Weather Records on 24 August 1932

218 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 August 1932. Highest significance: Crookston NW Exp STN, US.

Key Facts for 24 August 1932

On 24 August 1932, 218 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
125 were record highs and 18 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 216 daily.
Crookston NW Exp STN set a daily record precipitation of 73.2 mm (2.9 in) on 24 August 1932.
Across 162 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 458 records.

Record Map

218 stations

218 station records on 24 August 1932 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 August 1932: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Crookston NW Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Shillong	India	Record daily precipitation	158.8 mm (6.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Jowai	India	Record daily precipitation	216.4 mm (8.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cherrapunji/P.S.	India	Record daily precipitation	612.1 mm (24.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cherrapunji	India	Record daily precipitation	623.6 mm (24.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sangamner	India	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Yeola	India	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Grenfell	Canada	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Jalgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bird Island	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Larimore 4SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Malsiras	India	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Shillong	India	Record daily precipitation	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Simcoe	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bhadgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Yaval	India	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Savanne	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Gaines	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Foster (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kholapur	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Yuma Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kachugaon	India	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Elatma	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	17.7 C (63.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Amchong(Sonepur)	India	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Nandura	India	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Madha	India	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Toledo Blade	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hallock	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tomsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jath	India	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Svirica	Russia	Record daily precipitation	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moose Jaw Chab	Canada	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Savanne	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Tbilisi	Georgia	Record high minimum temperature	22.9 C (73.2 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Eufaula	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Ozark 6 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Granite Reef Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	44.4 C (111.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bowling Green Wwtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Tiffin	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Rokeby (the Mall)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bancroft	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Davangire	India	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Niznij Novgorod	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Whitefish Pt	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Grafton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Chitradurga	India	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Noyyatinkara	India	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Chalisgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Tyndall	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Enosburg Falls	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Nelson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Talegaon D-Dhera	India	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Kazan	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	17.3 C (63.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Lowville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Norwalk Wwtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Port Lincoln	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Sandford (Maydena)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Kampli	India	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Achalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

218 records

Records set or tied on 24 August 1932 by type: Highest daily maximum 56, Lowest daily maximum 6, Highest daily minimum 69, Lowest daily minimum 12, Heaviest daily rainfall 75.

Records on 24 August 1932 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	56
Lowest daily maximum	6
Highest daily minimum	69
Lowest daily minimum	12
Heaviest daily rainfall	75
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 24 August 1932 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 216.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

161 broken records

Margins by which the 161 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 416.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 August 1932

Top 20 records on 24 August 1932 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 August 1932	Crookston NW Exp STN, US	daily rain	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1932	Upper Shillong, IN	daily rain	158.8 mm (6.3 in)	104.2 mm (4.1 in)	21 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1932	Jowai, IN	daily rain	216.4 mm (8.5 in)	159.2 mm (6.3 in)	14 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1932	Cherrapunji/P.S., IN	daily rain	612.1 mm (24.1 in)	404.3 mm (15.9 in)	14 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1932	Cherrapunji, IN	daily rain	623.6 mm (24.6 in)	416.1 mm (16.4 in)	14 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1932	Sangamner, IN	daily rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1932	Yeola, IN	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	8 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1932	Grenfell, CA	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	41 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1932	Jalgaon, IN	daily rain	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	6 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1932	Bird Island, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	26 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1932	Larimore 4SW, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	30 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1932	Malsiras, IN	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	8 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1932	Shillong, IN	daily rain	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	17 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
24 August 1932	Simcoe, CA	daily high max	31.7 C (89.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	64 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
24 August 1932	Bhadgaon, IN	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	8 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
24 August 1932	Yaval, IN	daily rain	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	7 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
24 August 1932	Savanne, CA	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	38 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
24 August 1932	Ft Gaines, US	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	30 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
24 August 1932	Foster (Post Office), AU	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	11 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
24 August 1932	Kholapur, IN	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 years	26 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 1932

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1932. 1932 had 218 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 100	157
100 to 200	2
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	2