Weather Records on 27 August 2024

600 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 August 2024. Highest significance: Rajkot, IN.

Key Facts for 27 August 2024

On 27 August 2024, 600 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
467 were record highs and 68 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 580 daily.
Rajkot set a daily record precipitation of 318.0 mm (12.5 in) on 27 August 2024.
Across 165 earlier years (1807 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 436 records.

Record Map

600 stations

600 station records on 27 August 2024 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 August 2024: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Rajkot	India	Record daily precipitation	318.0 mm (12.5 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Ahmadabad	India	Record daily precipitation	137.9 mm (5.4 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Loei	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Pemberton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Seymour Shire Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Harvey 4NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kirksville Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Plainville 4WNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Trenton Dam 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Friendship	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hovlandsdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	69.5 mm (2.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Morioka	Japan	Record daily precipitation	116.1 mm (4.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Decorah	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Al Baha	Saudi Arabia	Record low minimum temperature	18.6 C (65.5 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Darlag	China	Record high maximum temperature	23.2 C (73.8 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Shepetivka	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	31.3 C (88.3 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hannibal Wtr Wks	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wanyuan	China	Record high minimum temperature	25.2 C (77.4 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fukuoka	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	33.8 C (92.8 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Polk	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dar Es Salaam Airpo	Tanzania	Record high minimum temperature	22.3 C (72.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
W Lafayette 6 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Severo-Enisejsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chicago Midway AP 3SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fulton L&D #13	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Carroll	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rockville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
E Wareham	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
S Bend AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Zanesville Muni AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Yamba Pilot Station	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	17.1 C (62.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Utsira Fyr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Guttenberg L&D 10	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Reedsburg Wwtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mayport Pilot STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Niagara Falls Intl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mitchell Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Madoi	China	Record high maximum temperature	20.1 C (68.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Krasnoshelye	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	11.3 C (52.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Grizzly	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Winfield Locks	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
St Joseph Rosecrans Mem AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dunkirk Chautauqua Co AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sassandra	Cote D'Ivoire	Record low maximum temperature	23.8 C (74.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Omaezaki	Japan	Record daily precipitation	128.0 mm (5.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tazovskoe	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	12.9 C (55.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gold Beach Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Columbia 3 WNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Greenwood Leflore AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bidyadanga	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	28.5 C (83.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Butlers Gorge	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Xingren	China	Record high maximum temperature	31.3 C (88.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nagasaki	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	27.5 C (81.5 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sliac	Slovakia	Record high minimum temperature	16.2 C (61.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Isfjord Radio	Norway	Record high maximum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ostrov Golomjannyj	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	2.5 C (36.5 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lop Buri	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kherson	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	20.7 C (69.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

600 records

Records set or tied on 27 August 2024 by type: Highest daily maximum 236, Lowest daily maximum 24, Highest daily minimum 231, Lowest daily minimum 44, Heaviest daily rainfall 65.

Records on 27 August 2024 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	236
Lowest daily maximum	24
Highest daily minimum	231
Lowest daily minimum	44
Heaviest daily rainfall	65
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 27 August 2024 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 19, daily 580.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

454 broken records

Margins by which the 454 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 239.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 August 2024

Top 20 records on 27 August 2024 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 August 2024	Rajkot, IN	daily rain	318.0 mm (12.5 in)	239.8 mm (9.4 in)	118 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
27 August 2024	Ahmadabad, IN	daily rain	137.9 mm (5.4 in)	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	91 years	72 of 100 (Major)
27 August 2024	Loei, TH	daily rain	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	58 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 2024	Pemberton, AU	all-time rain	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	9.8 mm (0.39 in)	39 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 2024	Seymour Shire Depot, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	3.1 mm (0.12 in)	108 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 2024	Harvey 4NE, US	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	72 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 2024	Kirksville Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	20 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 2024	Plainville 4WNW, US	daily high max	40.6 C (105.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	98 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 2024	Trenton Dam 1N, US	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	12.1 mm (0.5 in)	67 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 2024	Friendship, US	daily high max	35.6 C (96.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	87 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 2024	Hovlandsdal, NO	daily rain	69.5 mm (2.7 in)	1.1 mm (0.04 in)	109 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 2024	Morioka, JP	daily rain	116.1 mm (4.6 in)	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	8 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 2024	Decorah, US	daily high max	36.7 C (98.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	87 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 2024	Cambridge, US	daily high max	34.4 C (93.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	87 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 2024	Al Baha, SA	daily low min	18.6 C (65.5 F)	3.2 C (5.8 F)	40 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 2024	Darlag, CN	daily high max	23.2 C (73.8 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	67 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 2024	Shepetivka, UA	daily high max	31.3 C (88.3 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	81 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 2024	Hannibal Wtr Wks, US	daily high min	24.4 C (75.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	88 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 2024	Wanyuan, CN	daily high min	25.2 C (77.4 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	71 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 2024	Fukuoka, JP	daily high min	28.3 C (82.9 F)	1.9 C (3.4 F)	63 years	35 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

1807 to 2024

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1807 to 2024. 2024 had 600 records.

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

Records on 08-27 in each year
Year	Records
1807	3
1810	1
1811	1
1813	1
1816	1
1827	1
1829	1
1834	1
1846	1
1847	1
1848	1
1854	1
1857	1
1858	1
1859	1
1863	1
1864	3
1865	2
1869	1
1870	1
1871	1
1874	1
1876	1
1877	4
1880	1
1881	2
1882	1
1884	3
1885	2
1886	2
1887	2
1889	1
1890	10
1891	4
1892	1
1894	7
1895	1
1896	4
1899	5
1900	5
1901	6
1902	2
1903	22
1904	4
1905	16
1906	27
1907	9
1908	10
1909	10
1910	6
1911	16
1912	40
1913	10
1914	31
1915	37
1916	106
1917	57
1918	18
1919	78
1920	36
1921	27
1922	52
1923	63
1924	245
1925	102
1926	143
1927	395
1928	197
1929	80
1930	247
1931	205
1932	355
1933	368
1934	249
1935	348
1936	806
1937	679
1938	374
1939	191
1940	468
1941	504
1942	476
1943	581
1944	811
1945	414
1946	345
1947	291
1948	987
1949	475
1950	380
1951	415
1952	402
1953	712
1954	594
1955	485
1956	387
1957	615
1958	213
1959	522
1960	365
1961	365
1962	577
1963	335
1964	400
1965	440
1966	406
1967	887
1968	517
1969	780
1970	1,361
1971	640
1972	722
1973	1,519
1974	722
1975	506
1976	565
1977	793
1978	671
1979	917
1980	478
1981	998
1982	828
1983	823
1984	683
1985	660
1986	1,072
1987	1,356
1988	601
1989	854
1990	761
1991	813
1992	1,657
1993	1,087
1994	696
1995	1,143
1996	968
1997	1,189
1998	1,387
1999	1,258
2000	865
2001	1,304
2002	1,027
2003	916
2004	1,037
2005	733
2006	1,090
2007	958
2008	885
2009	701
2010	1,045
2011	1,518
2012	626
2013	629
2014	582
2015	832
2016	968
2017	838
2018	933
2019	1,013
2020	777
2021	635
2022	470
2023	953
2024	600
2025	1,218
2026	815

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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 50	451
50 to 100	2
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1