Weather Records on 23 August 2024

1,150 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 August 2024. Highest significance: Aparan, AM.

Key Facts for 23 August 2024

On 23 August 2024, 1,150 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
541 were record highs and 436 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 57 monthly and 1,089 daily.
Aparan set a daily record precipitation of 99.3 mm (3.9 in) on 23 August 2024.
Across 164 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 440 records.

Record Map

1,150 stations

1,150 station records on 23 August 2024 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 August 2024: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Aparan	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Escalante	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Bhagalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Almdalen	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka WFO Woodley Is	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Colfax	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Troickoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ellendale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Biri	Norway	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Brookings	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Brenham	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Lauderdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Coleman	United States	Record high maximum temperature	44.4 C (111.9 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Muleshoe #1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Burnet	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Snyder	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Spur	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.3 C (109.9 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Turlock #2	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
San Angelo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Oodnadatta Airport	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	38.5 C (101.3 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Putnam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.9 C (111.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Snyder	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.3 C (109.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lewisburg 3 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Youngs Siding	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Plainview	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Elk	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Portales	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Junction 4SSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Roscoe	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.9 C (111.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tahoka	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ballinger 2 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.9 C (111.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Crosbyton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Madison 3NNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Quicksand	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Elk City 4 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.8 C (109.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Albany	United States	Record high maximum temperature	44.4 C (111.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Haskell	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.3 C (109.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
McKinney Muni AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tulia	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Louisa	United States	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Glenville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ploumanac'h	France	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pogranichnoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
McCamey	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart Muni AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.9 C (111.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide West Terrace	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	25.2 C (77.4 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mierkenis_A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mackay Lost Rvr Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hope	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Brownwood 2NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.3 C (109.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Brady	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Memphis	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.8 C (109.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lyman Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mineral Wells AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Vardoe	Norway	Record high maximum temperature	20.9 C (69.6 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lunner	Norway	Record daily precipitation	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Isfjord Radio	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	7.7 C (45.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Maliye_Karmakuly	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	17.5 C (63.5 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Agulhas	South Africa	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,150 records

Records set or tied on 23 August 2024 by type: Highest daily maximum 239, Lowest daily maximum 276, Highest daily minimum 302, Lowest daily minimum 160, Heaviest daily rainfall 173.

Records on 23 August 2024 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	239
Lowest daily maximum	276
Highest daily minimum	302
Lowest daily minimum	160
Heaviest daily rainfall	173
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 23 August 2024 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 57, daily 1,089.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

933 broken records

Margins by which the 933 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 66.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 August 2024

Top 20 records on 23 August 2024 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 August 2024	Aparan, AM	daily rain	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	66.4 mm (2.6 in)	50 years	63 of 100 (Major)
23 August 2024	Escalante, US	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	87 years	60 of 100 (Major)
23 August 2024	Bhagalpur, IN	daily rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	58 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 2024	Almdalen, SE	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	35 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 2024	Eureka WFO Woodley Is, US	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	27 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 2024	Colfax, US	daily low max	18.9 C (66.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	102 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 2024	Troickoe, RU	daily rain	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	57 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 2024	Ellendale Post Office, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	88 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 2024	Biri, NO	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	127 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 2024	Brookings, US	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	49 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 2024	Brenham, US	daily high min	27.2 C (81.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	107 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 2024	Ft Lauderdale, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	102 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 2024	Coleman, US	daily high max	44.4 C (111.9 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	106 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 2024	Muleshoe #1, US	monthly high min	22.8 C (73.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	94 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 2024	Burnet, US	daily high min	26.1 C (79.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	106 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 2024	Snyder, US	daily high min	25.6 C (78.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	107 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 2024	Spur, US	daily high max	43.3 C (109.9 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	106 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 2024	Turlock #2, US	daily low max	24.4 C (75.9 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	109 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 2024	San Angelo, US	daily high min	27.2 C (81.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	113 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 2024	Oodnadatta Airport, AU	monthly high max	38.5 C (101.3 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	78 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 2024

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 2024. 2024 had 1,150 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 08-23 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1805	1
1813	2
1816	2
1817	1
1818	1
1829	1
1839	3
1840	1
1846	1
1847	1
1848	1
1853	2
1857	1
1858	1
1864	1
1867	1
1869	1
1870	1
1871	1
1874	2
1877	2
1881	1
1882	2
1883	1
1884	2
1886	1
1887	2
1890	3
1891	4
1892	4
1893	4
1894	2
1895	3
1896	6
1897	1
1898	8
1899	8
1900	2
1901	10
1902	9
1903	9
1904	6
1905	8
1906	27
1907	15
1908	18
1909	10
1910	15
1911	23
1912	44
1913	9
1914	23
1915	63
1916	23
1917	26
1918	91
1919	24
1920	102
1921	280
1922	58
1923	284
1924	127
1925	182
1926	99
1927	198
1928	196
1929	240
1930	432
1931	412
1932	211
1933	342
1934	308
1935	220
1936	980
1937	522
1938	654
1939	439
1940	535
1941	375
1942	540
1943	505
1944	578
1945	338
1946	416
1947	1,071
1948	594
1949	456
1950	461
1951	347
1952	456
1953	292
1954	438
1955	375
1956	501
1957	645
1958	402
1959	494
1960	806
1961	644
1962	364
1963	380
1964	724
1965	357
1966	802
1967	541
1968	1,384
1969	728
1970	518
1971	610
1972	614
1973	650
1974	612
1975	627
1976	703
1977	557
1978	577
1979	459
1980	552
1981	663
1982	713
1983	1,264
1984	862
1985	1,187
1986	839
1987	1,119
1988	1,604
1989	902
1990	661
1991	697
1992	1,291
1993	796
1994	738
1995	1,212
1996	1,161
1997	1,599
1998	1,138
1999	802
2000	936
2001	834
2002	931
2003	1,103
2004	862
2005	786
2006	728
2007	1,513
2008	966
2009	1,241
2010	1,244
2011	1,412
2012	688
2013	397
2014	960
2015	673
2016	595
2017	543
2018	479
2019	445
2020	1,093
2021	629
2022	781
2023	1,287
2024	1,150
2025	1,295
2026	592

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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 10	892
10 to 20	29
20 to 30	7
30 to 40	2
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	1