Weather Records on 15 August 1924

220 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 August 1924. Highest significance: Zerbst, DE.

Key Facts for 15 August 1924

On 15 August 1924, 220 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
27 were record highs and 142 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 216 daily.
Zerbst set a daily record precipitation of 32.0 mm (1.3 in) on 15 August 1924.
Across 168 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 456 records.

Record Map

220 stations

220 station records on 15 August 1924 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 August 1924: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Zerbst	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Escanaba	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record daily precipitation	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sable Island	Canada	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bad Lauchstadt	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Goldberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Falsterbo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nossen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gavle	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	29.5 C (85.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Worthington	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Viroqua	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Florence	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Batesville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lake	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pontotoc	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Port Gibson 1 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Yazoo City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Genoa 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Florence	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Green Bay	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Coteau	United States	Record low minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Chapel Hill 2 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Salisbury	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Weldon	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Carthage	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Waren	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Minneapolis	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Olympia Priest Pt Park	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Manitowoc	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Elaine (Larundel)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Schwerin	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Greensboro	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	18.7 C (65.7 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Yates Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Abbeville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Clinton Forestry HQ	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Plain Dealing	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bird Island	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Louisburg	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Brookings 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Jingellic	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Lakefield	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Gadsden	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Palestine	United States	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Calhoun 2 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Canton 4N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Tekamah	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Lockport 2SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Granville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Doberlug-Kirchhain	Germany	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Brooksville Chin Hill	United States	Record low minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Oswego 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Macon 2 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Henderson 2 NNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown 2 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

220 records

Records set or tied on 15 August 1924 by type: Highest daily maximum 9, Lowest daily maximum 26, Highest daily minimum 18, Lowest daily minimum 116, Heaviest daily rainfall 51.

Records on 15 August 1924 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	9
Lowest daily maximum	26
Highest daily minimum	18
Lowest daily minimum	116
Heaviest daily rainfall	51
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 15 August 1924 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 216.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

174 broken records

Margins by which the 174 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 48.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 August 1924

Top 20 records on 15 August 1924 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 August 1924	Zerbst, DE	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	9 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1924	Magdeburg, DE	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	15.1 mm (0.6 in)	17 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1924	Escanaba, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	9 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1924	Kirchdorf/Poel, DE	daily rain	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	1 year	39 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1924	Halmstad, SE	daily rain	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	63 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1924	Sable Island, CA	daily rain	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	5 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
15 August 1924	Bad Lauchstadt, DE	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	12.1 mm (0.5 in)	23 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
15 August 1924	Goldberg, DE	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	1 year	30 of 100 (Routine)
15 August 1924	Falsterbo, SE	daily rain	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	7 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
15 August 1924	Columbus, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	18 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
15 August 1924	Nossen, DE	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	18.4 mm (0.7 in)	2 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
15 August 1924	Gavle, SE	daily high max	29.5 C (85.1 F)	4.0 C (7.2 F)	41 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
15 August 1924	Worthington, US	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	18 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
15 August 1924	Viroqua, US	daily rain	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	25 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
15 August 1924	Florence, US	daily low min	13.3 C (55.9 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	9 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
15 August 1924	Batesville, US	daily low min	12.8 C (55.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	31 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
15 August 1924	Lake, US	daily low min	16.1 C (61.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	20 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
15 August 1924	Pontotoc, US	daily low min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	25 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
15 August 1924	Port Gibson 1 NE, US	daily low min	14.4 C (57.9 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	9 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
15 August 1924	Yazoo City, US	daily low min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	9 years	25 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 220 records.

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

Records on 08-15 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1802	1
1805	1
1812	1
1821	1
1838	2
1839	1
1841	1
1844	1
1845	3
1852	1
1854	1
1856	1
1858	1
1861	3
1867	1
1868	2
1869	1
1873	2
1875	1
1876	2
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1880	3
1881	2
1882	2
1883	1
1884	2
1885	3
1886	1
1887	1
1888	3
1890	2
1891	2
1892	3
1893	3
1895	1
1896	9
1897	3
1898	1
1899	2
1900	6
1901	5
1902	10
1903	5
1904	17
1905	26
1906	8
1907	14
1908	15
1909	30
1910	16
1911	26
1912	34
1913	42
1914	11
1915	26
1916	223
1917	32
1918	23
1919	22
1920	59
1921	55
1922	86
1923	116
1924	220
1925	91
1926	115
1927	223
1928	271
1929	586
1930	274
1931	351
1932	368
1933	268
1934	992
1935	414
1936	867
1937	574
1938	681
1939	450
1940	372
1941	289
1942	377
1943	426
1944	610
1945	433
1946	285
1947	559
1948	366
1949	559
1950	317
1951	597
1952	596
1953	449
1954	481
1955	539
1956	390
1957	355
1958	1,092
1959	515
1960	417
1961	704
1962	1,052
1963	972
1964	1,185
1965	535
1966	340
1967	687
1968	1,002
1969	583
1970	382
1971	899
1972	613
1973	499
1974	512
1975	490
1976	1,345
1977	550
1978	841
1979	1,788
1980	745
1981	588
1982	479
1983	955
1984	622
1985	915
1986	1,283
1987	1,098
1988	1,479
1989	495
1990	758
1991	778
1992	1,638
1993	831
1994	1,073
1995	1,298
1996	929
1997	927
1998	861
1999	956
2000	932
2001	1,254
2002	1,307
2003	1,248
2004	1,424
2005	1,067
2006	923
2007	1,317
2008	964
2009	1,038
2010	1,622
2011	770
2012	654
2013	711
2014	583
2015	759
2016	707
2017	532
2018	328
2019	435
2020	1,327
2021	900
2022	692
2023	1,414
2024	729
2025	772
2026	975

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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	150
10 to 20	17
20 to 30	3
30 to 40	3
40 to 50	1