Heat wave in Russia and 8 other countries, 21 July to 6 August 2024

Name: Heat wave in Russia and 8 other countries, 21 July to 6 August 2024
Start: 2024-07-21
End: 2024-08-06
Location: Russia, Uzbekistan, China, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Iran

Heat wave in Russia and 8 other countries, 21 July to 6 August 2024: 205 records at 99 stations, peak on 28 July 2024. Closed.

Data as of 2026-10-17. Last revised 17 October 2026 (2026-10-17).

Key Facts

Heat wave in Russia and 8 other countries, 21 July to 6 August 2024 set or tied 205 station records at 99 stations.
It ran from 21 July 2024 to 6 August 2024 (17 days) and its peak day was 28 July 2024.
Status: closed.
Bishkek set an all-time record high minimum temperature of 28.2 C (82.8 F) on 2 August 2024.
The busiest day was 28 July 2024 with 48 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 92 years.

Footprint

21 July to 6 August 2024

The area covered by Heat wave in Russia and 8 other countries, 21 July to 6 August 2024 is outlined, with 17 of the stations that set records marked, coloured by record type. Made with Natural Earth.

Footprint of Heat wave in Russia and 8 other countries, 21 July to 6 August 2024: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Bishkek	Record high minimum temperature	28.2 C (82.8 F)	2024-08-02
Verhneimbatsk	Record high maximum temperature	32.5 C (90.5 F)	2024-07-27
Kurgan-Tyube	Record high maximum temperature	41.8 C (107.2 F)	2024-07-27
Tokmak	Record high minimum temperature	25.3 C (77.5 F)	2024-08-02
Bor	Record high maximum temperature	33.5 C (92.3 F)	2024-07-27
Talas	Record high minimum temperature	20.9 C (69.6 F)	2024-08-02
Dzhalal-Abad	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	2024-08-02
Bogotol	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	2024-07-26
Balhash	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	2024-07-26
Uch-Aral	Record high maximum temperature	38.8 C (101.8 F)	2024-07-28
Tajshet	Record high minimum temperature	19.3 C (66.7 F)	2024-07-30
Turpan	Record high maximum temperature	47.9 C (118.2 F)	2024-07-30
Kuqa	Record high maximum temperature	38.5 C (101.3 F)	2024-07-30
Hotan	Record high minimum temperature	28.6 C (83.5 F)	2024-07-30
Tolka	Record high minimum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	2024-07-28
Hoboksar	Record high maximum temperature	33.1 C (91.6 F)	2024-07-29
Cardara	Record high minimum temperature	28.4 C (83.1 F)	2024-08-02

Records per Day

Peak day 48

Records set or tied each day from 21 July 2024 to 6 August 2024. The most in one day was 48 on 28 July 2024.

Records per day during Heat wave in Russia and 8 other countries, 21 July to 6 August 2024
Date	Records
2024-07-21	1
2024-07-22	3
2024-07-23	3
2024-07-24	6
2024-07-25	11
2024-07-26	23
2024-07-27	38
2024-07-28	48
2024-07-29	27
2024-07-30	15
2024-07-31	9
2024-08-01	5
2024-08-02	11
2024-08-03	3
2024-08-04	1
2024-08-06	1

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Heat wave in Russia and 8 other countries, 21 July to 6 August 2024 ranked by margin
Balhash, 07-26	2.7 C (4.9 F)
Bogotol, 07-26	2.2 C (4.0 F)
Bishkek, 08-02	1.7 C (3.1 F)
Bor, 07-27	1.7 C (3.1 F)
Hoboksar, 07-29	1.7 C (3.1 F)
Turpan, 07-30	1.6 C (2.9 F)
Verhneimbatsk, 07-28	1.4 C (2.5 F)
Verhneimbatsk, 07-27	1.1 C (2.0 F)
Dzhalal-Abad, 08-02	1.1 C (2.0 F)
Kuqa, 07-30	0.8 C (1.4 F)
Tolka, 07-28	0.5 C (0.9 F)
Talas, 08-02	0.4 C (0.7 F)
Kurgan-Tyube, 07-29	0.4 C (0.7 F)
Cardara, 08-02	0.4 C (0.7 F)
Tokmak, 08-02	0.2 C (0.4 F)

Margin is how far the new value is beyond the record it replaced. Ties are not shown.

