Weather Records on 24 August 1929

250 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 August 1929. Highest significance: Eden (Caravan Park), AU.

Key Facts for 24 August 1929

On 24 August 1929, 250 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
146 were record highs and 37 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 240 daily.
Eden (Caravan Park) set a daily record precipitation of 57.7 mm (2.3 in) on 24 August 1929.
Across 162 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 458 records.

Record Map

250 stations

250 station records on 24 August 1929 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 August 1929: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Eden (Caravan Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Dargo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Sterling	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Queanbeyan Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Greensboro Lock 7	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bairnsdale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bairnsdale 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Macarthur (Glenhuntly)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Madison Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gundaroo (Bairnsdale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bruthen (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record low maximum temperature	26.5 C (79.7 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lock #4	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	3.8 C (38.8 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Qu'appelle	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Danevang 1 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Salem AP (McNary Field)	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Morris W Cntrl Rsch & Outreach	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Willow City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Winnipeg St Johns Coll	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Orbost (Comparison)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Chipewyan	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Southport 5 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
West Newton	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Savannah 6 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kiruna	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Omeo Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bindi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Philipstown (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lakes Entrance Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hopetown (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Liepaja	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Masset Airport	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
New Burnside	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Granville	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ventspils	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Botnen I Forde	Norway	Record daily precipitation	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
La Delle 7 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett Council Depot	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Moormurang the Ridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Regina Int'l A	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham	Canada	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Mayville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Circleville	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Faulkton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Tunis	Tunisia	Record low maximum temperature	26.0 C (78.8 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
1 WSW Princeton	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Concord Walker Hospital	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Buchan (Gillingall)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
St Albans	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Pitea	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Marion	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Oregon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Albion	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Dalby Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Butchers Ridge Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Narre Warren North (Narre Warr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Treherne	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

250 records

Records set or tied on 24 August 1929 by type: Highest daily maximum 106, Lowest daily maximum 23, Highest daily minimum 40, Lowest daily minimum 14, Heaviest daily rainfall 67.

Records on 24 August 1929 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	106
Lowest daily maximum	23
Highest daily minimum	40
Lowest daily minimum	14
Heaviest daily rainfall	67
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 24 August 1929 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 10, daily 240.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

191 broken records

Margins by which the 191 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 41.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 August 1929

Top 20 records on 24 August 1929 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 August 1929	Eden (Caravan Park), AU	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	55 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1929	Dargo, AU	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1929	Mt Sterling, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	22 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1929	Queanbeyan Bowling Club, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	54 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1929	Greensboro Lock 7, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	22 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1929	Bairnsdale Post Office, AU	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	18 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
24 August 1929	Bairnsdale 1, AU	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	18 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
24 August 1929	Macarthur (Glenhuntly), AU	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	4 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
24 August 1929	Madison Sewage Plt, US	daily rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	0 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
24 August 1929	Gundaroo (Bairnsdale), AU	monthly rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	12 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
24 August 1929	Bruthen (Post Office), AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
24 August 1929	Hambantota, LK	daily low max	26.5 C (79.7 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	56 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
24 August 1929	Lock #4, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	22 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
24 August 1929	Sydney (Observatory Hill), AU	daily low min	3.8 C (38.8 F)	1.9 C (3.4 F)	39 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
24 August 1929	Bathurst Gaol, AU	daily low max	7.8 C (46.0 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	47 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
24 August 1929	Qu'appelle, CA	daily high min	18.9 C (66.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	40 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
24 August 1929	Danevang 1 W, US	daily low max	26.7 C (80.1 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	14 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
24 August 1929	Salem AP (McNary Field), US	daily low min	3.9 C (39.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	35 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
24 August 1929	Morris W Cntrl Rsch & Outreach, US	monthly high max	38.3 C (100.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	29 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
24 August 1929	Willow City, US	daily high min	19.4 C (66.9 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	28 years	24 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 1929

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1929. 1929 had 250 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 10	165
10 to 20	19
20 to 30	4
30 to 40	2
40 to 50	1