Weather Records on 24 August 2016

906 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 August 2016. Highest significance: Morven Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 24 August 2016

On 24 August 2016, 906 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
455 were record highs and 77 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 57 monthly and 846 daily.
Morven Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 60.6 mm (2.4 in) on 24 August 2016.
Across 162 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 454 records.

Record Map

906 stations

906 station records on 24 August 2016 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 August 2016: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Morven Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.6 mm (2.4 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Lowan Hills	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.2 mm (2.8 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Palen Creek Correctional	Australia	Record daily precipitation	115.0 mm (4.5 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Ivanhoe Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Northwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Gundare	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Waiahole 837	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Glendower Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Legume (New Koreelah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.2 mm (3.3 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Prairie du Chien	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Lynxville Dam 9	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.4 mm (4.7 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Boothulla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Mitchell Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Lake Mills	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Mito	Japan	Record daily precipitation	152.9 mm (6.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Yagaburne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
UNIV of Hawaii 713	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Harmony	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Alni	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Nueva Casas Grandes	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Waipahu 750	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Decorah	United States	Record daily precipitation	204.7 mm (8.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Wayne	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Marnhull	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Yuleba Garden St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Amderma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Cerepovec	Russia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Cresco 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	153.4 mm (6.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Postville	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Spring Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Albury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Genoa Dam 8	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kii-Kahuku 911	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Beaconsfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Emmaville Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Old Bonalbo (Alcheringa)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Carnarvon Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Dalveen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mungallala	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Woodlands	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Clemens Ang Base	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hannaford Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.8 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kunghur (the Junction)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Osage	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.1 mm (4.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver Is	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Emerson	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kaneohe 838.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Warrnambool Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Marmboo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wilsons Peak	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.4 mm (2.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Killarney Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Glenroy Massie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lake City 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Waialae-Kahala 715	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Gillespie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Isisford Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Listowel Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wallumbilla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Roi Et	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	174.2 mm (6.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Key W Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

906 records

Records set or tied on 24 August 2016 by type: Highest daily maximum 197, Lowest daily maximum 33, Highest daily minimum 258, Lowest daily minimum 44, Heaviest daily rainfall 374.

Records on 24 August 2016 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	197
Lowest daily maximum	33
Highest daily minimum	258
Lowest daily minimum	44
Heaviest daily rainfall	374
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 24 August 2016 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 57, daily 846.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

777 broken records

Margins by which the 777 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 112.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 August 2016

Top 20 records on 24 August 2016 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 August 2016	Morven Post Office, AU	daily rain	60.6 mm (2.4 in)	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	101 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
24 August 2016	Lowan Hills, AU	daily rain	71.2 mm (2.8 in)	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	86 years	75 of 100 (Major)
24 August 2016	Palen Creek Correctional, AU	monthly rain	115.0 mm (4.5 in)	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	50 years	73 of 100 (Major)
24 August 2016	Ivanhoe Downs, AU	daily rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	78 years	73 of 100 (Major)
24 August 2016	Northwood, US	daily rain	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	76 years	72 of 100 (Major)
24 August 2016	Gundare, AU	daily rain	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	101 years	69 of 100 (Major)
24 August 2016	Waiahole 837, US	daily rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	71 years	68 of 100 (Major)
24 August 2016	Glendower Station, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	125 years	67 of 100 (Major)
24 August 2016	Legume (New Koreelah), AU	monthly rain	83.2 mm (3.3 in)	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	48 years	66 of 100 (Major)
24 August 2016	Prairie du Chien, US	daily rain	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	111 years	66 of 100 (Major)
24 August 2016	Lynxville Dam 9, US	daily rain	120.4 mm (4.7 in)	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	59 years	65 of 100 (Major)
24 August 2016	Boothulla, AU	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	96 years	64 of 100 (Major)
24 August 2016	Mitchell Post Office, AU	monthly rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	91 years	63 of 100 (Major)
24 August 2016	Lake Mills, US	daily rain	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	56 years	62 of 100 (Major)
24 August 2016	Mito, JP	daily rain	152.9 mm (6.0 in)	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	52 years	61 of 100 (Major)
24 August 2016	Yagaburne, AU	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	46 years	60 of 100 (Major)
24 August 2016	UNIV of Hawaii 713, US	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	59 years	60 of 100 (Major)
24 August 2016	Harmony, US	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	41 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 2016	Alni, AU	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	42 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 2016	Nueva Casas Grandes, MX	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	39 years	58 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 2016

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 2016. 2016 had 906 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 2016-08-24: 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 2026-10-15 (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	678
20 to 40	71
40 to 60	20
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	3
100 to 120	2