Weather Records on 24 August 1915

182 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 August 1915. Highest significance: Palermo, IT.

Key Facts for 24 August 1915

On 24 August 1915, 182 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
7 were record highs and 3 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 178 daily.
Palermo set a daily record precipitation of 55.2 mm (2.2 in) on 24 August 1915.
Across 162 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 459 records.

Record Map

182 stations

182 station records on 24 August 1915 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 August 1915: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Palermo	Italy	Record daily precipitation	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Wangaraleednie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Yanco (Billinbah East)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Barellan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Overland Corner	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Narrandera Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Litchfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Yallaroi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tumby Bay (Warratta Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Port Clinton (Yararoo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Corny Point Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nelgowrie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tulloona (Coolanga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bredasdorp	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Moree Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Snowtown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar (Springfield 2)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Roto Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Wallaroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Wycheproof (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bedooba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
West Wyalong (Tallimbalong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yalgogrin South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tareena	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yamma	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Brundah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Wakefield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Horsham Polkemmet Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wallaloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Eudunda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Merrowie North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Benerembah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Marmal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Saddleworth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Balaklava	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Marrabel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Euston Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Cargelligo Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Warracknabeal Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moonta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Groongal (Groongal Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stawell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Castlemaine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Morgan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Euabalong (Lachlan St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Urana (Butherwah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bygoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hillston (Cowl Cowl)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tyntynder Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Benjeroop (Davey)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Brinkworth (Bungaree)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
The Rock (Bullenbong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Charlton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wychitella South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Clare Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Watervale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wantabadgery	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Elmore	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oudtshoorn	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Blyth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

182 records

Records set or tied on 24 August 1915 by type: Lowest daily maximum 2, Highest daily minimum 7, Lowest daily minimum 1, Heaviest daily rainfall 172.

Records on 24 August 1915 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	0
Lowest daily maximum	2
Highest daily minimum	7
Lowest daily minimum	1
Heaviest daily rainfall	172
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 24 August 1915 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 178.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

177 broken records

Margins by which the 177 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 53.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 August 1915

Top 20 records on 24 August 1915 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 August 1915	Palermo, IT	daily rain	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	53.9 mm (2.1 in)	53 years	66 of 100 (Major)
24 August 1915	Wangaraleednie, AU	monthly rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	29 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1915	Yanco (Billinbah East), AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1915	Barellan Post Office, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1915	Overland Corner, AU	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	2 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1915	Narrandera Post Office, AU	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	6 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1915	Litchfield, AU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	8 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1915	Yallaroi, AU	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	15 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1915	Tumby Bay (Warratta Vale), AU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	4 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1915	Port Clinton (Yararoo), AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	8 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1915	Corny Point Lighthouse, AU	monthly rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	13 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
24 August 1915	Nelgowrie, AU	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	22 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
24 August 1915	Tulloona (Coolanga), AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	15 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
24 August 1915	Bredasdorp, ZA	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	28 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
24 August 1915	Moree Post Office, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	5 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
24 August 1915	Snowtown, AU	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	8 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
24 August 1915	Cobar (Springfield 2), AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	15 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
24 August 1915	Roto Station, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	2 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
24 August 1915	Wallaroo, AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	8 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
24 August 1915	Wycheproof (Post Office), AU	monthly rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	29 years	22 of 100 (Routine)

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 1915

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1915. 1915 had 182 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 08-24 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1807	1
1816	1
1817	2
1818	1
1824	1
1836	1
1838	1
1839	1
1845	1
1848	1
1853	1
1855	2
1859	1
1864	1
1869	1
1870	1
1876	1
1877	1
1878	2
1879	1
1880	2
1881	1
1882	1
1885	3
1886	2
1889	3
1890	2
1891	5
1892	4
1893	2
1894	2
1895	5
1897	1
1898	5
1899	7
1900	9
1901	6
1902	6
1903	13
1904	8
1905	10
1906	22
1907	20
1908	18
1909	36
1910	22
1911	41
1912	37
1913	17
1914	24
1915	182
1916	33
1917	51
1918	79
1919	66
1920	568
1921	52
1922	98
1923	167
1924	153
1925	177
1926	133
1927	338
1928	288
1929	250
1930	240
1931	312
1932	218
1933	305
1934	617
1935	305
1936	937
1937	390
1938	483
1939	271
1940	706
1941	263
1942	549
1943	496
1944	556
1945	404
1946	425
1947	821
1948	794
1949	260
1950	378
1951	459
1952	528
1953	479
1954	631
1955	426
1956	364
1957	686
1958	547
1959	555
1960	549
1961	502
1962	413
1963	505
1964	670
1965	461
1966	707
1967	536
1968	1,039
1969	734
1970	622
1971	586
1972	587
1973	572
1974	481
1975	722
1976	493
1977	842
1978	588
1979	475
1980	669
1981	579
1982	932
1983	915
1984	600
1985	892
1986	726
1987	1,213
1988	1,093
1989	944
1990	654
1991	599
1992	1,724
1993	987
1994	618
1995	1,111
1996	1,275
1997	1,872
1998	1,113
1999	905
2000	830
2001	872
2002	1,114
2003	1,848
2004	979
2005	718
2006	859
2007	1,530
2008	954
2009	1,085
2010	1,278
2011	1,479
2012	647
2013	395
2014	832
2015	886
2016	906
2017	398
2018	442
2019	416
2020	1,055
2021	788
2022	795
2023	1,437
2024	1,338
2025	1,084
2026	618

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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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 10	122
10 to 20	43
20 to 30	10
30 to 40	1
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	1