Weather Records on 24 July 1951

333 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 July 1951. Highest significance: Heidelberg Cape (Pol), ZA.

Key Facts for 24 July 1951

On 24 July 1951, 333 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
83 were record highs and 55 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 23 monthly and 308 daily.
Heidelberg Cape (Pol) set a monthly record daily precipitation of 59.4 mm (2.3 in) on 24 July 1951.
Across 158 earlier years (1799 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 477 records.

Record Map

333 stations

333 station records on 24 July 1951 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 July 1951: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Heidelberg Cape (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Knysna (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Tussenbeide	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Goudveld (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Millwood (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Yellamanchili	India	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
De Hoop	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Narsipatnam	India	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Konda	India	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Blackdown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Dalhart Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Uniondale (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Glenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	129.3 mm (5.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Harkerville (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bhadrachalam	India	Record daily precipitation	159.0 mm (6.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lottering (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Oakwood 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Pendraka	India	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Oudtshoorn	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Narsapur	India	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Grafton	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Uccle	Belgium	Record low maximum temperature	14.2 C (57.6 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sorab	India	Record daily precipitation	190.5 mm (7.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cheviot Fells	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rpf 126 Mile	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Miami	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Caledon (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Razole(Rajole)	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
La Plata 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Polavaram	India	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Buffelsnek (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bloukrans (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	20.7 C (69.3 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Guthrie 5S	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tellico Plains	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Saint John	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Devrukh	India	Record daily precipitation	257.8 mm (10.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Jonkersberg (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Manginapudi	India	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Anakapalli	India	Record daily precipitation	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Grenada	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Poplar Bluff	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	21.9 C (71.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Vasilevici	Belarus	Record low minimum temperature	5.3 C (41.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Klaarstroom (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Witelsbos (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Edwardsville 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Inverell Comparison	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Huichapan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Biser	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	20.4 C (68.7 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Oktjabrskij-Gorodok	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	15.8 C (60.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tucson WFO	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Falmouth	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Minsk	Belarus	Record low minimum temperature	5.2 C (41.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Paulo Afonso	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tuni	India	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Vishakhapatnam	India	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Liepaja	Latvia	Record low minimum temperature	7.7 C (45.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Concordia (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ai-Petri	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	3.8 C (38.8 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

333 records

Records set or tied on 24 July 1951 by type: Highest daily maximum 43, Lowest daily maximum 26, Highest daily minimum 40, Lowest daily minimum 29, Heaviest daily rainfall 195.

Records on 24 July 1951 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	43
Lowest daily maximum	26
Highest daily minimum	40
Lowest daily minimum	29
Heaviest daily rainfall	195
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 24 July 1951 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 23, daily 308.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

287 broken records

Margins by which the 287 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 79.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 July 1951

Top 20 records on 24 July 1951 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 July 1951	Heidelberg Cape (Pol), ZA	monthly rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	72 years	73 of 100 (Major)
24 July 1951	Knysna (Tnk), ZA	monthly rain	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	53 years	64 of 100 (Major)
24 July 1951	Tussenbeide, ZA	monthly rain	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	30 years	62 of 100 (Major)
24 July 1951	Goudveld (Bos), ZA	monthly rain	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	53 years	61 of 100 (Major)
24 July 1951	Millwood (Bos), ZA	monthly rain	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	30 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1951	Yellamanchili, IN	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1951	De Hoop, ZA	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	37 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1951	Narsipatnam, IN	monthly rain	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	17 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1951	Konda, IN	daily rain	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1951	Blackdown, ZA	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1951	Dalhart Exp STN, US	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	22 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1951	Uniondale (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	4 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1951	Glenville, US	all-time rain	129.3 mm (5.1 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	38 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1951	Harkerville (Bos), ZA	daily rain	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	4 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1951	Bhadrachalam, IN	monthly rain	159.0 mm (6.3 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	36 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1951	Lottering (Bos), ZA	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	64.6 mm (2.5 in)	4 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1951	Oakwood 3 SW, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	6 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1951	Pendraka, IN	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	1 year	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1951	Oudtshoorn, ZA	monthly rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	65 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1951	Narsapur, IN	daily rain	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	1 year	44 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

1799 to 1951

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 1951. 1951 had 333 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 07-24 in each year
Year	Records
1799	1
1813	1
1817	1
1832	1
1836	1
1838	2
1843	2
1844	1
1846	1
1849	2
1859	1
1860	1
1862	1
1867	1
1868	3
1869	1
1870	1
1872	3
1874	1
1875	2
1880	3
1882	1
1883	2
1885	3
1889	2
1891	2
1893	2
1894	5
1895	2
1896	5
1897	4
1899	3
1900	7
1901	6
1902	5
1903	8
1904	19
1905	19
1906	18
1907	8
1908	11
1909	21
1910	36
1911	51
1912	84
1913	30
1914	22
1915	35
1916	32
1917	40
1918	70
1919	19
1920	46
1921	67
1922	186
1923	87
1924	193
1925	154
1926	186
1927	251
1928	237
1929	187
1930	195
1931	364
1932	249
1933	356
1934	994
1935	342
1936	498
1937	327
1938	545
1939	225
1940	568
1941	335
1942	331
1943	278
1944	315
1945	252
1946	407
1947	852
1948	385
1949	408
1950	384
1951	333
1952	534
1953	403
1954	447
1955	445
1956	379
1957	428
1958	372
1959	522
1960	466
1961	612
1962	996
1963	521
1964	517
1965	333
1966	401
1967	344
1968	430
1969	585
1970	553
1971	678
1972	528
1973	743
1974	670
1975	521
1976	521
1977	829
1978	673
1979	652
1980	487
1981	1,025
1982	689
1983	1,425
1984	789
1985	829
1986	1,227
1987	1,220
1988	1,130
1989	896
1990	944
1991	1,092
1992	1,271
1993	1,705
1994	1,153
1995	927
1996	1,145
1997	1,097
1998	990
1999	1,201
2000	1,236
2001	1,186
2002	796
2003	2,254
2004	1,604
2005	1,158
2006	1,694
2007	1,310
2008	1,363
2009	856
2010	1,859
2011	1,514
2012	827
2013	572
2014	922
2015	483
2016	637
2017	559
2018	953
2019	1,221
2020	432
2021	541
2022	681
2023	804
2024	986
2025	879
2026	924

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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	204
10 to 20	40
20 to 30	15
30 to 40	12
40 to 50	7
50 to 60	3
60 to 70	3
70 to 80	3