Heat wave in Japan and 8 other countries, 21 June to 13 July 2024

Name: Heat wave in Japan and 8 other countries, 21 June to 13 July 2024
Start: 2024-06-21
End: 2024-07-13
Location: Japan, Russia, China, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Korea, South

Heat wave in Japan and 8 other countries, 21 June to 13 July 2024: 834 records at 318 stations, peak on 7 July 2024. Closed.

Data as of 2026-10-18. Last revised 18 October 2026 (2026-10-18).

Key Facts

Heat wave in Japan and 8 other countries, 21 June to 13 July 2024 set or tied 834 station records at 318 stations.
It ran from 21 June 2024 to 13 July 2024 (23 days) and its peak day was 7 July 2024.
Status: closed.
Chara set an all-time record high maximum temperature of 35.8 C (96.4 F) on 2 July 2024.
The busiest day was 7 July 2024 with 81 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 125 years.

Footprint

21 June to 13 July 2024

The area covered by Heat wave in Japan and 8 other countries, 21 June to 13 July 2024 is outlined, with 18 of the stations that set records marked, coloured by record type. Made with Natural Earth.

Footprint of Heat wave in Japan and 8 other countries, 21 June to 13 July 2024: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Chara	Record high maximum temperature	35.8 C (96.4 F)	2024-07-02
Ternej	Record high minimum temperature	21.4 C (70.5 F)	2024-07-02
Mama	Record high minimum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	2024-07-03
Vitim	Record high maximum temperature	37.1 C (98.8 F)	2024-07-02
Pirovskoe	Record high maximum temperature	35.4 C (95.7 F)	2024-06-30
Losinoborskoe	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	2024-06-29
Balhash	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	2024-06-30
Chita	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	2024-07-04
Borzja	Record high maximum temperature	35.1 C (95.2 F)	2024-07-04
Karaganda	Record high maximum temperature	37.6 C (99.7 F)	2024-06-28
Nerchinskij Zavod	Record high maximum temperature	35.7 C (96.3 F)	2024-07-03
Sretensk	Record high maximum temperature	36.9 C (98.4 F)	2024-07-05
Olekminsk	Record high maximum temperature	34.1 C (93.4 F)	2024-07-02
Zharkent	Record high maximum temperature	38.5 C (101.3 F)	2024-06-28
Bajandaj	Record high minimum temperature	16.8 C (62.2 F)	2024-07-01
Nogliki	Record high minimum temperature	16.6 C (61.9 F)	2024-07-03
Shizuoka	Record high maximum temperature	39.3 C (102.7 F)	2024-07-04
Onahama	Record high minimum temperature	24.3 C (75.7 F)	2024-07-07

Records per Day

Peak day 81

Records set or tied each day from 21 June 2024 to 13 July 2024. The most in one day was 81 on 7 July 2024.

Records per day during Heat wave in Japan and 8 other countries, 21 June to 13 July 2024
Date	Records
2024-06-21	1
2024-06-22	8
2024-06-23	12
2024-06-24	26
2024-06-25	18
2024-06-26	16
2024-06-27	51
2024-06-28	74
2024-06-29	75
2024-06-30	60
2024-07-01	25
2024-07-02	42
2024-07-03	59
2024-07-04	48
2024-07-05	67
2024-07-06	64
2024-07-07	81
2024-07-08	56
2024-07-09	28
2024-07-10	19
2024-07-11	3
2024-07-13	1

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Heat wave in Japan and 8 other countries, 21 June to 13 July 2024 ranked by margin
Ternej, 07-02	5.0 C (9.0 F)
Balhash, 06-30	2.7 C (4.9 F)
Karaganda, 06-28	2.5 C (4.5 F)
Onahama, 07-07	2.5 C (4.5 F)
Sretensk, 07-05	1.9 C (3.4 F)
Zharkent, 06-28	1.9 C (3.4 F)
Ternej, 07-02	1.8 C (3.2 F)
Bajandaj, 07-01	1.3 C (2.3 F)
Olekminsk, 07-02	1.0 C (1.8 F)
Chara, 07-02	0.8 C (1.4 F)
Mama, 07-02	0.7 C (1.3 F)
Losinoborskoe, 06-29	0.6 C (1.1 F)
Shizuoka, 07-04	0.6 C (1.1 F)
Borzja, 07-04	0.5 C (0.9 F)
Nogliki, 07-03	0.5 C (0.9 F)

Margin is how far the new value is beyond the record it replaced. Ties are not shown.

