Weather Records on 24 July 1966

401 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 July 1966. Highest significance: Paragould, US.

Key Facts for 24 July 1966

On 24 July 1966, 401 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
103 were record highs and 107 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 391 daily.
Paragould set a monthly record daily precipitation of 151.1 mm (5.9 in) on 24 July 1966.
Across 158 earlier years (1799 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 477 records.

Record Map

401 stations

401 station records on 24 July 1966 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 July 1966: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Paragould	United States	Record daily precipitation	151.1 mm (5.9 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Boise City 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Chandler	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Salmon Arm	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Pocahontas 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Eagle Bay	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Galena	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Big Creek	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ellore	India	Record daily precipitation	178.6 mm (7.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mistassini Post	Canada	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Makaweli 965	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cermoz	Russia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Walsenburg 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hedley	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mangalgiri	India	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Big St Germain Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cardston	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	0.3 C (32.5 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pocahontas 1	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Meeker 5 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pauls Valley 4 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Vancouver 4 NNE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ashcroft	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Leader	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
San Rafael Rch Sp	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Busby	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Brewton 3 SSE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wadena 3 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Batesville L&D 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Big Creek	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pennant	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tenali	India	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Aleksandrov Gaj	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	26.2 C (79.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Elliston	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sussex 1 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Caroleen	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Chaplin	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Chalisgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lame Deer	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Atyrau	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	25.3 C (77.5 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Deddington (Marathon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Camp Hill 2NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ozark 6 NNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Orebro	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	16.2 C (61.2 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mammoth Spring	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Moorleah (Preolenna Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
San Jon	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hooker	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Graham	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Port Lavaca 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Liffey	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Longford (Denton Close)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Yolla (Sea View)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kurgan	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	20.2 C (68.4 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Imeny_T.G.Shevchenko	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Edenton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tryon	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Guildford Junction	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

401 records

Records set or tied on 24 July 1966 by type: Highest daily maximum 24, Lowest daily maximum 38, Highest daily minimum 79, Lowest daily minimum 69, Heaviest daily rainfall 191.

Records on 24 July 1966 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	24
Lowest daily maximum	38
Highest daily minimum	79
Lowest daily minimum	69
Heaviest daily rainfall	191
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 24 July 1966 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 7, daily 391.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

315 broken records

Margins by which the 315 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 70.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 July 1966

Top 20 records on 24 July 1966 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 July 1966	Paragould, US	monthly rain	151.1 mm (5.9 in)	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	27 years	65 of 100 (Major)
24 July 1966	Boise City 2 E, US	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	56 years	60 of 100 (Major)
24 July 1966	Chandler, US	daily rain	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	31 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1966	Salmon Arm, CA	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1966	Pocahontas 1, US	daily rain	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	8 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1966	Eagle Bay, CA	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	19 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1966	Galena, US	daily rain	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	5 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1966	Big Creek, CA	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	68 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1966	Ellore, IN	all-time rain	178.6 mm (7.0 in)	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	61 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1966	Mistassini Post, CA	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1966	Makaweli 965, US	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1966	Cermoz, RU	daily rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	3 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1966	Walsenburg 1 NW, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	0 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1966	Hedley, CA	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	24 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1966	Mangalgiri, IN	daily rain	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	52 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1966	Big St Germain Dam, US	all-time high min	22.8 C (73.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	55 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1966	Cardston, CA	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1966	Arhangelsk, RU	monthly low min	0.3 C (32.5 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	64 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1966	Pocahontas 1, US	daily low max	26.1 C (79.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	94 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1966	Meeker 5 W, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	19 years	38 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 1966

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 1966. 1966 had 401 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 10	258
10 to 20	31
20 to 30	15
30 to 40	4
40 to 50	3
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	2
70 to 80	1