Weather Records on 24 August 1939

271 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 August 1939. Highest significance: Louisville 1 E, US.

Key Facts for 24 August 1939

On 24 August 1939, 271 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
123 were record highs and 19 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 268 daily.
Louisville 1 E set a daily record precipitation of 75.7 mm (3.0 in) on 24 August 1939.
Across 162 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 458 records.

Record Map

271 stations

271 station records on 24 August 1939 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 August 1939: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Louisville 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lowestoft	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hvar	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrenceville 2 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ratlam	India	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hill End Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Marysville (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Malkapur	India	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tuni	India	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Yemassee 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chatillon-Sur-Seine	France	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Noorinbee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pandherikawara	India	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Chanute Martin Johnson AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bayard 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Putbus	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	18.8 C (65.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Karimnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	17.5 C (63.5 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Valley Head	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sirpur	India	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Rosalia	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Saint John	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Barwani	India	Record daily precipitation	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Westernport	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bend	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kennewick	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Greifswald	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	18.8 C (65.8 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ambagarh Chowki	India	Record daily precipitation	106.4 mm (4.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bhir	India	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Eildon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
W Pt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Heppner	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Walhalla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Brome	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Putbus	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Nanded	India	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Pierce 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	18.5 C (65.3 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kellogg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Orofino	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sibley	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Conconully	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	28.1 C (82.6 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Mont-Aigoual	France	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Boras	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Resaca	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Sloan 3 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Davenport	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Spokane Intl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Bruny Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Delegate Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tombong (Hillcrest)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Delegate (Weewalla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vale	United States	Record daily precipitation	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Warburton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Quebec	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nagarcoil	India	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

271 records

Records set or tied on 24 August 1939 by type: Highest daily maximum 43, Lowest daily maximum 14, Highest daily minimum 80, Lowest daily minimum 5, Heaviest daily rainfall 129.

Records on 24 August 1939 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	43
Lowest daily maximum	14
Highest daily minimum	80
Lowest daily minimum	5
Heaviest daily rainfall	129
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 24 August 1939 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 2, daily 268.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

233 broken records

Margins by which the 233 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 61.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 August 1939

Top 20 records on 24 August 1939 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 August 1939	Louisville 1 E, US	daily rain	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	32 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1939	Lowestoft, GB	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1939	Hvar, HR	daily rain	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	14.6 mm (0.6 in)	70 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1939	Lawrenceville 2 S, US	all-time high min	24.4 C (75.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	42 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1939	Ratlam, IN	daily rain	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	30 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1939	Hill End Post Office, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	29 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
24 August 1939	Marysville (Post Office), AU	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	2 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
24 August 1939	Malkapur, IN	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
24 August 1939	Tuni, IN	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
24 August 1939	Yemassee 1 N, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	24 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
24 August 1939	Chatillon-Sur-Seine, FR	daily rain	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	29 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
24 August 1939	Noorinbee, AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	9 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
24 August 1939	Pandherikawara, IN	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
24 August 1939	Chanute Martin Johnson AP, US	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	39 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
24 August 1939	Ft Bayard 4W, US	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
24 August 1939	Putbus, DE	daily high min	18.8 C (65.8 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	46 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
24 August 1939	Karimnagar, IN	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	9 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
24 August 1939	Vanersborg, SE	daily high min	17.5 C (63.5 F)	4.0 C (7.2 F)	24 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
24 August 1939	Valley Head, US	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	38 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
24 August 1939	Sirpur, IN	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	27 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 1939

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1939. 1939 had 271 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	200
10 to 20	16
20 to 30	10
30 to 40	5
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	1