Weather Records on 24 August 2018

442 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 August 2018. Highest significance: Irkutsk, RU.

Key Facts for 24 August 2018

On 24 August 2018, 442 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
140 were record highs and 115 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 433 daily.
Irkutsk set a daily record precipitation of 78.9 mm (3.1 in) on 24 August 2018.
Across 162 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 457 records.

Record Map

442 stations

442 station records on 24 August 2018 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 August 2018: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Irkutsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	78.9 mm (3.1 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Honokaa Town 215	United States	Record daily precipitation	241.3 mm (9.5 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Bolshoe Goloustnoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Hilo Intl AP 87	United States	Record daily precipitation	381.0 mm (15.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Kapapala Rch 36	United States	Record daily precipitation	351.8 mm (13.9 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Rovaniemi Lentoasema	Finland	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Noordgouwe	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Zakatala	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Batamaj	Russia	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Mokpo	Korea, South	Record daily precipitation	149.4 mm (5.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Homutovo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	67.7 mm (2.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Blanktjernmoen I Kvikne	Norway	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Kvikne I Osterdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Monroe City	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Steffenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Canton L&D 20	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Huade	China	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Milaca	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kirksville	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Avon Park 2 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Goedereede	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kobe	Japan	Record daily precipitation	120.4 mm (4.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bergen (Nh)	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Weslaco	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Jhansi	India	Record daily precipitation	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Szombathely	Hungary	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tunka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mjoen	Norway	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Alta Vista	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kirksville Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Shangzhi	China	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Paradise	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Grayling	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Eldorado Springs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lead Hill	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lincoln	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Edina	United States	Record daily precipitation	162.3 mm (6.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nevada Wtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Chula Vista	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mustasaari Riimala	Finland	Record daily precipitation	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mito	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	27.0 C (80.6 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Linjiang	China	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kacug	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cakir	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sunset Crater Nm	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wupatki Nm	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Leech Lake	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Little Mtn	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Budapest	Hungary	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hollum	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lovberga_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Council Grove Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bethany	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sankt Peter-Ording	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ouddorp	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cakir	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Deseret	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Partizansk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fredonia	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Concord	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

442 records

Records set or tied on 24 August 2018 by type: Highest daily maximum 44, Lowest daily maximum 80, Highest daily minimum 96, Lowest daily minimum 35, Heaviest daily rainfall 187.

Records on 24 August 2018 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	44
Lowest daily maximum	80
Highest daily minimum	96
Lowest daily minimum	35
Heaviest daily rainfall	187
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 24 August 2018 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 8, daily 433.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

373 broken records

Margins by which the 373 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 214.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 August 2018

Top 20 records on 24 August 2018 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 August 2018	Irkutsk, RU	daily rain	78.9 mm (3.1 in)	55.5 mm (2.2 in)	84 years	75 of 100 (Major)
24 August 2018	Honokaa Town 215, US	daily rain	241.3 mm (9.5 in)	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	77 years	73 of 100 (Major)
24 August 2018	Bolshoe Goloustnoe, RU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	72 years	66 of 100 (Major)
24 August 2018	Hilo Intl AP 87, US	monthly rain	381.0 mm (15.0 in)	136.1 mm (5.4 in)	27 years	65 of 100 (Major)
24 August 2018	Kapapala Rch 36, US	monthly rain	351.8 mm (13.9 in)	214.6 mm (8.4 in)	24 years	63 of 100 (Major)
24 August 2018	Rovaniemi Lentoasema, FI	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	55 years	62 of 100 (Major)
24 August 2018	Noordgouwe, NL	daily rain	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	64 years	61 of 100 (Major)
24 August 2018	Zakatala, AZ	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	81 years	60 of 100 (Major)
24 August 2018	Batamaj, RU	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	47 years	60 of 100 (Major)
24 August 2018	Mokpo, KR	daily rain	149.4 mm (5.9 in)	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	56 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 2018	Homutovo, RU	daily rain	67.7 mm (2.7 in)	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	43 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 2018	Blanktjernmoen I Kvikne, NO	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	56 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 2018	Kvikne I Osterdal, NO	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	15.9 mm (0.6 in)	56 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 2018	Monroe City, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	76 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 2018	Steffenville, US	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	93 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 2018	Canton L&D 20, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	56.3 mm (2.2 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 2018	Huade, CN	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 2018	Milaca, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	115 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 2018	Kirksville, US	daily rain	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	72 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 2018	Avon Park 2 W, US	daily high min	26.1 C (79.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	108 years	49 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 2018

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 2018. 2018 had 442 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

Download the Data

Data for records on 2018-08-24: 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 50	363
50 to 100	7
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1