Weather Records on 24 August 2011

1,479 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 August 2011. Highest significance: Aibonito 1 S, PR.

Key Facts for 24 August 2011

On 24 August 2011, 1,479 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
1,149 were record highs and 161 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 8 were all-time records, 21 monthly and 1,450 daily.
Aibonito 1 S set a daily record precipitation of 113.0 mm (4.4 in) on 24 August 2011.
Across 162 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 451 records.

Record Map

1,479 stations

1,479 station records on 24 August 2011 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 August 2011: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Aibonito 1 S	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Wernigerode	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Villaflores (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	134.9 mm (5.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Miravalles	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	164.3 mm (6.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Laguna de Sanchez	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Leipzig-Schkeuditz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lankaran	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Morenci	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bowling Green Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Canovanas	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	200.7 mm (7.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Indore	India	Record daily precipitation	167.9 mm (6.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Saga	Japan	Record daily precipitation	169.4 mm (6.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
El Refilion	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Findlay Wpcc	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Quedlinburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cacaos-Orocovis	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	138.4 mm (5.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Trujillo Alto 2 SSW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	284.5 mm (11.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Rison	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Angola	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Arkadelphia 2 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Newton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.3 C (109.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hurbanovo	Slovakia	Record high maximum temperature	36.5 C (97.7 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Adjuntas Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	119.6 mm (4.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Manzanita Lake	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pandora	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tyler Pounds Fld	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	32.4 C (90.3 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sacaton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ness City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.8 C (109.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bonham 3NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Westermarkelsdorf/Fehmarn	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	32.7 C (90.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Budapest	Hungary	Record high maximum temperature	36.8 C (98.2 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rio Blanco Lower	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	154.4 mm (6.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wien	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Regensburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	32.7 C (90.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Osijek	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Chiconautla	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Arthur 7 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Batesville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Port Gibson 1 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Weatherford	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Clarendon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Winslow AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Salem AP (McNary Field)	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Nanango Wills St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lugano	Switzerland	Record high maximum temperature	32.6 C (90.7 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Morrilton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Du Quoin 4 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Brunswick	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Elephant Butte Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Glenwood	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Corsicana	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville Kgvl Radio	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wills Pt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Solon Springs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,479 records

Records set or tied on 24 August 2011 by type: Highest daily maximum 658, Lowest daily maximum 77, Highest daily minimum 491, Lowest daily minimum 84, Heaviest daily rainfall 169.

Records on 24 August 2011 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	658
Lowest daily maximum	77
Highest daily minimum	491
Lowest daily minimum	84
Heaviest daily rainfall	169
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 24 August 2011 by timescale: all-time 8, monthly 21, daily 1,450.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,032 broken records

Margins by which the 1,032 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 158.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 August 2011

Top 20 records on 24 August 2011 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 August 2011	Aibonito 1 S, PR	daily rain	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	67.5 mm (2.7 in)	76 years	65 of 100 (Major)
24 August 2011	Wernigerode, DE	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	53 years	60 of 100 (Major)
24 August 2011	Villaflores (Smn), MX	daily rain	134.9 mm (5.3 in)	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	41 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 2011	Miravalles, MX	all-time rain	164.3 mm (6.5 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	45 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 2011	Laguna de Sanchez, MX	daily rain	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	44 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 2011	Leipzig-Schkeuditz, DE	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	98 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 2011	Lankaran, AZ	monthly rain	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	61 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 2011	Morenci, US	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 2011	Bowling Green Wwtp, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	56 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 2011	Canovanas, PR	daily rain	200.7 mm (7.9 in)	158.0 mm (6.2 in)	14 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 2011	Indore, IN	daily rain	167.9 mm (6.6 in)	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	20 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 2011	Saga, JP	daily rain	169.4 mm (6.7 in)	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	6 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 2011	El Refilion, MX	daily rain	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	25 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 2011	Findlay Wpcc, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	96 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 2011	Munchen-Nymphenburg, DE	daily high min	19.4 C (66.9 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	117 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 2011	Quedlinburg, DE	daily rain	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	16.9 mm (0.7 in)	53 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 2011	Cacaos-Orocovis, PR	daily rain	138.4 mm (5.4 in)	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	14 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 2011	Trujillo Alto 2 SSW, PR	all-time rain	284.5 mm (11.2 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	14 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 2011	Rison, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	92 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 2011	Angola, US	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	112 years	47 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 2011

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 2011. 2011 had 1,479 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 2026-10-15 (15 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	995
20 to 40	21
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	7
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1