Margin Against Age of the Broken Record

205 records plotted by how far they beat the old record (across) and how many years the old record had stood (up). Long standing records beaten by a wide margin sit in the top right.

Margin against age of the broken record in Heat wave in Russia and 8 other countries, 21 July to 6 August 2024
Margin (C)	Years the old record stood
1.7	44
0.2	39
1.1	82
0.1	92
0.4	26
1.1	19
1.7	82
1.4	73
2.2	71
2.7	52
0.2	82
0.2	71
0.1	71
0.4	72
1.6	62
0.8	71
0.1	10
1.7	62
0.4	45
0.5	73
0.6	60
1.5	62
0.2	71
0.8	60
0.3	0
1.0	57
2.0	50
0.9	62
0.7	62
0.6	62
1.0	55
2.7	46
1.6	54
1.4	55
1.6	45
1.8	41
0.4	62
2.7	31
0.6	55
0.1	55
1.8	49
2.0	35
0.2	53
0.4	49
0.3	56
1.9	41
0.9	39
0.6	46
1.3	46
1.8	49
1.3	49
1.3	49
2.7	35
1.0	45
0.2	53
0.3	41
1.1	46
1.0	41
1.5	36
2.6	26
1.9	28
0.1	41
0.8	45
1.0	36
1.0	35
1.2	33
1.0	35
0.5	42
1.2	28
0.8	35
1.5	25
0.3	35
1.2	31
0.9	35
0.8	35
1.0	35
0.2	40
0.2	39
0.1	41
0.6	33
2.3	22
0.9	33
1.0	31
0.5	34
0.6	35
0.6	35
0.6	30
1.3	27
1.5	28
1.5	25
2.0	23
2.5	22
0.8	25
2.3	12
0.4	31
0.4	35
1.7	19
1.5	14
0.6	28
0.8	30
0.6	33
0.5	32
2.5	12
0.3	33
1.8	14
2.5	2
1.2	11
2.2	5
0.1	28
0.4	25
1.7	19
0.3	33
0.7	11
0.4	15
1.9	5
0.5	20
1.9	2
0.3	23
1.8	12
2.0	7
1.8	12
1.6	16
0.8	11
2.2	11
1.5	1
1.5	3
0.4	11
0.6	18
0.8	16
1.3	7
0.8	18
0.7	7
0.2	25
0.4	33
1.9	12
0.4	17
0.8	14
0.4	17
1.1	11
1.3	11
0.3	11
0.8	16
1.4	5
0.5	19
0.7	11
1.8	3
0.1	32
0.3	19
1.8	12
0.8	19
1.4	12
0.1	19
0.4	5
1.7	5
1.4	1
0.8	8
1.1	6
1.5	5
1.2	2
0.7	12
0.6	12
0.5	12
1.3	1
0.7	12
0.3	8
0.5	8
0.8	5
0.5	16
2.0	2
0.9	8
1.6	3
0.2	12
0.9	1
1.0	1
0.9	3
0.4	7
0.6	7
0.7	7
1.3	12
0.4	9
0.4	3
0.8	2
0.9	3
0.9	3
0.8	7
0.1	3
0.3	19
0.6	3
0.4	5
0.6	1
0.4	1
0.6	5
0.3	2
0.4	7
0.4	3
0.2	5
0.2	7
0.1	6
0.1	2
0.3	3

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Heat wave in Russia and 8 other countries, 21 July to 6 August 2024 compared with similar events
Heat wave in United States and Mexico, 16 January to 14 February 2024	9,869 records
Heat wave in United States, 28 January to 24 February 2026	6,528 records
Heat wave in United States and Mexico, 24 May to 19 June 2020	5,047 records
Heat wave in United States and Mexico, 26 March to 17 April 2021	3,669 records
Heat wave in Germany and 49 other countries, 18 December 2021 to 15 January 2022	3,626 records
Heat wave in Russia and 8 other countries, 21 July to 6 August 2024 (this event)	205 records

