Weather Records on 11 August 1924

149 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 August 1924. Highest significance: Yates Ctr, US.

Key Facts for 11 August 1924

On 11 August 1924, 149 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
34 were record highs and 53 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 148 daily.
Yates Ctr set a daily record precipitation of 65.0 mm (2.6 in) on 11 August 1924.
Across 161 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 463 records.

Record Map

149 stations

149 station records on 11 August 1924 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 11 August 1924: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Yates Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Grenola 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lebanon 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Neosho	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Oswego 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Las Animas	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hiram	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Millport 4 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Muswellbrook (Lower Hill St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Astana	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Belltrees 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ellerston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Independence	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Singleton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Norwalk Wwtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bringelly (Maryland)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Isidinge (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Langhorne Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Cudal Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Emu Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Pitt Town (the Manse)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Green Hill	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Beaufort	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Hingham (1)	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Mascoutah	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge City 3 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Gloucester Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Stroud Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Waverley (Belltrees 2)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Kokstad	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Abbeville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Birch Tree	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville Wtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Moorland (Denro-An)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Qacu (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Bay Saint Louis	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Cleveland 2717 Euclid	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Wingham (Lanark Close)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Kurrajong Heights (Bells Line	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Parramatta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond - Uws Hawkesbury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Temora Ambulance Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Chita	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Kologha (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Nieu-Bethesda (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
New Smyrna Beach	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomington Normal	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Clinton Forestry HQ	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Fairmont	United States	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Addison	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Lenoir	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria 4 WSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Oberlin	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Warren 3 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Jefferson 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Hallettsville 2 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

149 records

Records set or tied on 11 August 1924 by type: Highest daily maximum 30, Lowest daily maximum 40, Highest daily minimum 4, Lowest daily minimum 13, Heaviest daily rainfall 62.

Records on 11 August 1924 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	30
Lowest daily maximum	40
Highest daily minimum	4
Lowest daily minimum	13
Heaviest daily rainfall	62
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 11 August 1924 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 148.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

117 broken records

Margins by which the 117 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 77.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 August 1924

Top 20 records on 11 August 1924 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 August 1924	Yates Ctr, US	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	58.6 mm (2.3 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1924	Columbus, US	daily rain	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	77.8 mm (3.1 in)	23 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1924	Grenola 1 N, US	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	23 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
11 August 1924	Lebanon 2W, US	monthly rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	8 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
11 August 1924	Sydney (Observatory Hill), AU	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	60 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
11 August 1924	Neosho, US	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	22 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
11 August 1924	Oswego 1 N, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
11 August 1924	Las Animas, US	daily low min	5.6 C (42.1 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	25 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
11 August 1924	Hiram, US	daily low max	17.8 C (64.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	20 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
11 August 1924	Millport 4 NE, US	daily low max	17.8 C (64.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	22 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
11 August 1924	Muswellbrook (Lower Hill St), AU	daily rain	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	44 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
11 August 1924	Astana, KZ	daily rain	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	7.7 mm (0.30 in)	23 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
11 August 1924	Belltrees 1, AU	daily rain	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	7.7 mm (0.30 in)	37 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
11 August 1924	Ellerston, AU	daily rain	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	37 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
11 August 1924	Independence, US	daily rain	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	28 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
11 August 1924	Singleton Post Office, AU	daily rain	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	26 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
11 August 1924	Norwalk Wwtp, US	daily low max	18.3 C (64.9 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	20 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
11 August 1924	Bringelly (Maryland), AU	daily rain	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	7.8 mm (0.31 in)	24 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
11 August 1924	Isidinge (Bos), ZA	daily rain	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	22 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
11 August 1924	Langhorne Creek, AU	daily rain	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	2 years	18 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

1793 to 1924

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1924. 1924 had 149 records.

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

Records on 08-11 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1796	1
1811	1
1815	2
1838	1
1839	1
1841	1
1851	1
1855	1
1858	1
1861	2
1862	1
1863	1
1864	6
1865	1
1866	6
1869	4
1871	1
1875	1
1879	2
1881	1
1883	1
1885	1
1888	1
1889	4
1890	4
1891	1
1892	4
1893	1
1894	1
1895	2
1896	5
1897	3
1898	2
1899	3
1900	4
1901	4
1902	13
1903	12
1904	19
1905	9
1906	6
1907	8
1908	10
1909	41
1910	9
1911	24
1912	46
1913	43
1914	26
1915	27
1916	64
1917	217
1918	29
1919	18
1920	54
1921	201
1922	98
1923	80
1924	149
1925	219
1926	140
1927	190
1928	174
1929	354
1930	471
1931	453
1932	281
1933	416
1934	620
1935	499
1936	541
1937	356
1938	315
1939	389
1940	359
1941	807
1942	390
1943	345
1944	936
1945	401
1946	419
1947	709
1948	306
1949	471
1950	320
1951	296
1952	417
1953	283
1954	536
1955	319
1956	457
1957	305
1958	494
1959	337
1960	461
1961	429
1962	662
1963	493
1964	677
1965	793
1966	1,037
1967	1,071
1968	619
1969	533
1970	526
1971	711
1972	823
1973	451
1974	596
1975	753
1976	529
1977	845
1978	433
1979	797
1980	929
1981	645
1982	1,232
1983	1,095
1984	822
1985	804
1986	563
1987	885
1988	1,119
1989	983
1990	760
1991	822
1992	928
1993	840
1994	1,173
1995	1,324
1996	1,147
1997	1,512
1998	1,232
1999	1,152
2000	924
2001	811
2002	1,152
2003	1,601
2004	1,478
2005	1,031
2006	896
2007	1,428
2008	945
2009	836
2010	2,289
2011	1,106
2012	953
2013	470
2014	556
2015	696
2016	1,340
2017	619
2018	861
2019	758
2020	688
2021	834
2022	661
2023	757
2024	643
2025	722
2026	765

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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	103
10 to 20	9
20 to 30	2
30 to 40	1
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	1