Weather Records on 24 August 1937

390 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 August 1937. Highest significance: Fort Simpson, CA.

Key Facts for 24 August 1937

On 24 August 1937, 390 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
131 were record highs and 135 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 380 daily.
Fort Simpson set a monthly record daily precipitation of 59.2 mm (2.3 in) on 24 August 1937.
Across 162 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 457 records.

Record Map

390 stations

390 station records on 24 August 1937 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 August 1937: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Fort Simpson	Canada	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Ruston la Tech	United States	Record daily precipitation	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Parsons 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Dandridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Palmetto	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Austin	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kurud	India	Record daily precipitation	180.3 mm (7.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Saidpur Bhitari	India	Record daily precipitation	144.5 mm (5.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Stuttgart	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Savannah 6 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.2 mm (4.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Umea	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	25.5 C (77.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Arkadelphia 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Trenton 2	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bluefield 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Settle	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Trinidad	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Quakertown	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Waynesboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Grafton 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sutton	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Amarpara	India	Record daily precipitation	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Laurel 3 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Vicksburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lenoir	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lancaster 2 NE Pump St	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lewisburg Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Murfreesboro 5 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Philadelphia City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mahua	India	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gavle	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	26.6 C (79.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Westernport	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Laurel	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Jefferson 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Haiku 490	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Karlstad	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	27.4 C (81.3 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Statesville 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisburg - Coop	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Callaville	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Chindwara	India	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Coloso	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Elizabeth	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bottineau	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Minnville	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Darwin Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	27.5 C (81.5 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Wokha	India	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Agartala	India	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lares	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	26.0 C (78.8 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Jersey City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Gettysburg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Clarksville	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Durg(Drug)	India	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Baheri	India	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Charkhari	India	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

390 records

Records set or tied on 24 August 1937 by type: Highest daily maximum 32, Lowest daily maximum 118, Highest daily minimum 99, Lowest daily minimum 17, Heaviest daily rainfall 124.

Records on 24 August 1937 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	32
Lowest daily maximum	118
Highest daily minimum	99
Lowest daily minimum	17
Heaviest daily rainfall	124
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 24 August 1937 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 10, daily 380.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

319 broken records

Margins by which the 319 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 102.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 August 1937

Top 20 records on 24 August 1937 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 August 1937	Fort Simpson, CA	monthly rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	37 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1937	Ruston la Tech, US	monthly rain	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	28 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1937	Parsons 3 SE, US	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1937	Dandridge, US	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	30 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1937	Palmetto, US	monthly rain	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1937	Austin, US	daily rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1937	Kurud, IN	daily rain	180.3 mm (7.1 in)	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	24 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1937	Saidpur Bhitari, IN	daily rain	144.5 mm (5.7 in)	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	19 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1937	Woodstock West, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	0 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1937	Newark Liberty Intl AP, US	daily low max	17.2 C (63.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	74 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1937	Stuttgart, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	40 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1937	Savannah 6 SW, US	monthly rain	110.2 mm (4.3 in)	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	36 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1937	Umea, SE	daily high max	25.5 C (77.9 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	52 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
24 August 1937	Arkadelphia 2 N, US	daily rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	14 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
24 August 1937	Trenton 2, US	daily low max	17.8 C (64.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	70 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
24 August 1937	Bluefield 2 NW, US	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
24 August 1937	Settle, US	daily rain	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	28 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
24 August 1937	Trinidad, US	daily high min	20.0 C (68.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	32 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
24 August 1937	Quakertown, US	daily low max	17.2 C (63.0 F)	3.6 C (6.5 F)	46 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
24 August 1937	Waynesboro, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	11 years	29 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 1937

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1937. 1937 had 390 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 20	285
20 to 40	23
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1