Weather Records on 24 August 2022

795 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 August 2022. Highest significance: Kosciusko, US.

Key Facts for 24 August 2022

On 24 August 2022, 795 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
565 were record highs and 92 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 778 daily.
Kosciusko set a daily record precipitation of 93.7 mm (3.7 in) on 24 August 2022.
Across 162 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 455 records.

Record Map

795 stations

795 station records on 24 August 2022 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 August 2022: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kosciusko	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Canton 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	159.5 mm (6.3 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Meridian Key Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	117.1 mm (4.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Walnut Grove	United States	Record daily precipitation	177.8 mm (7.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Wisdom	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Crystal Springs Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Calhoun 2 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Newton Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	118.6 mm (4.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
White Mill	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Moses Mtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Meridian Naas	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
De Sabla	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Belzoni	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Poplarville Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Zaragoza Aeropuerto	Spain	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Abbeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Columbia Lock	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Port Gibson 1 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
First Connecticut Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Maaninka Halola	Finland	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabethtown	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Oneonta	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Poplarville Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Chester	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cleburne	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lapinlahti Lamminkayra	Finland	Record daily precipitation	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	31.4 C (88.5 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sun Rvr 4 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
World Trade Ctr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gainesville Lock	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Winnsboro 5 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Virginia City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Green Rvr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Aliceville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria 5 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	150.4 mm (5.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jackson Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Elblag-Milejewo	Poland	Record high minimum temperature	18.4 C (65.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Voru	Estonia	Record high maximum temperature	31.2 C (88.2 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ljuban	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Athens	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nanchong	China	Record high minimum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bouake	Cote D'Ivoire	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hackberry 8 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	139.4 mm (5.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Jena	United States	Record daily precipitation	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ruby Lake Nwr	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Clatskanie	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wills Pt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Auke Bay	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Key West NAS	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tuscaloosa AP ASOS	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Willow Grove	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Valtimo Kk	Finland	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Vytegra	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ljuban	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	31.0 C (87.8 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Palmer 3 ESE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Madoi	China	Record high maximum temperature	21.4 C (70.5 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tartu-Toravere	Estonia	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

795 records

Records set or tied on 24 August 2022 by type: Highest daily maximum 256, Lowest daily maximum 71, Highest daily minimum 309, Lowest daily minimum 21, Heaviest daily rainfall 138.

Records on 24 August 2022 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	256
Lowest daily maximum	71
Highest daily minimum	309
Lowest daily minimum	21
Heaviest daily rainfall	138
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 24 August 2022 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 11, daily 778.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

672 broken records

Margins by which the 672 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 119.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 August 2022

Top 20 records on 24 August 2022 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 August 2022	Kosciusko, US	daily rain	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	100 years	68 of 100 (Major)
24 August 2022	Canton 4N, US	daily rain	159.5 mm (6.3 in)	119.1 mm (4.7 in)	52 years	65 of 100 (Major)
24 August 2022	Meridian Key Fld, US	daily rain	117.1 mm (4.6 in)	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	55 years	63 of 100 (Major)
24 August 2022	Walnut Grove, US	monthly rain	177.8 mm (7.0 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	16 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 2022	Wisdom, US	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 2022	Crystal Springs Exp STN, US	daily low max	22.8 C (73.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	101 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 2022	Calhoun 2 N, US	daily low max	25.0 C (77.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	108 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 2022	Newton Exp STN, US	daily rain	118.6 mm (4.7 in)	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	13 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 2022	White Mill, US	monthly rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	1 year	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 2022	Moses Mtn, US	monthly rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	22 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 2022	Meridian Naas, US	daily rain	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	13 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 2022	De Sabla, US	daily high min	20.6 C (69.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	108 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 2022	Belzoni, US	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	64 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 2022	Poplarville Exp STN, US	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	77 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 2022	Zaragoza Aeropuerto, ES	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	76 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 2022	Abbeville, US	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	77 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 2022	Columbia Lock, US	daily rain	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	45 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 2022	Port Gibson 1 NE, US	daily low max	26.1 C (79.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	101 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 2022	First Connecticut Lake, US	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	59 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 2022	Maaninka Halola, FI	daily rain	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	27 years	45 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 2022

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 2022. 2022 had 795 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 2026-10-17 (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	643
20 to 40	20
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1