Margin Against Age of the Broken Record

500 records plotted by how far they beat the old record (across) and how many years the old record had stood (up). Long standing records beaten by a wide margin sit in the top right.

Margin against age of the broken record in Heat wave in Japan and 8 other countries, 21 June to 13 July 2024
Margin (C)	Years the old record stood
0.8	70
0.1	69
5.0	64
0.3	54
0.4	55
2.7	88
0.6	49
0.3	125
0.5	98
2.5	88
0.7	37
1.9	89
0.1	98
1.0	87
1.8	82
1.9	79
2.5	63
0.6	28
1.3	75
0.5	89
2.5	63
1.8	63
1.2	71
0.2	83
1.6	75
2.1	73
3.1	63
1.7	66
2.0	65
0.4	83
4.5	64
0.2	55
1.6	72
0.9	80
1.2	64
1.2	66
0.1	83
0.1	75
2.4	65
0.7	51
0.9	75
0.4	80
1.2	75
1.4	69
2.8	52
2.4	63
1.6	63
1.3	63
0.3	10
2.8	65
1.0	71
0.1	76
1.7	64
2.5	53
0.8	69
0.8	64
1.6	65
0.9	63
1.4	60
0.8	65
1.8	69
1.0	8
1.9	61
1.0	70
1.0	73
0.4	73
0.6	70
1.4	62
0.8	69
1.1	63
0.7	0
0.4	69
0.3	71
0.5	64
0.3	70
0.2	72
0.2	41
3.2	50
0.6	65
0.5	73
3.5	55
0.3	67
0.2	72
1.0	64
0.8	63
0.6	63
0.9	60
2.8	51
2.2	52
0.6	65
1.5	63
0.7	63
0.4	65
2.3	46
1.6	46
0.1	72
0.6	63
0.9	60
1.5	63
2.1	48
2.3	55
3.8	43
1.3	62
0.1	69
2.7	46
0.4	63
0.5	61
0.8	61
0.3	65
0.4	63
0.6	63
0.8	63
2.1	55
2.1	50
3.2	32
2.2	48
1.4	44
0.4	61
1.4	53
1.1	52
1.4	53
0.3	63
1.5	46
0.4	63
0.1	65
0.5	60
0.3	63
0.1	65
1.3	53
0.9	53
0.1	65
0.3	60
0.2	63
2.2	50
1.7	55
1.6	55
2.3	53
0.8	54
2.4	45
4.0	14
0.8	54
0.1	61
0.1	66
0.3	59
0.2	63
1.0	51
2.4	26
0.2	60
0.1	60
0.1	63
1.8	45
0.6	57
1.6	50
1.1	55
1.6	50
0.8	55
2.6	43
0.2	25
0.6	54
2.2	40
1.1	46
0.6	52
1.5	46
0.7	52
0.9	46
3.3	27
0.5	52
0.6	52
1.0	46
0.8	46
5.5	32
0.1	53
1.1	50
0.5	55
1.1	50
1.2	50
0.7	55
4.3	32
1.4	45
2.6	32
0.3	50
0.4	53
0.4	52
0.4	52
0.4	52
0.4	52
0.5	53
0.5	52
0.3	52
1.2	46
1.2	40
0.3	53
1.7	39
0.3	52
0.9	53
0.3	52
2.7	27
0.8	50
1.0	47
0.2	18

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Heat wave in Japan and 8 other countries, 21 June to 13 July 2024 compared with similar events
Heat wave in United States and Mexico, 16 January to 14 February 2024	9,869 records
Heat wave in United States, 28 January to 24 February 2026	6,528 records
Heat wave in United States and Mexico, 24 May to 19 June 2020	5,047 records
Heat wave in United States and Mexico, 26 March to 17 April 2021	3,669 records
Heat wave in Germany and 49 other countries, 18 December 2021 to 15 January 2022	3,626 records
Heat wave in Japan and 8 other countries, 21 June to 13 July 2024 (this event)	834 records

