Weather Records on 24 August 1960

549 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 August 1960. Highest significance: Newton, US.

Key Facts for 24 August 1960

On 24 August 1960, 549 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
57 were record highs and 321 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 20 monthly and 528 daily.
Newton set a daily record precipitation of 91.7 mm (3.6 in) on 24 August 1960.
Across 162 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 456 records.

Record Map

549 stations

549 station records on 24 August 1960 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 August 1960: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Newton	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Wakeeney	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Osceola	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.6 mm (4.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Butte 5SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Wahoo	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ponca City	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Fergus Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ramnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Silda Belpahari	India	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
David City 4E	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
McGill	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gove 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.7 mm (4.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Schuyler	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Beloit	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Bluffs	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Hope	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Willmar Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Elko Rgnl AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sotchi	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record high minimum temperature	9.5 C (49.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Duchesne	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lincoln UNIV Pwr Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Amethi	India	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cawker City	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
McPherson	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Idaho City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Inwood 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Quinter	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
New London	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ghatsila Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kheri	India	Record daily precipitation	130.4 mm (5.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fullerton	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lincoln Agronomy Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pathfinder Dam	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Zamora (Obs)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Campbell	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Morris W Cntrl Rsch & Outreach	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hilland 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Chunar	India	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Atyrau	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	24.0 C (75.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Reno Rs	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Max	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Manti	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nhill	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	-2.3 C (27.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bowman Dam	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Glenns Ferry	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Aurora	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Garland 1 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ogden Pioneer Ph	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Park Valley	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Alouette Lake	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	29.7 C (85.5 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	18.4 C (65.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Chakrata Kalsi Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hailey 3 NNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

549 records

Records set or tied on 24 August 1960 by type: Highest daily maximum 16, Lowest daily maximum 223, Highest daily minimum 41, Lowest daily minimum 98, Heaviest daily rainfall 170, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 24 August 1960 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	16
Lowest daily maximum	223
Highest daily minimum	41
Lowest daily minimum	98
Heaviest daily rainfall	170
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 24 August 1960 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 20, daily 528.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

427 broken records

Margins by which the 427 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 87.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 August 1960

Top 20 records on 24 August 1960 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 August 1960	Newton, US	daily rain	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	54 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1960	Wakeeney, US	monthly rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	35 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1960	Osceola, US	daily rain	116.6 mm (4.6 in)	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	16 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1960	Butte 5SE, US	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	25 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1960	Wahoo, US	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	14 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1960	Ponca City, US	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	64 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1960	Fergus Falls, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	66 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1960	Ramnagar, IN	daily rain	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	40 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1960	Silda Belpahari, IN	daily rain	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	39 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1960	David City 4E, US	monthly rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	61 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1960	McGill, US	daily low min	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	66 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1960	Gove 4W, US	all-time rain	110.7 mm (4.4 in)	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	40 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1960	Schuyler, US	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	13 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1960	Beloit, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	58 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1960	Pine Bluffs, US	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	38 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1960	Mt Hope, US	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	64 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1960	Columbus 3 NE, US	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	60 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1960	Willmar Wwtp, US	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	60 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1960	Elko Rgnl AP, US	daily low max	20.0 C (68.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	59 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1960	Sotchi, RU	daily low max	18.9 C (66.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	55 years	36 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 1960

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1960. 1960 had 549 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	392
20 to 40	26
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1