Weather Records on 24 August 1918

79 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 August 1918. Highest significance: Kew, AU.

Key Facts for 24 August 1918

On 24 August 1918, 79 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
23 were record highs and 4 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 78 daily.
Kew set a daily record precipitation of 27.2 mm (1.1 in) on 24 August 1918.
Across 162 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 459 records.

Record Map

79 stations

79 station records on 24 August 1918 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 August 1918: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kew	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Wilmington Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	126.2 mm (5.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kinglake West (Wallaby Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Caulfield (Racecourse)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Murrumbeena Leeds Grove	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Woolsthorpe	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Bute	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bonang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ocean Grove	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Schanck Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Malung	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Portarlington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Roermond	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lorne Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Greensborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Coranderrk Badger Weir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kilmore Assumption College	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lilydale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Yea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Lakefield	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	19.1 C (66.4 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Portland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Cadia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Unb	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Numurkah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Dromana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Yan Yean	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Ferntree Gully	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Harden (East St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Warrangong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Bonang (Goomgerah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Candelo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Trawalla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Lakefield	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottetown	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Escanaba	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Blayney Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Wombat (Tumbleton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Warburton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Ballarat Botanical Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Grenfell (Quondong Rd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Narra Allen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Beales Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Brantford	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Alton	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Canowindra (Canowindra Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Yielima Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Cottbus	Germany	Record daily precipitation	14.1 mm (0.6 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	2.3 C (36.1 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Berthong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
London South	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Houston Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Smeaton Weir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

79 records

Records set or tied on 24 August 1918 by type: Highest daily maximum 9, Lowest daily maximum 1, Highest daily minimum 14, Lowest daily minimum 3, Heaviest daily rainfall 52.

Records on 24 August 1918 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	9
Lowest daily maximum	1
Highest daily minimum	14
Lowest daily minimum	3
Heaviest daily rainfall	52
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 24 August 1918 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 78.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

68 broken records

Margins by which the 68 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 71.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 August 1918

Top 20 records on 24 August 1918 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 August 1918	Kew, AU	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	41 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1918	Wilmington Wb City, US	daily rain	126.2 mm (5.0 in)	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	26 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1918	Kinglake West (Wallaby Creek), AU	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1918	Caulfield (Racecourse), AU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	8 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1918	Murrumbeena Leeds Grove, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	25 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1918	Gorlitz, DE	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	19 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1918	Woolsthorpe, AU	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	12 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1918	Mount Bute, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	24 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1918	Bonang, AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	4 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1918	Ocean Grove, AU	monthly rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	11 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1918	Cape Schanck Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	8 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
24 August 1918	Malung, SE	daily rain	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	12 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
24 August 1918	Sydney, CA	daily high max	31.1 C (88.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	40 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
24 August 1918	Portarlington, AU	daily rain	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	24 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
24 August 1918	Roermond, NL	daily rain	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	21 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
24 August 1918	Lorne Post Office, AU	daily rain	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	25 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
24 August 1918	Greensborough, AU	daily rain	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	8 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
24 August 1918	Coranderrk Badger Weir, AU	daily rain	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	4.0 mm (0.16 in)	38 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
24 August 1918	Kilmore Assumption College, AU	daily rain	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	8 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
24 August 1918	Lilydale, AU	daily rain	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	25 years	19 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 1918

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1918. 1918 had 79 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	54
10 to 20	10
20 to 30	1
30 to 40	2
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	1