Weather Records on 24 August 1984

600 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 August 1984. Highest significance: Hvar, HR.

Key Facts for 24 August 1984

On 24 August 1984, 600 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
189 were record highs and 215 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 589 daily.
Hvar set a monthly record daily precipitation of 122.5 mm (4.8 in) on 24 August 1984.
Across 162 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 456 records.

Record Map

600 stations

600 station records on 24 August 1984 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 August 1984: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hvar	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	122.5 mm (4.8 in)	81 of 100 (Exceptional)
Tirschenreuth-Lodermuhl	Germany	Record daily precipitation	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mantova	Italy	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Milpa Alta	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kherson	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Benson	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Penola (Comaum Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Koblenz-Horchheim	Germany	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Biloxi	United States	Record high minimum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Henichesk	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Weiden	Germany	Record daily precipitation	42.3 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tacoma	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Biskra	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Jabalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	176.0 mm (6.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gateway 1ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Montmorillon	France	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Americus	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Altglashutte	Germany	Record daily precipitation	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lake City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pendra Road	India	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Napas	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Strawberry Hill (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gabes	Tunisia	Record high minimum temperature	27.7 C (81.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bordeaux-Merignac	France	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jaina	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ostrov Sosnovez	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Parker 6 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Newberry-Luce Co Rd Commission	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lynch	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nanchang	China	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Incheon	Korea, South	Record daily precipitation	117.0 mm (4.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chasm Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Heidenrod-Mappershain	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bad Schwalbach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tecolotlan (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Aguiar da Beira	Portugal	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mackay Lost Rvr Rs	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wilson 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kall-Sistig	Germany	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mariupol'	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Smithfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ringarooma (Charles Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Antioch	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bolivar 1 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
San Saba	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Valley	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kleve	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	28.8 C (83.8 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Genoa	Italy	Record daily precipitation	78.6 mm (3.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kerch	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Selma	United States	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pocahontas 1	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
San Sebastian del Oeste	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ahuacatlan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Padilla	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gaylord	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mtn Grove 2 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cold Bay AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Burdekin Shire Council	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	21.0 C (69.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

600 records

Records set or tied on 24 August 1984 by type: Highest daily maximum 88, Lowest daily maximum 83, Highest daily minimum 101, Lowest daily minimum 132, Heaviest daily rainfall 195, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 24 August 1984 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	88
Lowest daily maximum	83
Highest daily minimum	101
Lowest daily minimum	132
Heaviest daily rainfall	195
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 24 August 1984 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 11, daily 589.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

444 broken records

Margins by which the 444 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 75.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 August 1984

Top 20 records on 24 August 1984 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 August 1984	Hvar, HR	monthly rain	122.5 mm (4.8 in)	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	104 years	81 of 100 (Exceptional)
24 August 1984	Tirschenreuth-Lodermuhl, DE	daily rain	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1984	Mantova, IT	daily rain	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	12.3 mm (0.5 in)	94 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1984	Milpa Alta, MX	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1984	Kherson, UA	daily rain	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	13.1 mm (0.5 in)	84 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1984	Benson, US	daily rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	29 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1984	Penola (Comaum Park), AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	48 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1984	Koblenz-Horchheim, DE	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	14 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1984	Biloxi, US	daily high min	29.4 C (84.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	84 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1984	Eureka, US	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	62 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1984	Henichesk, UA	daily rain	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	12.6 mm (0.5 in)	68 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1984	Weiden, DE	daily rain	42.3 mm (1.7 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	9 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1984	Tacoma, US	monthly rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	16 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1984	Biskra, DZ	daily high min	30.0 C (86.0 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	98 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1984	Jabalpur, IN	daily rain	176.0 mm (6.9 in)	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	61 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1984	Gateway 1ENE, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	33 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1984	Montmorillon, FR	daily rain	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1984	Americus, US	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	83 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1984	Altglashutte, DE	daily rain	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1984	Lake City, US	daily low max	17.8 C (64.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	73 years	40 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 1984

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1984. 1984 had 600 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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Data for records on 1984-08-24: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	386
10 to 20	34
20 to 30	12
30 to 40	4
40 to 50	7
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	1