Weather Records on 24 August 1970

622 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 August 1970. Highest significance: Walbundrie (Crediton Street), AU.

Key Facts for 24 August 1970

On 24 August 1970, 622 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
133 were record highs and 61 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 22 monthly and 598 daily.
Walbundrie (Crediton Street) set a daily record precipitation of 31.2 mm (1.2 in) on 24 August 1970.
Across 162 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 456 records.

Record Map

622 stations

622 station records on 24 August 1970 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 August 1970: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Walbundrie (Crediton Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Jindera (Wadilock)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
South Nietta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Eildon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Burnie (No 1)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
W Chester 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Bungowannah Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Coranderrk Badger Weir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Garfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bhandaria	India	Record daily precipitation	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Shilka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hume Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Berlin (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Whiteville	United States	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Beechworth Composite	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Indigo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ladysdale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Holbrook (Glenfalloch)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Molesworth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cheraw	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Burrumbuttock (Holyrood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
St Joseph 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Goorambat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mole Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Freehold-Marlboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tarcutta (Wollumbi)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Balldale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Darlington Point (Tubbo Well)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bonnie Doon Garage	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cootamundra (Landgrove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wodonga Express	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Grong Grong (Junee St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mulwala (Tarramia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wooragee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Poowong (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Newton	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hermidale Tank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Walma	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Matong (Main Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bethanga Lower	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Rutherglen Research	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ranike	India	Record daily precipitation	166.0 mm (6.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Winnsboro 5 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Scaddan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bungowannah (Roseleigh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Yarrawonga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lardner (Brandie Braes)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Frankford (Rossville)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Matong (Bonnie Doon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ganmain Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Jindivick	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Elliott Research Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Henty Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mulwala Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hillston (Hunthawang)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tangambalanga NE Dairy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Warrenbayne (Baddaginnie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Loch	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sigmarszell-Zeisertsweiler	Germany	Record daily precipitation	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fitzwilliam 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

622 records

Records set or tied on 24 August 1970 by type: Highest daily maximum 76, Lowest daily maximum 25, Highest daily minimum 57, Lowest daily minimum 36, Heaviest daily rainfall 428.

Records on 24 August 1970 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	76
Lowest daily maximum	25
Highest daily minimum	57
Lowest daily minimum	36
Heaviest daily rainfall	428
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 24 August 1970 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 22, daily 598.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

542 broken records

Margins by which the 542 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 74.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 August 1970

Top 20 records on 24 August 1970 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 August 1970	Walbundrie (Crediton Street), AU	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	77 years	63 of 100 (Major)
24 August 1970	Jindera (Wadilock), AU	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	77 years	62 of 100 (Major)
24 August 1970	South Nietta, AU	daily rain	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	45 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1970	Lake Eildon, AU	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	31 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1970	Burnie (No 1), AU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	49 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1970	W Chester 2 NW, US	daily rain	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	76 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1970	Bungowannah Park, AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	23 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1970	Coranderrk Badger Weir, AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	52 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1970	Garfield, AU	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	68 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1970	Bhandaria, IN	daily rain	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	74.1 mm (2.9 in)	49 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1970	Shilka, RU	all-time rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	18.4 mm (0.7 in)	14 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1970	Hume Reservoir, AU	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	33 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1970	Berlin (Sar), ZA	monthly rain	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1970	Whiteville, US	monthly rain	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	15 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1970	Beechworth Composite, AU	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	49 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1970	Indigo, AU	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	33 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1970	Ladysdale, ZA	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	35 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1970	Holbrook (Glenfalloch), AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	49 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1970	Molesworth, AU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	49 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1970	Cheraw, US	daily rain	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	61 years	48 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 1970

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1970. 1970 had 622 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 10	399
10 to 20	92
20 to 30	30
30 to 40	9
40 to 50	9
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	2