Weather Records on 24 August 1974

481 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 August 1974. Highest significance: Boulia Airport, AU.

Key Facts for 24 August 1974

On 24 August 1974, 481 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
91 were record highs and 153 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 464 daily.
Boulia Airport set a daily record precipitation of 32.4 mm (1.3 in) on 24 August 1974.
Across 162 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 457 records.

Record Map

481 stations

481 station records on 24 August 1974 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 August 1974: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Boulia Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Calton Hills Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Bowen Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Toliness Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Olho Dagua	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Oberstdorf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sunlight	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mansfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Burenda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
The Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rookwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sherwood Park Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Balleza	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cimarron 4 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tularosa	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen Phillips Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Yerevan	Armenia	Record low maximum temperature	22.6 C (72.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dagworth Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Salekhard	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-1.6 C (29.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Birricannia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Grant	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Waynoka	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Aach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Uralsk	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Rainier Paradise Rs	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Jesus Maria (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Caballo Dam	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Carlsbad Caverns	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Atyrau	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	7.4 C (45.3 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kislovodsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	17.4 C (63.3 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Arcturus Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Planet Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Villa Ahumada	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ostrov Vrangelja	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bratsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	16.6 C (61.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Plains	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Springfield	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mescalero	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Portales	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Aktobe	Kazakhstan	Record low maximum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Elista	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	7.4 C (45.3 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Astrakan	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
E Wareham	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
New Bedford Coop	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Brackettville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Phila Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Los Alamos	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Yakutat AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
San Juan de Los Llanos	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
W Otis	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Dresden	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mittenwald-Buckelwiesen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Voronez	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	5.1 C (41.2 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Oktjabrskij-Gorodok	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	1.5 C (34.7 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Die Hoogte	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Minneola	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Carrizozo 1SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Presidio	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

481 records

Records set or tied on 24 August 1974 by type: Highest daily maximum 31, Lowest daily maximum 82, Highest daily minimum 60, Lowest daily minimum 71, Heaviest daily rainfall 235, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 24 August 1974 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	31
Lowest daily maximum	82
Highest daily minimum	60
Lowest daily minimum	71
Heaviest daily rainfall	235
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 24 August 1974 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 16, daily 464.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

408 broken records

Margins by which the 408 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 178.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 August 1974

Top 20 records on 24 August 1974 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 August 1974	Boulia Airport, AU	daily rain	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	72 years	67 of 100 (Major)
24 August 1974	Calton Hills Station, AU	daily rain	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	72 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1974	Bowen Downs, AU	daily rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	59 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1974	Toliness Station, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	59 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1974	Olho Dagua, BR	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	40 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1974	Oberstdorf, DE	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	47 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1974	Sunlight, AU	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1974	Mansfield, US	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	80 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1974	Burenda, AU	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	6.7 mm (0.26 in)	72 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1974	The Valley, AU	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	39 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1974	Rookwood, AU	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1974	Sherwood Park Station, AU	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1974	Balleza, MX	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	31 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1974	Cimarron 4 SW, US	daily low min	5.0 C (41.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	61 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1974	Tularosa, US	daily low max	23.3 C (73.9 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	60 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1974	Aberdeen Phillips Fld, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	49 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
24 August 1974	Yerevan, AM	daily low max	22.6 C (72.7 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	53 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
24 August 1974	Dagworth Station, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	3 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
24 August 1974	Salekhard, RU	daily low min	-1.6 C (29.1 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	75 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
24 August 1974	Birricannia, AU	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	44 years	31 of 100 (Routine)

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 1974

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1974. 1974 had 481 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 25	398
25 to 50	9
50 to 75	0
75 to 100	0
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1