Weather Records on 24 October 2016

622 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 October 2016. Highest significance: Derbent, RU.

Key Facts for 24 October 2016

On 24 October 2016, 622 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
365 were record highs and 107 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 620 daily.
Derbent set a daily record precipitation of 38.9 mm (1.5 in) on 24 October 2016.
Across 158 earlier years (1802 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 476 records.

Record Map

622 stations

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

Weather records on 24 October 2016: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Derbent	Russia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Riverside Fire STN 3	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Gardiner	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Saffle	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ringarooma (Charles Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bodie California St Historic P	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Country Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bugt	China	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Levan	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	37.6 C (99.7 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lakeview	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Spanish Fk Pwr House	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hechingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Schmalkalden	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kemmerer 2N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lakeview Ridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Schmucke	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cuyamaca	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dijon-Longvic	France	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Deseret	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Svaneholm	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tepee Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	21.5 C (70.7 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Richfield Radio Ksvc	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sandy Cape Lighthouse	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	12.4 C (54.3 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wasserkuppe	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Birx/Rhon	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Utah Lake Lehi	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Djambala	Congo (Brazzaville)	Record high maximum temperature	31.5 C (88.7 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tlaxcala de Xicontecatl (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Carson City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ibapah	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pahoa 65	United States	Record daily precipitation	117.1 mm (4.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Oakley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wallace	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Camooweal Township	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	10.2 C (50.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sibiti	Congo (Brazzaville)	Record high minimum temperature	22.0 C (71.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ouesso	Congo (Brazzaville)	Record high maximum temperature	35.9 C (96.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wanyuan	China	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Grundau-Breitenborn	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Boise Air Terminal	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bouake	Cote D'Ivoire	Record high minimum temperature	22.7 C (72.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnedah Resource Centre	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	5.4 C (41.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Climax	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Logan Radio Kvnu	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Manti	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mtn Dell Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Partoun	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Petrun	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	2.5 C (36.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cakir	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-5.2 C (22.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Juzhno-Kurilsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	4.9 C (40.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Cruz	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Denio	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wadesboro	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
St John	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kungrad	Uzbekistan	Record low maximum temperature	3.7 C (38.7 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hopen	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nurata	Uzbekistan	Record low maximum temperature	5.1 C (41.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Qinzhou	China	Record daily precipitation	192.8 mm (7.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Enmuveem	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	3.2 C (37.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

622 records

Records set or tied on 24 October 2016 by type: Highest daily maximum 130, Lowest daily maximum 40, Highest daily minimum 235, Lowest daily minimum 67, Heaviest daily rainfall 150.

Records on 24 October 2016 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	130
Lowest daily maximum	40
Highest daily minimum	235
Lowest daily minimum	67
Heaviest daily rainfall	150
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 24 October 2016 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 620.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

505 broken records

Margins by which the 505 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 53.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 October 2016

Top 20 records on 24 October 2016 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 October 2016	Derbent, RU	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	76 years	66 of 100 (Major)
24 October 2016	Riverside Fire STN 3, US	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	109 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 2016	Gardiner, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	59 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 2016	Saffle, SE	daily rain	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	20.2 mm (0.8 in)	62 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 2016	Ringarooma (Charles Street), AU	daily rain	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	10.3 mm (0.4 in)	100 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 2016	Bodie California St Historic P, US	daily high min	3.3 C (37.9 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	115 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 2016	Country Downs, AU	daily rain	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	10 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 2016	Bugt, CN	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	2 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 2016	Levan, US	daily high min	11.1 C (52.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	95 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 2016	Tizi Ouzou, DZ	daily high max	37.6 C (99.7 F)	2.6 C (4.7 F)	103 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 2016	Lakeview, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	16 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 2016	Spanish Fk Pwr House, US	daily high min	10.6 C (51.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	102 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 2016	Hechingen, DE	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	5.4 mm (0.21 in)	84 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 2016	Schmalkalden, DE	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	49 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 2016	Kemmerer 2N, US	daily high min	4.4 C (39.9 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	76 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 2016	Lakeview Ridge, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	25 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 2016	Schmucke, DE	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	77 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 2016	Cuyamaca, US	daily high min	11.7 C (53.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	99 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 2016	Dijon-Longvic, FR	daily rain	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	72 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 2016	Deseret, US	daily high min	11.7 C (53.1 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	76 years	39 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 2016

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 2016. 2016 had 622 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 10	480
10 to 20	16
20 to 30	6
30 to 40	2
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	1