Weather Records on 24 August 1997

1,872 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 August 1997. Highest significance: Watertown Wwtp, US.

Key Facts for 24 August 1997

On 24 August 1997, 1,872 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
1,084 were record highs and 482 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 72 monthly and 1,794 daily.
Watertown Wwtp set a daily record precipitation of 51.8 mm (2.0 in) on 24 August 1997.
Across 162 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 448 records.

Record Map

1,872 stations

1,872 station records on 24 August 1997 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 August 1997: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Watertown Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Chumphon	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	252.0 mm (9.9 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Taguai (Ribeiropolis)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	93.4 mm (3.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Evangelista de Souza	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	67.5 mm (2.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Hartford Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Timburi	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Poona	India	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Gramadinho	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	74.5 mm (2.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Alger-Dar El Beida	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Angatuba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	74.5 mm (2.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Engenheiro Hermilo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Surat Thani	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Recha	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver Dam Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Piraju	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	49.7 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Miguel Arcanjo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	66.7 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Avare	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Usina Batista	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	69.7 mm (2.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pedro de Toledo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	20.7 C (69.3 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bernburg/Saale (Nord)	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	19.6 C (67.3 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Olivares Mexicanos	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Villahermosa (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	179.8 mm (7.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Juquia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	46.9 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Nova Niagara	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Usina Jurumirim (Cesp)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Trang	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	192.0 mm (7.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Waukesha Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Zacapoaxtla (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Murfreesboro 5 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Elkhorn	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	19.6 C (67.3 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	19.6 C (67.3 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Crescent City 3 NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Racine Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Porto Santa Terezinha An/Cesp	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cerqueira Cesar	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Regensburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	17.9 C (64.2 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
San Diego Texmelucan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Altotonga	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Plevna	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Findlay Wpcc	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bairro Do Sarapu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sodrelia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	41.3 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tejupa	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bairro Igrejinha	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tecolutla	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	42.8 C (109.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bomnak	Russia	Record daily precipitation	64.6 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gijon la Merced	Spain	Record daily precipitation	37.7 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Songkhla	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Williams	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Morganton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Elkhorn	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ross (Mount Morriston)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Union 3 SSE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Afton	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Serrote	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	45.1 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Capela Do Porto	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	41.3 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Jefferson 2 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Laurens	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,872 records

Records set or tied on 24 August 1997 by type: Highest daily maximum 523, Lowest daily maximum 156, Highest daily minimum 561, Lowest daily minimum 326, Heaviest daily rainfall 306.

Records on 24 August 1997 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	523
Lowest daily maximum	156
Highest daily minimum	561
Lowest daily minimum	326
Heaviest daily rainfall	306
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 24 August 1997 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 72, daily 1,794.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,490 broken records

Margins by which the 1,490 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 143.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 August 1997

Top 20 records on 24 August 1997 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 August 1997	Watertown Wwtp, US	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	96 years	64 of 100 (Major)
24 August 1997	Chumphon, TH	monthly rain	252.0 mm (9.9 in)	143.5 mm (5.6 in)	27 years	62 of 100 (Major)
24 August 1997	Taguai (Ribeiropolis), BR	monthly rain	93.4 mm (3.7 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	41 years	61 of 100 (Major)
24 August 1997	Evangelista de Souza, BR	daily rain	67.5 mm (2.7 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	50 years	60 of 100 (Major)
24 August 1997	Hartford Wwtp, US	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	101 years	60 of 100 (Major)
24 August 1997	Timburi, BR	daily rain	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	54 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1997	Poona, IN	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1997	Gramadinho, BR	monthly rain	74.5 mm (2.9 in)	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	38 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1997	Alger-Dar El Beida, DZ	daily rain	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1997	Angatuba, BR	monthly rain	74.5 mm (2.9 in)	24.5 mm (1.0 in)	41 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1997	Engenheiro Hermilo, BR	daily rain	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	54 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1997	Surat Thani, TH	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1997	Recha, BR	monthly rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	29 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1997	Beaver Dam Wwtp, US	daily rain	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	35 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1997	Piraju, BR	daily rain	49.7 mm (2.0 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	40 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1997	Sao Miguel Arcanjo, BR	monthly rain	66.7 mm (2.6 in)	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	41 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1997	Avare, BR	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	54 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1997	Usina Batista, BR	daily rain	69.7 mm (2.7 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1997	Pedro de Toledo, BR	daily rain	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1997	Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel, DE	daily high min	20.7 C (69.3 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	104 years	45 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 1997

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1997. 1997 had 1,872 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	1,444
20 to 40	38
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1