clemens Ang Base	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Laporte	United States	Record daily snowfall	31.8 cm (12.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Mansfield Lahm Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Olney 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Brockport	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Cummins	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Cleveland	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Sandusky	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Anderson 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Allentown Lehigh Vly Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Yeelana (Brimpton Lake)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Punta Gorda 4 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
E Stroudsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Akron Canton AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Gambier Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Debrecen	Hungary	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Williamsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Jiggs 2NE	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Houston	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.6 cm (2.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus-Hap Cremean Wp	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mammoth Spring	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Watertown AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Middletown Harrisburg Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Youngstown-Warren Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Rend Lake Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomington Indiana UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Nashville 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Milford Gm Proving Ground	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cooperstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mansfield 5 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Albany Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 ENE Fairfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrenceville 2WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
N Vernon 2 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bowling Green Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Findlay AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Palestine	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Farmland 5 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Greensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Donaldsonville 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.6 mm (4.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Poplarville Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Murphy 4ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pandora	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Holdenville 2SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Indianapolis	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Jasper	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Subiaco	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Carbondale Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Shelbyville Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
St Francisville	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Clemens Ang Base	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.4 cm (4.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
John Glenn Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Jacksonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Goshen 3SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.8 cm (6.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Baltimore-Washington Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Parndana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Oktjabrskij-Gorodok	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	3.8 C (38.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgeport 5 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Oden 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

818 records

Records set or tied on 24 February 2016 by type: Highest daily maximum 182, Lowest daily maximum 14, Highest daily minimum 181, Lowest daily minimum 19, Heaviest daily rainfall 391, Heaviest daily snowfall 19, Deepest snow cover 12.

Records on 24 February 2016 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	182
Lowest daily maximum	14
Highest daily minimum	181
Lowest daily minimum	19
Heaviest daily rainfall	391
Heaviest daily snowfall	19
Deepest snow cover	12

Records on 24 February 2016 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 40, daily 778.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

744 broken records

Margins by which the 744 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 406.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 February 2016

Top 20 records on 24 February 2016 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 February 2016	Mt Clemens Ang Base, US	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	108 years	65 of 100 (Major)
24 February 2016	Laporte, US	daily snowfall	31.8 cm (12.5 in)	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	53 years	61 of 100 (Major)
24 February 2016	Mansfield Lahm Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	50 years	60 of 100 (Major)
24 February 2016	Olney 2S, US	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	101 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 2016	Brockport, US	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	122 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 2016	Cummins, AU	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	88 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 2016	Cleveland, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	50 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 2016	Sandusky, US	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 2016	Anderson 1 N, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	85 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 2016	Allentown Lehigh Vly Intl AP, US	daily rain	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	38 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 2016	Yeelana (Brimpton Lake), AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	106 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 2016	Punta Gorda 4 ESE, US	daily rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	38 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 2016	E Stroudsburg, US	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	100 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 2016	Akron Canton AP, US	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	50 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 2016	Mount Gambier Post Office, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	104 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 2016	Debrecen, HU	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 2016	Williamsville, US	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	53 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 2016	Jiggs 2NE, US	daily snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	34 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 2016	Houston, US	daily snowfall	6.6 cm (2.6 in)	6.6 cm (2.6 in)	122 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 2016	Columbus-Hap Cremean Wp, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	50 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 2016

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2016. 2016 had 818 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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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 100	740
100 to 200	3
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1