Weather Records on 21 August 1924

135 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 August 1924. Highest significance: Lawrence, US.

Key Facts for 21 August 1924

On 21 August 1924, 135 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
92 were record highs and 17 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 129 daily.
Lawrence set a daily record precipitation of 67.3 mm (2.6 in) on 21 August 1924.
Across 165 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 452 records.

Record Map

135 stations

135 station records on 21 August 1924 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 August 1924: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lawrence	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Minneapolis Wb Dwtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Calumet	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lynd #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Vilnius	Lithuania	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wheeling (1)	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Minneapolis	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bird Island	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Storlien	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	58.8 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Paragonah	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Merungle	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Junsele	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Deniliquin (Wilkinson St)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Escanaba	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsboro	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Napoleon	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Marree Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	12.3 C (54.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sac City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Minto	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Halifax	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Tartu	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Enisejsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Athens	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Jamestown State Hosp	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus Ohio St UNIV	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Stoney Creek	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Sparta 1 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Geneva	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Olympia Priest Pt Park	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Chattanooga Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Park Rapids Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	13.5 C (56.3 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	21.0 C (69.8 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Conception	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
St Charles Elm Pt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Henderson 2 NNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Heber	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Minneapolis	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
New London	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Lamar 7N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Neosho	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Stillwater 2 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Minnedosa	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Payette	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Madison Sewage Plt	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Holly Springs 2 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Jefferson City Wtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Mexico	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Genoa 2 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Somerset Main Street	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Carthage	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Clarksville Wwtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Moab	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Bowling Green Warren Co AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

135 records

Records set or tied on 21 August 1924 by type: Highest daily maximum 35, Lowest daily maximum 6, Highest daily minimum 57, Lowest daily minimum 11, Heaviest daily rainfall 26.

Records on 21 August 1924 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	35
Lowest daily maximum	6
Highest daily minimum	57
Lowest daily minimum	11
Heaviest daily rainfall	26
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 21 August 1924 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 129.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

92 broken records

Margins by which the 92 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 58.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 August 1924

Top 20 records on 21 August 1924 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 August 1924	Lawrence, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	62 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
21 August 1924	Minneapolis Wb Dwtn, US	daily rain	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	58.5 mm (2.3 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
21 August 1924	Calumet, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
21 August 1924	Lynd #2, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	18 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
21 August 1924	Vilnius, LT	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	23 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
21 August 1924	Wheeling (1), US	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
21 August 1924	Minneapolis, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	22 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
21 August 1924	Bird Island, US	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	19 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
21 August 1924	Storlien, SE	daily rain	58.8 mm (2.3 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	23 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
21 August 1924	Paragonah, US	daily low min	2.2 C (36.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	22 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
21 August 1924	Merungle, AU	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	42 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
21 August 1924	Junsele, SE	daily rain	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	6.8 mm (0.27 in)	29 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
21 August 1924	Deniliquin (Wilkinson St), AU	daily high min	11.1 C (52.0 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	47 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
21 August 1924	Escanaba, US	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	38 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
21 August 1924	Scottsboro, US	daily high max	37.2 C (99.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	27 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
21 August 1924	Napoleon, US	monthly rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	5.9 mm (0.23 in)	12 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
21 August 1924	Oestersund-Froesoen, SE	daily rain	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	29 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
21 August 1924	Marree Comparison, AU	daily rain	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	37 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
21 August 1924	Hobart (Ellerslie Road), AU	daily high min	12.3 C (54.1 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	38 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
21 August 1924	Sac City, US	daily high min	23.9 C (75.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	25 years	20 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

1800 to 1924

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 1924. 1924 had 135 records.

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

Records on 08-21 in each year
Year	Records
1800	1
1802	1
1804	1
1807	1
1816	1
1818	1
1832	1
1834	1
1839	3
1843	1
1847	1
1849	3
1850	1
1851	2
1863	1
1866	1
1867	2
1870	3
1871	2
1872	1
1873	1
1876	1
1877	2
1879	2
1884	2
1885	5
1886	1
1887	5
1888	2
1889	3
1890	4
1891	2
1893	4
1894	8
1895	3
1896	2
1897	4
1898	4
1899	7
1900	4
1901	9
1902	8
1903	6
1904	8
1905	4
1906	22
1907	20
1908	13
1909	17
1910	33
1911	19
1912	50
1913	37
1914	24
1915	21
1916	106
1917	101
1918	202
1919	19
1920	59
1921	34
1922	58
1923	111
1924	135
1925	220
1926	227
1927	228
1928	110
1929	234
1930	297
1931	277
1932	264
1933	328
1934	320
1935	318
1936	807
1937	762
1938	239
1939	630
1940	683
1941	180
1942	415
1943	438
1944	346
1945	544
1946	390
1947	954
1948	305
1949	508
1950	958
1951	699
1952	368
1953	331
1954	497
1955	885
1956	701
1957	490
1958	389
1959	704
1960	490
1961	644
1962	469
1963	338
1964	794
1965	455
1966	661
1967	541
1968	1,014
1969	650
1970	373
1971	660
1972	441
1973	438
1974	564
1975	545
1976	756
1977	764
1978	445
1979	778
1980	904
1981	1,015
1982	769
1983	1,407
1984	975
1985	623
1986	1,166
1987	740
1988	889
1989	828
1990	910
1991	828
1992	957
1993	698
1994	968
1995	962
1996	950
1997	1,291
1998	948
1999	717
2000	861
2001	797
2002	965
2003	1,241
2004	1,585
2005	1,071
2006	797
2007	1,829
2008	1,012
2009	1,319
2010	1,155
2011	1,022
2012	990
2013	513
2014	624
2015	651
2016	890
2017	347
2018	816
2019	631
2020	1,147
2021	767
2022	917
2023	1,826
2024	777
2025	1,230
2026	1,289

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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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Margin	Records
0 to 10	82
10 to 20	2
20 to 30	1
30 to 40	4
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	2