Weather Records on 24 August 1947

821 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 August 1947. Highest significance: Roberval Nord, CA.

Key Facts for 24 August 1947

On 24 August 1947, 821 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
614 were record highs and 76 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 808 daily.
Roberval Nord set a daily record precipitation of 47.8 mm (1.9 in) on 24 August 1947.
Across 162 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 455 records.

Record Map

821 stations

821 station records on 24 August 1947 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 August 1947: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Roberval Nord	Canada	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
St Peter	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Narooma Rvcp	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Palma 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Moruya Heads Pilot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Red Cloud	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Goderich	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Goderich	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pembroke Eddy Match	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Rajapur	India	Record daily precipitation	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Muskegon Co AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bodalla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Goodwater	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Madison Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kindersley	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Khed	India	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Malvan	India	Record daily precipitation	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Batemans Bay Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nakodar	India	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Raymondville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Goodland	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tilba Tilba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Parry Sound	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Guhagar	India	Record daily precipitation	103.9 mm (4.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Limon 10 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mackinaw City 2	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rutland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ratnagiri	India	Record daily precipitation	133.4 mm (5.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Petropavlovskij Majak	Russia	Record daily precipitation	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wentworth 2.5 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Northfield	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hancock Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bungonia (Inverary Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Holland Wtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Racine Wwtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Eufaula	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Farmington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lewiston	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lower Boro (Calderwood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Huntington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
World Trade Ctr	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Chaplin	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Barguzin	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Red Oak	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hart 3 WSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gothenburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Setauket Strong	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Clemens Ang Base	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Crookhaven Heads	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mariyna Gorka	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Haileybury	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Haileybury	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ulan-Ude	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	17.3 C (63.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Poltava	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Seligman	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

821 records

Records set or tied on 24 August 1947 by type: Highest daily maximum 312, Lowest daily maximum 23, Highest daily minimum 302, Lowest daily minimum 53, Heaviest daily rainfall 131.

Records on 24 August 1947 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	312
Lowest daily maximum	23
Highest daily minimum	302
Lowest daily minimum	53
Heaviest daily rainfall	131
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 24 August 1947 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 12, daily 808.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

644 broken records

Margins by which the 644 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 66.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 August 1947

Top 20 records on 24 August 1947 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 August 1947	Roberval Nord, CA	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	16 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1947	St Peter, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	41 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1947	Narooma Rvcp, AU	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1947	Palma 2 NE, US	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	2 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1947	Moruya Heads Pilot Station, AU	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1947	Red Cloud, US	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	38 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1947	Goderich, CA	daily high max	33.3 C (91.9 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	76 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1947	Goderich, CA	daily high min	22.2 C (72.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	70 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1947	Pembroke Eddy Match, CA	daily high max	35.6 C (96.1 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	74 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1947	Rajapur, IN	daily rain	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	26 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1947	Muskegon Co AP, US	daily high max	35.6 C (96.1 F)	6.2 C (11.2 F)	46 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1947	Bodalla Post Office, AU	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1947	Goodwater, US	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	46 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1947	Madison Wb City, US	daily high max	35.6 C (96.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	73 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1947	Kindersley, CA	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	21 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1947	Khed, IN	daily rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	32 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1947	Montreal McGill, CA	daily high min	22.8 C (73.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	69 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
24 August 1947	Malvan, IN	daily rain	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	32 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
24 August 1947	Batemans Bay Post Office, AU	daily rain	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	17 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
24 August 1947	Nakodar, IN	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	28 years	33 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 1947

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1947. 1947 had 821 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	589
10 to 20	27
20 to 30	9
30 to 40	16
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	2