Weather Records on 24 July 1971

678 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 July 1971. Highest significance: Fordyce, US.

Key Facts for 24 July 1971

On 24 July 1971, 678 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
103 were record highs and 212 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 9 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 659 daily.
Fordyce set a monthly record daily precipitation of 183.9 mm (7.2 in) on 24 July 1971.
Across 158 earlier years (1799 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 475 records.

Record Map

678 stations

678 station records on 24 July 1971 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 July 1971: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Fordyce	United States	Record daily precipitation	183.9 mm (7.2 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Prescott 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.4 mm (4.8 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Saskatoon Diefenbaker Int'l A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Westfield 2 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Malvern	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.5 mm (4.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Maceio (Aeroporto)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Towrana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Sallisaw 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	118.9 mm (4.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Canton	United States	Record daily precipitation	156.0 mm (6.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
A Coruna	Spain	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Bluff	United States	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Tuskahoma	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Sloan	United States	Record daily precipitation	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Omsukchan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Pilger	Canada	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Beedeville 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Nashville	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Warren 2 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Van Horn	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Okay	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Gijon la Merced	Spain	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
McGregor	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lima Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Amity	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.8 mm (4.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Arkadelphia 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Alma Bacon Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Naturaliste	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Boughton	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Searcy	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hagansport	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Marlin	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Marron	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Campi	Portugal	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Fairview	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Knightstown 2 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wappapello Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.4 mm (4.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Axel	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tamala	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lost River	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ozark 6 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rockville	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Poplar Bluff	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Fe	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Uakit	Russia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tularosa	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lockport 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	23.4 C (74.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mescalero	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Copperas Cove	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
San Saba	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Humboldt	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Biri	Norway	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Spas-Demensk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Poretskoye	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	21.9 C (71.4 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Brady Aznoe	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Barcombe	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Covington	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

678 records

Records set or tied on 24 July 1971 by type: Highest daily maximum 41, Lowest daily maximum 137, Highest daily minimum 62, Lowest daily minimum 75, Heaviest daily rainfall 362, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 24 July 1971 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	41
Lowest daily maximum	137
Highest daily minimum	62
Lowest daily minimum	75
Heaviest daily rainfall	362
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 24 July 1971 by timescale: all-time 9, monthly 10, daily 659.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

582 broken records

Margins by which the 582 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 864.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 July 1971

Top 20 records on 24 July 1971 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 July 1971	Fordyce, US	monthly rain	183.9 mm (7.2 in)	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	56 years	73 of 100 (Major)
24 July 1971	Prescott 2 NNW, US	daily rain	121.4 mm (4.8 in)	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	75 years	70 of 100 (Major)
24 July 1971	Saskatoon Diefenbaker Int'l A, CA	daily rain	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	68 years	68 of 100 (Major)
24 July 1971	Westfield 2 SSE, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	61 years	65 of 100 (Major)
24 July 1971	Malvern, US	daily rain	111.5 mm (4.4 in)	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	53 years	64 of 100 (Major)
24 July 1971	Maceio (Aeroporto), BR	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	57 years	63 of 100 (Major)
24 July 1971	Towrana, AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	53 years	60 of 100 (Major)
24 July 1971	Sallisaw 2 NW, US	daily rain	118.9 mm (4.7 in)	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	38 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1971	Canton, US	all-time rain	156.0 mm (6.1 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	79 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1971	A Coruna, ES	daily rain	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1971	Pine Bluff, US	daily rain	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	20 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1971	Tuskahoma, US	daily rain	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	40 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1971	Sloan, US	daily rain	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1971	Omsukchan, RU	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1971	Pilger, CA	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1971	Beedeville 4 NE, US	daily rain	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1971	Nashville, US	daily rain	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	9 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1971	Warren 2 ENE, US	daily rain	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	9 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1971	Van Horn, US	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1971	Okay, US	daily rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	21 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

1799 to 1971

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 1971. 1971 had 678 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 200	581
200 to 400	0
400 to 600	0
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	1