Every Record Set

20 of 834

Every record set or tied during Heat wave in Japan and 8 other countries, 21 June to 13 July 2024, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2024-06-28	Karaganda	Record high maximum temperature	37.6 C (99.7 F)	2.5 C (4.5 F)	88	39 of 100 (Notable)
2024-06-28	Zharkent	Record high maximum temperature	38.5 C (101.3 F)	1.9 C (3.4 F)	79	37 of 100 (Notable)
2024-06-29	Losinoborskoe	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	49	41 of 100 (Notable)
2024-06-30	Pirovskoe	Record high maximum temperature	35.4 C (95.7 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	55	43 of 100 (Notable)
2024-06-30	Balhash	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	88	41 of 100 (Notable)
2024-07-01	Bajandaj	Record high minimum temperature	16.8 C (62.2 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	75	36 of 100 (Notable)
2024-07-02	Chara	Record high maximum temperature	35.8 C (96.4 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	70	50 of 100 (Notable)
2024-07-02	Ternej	Record high minimum temperature	21.4 C (70.5 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	64	47 of 100 (Notable)
2024-07-02	Vitim	Record high maximum temperature	37.1 C (98.8 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	54	45 of 100 (Notable)
2024-07-02	Mama	Record high maximum temperature	38.4 C (101.1 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	37	39 of 100 (Notable)
2024-07-02	Olekminsk	Record high maximum temperature	34.1 C (93.4 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	87	38 of 100 (Notable)
2024-07-02	Ternej	Record high maximum temperature	30.1 C (86.2 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	82	38 of 100 (Notable)
2024-07-03	Mama	Record high minimum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	69	47 of 100 (Notable)
2024-07-03	Nerchinskij Zavod	Record high maximum temperature	35.7 C (96.3 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	98	39 of 100 (Notable)
2024-07-03	Nogliki	Record high minimum temperature	16.6 C (61.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	89	36 of 100 (Notable)
2024-07-04	Chita	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	125	40 of 100 (Notable)
2024-07-04	Borzja	Record high maximum temperature	35.1 C (95.2 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	98	40 of 100 (Notable)
2024-07-04	Shizuoka	Record high maximum temperature	39.3 C (102.7 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	28	36 of 100 (Notable)
2024-07-05	Sretensk	Record high maximum temperature	36.9 C (98.4 F)	1.9 C (3.4 F)	89	39 of 100 (Notable)
2024-07-07	Onahama	Record high minimum temperature	24.3 C (75.7 F)	2.5 C (4.5 F)	63	36 of 100 (Notable)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 834 records the event counts. The counts above use the full total.

Download the Data

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)) Data as of 2026-10-18. Events are found by this site from station records and are not official designations. Records are provisional until reprocessed.