Every Record Set

20 of 205

Every record set or tied during Heat wave in Russia and 8 other countries, 21 July to 6 August 2024, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2024-07-26	Bogotol	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	71	33 of 100 (Routine)
2024-07-26	Balhash	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	52	32 of 100 (Routine)
2024-07-27	Verhneimbatsk	Record high maximum temperature	32.5 C (90.5 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	82	36 of 100 (Notable)
2024-07-27	Kurgan-Tyube	Record high maximum temperature	41.8 C (107.2 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	92	36 of 100 (Notable)
2024-07-27	Bor	Record high maximum temperature	33.5 C (92.3 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	82	35 of 100 (Notable)
2024-07-27	Verhneimbatsk	Record high minimum temperature	19.6 C (67.3 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	71	31 of 100 (Routine)
2024-07-28	Verhneimbatsk	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	73	34 of 100 (Routine)
2024-07-28	Uch-Aral	Record high maximum temperature	38.8 C (101.8 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	82	32 of 100 (Routine)
2024-07-28	Tolka	Record high minimum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	73	29 of 100 (Routine)
2024-07-29	Kurgan-Tyube	Record high minimum temperature	25.3 C (77.5 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	72	31 of 100 (Routine)
2024-07-29	Hoboksar	Record high maximum temperature	33.1 C (91.6 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	62	29 of 100 (Routine)
2024-07-30	Tajshet	Record high minimum temperature	19.3 C (66.7 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	71	31 of 100 (Routine)
2024-07-30	Turpan	Record high maximum temperature	47.9 C (118.2 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	62	30 of 100 (Routine)
2024-07-30	Kuqa	Record high maximum temperature	38.5 C (101.3 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	71	30 of 100 (Routine)
2024-07-30	Hotan	Record high minimum temperature	28.6 C (83.5 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	10	30 of 100 (Routine)
2024-08-02	Bishkek	Record high minimum temperature	28.2 C (82.8 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	44	46 of 100 (Notable)
2024-08-02	Tokmak	Record high minimum temperature	25.3 C (77.5 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	39	36 of 100 (Notable)
2024-08-02	Talas	Record high minimum temperature	20.9 C (69.6 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	26	35 of 100 (Notable)
2024-08-02	Dzhalal-Abad	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	19	35 of 100 (Notable)
2024-08-02	Cardara	Record high minimum temperature	28.4 C (83.1 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	45	29 of 100 (Routine)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 205 records the event counts. The counts above use the full total.

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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)) Data as of 2026-10-17. Events are found by this site from station records and are not official designations. Records are provisional until reprocessed.

Margin (C)	Years the old record stood
1.7	44
0.2	39
1.1	82
0.1	92
0.4	26
1.1	19
1.7	82
1.4	73
2.2	71
2.7	52
0.2	82
0.2	71
0.1	71
0.4	72
1.6	62
0.8	71
0.1	10
1.7	62
0.4	45
0.5	73
0.6	60
1.5	62
0.2	71
0.8	60
0.3	0
1.0	57
2.0	50
0.9	62
0.7	62
0.6	62
1.0	55
2.7	46
1.6	54
1.4	55
1.6	45
1.8	41
0.4	62
2.7	31
0.6	55
0.1	55
1.8	49
2.0	35
0.2	53
0.4	49
0.3	56
1.9	41
0.9	39
0.6	46
1.3	46
1.8	49
1.3	49
1.3	49
2.7	35
1.0	45
0.2	53
0.3	41
1.1	46
1.0	41
1.5	36
2.6	26
1.9	28
0.1	41
0.8	45
1.0	36
1.0	35
1.2	33
1.0	35
0.5	42
1.2	28
0.8	35
1.5	25
0.3	35
1.2	31
0.9	35
0.8	35
1.0	35
0.2	40
0.2	39
0.1	41
0.6	33
2.3	22
0.9	33
1.0	31
0.5	34
0.6	35
0.6	35
0.6	30
1.3	27
1.5	28
1.5	25
2.0	23
2.5	22
0.8	25
2.3	12
0.4	31
0.4	35
1.7	19
1.5	14
0.6	28
0.8	30
0.6	33
0.5	32
2.5	12
0.3	33
1.8	14
2.5	2
1.2	11
2.2	5
0.1	28
0.4	25
1.7	19
0.3	33
0.7	11
0.4	15
1.9	5
0.5	20
1.9	2
0.3	23
1.8	12
2.0	7
1.8	12
1.6	16
0.8	11
2.2	11
1.5	1
1.5	3
0.4	11
0.6	18
0.8	16
1.3	7
0.8	18
0.7	7
0.2	25
0.4	33
1.9	12
0.4	17
0.8	14
0.4	17
1.1	11
1.3	11
0.3	11
0.8	16
1.4	5
0.5	19
0.7	11
1.8	3
0.1	32
0.3	19
1.8	12
0.8	19
1.4	12
0.1	19
0.4	5
1.7	5
1.4	1
0.8	8
1.1	6
1.5	5
1.2	2
0.7	12
0.6	12
0.5	12
1.3	1
0.7	12
0.3	8
0.5	8
0.8	5
0.5	16
2.0	2
0.9	8
1.6	3
0.2	12
0.9	1
1.0	1
0.9	3
0.4	7
0.6	7
0.7	7
1.3	12
0.4	9
0.4	3
0.8	2
0.9	3
0.9	3
0.8	7
0.1	3
0.3	19
0.6	3
0.4	5
0.6	1
0.4	1
0.6	5
0.3	2
0.4	7
0.4	3
0.2	5
0.2	7
0.1	6
0.1	2
0.3	3

