Weather Records on 24 August 1976

493 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 August 1976. Highest significance: Pacoti, BR.

Key Facts for 24 August 1976

On 24 August 1976, 493 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
224 were record highs and 121 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 484 daily.
Pacoti set a monthly record daily precipitation of 62.5 mm (2.5 in) on 24 August 1976.
Across 162 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 457 records.

Record Map

493 stations

493 station records on 24 August 1976 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 August 1976: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Pacoti	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	51.9 mm (2.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Russellville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Eddystone Point	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.8 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tohatchi 1 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
New Denver	Canada	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	1.3 C (34.3 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Puxico 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Uil	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Guarabira	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	76.1 mm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tullahoma	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Perm	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	20.7 C (69.3 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Willow City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Midland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wien	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	8.4 C (47.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Newton Rigg	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	27.6 C (81.7 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tortosa - Observatorio del Ebr	Spain	Record low maximum temperature	23.4 C (74.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	29.6 C (85.3 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Indian Bay	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record low maximum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Espoey	France	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Savage	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Indian Head Cda	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mullion Creek (Mullion Range F	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
South Slocan	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Unskij Majak	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Janaul	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	21.6 C (70.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Jonkoping	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	26.3 C (79.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Seligman	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Odesa	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	19.6 C (67.3 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Carson	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sprague	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Debrecen Airport	Hungary	Record low minimum temperature	6.5 C (43.7 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Westhope	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sunny Corner (Snow Line)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Russell	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Salmon Hole	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hawarden Bridge	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	30.3 C (86.5 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Roseau	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mandan Exp STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Flatonia 4SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tallahassee	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Blayney Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	7.4 C (45.3 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Madrid - Retiro	Spain	Record low maximum temperature	21.0 C (69.8 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Buxton	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	25.9 C (78.6 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Red Lake Falls	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Dickinson Exp STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Park River	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
McAllen	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mission 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Thule	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cypress River	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Malvern	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ashley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Yates 4 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Grafton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Forks UNIV (NWS)	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Langdon Exp Farm	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Napoleon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

493 records

Records set or tied on 24 August 1976 by type: Highest daily maximum 137, Lowest daily maximum 51, Highest daily minimum 87, Lowest daily minimum 70, Heaviest daily rainfall 147, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 24 August 1976 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	137
Lowest daily maximum	51
Highest daily minimum	87
Lowest daily minimum	70
Heaviest daily rainfall	147
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 24 August 1976 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 9, daily 484.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

409 broken records

Margins by which the 409 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 55.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 August 1976

Top 20 records on 24 August 1976 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 August 1976	Pacoti, BR	monthly rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	58 years	70 of 100 (Major)
24 August 1976	Arhangelsk, RU	daily rain	51.9 mm (2.0 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	66 years	68 of 100 (Major)
24 August 1976	Russellville, US	daily low min	9.4 C (48.9 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	78 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1976	Eddystone Point, AU	daily rain	61.8 mm (2.4 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	5 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1976	Tohatchi 1 ESE, US	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	61 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1976	New Denver, CA	monthly rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	35 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1976	Heinersreuth-Vollhof, DE	daily low min	1.3 C (34.3 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	88 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1976	Puxico 1 SE, US	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	15 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1976	Uil, KZ	daily high min	26.7 C (80.1 F)	4.7 C (8.5 F)	81 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1976	Guarabira, BR	daily rain	76.1 mm (3.0 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	31 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1976	Tullahoma, US	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	50 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1976	Perm, RU	daily high min	20.7 C (69.3 F)	3.2 C (5.8 F)	69 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1976	Willow City, US	daily high max	36.7 C (98.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	81 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1976	Midland, US	daily high min	22.8 C (73.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	80 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1976	Wien, AT	daily low min	8.4 C (47.1 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	74 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1976	Newton Rigg, GB	daily high max	27.6 C (81.7 F)	4.3 C (7.7 F)	41 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1976	Tortosa - Observatorio del Ebr, ES	daily low max	23.4 C (74.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	71 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
24 August 1976	Oxford, GB	daily high max	29.6 C (85.3 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	76 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
24 August 1976	Indian Bay, CA	daily high max	33.3 C (91.9 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	58 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
24 August 1976	Nuwara Eliya, LK	daily low max	14.0 C (57.2 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	70 years	32 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 1976

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1976. 1976 had 493 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).