Weather Records on 27 August 1924

245 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 August 1924. Highest significance: Conargo (Willurah), AU.

Key Facts for 27 August 1924

On 27 August 1924, 245 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
147 were record highs and 19 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 239 daily.
Conargo (Willurah) set a daily record precipitation of 35.8 mm (1.4 in) on 27 August 1924.
Across 165 earlier years (1807 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 438 records.

Record Map

245 stations

245 station records on 27 August 1924 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 August 1924: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Conargo (Willurah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Frankfurt/Main (Feldbergstr.)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Puckawidgee Back	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Muttaburra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dobikin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hingham (1)	United States	Record daily precipitation	139.2 mm (5.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ohringen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Westboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Maragle Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Toronto	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Brookhaven City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Fe	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sidi-Bel-Abbes	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	27.0 C (80.6 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Olympia Priest Pt Park	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Algiers-Ville/Universite	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	23.0 C (73.4 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
New Iberia AP - Acadiana Rgnl	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Currawinya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Childers Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jingellic	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Carrathool (Uardry)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Warragul	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kilkivan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bungunya School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Merrywinbone (Oreel)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Piketberg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kergunyah South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kunzelsau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Upper Sandusky	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Texarkana Webb Fld	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tallangatta (Bullioh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	6.6 C (43.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Uccle	Belgium	Record low maximum temperature	14.8 C (58.6 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Point Escuminac	Canada	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Tomsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	15.5 C (59.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Toledo Blade	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Glen Innes Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Odesa	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	8.5 mm (0.33 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Two Harbors	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Worthington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Holly Springs 2 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Oberlin	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
New Orleans Audubon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Low Isles Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Bon Accord	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Boggabilla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Cootamundra (Landgrove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Welshpool	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Owen Sound	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham	Canada	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record low minimum temperature	10.5 C (50.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Robben Island (Vrt)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Oberlin	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Emmaville Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Belconnen (Weetangerra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Graz	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Bird Rocks	Canada	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Wangerooge	Germany	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Kissimmee	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Athens	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

245 records

Records set or tied on 27 August 1924 by type: Highest daily maximum 99, Lowest daily maximum 7, Highest daily minimum 48, Lowest daily minimum 12, Heaviest daily rainfall 79.

Records on 27 August 1924 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	99
Lowest daily maximum	7
Highest daily minimum	48
Lowest daily minimum	12
Heaviest daily rainfall	79
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 27 August 1924 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 5, daily 239.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

186 broken records

Margins by which the 186 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 44.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 August 1924

Top 20 records on 27 August 1924 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 August 1924	Conargo (Willurah), AU	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1924	Frankfurt/Main (Feldbergstr.), DE	daily rain	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	24.5 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1924	Puckawidgee Back, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	41 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1924	Muttaburra, AU	monthly rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	7 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1924	Dobikin, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1924	Hingham (1), US	monthly rain	139.2 mm (5.5 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	7 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1924	Ohringen, DE	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	26 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1924	Westboro, US	daily rain	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	16 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1924	Maragle Station, AU	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	29 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
27 August 1924	Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt, US	daily high min	26.7 C (80.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	28 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
27 August 1924	Toronto, CA	daily high max	31.1 C (88.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	42 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
27 August 1924	Brookhaven City, US	daily high max	40.6 C (105.1 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	28 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
27 August 1924	Santa Fe, US	daily low min	7.2 C (45.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	38 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
27 August 1924	Sidi-Bel-Abbes, DZ	daily low max	27.0 C (80.6 F)	2.6 C (4.7 F)	43 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
27 August 1924	Olympia Priest Pt Park, US	daily high min	17.8 C (64.0 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	27 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
27 August 1924	Algiers-Ville/Universite, DZ	monthly low max	23.0 C (73.4 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	35 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
27 August 1924	New Iberia AP - Acadiana Rgnl, US	daily high max	35.6 C (96.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	30 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
27 August 1924	Currawinya, AU	daily rain	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	36 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
27 August 1924	Childers Post Office, AU	daily rain	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
27 August 1924	Jingellic, AU	daily rain	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	28 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

1807 to 1924

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1807 to 1924. 1924 had 245 records.

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

Records on 08-27 in each year
Year	Records
1807	3
1810	1
1811	1
1813	1
1816	1
1827	1
1829	1
1834	1
1846	1
1847	1
1848	1
1854	1
1857	1
1858	1
1859	1
1863	1
1864	3
1865	2
1869	1
1870	1
1871	1
1874	1
1876	1
1877	4
1880	1
1881	2
1882	1
1884	3
1885	2
1886	2
1887	2
1889	1
1890	10
1891	4
1892	1
1894	7
1895	1
1896	4
1899	5
1900	5
1901	6
1902	2
1903	22
1904	4
1905	16
1906	27
1907	9
1908	10
1909	10
1910	6
1911	16
1912	40
1913	10
1914	31
1915	37
1916	106
1917	57
1918	18
1919	78
1920	36
1921	27
1922	52
1923	63
1924	245
1925	102
1926	143
1927	395
1928	197
1929	80
1930	247
1931	205
1932	355
1933	368
1934	249
1935	348
1936	806
1937	679
1938	374
1939	191
1940	468
1941	504
1942	476
1943	581
1944	811
1945	414
1946	345
1947	291
1948	987
1949	475
1950	380
1951	415
1952	402
1953	712
1954	594
1955	485
1956	387
1957	615
1958	213
1959	522
1960	365
1961	365
1962	577
1963	335
1964	400
1965	440
1966	406
1967	887
1968	517
1969	780
1970	1,361
1971	640
1972	722
1973	1,519
1974	722
1975	506
1976	565
1977	793
1978	671
1979	917
1980	478
1981	998
1982	828
1983	823
1984	683
1985	660
1986	1,072
1987	1,356
1988	601
1989	854
1990	761
1991	813
1992	1,657
1993	1,087
1994	696
1995	1,143
1996	968
1997	1,189
1998	1,387
1999	1,258
2000	865
2001	1,304
2002	1,027
2003	916
2004	1,037
2005	733
2006	1,090
2007	958
2008	885
2009	701
2010	1,045
2011	1,518
2012	626
2013	629
2014	582
2015	832
2016	968
2017	838
2018	933
2019	1,013
2020	777
2021	635
2022	470
2023	953
2024	600
2025	1,218
2026	815

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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	173
10 to 20	8
20 to 30	3
30 to 40	1
40 to 50	1