Weather Records on 24 August 1972

587 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 August 1972. Highest significance: Kimball 2NE, US.

Key Facts for 24 August 1972

On 24 August 1972, 587 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
137 were record highs and 173 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 567 daily.
Kimball 2NE set a daily record precipitation of 39.1 mm (1.5 in) on 24 August 1972.
Across 162 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 456 records.

Record Map

587 stations

587 station records on 24 August 1972 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 August 1972: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kimball 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Marquette	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Landsort	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Blanco	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Elkhart	United States	Record daily precipitation	171.5 mm (6.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Fleming	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Rochester	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Lavras da Mangabeira (Dnocs)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Lamar	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Paris 3 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Yuma	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Newton 6 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kandalaksa	Russia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ulysses 3NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kipawa Laniel	Canada	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Unaha	Russia	Record daily precipitation	81.7 mm (3.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Watseka Public Works	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Lupton 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Beloit	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Logansport Cicott St	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Harrison 1 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gage AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Estes Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tribune 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Elgin Water	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Chatham Exp Fa	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pesaro	Italy	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Magdagaci	Russia	Record daily precipitation	65.6 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Eads	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Holly	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Holyoke	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Harrisburg 12WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Crystal Falls	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Akron 4 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Culman	Russia	Record daily precipitation	50.7 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Walden	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Deerfield 10 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Booker	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nagornyj	Russia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Svenska Hogarna	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kauffman 4 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bartow 1SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Alma	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gull Lake Biological STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Midwest	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tierra Blanca (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Uchur	Russia	Record daily precipitation	61.1 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Flagler 1S	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sterling	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Norfolk 2 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Chillicothe	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pine River 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tulsa Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kirov	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	18.8 C (65.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bomnak	Russia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ocala	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

587 records

Records set or tied on 24 August 1972 by type: Highest daily maximum 50, Lowest daily maximum 120, Highest daily minimum 87, Lowest daily minimum 53, Heaviest daily rainfall 277.

Records on 24 August 1972 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	50
Lowest daily maximum	120
Highest daily minimum	87
Lowest daily minimum	53
Heaviest daily rainfall	277
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 24 August 1972 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 16, daily 567.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

497 broken records

Margins by which the 497 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 101.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 August 1972

Top 20 records on 24 August 1972 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 August 1972	Kimball 2NE, US	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	51 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1972	Marquette, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	112 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1972	Landsort, SE	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	69 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1972	Blanco, US	daily rain	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	59 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1972	Elkhart, US	monthly rain	171.5 mm (6.8 in)	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	2 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1972	Fleming, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	31 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1972	Rochester, US	daily rain	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	61 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1972	Lavras da Mangabeira (Dnocs), BR	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	60 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1972	Lamar, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	21 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1972	Paris 3 ESE, US	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	66.1 mm (2.6 in)	31 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1972	Yuma, US	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	35 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1972	Newton 6 SSE, US	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	15 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1972	Kandalaksa, RU	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	9 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1972	Ulysses 3NE, US	monthly rain	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	55 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1972	Kipawa Laniel, CA	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	38 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1972	Unaha, RU	daily rain	81.7 mm (3.2 in)	61.1 mm (2.4 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1972	Watseka Public Works, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	67 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1972	Ft Lupton 2 SE, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	37 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1972	Beloit, US	daily low max	17.2 C (63.0 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	78 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1972	Logansport Cicott St, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	80 years	44 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 1972

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1972. 1972 had 587 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	431
20 to 40	51
40 to 60	10
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1