Weather Records on 24 August 2002

1,114 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 August 2002. Highest significance: Nemours (Ghazaouet), DZ.

Key Facts for 24 August 2002

On 24 August 2002, 1,114 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
685 were record highs and 221 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 7 were all-time records, 42 monthly and 1,065 daily.
Nemours (Ghazaouet) set a monthly record daily precipitation of 38.1 mm (1.5 in) on 24 August 2002.
Across 162 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 453 records.

Record Map

1,114 stations

1,114 station records on 24 August 2002 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 August 2002: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	82 of 100 (Exceptional)
Perpignan	France	Record daily precipitation	67.2 mm (2.6 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Weesp	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	101.2 mm (4.0 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Oudenbosch	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Oostvaardersdiep	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Chilapa (Dge)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	61 of 100 (Major)
Eext	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	53.9 mm (2.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Numansdorp	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	63.1 mm (2.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Klundert	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Bergschenhoek	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Herwen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Stavoren_1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Schoonloo	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	72.2 mm (2.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Oudemirdum	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Gouda	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Markelo	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Assen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bremerhaven	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Navacerrada	Spain	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Everglades	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Judith Gap 13 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Enkhuizen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Aalsmeer	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Stillwater 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hatteras	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Venray	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Rdam-Waalhaven	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kilmez	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Almen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Monroe 2 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Brownsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	2.1 C (35.8 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Boskoop	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	77.1 mm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Strijen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Carapan	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Marken	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Miller	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Utica Oneida Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Berkeley	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hialeah	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Chapel Hill 2 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Zhengzhou	China	Record daily precipitation	92.6 mm (3.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Moroleon	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lemmer (Gemaal Buma)	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Spakenburg	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tucumcari 4 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lumberton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Chambersburg 1 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Kissingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mill	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Douglas	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Griggsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgeport	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Concord	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kleve	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Chamal Nuevo	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Schiphol	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Charleroi Lock 4	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
McAlester Rgnl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,114 records

Records set or tied on 24 August 2002 by type: Highest daily maximum 360, Lowest daily maximum 85, Highest daily minimum 325, Lowest daily minimum 136, Heaviest daily rainfall 208.

Records on 24 August 2002 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	360
Lowest daily maximum	85
Highest daily minimum	325
Lowest daily minimum	136
Heaviest daily rainfall	208
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 24 August 2002 by timescale: all-time 7, monthly 42, daily 1,065.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

792 broken records

Margins by which the 792 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 61.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 August 2002

Top 20 records on 24 August 2002 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 August 2002	Nemours (Ghazaouet), DZ	monthly rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	75 years	82 of 100 (Exceptional)
24 August 2002	Perpignan, FR	daily rain	67.2 mm (2.6 in)	57.5 mm (2.3 in)	84 years	75 of 100 (Major)
24 August 2002	Weesp, NL	all-time rain	101.2 mm (4.0 in)	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	33 years	74 of 100 (Major)
24 August 2002	Oudenbosch, NL	daily rain	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	105 years	72 of 100 (Major)
24 August 2002	Oostvaardersdiep, NL	all-time rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	10 years	62 of 100 (Major)
24 August 2002	Chilapa (Dge), MX	daily high min	21.7 C (71.1 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	61 years	61 of 100 (Major)
24 August 2002	Eext, NL	daily rain	53.9 mm (2.1 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 2002	Numansdorp, NL	daily rain	63.1 mm (2.5 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 2002	Klundert, NL	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	45 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 2002	Bergschenhoek, NL	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	48 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 2002	Herwen, NL	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	45 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 2002	Stavoren_1, NL	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	45 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 2002	Schoonloo, NL	monthly rain	72.2 mm (2.8 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	7 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 2002	Oudemirdum, NL	daily rain	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	45 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 2002	Gouda, NL	monthly rain	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	3 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 2002	Markelo, NL	daily rain	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	45 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 2002	Assen, NL	monthly rain	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	4 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 2002	Bremerhaven, DE	daily rain	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	45 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 2002	Navacerrada, ES	daily rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	25 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 2002	Everglades, US	all-time high max	38.3 C (100.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	75 years	52 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 2002

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 2002. 2002 had 1,114 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	978
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	1,083
2026	616

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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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Margin	Records
0 to 10	694
10 to 20	56
20 to 30	28
30 to 40	10
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	1