Weather Records on 24 August 1975

722 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 August 1975. Highest significance: Baldwin, US.

Key Facts for 24 August 1975

On 24 August 1975, 722 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
219 were record highs and 205 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 706 daily.
Baldwin set a daily record precipitation of 75.2 mm (3.0 in) on 24 August 1975.
Across 162 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 455 records.

Record Map

722 stations

722 station records on 24 August 1975 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 August 1975: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Baldwin	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Evart	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Hvar	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	75.1 mm (3.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Hart 3 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	107.7 mm (4.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Rochester Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Moosomin	Canada	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Whitewood	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Viroqua	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ubaira (Areia)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cleveland	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bajandaj	Russia	Record daily precipitation	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Traverse Cy Cherry Capital AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Budgeree East (Claremont)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kellogg	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lake City Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mineola	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wallace	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Oaklands Junction	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Fenn Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sidney 1SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
York Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Marinette	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bologna	Italy	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Decorah	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Toledo 3N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Big Rapids Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Perth Regional Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Birtle	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pendroy 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Odessa	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Outtrim	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Forest	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lien I Selbu	Norway	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Saguache	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland #2	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Waverly	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Snake Rvr	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Beloit	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Scottville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pascagoula 3 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sobolevo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Horton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ness City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Seward	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Brillion	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Warragul	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Klintonel	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Fichtelberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
American Falls 6 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Porthill	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Belle Plaine	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Red Lake Indian Agcy	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wellsburg Wtr Trmt Pl	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Falcondale - Edeowie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Brucefield	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Riem	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Umea	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pitea	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	8.8 C (47.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Chariton 1 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

722 records

Records set or tied on 24 August 1975 by type: Highest daily maximum 35, Lowest daily maximum 143, Highest daily minimum 184, Lowest daily minimum 62, Heaviest daily rainfall 298.

Records on 24 August 1975 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	35
Lowest daily maximum	143
Highest daily minimum	184
Lowest daily minimum	62
Heaviest daily rainfall	298
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 24 August 1975 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 15, daily 706.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

544 broken records

Margins by which the 544 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 53.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 August 1975

Top 20 records on 24 August 1975 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 August 1975	Baldwin, US	daily rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	72 years	69 of 100 (Major)
24 August 1975	Evart, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	82 years	68 of 100 (Major)
24 August 1975	Hvar, HR	daily rain	75.1 mm (3.0 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	36 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1975	Hart 3 WSW, US	monthly rain	107.7 mm (4.2 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	41 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1975	Rochester Intl AP, US	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	81 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1975	Moosomin, CA	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	16 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1975	Whitewood, CA	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	42 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1975	Viroqua, US	daily rain	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	17 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1975	Ubaira (Areia), BR	daily rain	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	14 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1975	Cleveland, US	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	16 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1975	Bajandaj, RU	daily rain	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	57 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1975	Traverse Cy Cherry Capital AP, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1975	Budgeree East (Claremont), AU	daily rain	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	41 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1975	Kellogg, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1975	Lake City Exp Farm, US	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	74 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1975	Mineola, US	daily rain	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	53.9 mm (2.1 in)	29 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1975	Wallace, US	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1975	Oaklands Junction, AU	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	32 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1975	Fenn Rs, US	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1975	Sidney 1SSE, US	daily high min	25.6 C (78.1 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	69 years	39 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 1975

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1975. 1975 had 722 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	468
10 to 20	49
20 to 30	13
30 to 40	7
40 to 50	4
50 to 60	3