Weather Records on 24 August 1992

1,724 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 August 1992. Highest significance: Westcliffe, US.

Key Facts for 24 August 1992

On 24 August 1992, 1,724 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
208 were record highs and 1,016 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 261 monthly and 1,460 daily.
Westcliffe set a daily record precipitation of 43.7 mm (1.7 in) on 24 August 1992.
Across 162 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 449 records.

Record Map

1,724 stations

1,724 station records on 24 August 1992 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 August 1992: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Westcliffe	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Atil	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Ft Collins	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Red Lake Indian Agcy	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Big Timber	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Tongio (Brooklands)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Alexandria	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Pearce - Sunsites	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Luna Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Livingston AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.5 cm (6.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Jimenez (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Kolpasevo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Boulder	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Guffey 10 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Willcox	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Thoreau	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Igarka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Pinetop 2E	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Omeo Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Safford Ag Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Del Norte 3ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Walsenburg 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Climax	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Reserve Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bullfinch	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Manassa	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Anaconda	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Conrad	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Star Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Butte	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sakon Nakhon	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lake City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Pueblo Mem AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tambo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Dargo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ensay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Casa Grande Nm	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Westcliffe	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Arnold	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hettinger	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sundance	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Parker Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Longmont 2 ESE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Glendive	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Camp Crook	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Elberta	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Rucker Canyon	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ruxton Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Waterdale	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Oshkosh	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Howard	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lewistown AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Nogales 6 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Rita Exp Range	United States	Record daily precipitation	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tucson Magnetic Obsy	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
McGaffey 5 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Elko Rgnl AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Biddy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Harkerville (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,724 records

Records set or tied on 24 August 1992 by type: Highest daily maximum 73, Lowest daily maximum 662, Highest daily minimum 135, Lowest daily minimum 354, Heaviest daily rainfall 485, Heaviest daily snowfall 10, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 24 August 1992 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	73
Lowest daily maximum	662
Highest daily minimum	135
Lowest daily minimum	354
Heaviest daily rainfall	485
Heaviest daily snowfall	10
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 24 August 1992 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 261, daily 1,460.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,429 broken records

Margins by which the 1,429 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 155.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 August 1992

Top 20 records on 24 August 1992 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 August 1992	Westcliffe, US	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	93 years	67 of 100 (Major)
24 August 1992	Atil, MX	daily rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	60 years	64 of 100 (Major)
24 August 1992	Newport, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	90 years	64 of 100 (Major)
24 August 1992	Ft Collins, US	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	71 years	63 of 100 (Major)
24 August 1992	Red Lake Indian Agcy, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	83 years	63 of 100 (Major)
24 August 1992	Big Timber, US	monthly snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	97 years	63 of 100 (Major)
24 August 1992	Tongio (Brooklands), AU	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	63 years	62 of 100 (Major)
24 August 1992	Alexandria, US	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	92 years	62 of 100 (Major)
24 August 1992	Pearce - Sunsites, US	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	76 years	60 of 100 (Major)
24 August 1992	Luna Rs, US	monthly rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	68 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1992	Livingston AP, US	monthly snowfall	15.5 cm (6.1 in)	15.5 cm (6.1 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1992	Jimenez (Smn), MX	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1992	Kolpasevo, RU	daily rain	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	39 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1992	Boulder, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	20 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1992	Guffey 10 SE, US	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1992	Willcox, US	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	78 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1992	Thoreau, US	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	37 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1992	Igarka, RU	daily rain	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	30 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1992	Pinetop 2E, US	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	33 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1992	Omeo Comparison, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	63 years	53 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 1992

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1992. 1992 had 1,724 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	1,346
20 to 40	64
40 to 60	13
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1
140 to 160	1