Weather Records on 24 August 1968

1,039 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 August 1968. Highest significance: Bandon 2 NNE, US.

Key Facts for 24 August 1968

On 24 August 1968, 1,039 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
559 were record highs and 244 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 51 monthly and 983 daily.
Bandon 2 NNE set a monthly record daily precipitation of 49.0 mm (1.9 in) on 24 August 1968.
Across 162 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 453 records.

Record Map

1,039 stations

1,039 station records on 24 August 1968 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 August 1968: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bandon 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Dickinson Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Willow City	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Minot Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Nawadah	India	Record daily precipitation	177.3 mm (7.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Pembina	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Foxholm 7 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Watford City	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bottineau	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Warroad	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Center 4SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hansboro 4 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mohall	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bowbells	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Corvallis State UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Estacada 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Timber	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kotlas	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dunn Ctr 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Powers Lake 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Molalla	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Visconde de Maua (Esc.Agrot)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bisbee 6 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Drake	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Killdeer 8 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Richardton Abbey	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Westhope	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Carson	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hannah 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Battle Ground	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	27.5 C (81.5 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Towner 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Junction Walker Fld	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Scipio	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Winkelman 6 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hatteras	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Laguna	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Socorro	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Vancouver 4 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pelee Island	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bowman	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Parshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Seattle UNIV of Washin	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Madison	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Griffin	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Thomasville 7 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kenmare 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Stanley 3 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Carlisle	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kingstree	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Escalante	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Beauceville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nogales	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Inverness 3 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Waynesboro 2 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Raleigh State UNIV	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Defiance	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Salem AP (McNary Field)	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,039 records

Records set or tied on 24 August 1968 by type: Highest daily maximum 220, Lowest daily maximum 67, Highest daily minimum 339, Lowest daily minimum 177, Heaviest daily rainfall 236.

Records on 24 August 1968 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	220
Lowest daily maximum	67
Highest daily minimum	339
Lowest daily minimum	177
Heaviest daily rainfall	236
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 24 August 1968 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 51, daily 983.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

793 broken records

Margins by which the 793 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 131.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 August 1968

Top 20 records on 24 August 1968 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 August 1968	Bandon 2 NNE, US	monthly rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	69 years	71 of 100 (Major)
24 August 1968	Dickinson Exp STN, US	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	60 years	65 of 100 (Major)
24 August 1968	Willow City, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	54 years	63 of 100 (Major)
24 August 1968	Minot Exp STN, US	daily rain	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	54 years	62 of 100 (Major)
24 August 1968	Nawadah, IN	daily rain	177.3 mm (7.0 in)	131.6 mm (5.2 in)	47 years	60 of 100 (Major)
24 August 1968	Pembina, US	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	65 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1968	Foxholm 7 N, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	33 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1968	Watford City, US	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	27 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1968	Bottineau, US	all-time rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	45 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1968	Warroad, US	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1968	Center 4SE, US	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	25 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1968	Hansboro 4 NNE, US	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	35 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1968	Mohall, US	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1968	Kiev, UA	monthly rain	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	57 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1968	Bowbells, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	5 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1968	Corvallis State UNIV, US	monthly rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	24 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1968	Estacada 2 SE, US	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	14 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1968	Timber, US	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	21 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1968	Kotlas, RU	daily rain	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	19 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1968	Dunn Ctr 1E, US	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	3 years	45 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 1968

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1968. 1968 had 1,039 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	755
20 to 40	25
40 to 60	10
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1