Margin (C)	Years the old record stood
1.7	44
0.2	39
1.1	82
0.1	92
0.4	26
1.1	19
1.7	82
1.4	73
2.2	71
2.7	52
0.2	82
0.2	71
0.1	71
0.4	72
1.6	62
0.8	71
0.1	10
1.7	62
0.4	45
0.5	73
0.6	60
1.5	62
0.2	71
0.8	60
0.3	0
1.0	57
2.0	50
0.9	62
0.7	62
0.6	62
1.0	55
2.7	46
1.6	54
1.4	55
1.6	45
1.8	41
0.4	62
2.7	31
0.6	55
0.1	55
1.8	49
2.0	35
0.2	53
0.4	49
0.3	56
1.9	41
0.9	39
0.6	46
1.3	46
1.8	49
1.3	49
1.3	49
2.7	35
1.0	45
0.2	53
0.3	41
1.1	46
1.0	41
1.5	36
2.6	26
1.9	28
0.1	41
0.8	45
1.0	36
1.0	35
1.2	33
1.0	35
0.5	42
1.2	28
0.8	35
1.5	25
0.3	35
1.2	31
0.9	35
0.8	35
1.0	35
0.2	40
0.2	39
0.1	41
0.6	33
2.3	22
0.9	33
1.0	31
0.5	34
0.6	35
0.6	35
0.6	30
1.3	27
1.5	28
1.5	25
2.0	23
2.5	22
0.8	25
2.3	12
0.4	31
0.4	35
1.7	19
1.5	14
0.6	28
0.8	30
0.6	33
0.5	32
2.5	12
0.3	33
1.8	14
2.5	2
1.2	11
2.2	5
0.1	28
0.4	25
1.7	19
0.3	33
0.7	11
0.4	15
1.9	5
0.5	20
1.9	2
0.3	23
1.8	12
2.0	7
1.8	12
1.6	16
0.8	11
2.2	11
1.5	1
1.5	3
0.4	11
0.6	18
0.8	16
1.3	7
0.8	18
0.7	7
0.2	25
0.4	33
1.9	12
0.4	17
0.8	14
0.4	17
1.1	11
1.3	11
0.3	11
0.8	16
1.4	5
0.5	19
0.7	11
1.8	3
0.1	32
0.3	19
1.8	12
0.8	19
1.4	12
0.1	19
0.4	5
1.7	5
1.4	1
0.8	8
1.1	6
1.5	5
1.2	2
0.7	12
0.6	12
0.5	12
1.3	1
0.7	12
0.3	8
0.5	8
0.8	5
0.5	16
2.0	2
0.9	8
1.6	3
0.2	12
0.9	1
1.0	1
0.9	3
0.4	7
0.6	7
0.7	7
1.3	12
0.4	9
0.4	3
0.8	2
0.9	3
0.9	3
0.8	7
0.1	3
0.3	19
0.6	3
0.4	5
0.6	1
0.4	1
0.6	5
0.3	2
0.4	7
0.4	3
0.2	5
0.2	7
0.1	6
0.1	2
0.3	3