Weather Records on 24 August 1921

52 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 August 1921. Highest significance: Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse, AU.

Key Facts for 24 August 1921

On 24 August 1921, 52 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
23 were record highs and 9 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 52 daily.
Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse set a daily record precipitation of 35.6 mm (1.4 in) on 24 August 1921.
Across 162 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 459 records.

Record Map

52 stations

52 station records on 24 August 1921 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 August 1921: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ferrara	Italy	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Uccle	Belgium	Record low minimum temperature	7.7 C (45.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	31.0 C (87.8 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sfax El-Maou	Tunisia	Record high maximum temperature	39.0 C (102.2 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Jonkoping	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Boomanoomana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Colac Botanical Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	24.5 C (76.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Foster (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Lubeck-Werft	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Tunis	Tunisia	Record high minimum temperature	26.0 C (78.8 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Carmel	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Constantine	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	1.2 mm (0.05 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Hat A	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Conargo (Willurah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Sotchi	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Mahackala	Russia	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Lincoln UNIV Pwr Plt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Brinkley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Batesville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Battleford	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Rapid City Forrest	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	30.1 C (86.2 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Wagga Wagga (Kooringal)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Cudgewa North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Thorpdale State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Tobolsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	16.2 C (61.2 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Bluff	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Blackwarry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Tunis	Tunisia	Record high maximum temperature	36.0 C (96.8 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Little Rock St Capitol	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Brandon Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Guyra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	11.9 C (53.4 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Mortlake	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Berrybank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Hawkesdale (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Koroit	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Biskra	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	29.0 C (84.2 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Parnu	Estonia	Record low minimum temperature	5.1 C (41.2 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Gavle	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	24.0 C (75.2 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Camden 1	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Lowell	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Moorestown 4 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Fort National	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	21.0 C (69.8 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Horton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Louisville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

52 records

Records set or tied on 24 August 1921 by type: Highest daily maximum 14, Lowest daily maximum 3, Highest daily minimum 9, Lowest daily minimum 6, Heaviest daily rainfall 20.

Records on 24 August 1921 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	14
Lowest daily maximum	3
Highest daily minimum	9
Lowest daily minimum	6
Heaviest daily rainfall	20
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 24 August 1921 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 52.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

43 broken records

Margins by which the 43 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 35.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 August 1921

Top 20 records on 24 August 1921 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 August 1921	Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	43 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1921	Ferrara, IT	daily rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1921	Uccle, BE	daily low min	7.7 C (45.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	70 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
24 August 1921	Kirchdorf/Poel, DE	daily high max	31.0 C (87.8 F)	6.2 C (11.2 F)	4 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
24 August 1921	Sfax El-Maou, TN	daily high max	39.0 C (102.2 F)	4.0 C (7.2 F)	15 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
24 August 1921	Jonkoping, SE	daily high max	25.0 C (77.0 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	36 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
24 August 1921	Boomanoomana, AU	daily rain	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	28 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
24 August 1921	Colac Botanical Gardens, AU	daily rain	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	8.2 mm (0.32 in)	0 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
24 August 1921	Vanersborg, SE	daily high max	24.5 C (76.1 F)	2.5 C (4.5 F)	27 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
24 August 1921	Ekaterinburg, RU	daily high min	16.0 C (60.8 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	38 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
24 August 1921	Foster (Post Office), AU	daily rain	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	0 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
24 August 1921	Lubeck-Werft, DE	daily high max	29.4 C (84.9 F)	2.1 C (3.8 F)	28 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
24 August 1921	Tunis, TN	daily high min	26.0 C (78.8 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	23 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
24 August 1921	Mt Carmel, US	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	26 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
24 August 1921	Constantine, DZ	daily rain	1.2 mm (0.05 in)	1.2 mm (0.05 in)	40 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
24 August 1921	Medicine Hat A, CA	daily high min	18.9 C (66.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	32 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
24 August 1921	Kristianstad, SE	daily low min	7.0 C (44.6 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	35 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
24 August 1921	Conargo (Willurah), AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	20 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
24 August 1921	Sotchi, RU	daily rain	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	22 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
24 August 1921	Mahackala, RU	daily rain	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	3.5 mm (0.14 in)	26 years	15 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 1921

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1921. 1921 had 52 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 5	34
5 to 10	5
10 to 15	2
15 to 20	1
20 to 25	0
25 to 30	0
30 to 35	1