Weather Records on 24 August 1955

426 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 August 1955. Highest significance: Wilcannia (Burndoo Estate), AU.

Key Facts for 24 August 1955

On 24 August 1955, 426 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
117 were record highs and 56 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 417 daily.
Wilcannia (Burndoo Estate) set a monthly record daily precipitation of 57.9 mm (2.3 in) on 24 August 1955.
Across 162 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 457 records.

Record Map

426 stations

426 station records on 24 August 1955 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 August 1955: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Wilcannia (Burndoo Estate)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Ivanhoe (Bonuna)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Ft Pierce	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Minersville	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Teryawynia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Mahim	India	Record daily precipitation	168.1 mm (6.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	28.5 C (83.3 F)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Wilcannia (Culpaulin)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
White Cliffs Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kalsia	India	Record daily precipitation	194.3 mm (7.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wilcannia (Reid St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wilcannia (Billilla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Dadupur	India	Record daily precipitation	182.1 mm (7.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Fulham Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Marianna Sch For Boys	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Rankins Springs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Naradhan (Uralba)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Woodfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mokhada	India	Record daily precipitation	177.5 mm (7.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dublin	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Chiplun	India	Record daily precipitation	198.1 mm (7.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Broken Hill (Nuntherungie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Shirpur	India	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Yuma Citrus STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rocky Mt	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
White Cliffs (Tarella)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Panvel	India	Record daily precipitation	185.4 mm (7.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Talkeetna AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
St Andrews	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Thana	India	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Estherville 4E	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Worthington	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Barmedman Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Shergarh	India	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Quilberry Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hillston (Willanthry)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Murbad	India	Record daily precipitation	110.2 mm (4.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Vada	India	Record daily precipitation	132.6 mm (5.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Scotland Neck	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Boggabri (Kanownda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hillston Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Uran	India	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Devala	India	Record daily precipitation	133.4 mm (5.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Edenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Cargelligo (Merri-Merriga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bluewater 3 WSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Matheran	India	Record daily precipitation	241.8 mm (9.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cuero	United States	Record low minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Jagadhari	India	Record daily precipitation	113.8 mm (4.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Jalalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	162.6 mm (6.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rowena (Iffley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Balapur	India	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sindkheda	India	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Milparinka Hotel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Cargelligo Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sibsagar	India	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Shahapur	India	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ankenes	Norway	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Globe Rs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pauls Valley 4 WSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

426 records

Records set or tied on 24 August 1955 by type: Highest daily maximum 41, Lowest daily maximum 42, Highest daily minimum 76, Lowest daily minimum 14, Heaviest daily rainfall 253.

Records on 24 August 1955 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	41
Lowest daily maximum	42
Highest daily minimum	76
Lowest daily minimum	14
Heaviest daily rainfall	253
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 24 August 1955 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 9, daily 417.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

354 broken records

Margins by which the 354 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 129.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 August 1955

Top 20 records on 24 August 1955 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 August 1955	Wilcannia (Burndoo Estate), AU	monthly rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	65 years	61 of 100 (Major)
24 August 1955	Ivanhoe (Bonuna), AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	60 of 100 (Major)
24 August 1955	Ft Pierce, US	daily rain	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	71.8 mm (2.8 in)	52 years	60 of 100 (Major)
24 August 1955	Minersville, US	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	49 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1955	Teryawynia, AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1955	Mahim, IN	daily rain	168.1 mm (6.6 in)	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1955	Armagh, GB	daily high max	28.5 C (83.3 F)	4.2 C (7.6 F)	97 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1955	Wilcannia (Culpaulin), AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	16 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1955	White Cliffs Post Office, AU	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	34 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1955	Kalsia, IN	daily rain	194.3 mm (7.6 in)	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	28 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1955	Wilcannia (Reid St), AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	34 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1955	Wilcannia (Billilla), AU	monthly rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	65 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1955	Dadupur, IN	daily rain	182.1 mm (7.2 in)	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	38 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1955	Fulham Park, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	53 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1955	Marianna Sch For Boys, US	daily rain	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	33 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1955	Rankins Springs, AU	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	53 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1955	Naradhan (Uralba), AU	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	13 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1955	Woodfield, AU	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	34 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1955	Mokhada, IN	daily rain	177.5 mm (7.0 in)	70.8 mm (2.8 in)	41 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1955	Dublin, US	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	32 years	42 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 1955

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1955. 1955 had 426 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	300
20 to 40	30
40 to 60	15
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	3
120 to 140	1