Weather Records on 24 August 2014

832 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 August 2014. Highest significance: Flatwillow 4 ENE, US.

Key Facts for 24 August 2014

On 24 August 2014, 832 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
376 were record highs and 185 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 48 monthly and 779 daily.
Flatwillow 4 ENE set a daily record precipitation of 57.2 mm (2.3 in) on 24 August 2014.
Across 162 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 455 records.

Record Map

832 stations

832 station records on 24 August 2014 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 August 2014: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Flatwillow 4 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Melstone	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Greensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Valentine	United States	Record daily precipitation	124.2 mm (4.9 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Colstrip	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Chinook	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Content 4 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Grass Range	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Malta 35 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Mayville	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Shadrinsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Zortman	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Oakes	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Brusett 3 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
De Smet	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Glad Valley 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Rodkallen_A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Huntley Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Hysham 25 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Moccasin Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Saco 1 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Denton	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Ingomar 9 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Montpelier	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Wakkanai	Japan	Record daily precipitation	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Peck Pwr Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Port of Morgan	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Glasgow	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Glasgow #2	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hinsdale 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Roundup	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Vida 6 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kitamiesashi	Japan	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Rakhov	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Killawarra (Uralba)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lajas Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Inverness 3 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sunshine 3NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Crystal Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Elkader 6 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Whitewater	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Underwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Jackson	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Rivne	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Flatwillow 4 ENE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mombetsu	Japan	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Rossared	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello 5 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cohagen	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Judith Gap	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Fullerton 1 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Manila	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Vernal	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo Bill Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Loma	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cavalier 7NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Columbia 8 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Plainview 6 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Malta 7 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Turgaj	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

832 records

Records set or tied on 24 August 2014 by type: Highest daily maximum 152, Lowest daily maximum 113, Highest daily minimum 224, Lowest daily minimum 72, Heaviest daily rainfall 271.

Records on 24 August 2014 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	152
Lowest daily maximum	113
Highest daily minimum	224
Lowest daily minimum	72
Heaviest daily rainfall	271
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 24 August 2014 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 48, daily 779.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

651 broken records

Margins by which the 651 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 102.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 August 2014

Top 20 records on 24 August 2014 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 August 2014	Flatwillow 4 ENE, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	100 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
24 August 2014	Melstone, US	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	104 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
24 August 2014	Greensburg, US	daily rain	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	121 years	78 of 100 (Major)
24 August 2014	Valentine, US	all-time rain	124.2 mm (4.9 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	26 years	77 of 100 (Major)
24 August 2014	Colstrip, US	monthly rain	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	49 years	72 of 100 (Major)
24 August 2014	Chinook, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	100 years	69 of 100 (Major)
24 August 2014	Content 4 NNE, US	monthly rain	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	42 years	68 of 100 (Major)
24 August 2014	Grass Range, US	daily rain	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	63 years	68 of 100 (Major)
24 August 2014	Malta 35 S, US	monthly rain	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	46 years	68 of 100 (Major)
24 August 2014	Mayville, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	104 years	65 of 100 (Major)
24 August 2014	Shadrinsk, RU	daily rain	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	60 years	63 of 100 (Major)
24 August 2014	Zortman, US	monthly rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	62.3 mm (2.5 in)	24 years	62 of 100 (Major)
24 August 2014	Oakes, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	73 years	62 of 100 (Major)
24 August 2014	Brusett 3 E, US	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	39 years	61 of 100 (Major)
24 August 2014	De Smet, US	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	113 years	61 of 100 (Major)
24 August 2014	Glad Valley 2 W, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	51 years	61 of 100 (Major)
24 August 2014	Rodkallen_A, SE	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	51 years	60 of 100 (Major)
24 August 2014	Huntley Exp STN, US	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	80 years	60 of 100 (Major)
24 August 2014	Hysham 25 SSE, US	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	49 years	60 of 100 (Major)
24 August 2014	Moccasin Exp STN, US	all-time rain	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	29 years	59 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 2014

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 2014. 2014 had 832 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 2014-08-24: 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 20	583
20 to 40	47
40 to 60	17
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1