Weather Records on 24 August 2010

1,278 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 August 2010. Highest significance: Hays 1 S, US.

Key Facts for 24 August 2010

On 24 August 2010, 1,278 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
684 were record highs and 235 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 51 monthly and 1,222 daily.
Hays 1 S set a monthly record daily precipitation of 111.8 mm (4.4 in) on 24 August 2010.
Across 162 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 452 records.

Record Map

1,278 stations

1,278 station records on 24 August 2010 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 August 2010: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hays 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Inglewood Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Cecil Plains Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Jondaryan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Pratten	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Loretta 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Doctors Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Oparino	Russia	Record daily precipitation	60.9 mm (2.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Carawatha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Victory Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Shenkursk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Goombungee Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Beau Maison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Canelas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Velikij_Ustjug	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Bison 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hays	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Shawnee	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Stanthorpe Leslie Parade	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hebron	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Brookstead Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Cruz	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bell Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Haden Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Grandfalls 3SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tingha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Storbron	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Burdett 3S	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Belah Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Trousdale 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Millmerran Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Pittsworth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record high minimum temperature	26.5 C (79.7 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Upland 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Monroe	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kii-Kahuku 911	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Alicante	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	39.5 C (103.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Dalveen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Laguna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Irving	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hereward	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
San Rafael	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Maria Yucuhiti (Cfe)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cushing	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Stavanger - Valand	Norway	Record daily precipitation	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Covington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kennebec	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Clay Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Brownwood 2NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.3 C (109.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Blue Hill Lcd	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	32.9 C (91.2 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pampas	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
San Pedro	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Oltedal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	119.0 mm (4.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Emory	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Leyburn Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Deepwater Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rissna_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Covert	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,278 records

Records set or tied on 24 August 2010 by type: Highest daily maximum 376, Lowest daily maximum 113, Highest daily minimum 308, Lowest daily minimum 122, Heaviest daily rainfall 359.

Records on 24 August 2010 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	376
Lowest daily maximum	113
Highest daily minimum	308
Lowest daily minimum	122
Heaviest daily rainfall	359
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 24 August 2010 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 51, daily 1,222.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

932 broken records

Margins by which the 932 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 65.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 August 2010

Top 20 records on 24 August 2010 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 August 2010	Hays 1 S, US	monthly rain	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	90 years	65 of 100 (Major)
24 August 2010	Inglewood Post Office, AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	95 years	64 of 100 (Major)
24 August 2010	Cecil Plains Homestead, AU	daily rain	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	120 years	62 of 100 (Major)
24 August 2010	Jondaryan Post Office, AU	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	68 years	62 of 100 (Major)
24 August 2010	Pratten, AU	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	65 years	61 of 100 (Major)
24 August 2010	Loretta 1W, US	monthly rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	57 years	60 of 100 (Major)
24 August 2010	Doctors Creek, AU	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	100 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 2010	Oparino, RU	daily rain	60.9 mm (2.4 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	44 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 2010	Carawatha, AU	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	95 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 2010	Victory Downs, AU	daily rain	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	45 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 2010	Shenkursk, RU	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	118 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 2010	Goombungee Post Office, AU	daily rain	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	100 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 2010	Beau Maison, AU	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	95 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 2010	Canelas, MX	daily rain	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	48 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 2010	Velikij_Ustjug, RU	daily rain	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	41 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 2010	Bison 3NW, US	daily rain	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	40 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 2010	Hays, US	daily rain	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	49 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 2010	Shawnee, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	92 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 2010	Stanthorpe Leslie Parade, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	100 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 2010	Hebron, US	daily rain	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	48 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 2010

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 2010. 2010 had 1,278 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 2010-08-24: 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	762
10 to 20	92
20 to 30	44
30 to 40	19
40 to 50	11
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	2