Weather Records on 24 August 1950

378 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 August 1950. Highest significance: Gjerstad I Aust-Agder, NO.

Key Facts for 24 August 1950

On 24 August 1950, 378 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
96 were record highs and 61 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 366 daily.
Gjerstad I Aust-Agder set a daily record precipitation of 145.7 mm (5.7 in) on 24 August 1950.
Across 162 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 457 records.

Record Map

378 stations

378 station records on 24 August 1950 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 August 1950: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Gjerstad I Aust-Agder	Norway	Record daily precipitation	145.7 mm (5.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Lower Bucca	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Khed	India	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Inverness 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Sampagaon-Bailh	India	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Attur	India	Record daily precipitation	127.8 mm (5.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hiasen I Sigdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	58.1 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wynne	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Alandi	India	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Northampton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Orje	Norway	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Itabaianinha	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Madakasira	India	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Port Blair	India	Record daily precipitation	130.6 mm (5.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Moncure 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Oakwood 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sidlaghatta	India	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Stewarts River Public School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ambur	India	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Postmyr I Drangedal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	56.8 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Vaniyambadi	India	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tuddal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mullewa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ilkal	India	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Rauland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Millers Forest School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mundagod	India	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Stromsfoss Sluse	Norway	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hedrum	Norway	Record daily precipitation	92.0 mm (3.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown	United States	Record daily precipitation	141.2 mm (5.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Malur	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sirur	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mykland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	41.3 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Logansport	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Jath	India	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lifjell	Norway	Record daily precipitation	78.1 mm (3.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Byglandsfjord	Norway	Record daily precipitation	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wray	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Moorland (Denro-An)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Potsdam	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	20.1 C (68.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lubeck-Werft	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	19.6 C (67.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ootacamund Obsy Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sendamangalam	India	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Stuttgart	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Trier-Zewen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hukeri	India	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Brinkley	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Corning	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cascadia	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Campbells Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hindupur	India	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kolar	India	Record daily precipitation	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Rjukan	Norway	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Buenos Aires Observ	Argentina	Record high maximum temperature	26.9 C (80.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Barnong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Augsburg (Sankt Stephan)	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	32.3 C (90.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bumping Lake	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Forks 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

378 records

Records set or tied on 24 August 1950 by type: Highest daily maximum 32, Lowest daily maximum 30, Highest daily minimum 64, Lowest daily minimum 31, Heaviest daily rainfall 221.

Records on 24 August 1950 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	32
Lowest daily maximum	30
Highest daily minimum	64
Lowest daily minimum	31
Heaviest daily rainfall	221
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 24 August 1950 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 11, daily 366.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

327 broken records

Margins by which the 327 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 121.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 August 1950

Top 20 records on 24 August 1950 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 August 1950	Gjerstad I Aust-Agder, NO	daily rain	145.7 mm (5.7 in)	121.7 mm (4.8 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1950	Lower Bucca, AU	daily rain	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	39 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1950	Khed, IN	daily rain	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	25 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1950	Inverness 3 SE, US	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	73.6 mm (2.9 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1950	Sampagaon-Bailh, IN	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	17 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1950	Attur, IN	daily rain	127.8 mm (5.0 in)	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	15 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1950	Hiasen I Sigdal, NO	daily rain	58.1 mm (2.3 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	27 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1950	Wynne, US	daily rain	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1950	Alandi, IN	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1950	Northampton, AU	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	16 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1950	Orje, NO	daily rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	48 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1950	Itabaianinha, BR	daily rain	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	19 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1950	Madakasira, IN	daily rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	37 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1950	Port Blair, IN	daily rain	130.6 mm (5.1 in)	63.3 mm (2.5 in)	35 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1950	Moncure 3 SE, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	41 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1950	Oakwood 3 SW, US	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	36 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1950	Sidlaghatta, IN	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	33 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1950	Stewarts River Public School, AU	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	39 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1950	Jena Sternwarte, DE	daily high min	17.8 C (64.0 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	96 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1950	Ambur, IN	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	15 years	40 of 100 (Notable)

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 1950

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1950. 1950 had 378 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	277
20 to 40	37
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1