Weather Records on 24 August 1951

459 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 August 1951. Highest significance: Leavenworth, US.

Key Facts for 24 August 1951

On 24 August 1951, 459 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
41 were record highs and 198 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 455 daily.
Leavenworth set a daily record precipitation of 87.6 mm (3.4 in) on 24 August 1951.
Across 162 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 457 records.

Record Map

459 stations

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

Weather records on 24 August 1951: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Leavenworth	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Syracuse	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Busby	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Nebraska City 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Dhubri	India	Record daily precipitation	151.6 mm (6.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Dinhata	India	Record daily precipitation	166.4 mm (6.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Dolphin@S Nose Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tura	India	Record daily precipitation	213.6 mm (8.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ramanathapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Barrie	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bakke	Norway	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lodgepole	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bettiah	India	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Khutauna	India	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sirkali	India	Record daily precipitation	108.5 mm (4.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomfield 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Neidavasal	India	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Datil	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sialsuk	India	Record daily precipitation	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
St Joseph	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kerkeriya	India	Record daily precipitation	175.3 mm (6.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Best (Upper Toora)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kheri	India	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Oregon	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hebron	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hawthorne AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lewistown AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tiptur	India	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Knysna (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Maryville 2E	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ramnagar Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Chidambaram	India	Record daily precipitation	96.3 mm (3.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ogallala	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tecumseh 1S	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Falls City Brenner Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Marnai	India	Record daily precipitation	176.5 mm (6.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lima	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Agassiz Cda	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bisalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sugar City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gospic	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	15.3 C (59.5 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Barcelona -Fabra Observatory	Spain	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Grace	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Agnes River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Newton Rigg	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Atchison	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Holton	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Buckhannon	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Madurantakam	India	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tufanganj	India	Record daily precipitation	174.0 mm (6.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Astrakan	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	22.9 C (73.2 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mahackala	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	23.8 C (74.8 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Raton	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Maysville Wwtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Gallatin 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
White Sulphur Springs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

459 records

Records set or tied on 24 August 1951 by type: Highest daily maximum 9, Lowest daily maximum 50, Highest daily minimum 32, Lowest daily minimum 148, Heaviest daily rainfall 219, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 24 August 1951 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	9
Lowest daily maximum	50
Highest daily minimum	32
Lowest daily minimum	148
Heaviest daily rainfall	219
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 24 August 1951 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 455.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

353 broken records

Margins by which the 353 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 95.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 August 1951

Top 20 records on 24 August 1951 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 August 1951	Leavenworth, US	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	16 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1951	Syracuse, US	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	50 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1951	Busby, US	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	40 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1951	Nebraska City 1 NW, US	daily rain	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	20 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1951	Dhubri, IN	daily rain	151.6 mm (6.0 in)	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	32 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1951	Dinhata, IN	daily rain	166.4 mm (6.6 in)	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	32 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1951	Madison, US	daily rain	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	45.3 mm (1.8 in)	38 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1951	Dolphin@S Nose Obsy, IN	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	24 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1951	Tura, IN	daily rain	213.6 mm (8.4 in)	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	42 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1951	Ramanathapuram, IN	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	48 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1951	Barrie, CA	daily low min	2.8 C (37.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	84 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1951	Bakke, NO	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	37 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1951	Lodgepole, US	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	13 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1951	Bettiah, IN	daily rain	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	48 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1951	Khutauna, IN	daily rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	42 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1951	Sirkali, IN	daily rain	108.5 mm (4.3 in)	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	48 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1951	Bloomfield 3 SE, US	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	6 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1951	Neidavasal, IN	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	48 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
24 August 1951	Datil, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	10 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
24 August 1951	Sialsuk, IN	daily rain	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	17 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 1951

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1951. 1951 had 459 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	314
20 to 40	24
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	4