Weather Records on 24 August 2001

872 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 August 2001. Highest significance: Ericson 8 WNW, US.

Key Facts for 24 August 2001

On 24 August 2001, 872 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
531 were record highs and 181 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 33 monthly and 837 daily.
Ericson 8 WNW set a daily record precipitation of 71.9 mm (2.8 in) on 24 August 2001.
Across 162 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 454 records.

Record Map

872 stations

872 station records on 24 August 2001 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 August 2001: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ericson 8 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Minneapolis	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Elkhorn	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Port Sudan	Sudan	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Milford Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Greeley	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Shelbina	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Fargo 3ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Guanacevi (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ahuehuepan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Yaremcha	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	103.0 mm (4.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Suchixtlahuaca -Quiotep-	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Barnard	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cottonwood Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Marysville	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Edgerton	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Houston	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Barneston	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Elk	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Newport 1 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Chetumal (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Jerseyville 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Misantla	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wilson Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Henry 3W	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gregory	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
La Escalera	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bannister	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gyzylarbat	Turkmenistan	Record high minimum temperature	28.0 C (82.4 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mutual	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Whiting Fld NAS	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Finca Chayabe	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Varfu Omul	Romania	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Corning	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
El Dorado	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lamar 7N	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hobbs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Brackettville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Darrington Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Asuncion Nochixtlan	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Clifton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lillis	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lincoln 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Minden	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hobbs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria Intl	Egypt	Record high maximum temperature	37.0 C (98.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Herford	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hopelchen	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Khlong Yai	Thailand	Record high minimum temperature	27.4 C (81.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Washington	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Brunswick	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Man	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Milan	Italy	Record high maximum temperature	34.8 C (94.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Finca Hamburgo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Longford	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hopkinsville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hereford	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Suchiate	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Felix Gomez	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	42.8 C (109.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

872 records

Records set or tied on 24 August 2001 by type: Highest daily maximum 275, Lowest daily maximum 80, Highest daily minimum 256, Lowest daily minimum 101, Heaviest daily rainfall 159, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 24 August 2001 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	275
Lowest daily maximum	80
Highest daily minimum	256
Lowest daily minimum	101
Heaviest daily rainfall	159
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 24 August 2001 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 33, daily 837.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

627 broken records

Margins by which the 627 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 212.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 August 2001

Top 20 records on 24 August 2001 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 August 2001	Ericson 8 WNW, US	daily rain	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	99 years	67 of 100 (Major)
24 August 2001	Minneapolis, US	daily rain	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	100 years	64 of 100 (Major)
24 August 2001	Elkhorn, US	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	100 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 2001	Port Sudan, SD	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 2001	Milford Lake, US	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 2001	Greeley, US	daily rain	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	35 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 2001	Shelbina, US	daily rain	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	76 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 2001	Fargo 3ENE, US	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	35 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 2001	Guanacevi (Smn), MX	daily low min	5.6 C (42.1 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	71 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 2001	Ahuehuepan, MX	daily rain	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	34 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 2001	Yaremcha, UA	all-time rain	103.0 mm (4.1 in)	10.8 mm (0.4 in)	37 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 2001	Suchixtlahuaca -Quiotep-, MX	daily rain	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	6 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 2001	Barnard, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	39 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 2001	Cottonwood Falls, US	daily rain	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	39 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 2001	Marysville, US	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	32 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 2001	Edgerton, US	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	60 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 2001	Houston, US	daily high min	23.3 C (73.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	91 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 2001	Barneston, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	47 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 2001	Elk, US	daily high max	33.9 C (93.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	100 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 2001	Newport 1 NW, US	daily high min	21.7 C (71.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	105 years	42 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 2001

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 2001. 2001 had 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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Data for records on 2001-08-24: 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 2026-10-16 (16 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 50	622
50 to 100	4
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1