Weather Records on 24 October 2017

858 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 October 2017. Highest significance: Detour Village, US.

Key Facts for 24 October 2017

On 24 October 2017, 858 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
429 were record highs and 22 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 30 monthly and 827 daily.
Detour Village set a daily record precipitation of 63.5 mm (2.5 in) on 24 October 2017.
Across 158 earlier years (1802 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 475 records.

Record Map

858 stations

858 station records on 24 October 2017 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 October 2017: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Detour Village	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Beaver Is	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Alma	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Houghton Lake 6 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
W Branch 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.9 mm (4.2 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Lewisburg 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Rogersville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Elberton 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Lake City Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Biri	Norway	Record daily precipitation	56.3 mm (2.2 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Kent City 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Kalkaska	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Waiehu Camp 484	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Burkes Garden	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Commerce 4 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Lupton 1S	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Enka	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Waihee Vly 482	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Mtn City 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Puukolii 457.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	154.9 mm (6.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Vea	Norway	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Kaunakakai 536	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Hastings	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Walhalla	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Vanderbilt 11ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Kapalua-W Maui AP 462.4	United States	Record daily precipitation	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Hendersonville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabethton	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
New Castle	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Hedrum	Norway	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Hale Loud Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Hot Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Pearisburg 4 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.3 mm (3.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Hilo Intl AP 87	United States	Record daily precipitation	139.2 mm (5.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Nikolskoye/Beringa Ostrov	Russia	Record daily precipitation	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Brevard	United States	Record daily precipitation	182.9 mm (7.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Toccoa	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Gaylord	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Anderson	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Pennington Gap	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
White Sulphur Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomingdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Maple City 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesville 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Covington Fltr Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Tryvasshogda	Norway	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Highlands	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
W Pelzer	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Meadows of Dan 5 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Melsom	Norway	Record daily precipitation	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tifton	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Old Mission 3SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Onaway 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Johns	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hot Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Waterville 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cleveland 3S	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Pickens	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Gardermoen Sor	Norway	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

858 records

Records set or tied on 24 October 2017 by type: Highest daily maximum 181, Lowest daily maximum 8, Highest daily minimum 248, Lowest daily minimum 14, Heaviest daily rainfall 404, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 24 October 2017 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	181
Lowest daily maximum	8
Highest daily minimum	248
Lowest daily minimum	14
Heaviest daily rainfall	404
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 24 October 2017 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 30, daily 827.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

776 broken records

Margins by which the 776 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 102.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 October 2017

Top 20 records on 24 October 2017 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 October 2017	Detour Village, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	106 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
24 October 2017	Beaver Is, US	daily rain	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	111 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
24 October 2017	Alma, US	daily rain	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	99 years	79 of 100 (Major)
24 October 2017	Houghton Lake 6 WSW, US	daily rain	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	99 years	79 of 100 (Major)
24 October 2017	W Branch 3SE, US	daily rain	105.9 mm (4.2 in)	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	99 years	79 of 100 (Major)
24 October 2017	Lewisburg 3 N, US	daily rain	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	91 years	77 of 100 (Major)
24 October 2017	Rogersville 1 NE, US	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	94 years	70 of 100 (Major)
24 October 2017	Elberton 2 N, US	daily rain	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	104 years	69 of 100 (Major)
24 October 2017	Lake City Exp Farm, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	66 years	67 of 100 (Major)
24 October 2017	Biri, NO	daily rain	56.3 mm (2.2 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	120 years	66 of 100 (Major)
24 October 2017	Kent City 2 SW, US	daily rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	60 years	66 of 100 (Major)
24 October 2017	Kalkaska, US	daily rain	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	66 years	65 of 100 (Major)
24 October 2017	Waiehu Camp 484, US	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	60 years	65 of 100 (Major)
24 October 2017	Burkes Garden, US	daily rain	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	104 years	63 of 100 (Major)
24 October 2017	Commerce 4 NNW, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	51 years	61 of 100 (Major)
24 October 2017	Lupton 1S, US	monthly rain	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	63 years	61 of 100 (Major)
24 October 2017	Enka, US	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	74.1 mm (2.9 in)	46 years	61 of 100 (Major)
24 October 2017	Waihee Vly 482, US	daily rain	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	50 years	61 of 100 (Major)
24 October 2017	Mtn City 2, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	60 years	60 of 100 (Major)
24 October 2017	Puukolii 457.1, US	monthly rain	154.9 mm (6.1 in)	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	23 years	60 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

1802 to 2017

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 2017. 2017 had 858 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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Data for records on 2017-10-24: 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 20	655
20 to 40	80
40 to 60	24
60 to 80	14
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	1