Margin (C)	Years the old record stood
0.8	70
0.1	69
5.0	64
0.3	54
0.4	55
2.7	88
0.6	49
0.3	125
0.5	98
2.5	88
0.7	37
1.9	89
0.1	98
1.0	87
1.8	82
1.9	79
2.5	63
0.6	28
1.3	75
0.5	89
2.5	63
1.8	63
1.2	71
0.2	83
1.6	75
2.1	73
3.1	63
1.7	66
2.0	65
0.4	83
4.5	64
0.2	55
1.6	72
0.9	80
1.2	64
1.2	66
0.1	83
0.1	75
2.4	65
0.7	51
0.9	75
0.4	80
1.2	75
1.4	69
2.8	52
2.4	63
1.6	63
1.3	63
0.3	10
2.8	65
1.0	71
0.1	76
1.7	64
2.5	53
0.8	69
0.8	64
1.6	65
0.9	63
1.4	60
0.8	65
1.8	69
1.0	8
1.9	61
1.0	70
1.0	73
0.4	73
0.6	70
1.4	62
0.8	69
1.1	63
0.7	0
0.4	69
0.3	71
0.5	64
0.3	70
0.2	72
0.2	41
3.2	50
0.6	65
0.5	73
3.5	55
0.3	67
0.2	72
1.0	64
0.8	63
0.6	63
0.9	60
2.8	51
2.2	52
0.6	65
1.5	63
0.7	63
0.4	65
2.3	46
1.6	46
0.1	72
0.6	63
0.9	60
1.5	63
2.1	48
2.3	55
3.8	43
1.3	62
0.1	69
2.7	46
0.4	63
0.5	61
0.8	61
0.3	65
0.4	63
0.6	63
0.8	63
2.1	55
2.1	50
3.2	32
2.2	48
1.4	44
0.4	61
1.4	53
1.1	52
1.4	53
0.3	63
1.5	46
0.4	63
0.1	65
0.5	60
0.3	63
0.1	65
1.3	53
0.9	53
0.1	65
0.3	60
0.2	63
2.2	50
1.7	55
1.6	55
2.3	53
0.8	54
2.4	45
4.0	14
0.8	54
0.1	61
0.1	66
0.3	59
0.2	63
1.0	51
2.4	26
0.2	60
0.1	60
0.1	63
1.8	45
0.6	57
1.6	50
1.1	55
1.6	50
0.8	55
2.6	43
0.2	25
0.6	54
2.2	40
1.1	46
0.6	52
1.5	46
0.7	52
0.9	46
3.3	27
0.5	52
0.6	52
1.0	46
0.8	46
5.5	32
0.1	53
1.1	50
0.5	55
1.1	50
1.2	50
0.7	55
4.3	32
1.4	45
2.6	32
0.3	50
0.4	53
0.4	52
0.4	52
0.4	52
0.4	52
0.5	53
0.5	52
0.3	52
1.2	46
1.2	40
0.3	53
1.7	39
0.3	52
0.9	53
0.3	52
2.7	27
0.8	50
1.0	47
0.2	18

Margin (C)	Years the old record stood
0.8	70
0.1	69
5.0	64
0.3	54
0.4	55
2.7	88
0.6	49
0.3	125
0.5	98
2.5	88
0.7	37
1.9	89
0.1	98
1.0	87
1.8	82
1.9	79
2.5	63
0.6	28
1.3	75
0.5	89
2.5	63
1.8	63
1.2	71
0.2	83
1.6	75
2.1	73
3.1	63
1.7	66
2.0	65
0.4	83
4.5	64
0.2	55
1.6	72
0.9	80
1.2	64
1.2	66
0.1	83
0.1	75
2.4	65
0.7	51
0.9	75
0.4	80
1.2	75
1.4	69
2.8	52
2.4	63
1.6	63
1.3	63
0.3	10
2.8	65
1.0	71
0.1	76
1.7	64
2.5	53
0.8	69
0.8	64
1.6	65
0.9	63
1.4	60
0.8	65
1.8	69
1.0	8
1.9	61
1.0	70
1.0	73
0.4	73
0.6	70
1.4	62
0.8	69
1.1	63
0.7	0
0.4	69
0.3	71
0.5	64
0.3	70
0.2	72
0.2	41
3.2	50
0.6	65
0.5	73
3.5	55
0.3	67
0.2	72
1.0	64
0.8	63
0.6	63
0.9	60
2.8	51
2.2	52
0.6	65
1.5	63
0.7	63
0.4	65
2.3	46
1.6	46
0.1	72
0.6	63
0.9	60
1.5	63
2.1	48
2.3	55
3.8	43
1.3	62
0.1	69
2.7	46
0.4	63
0.5	61
0.8	61
0.3	65
0.4	63
0.6	63
0.8	63
2.1	55
2.1	50
3.2	32
2.2	48
1.4	44
0.4	61
1.4	53
1.1	52
1.4	53
0.3	63
1.5	46
0.4	63
0.1	65
0.5	60
0.3	63
0.1	65
1.3	53
0.9	53
0.1	65
0.3	60
0.2	63
2.2	50
1.7	55
1.6	55
2.3	53
0.8	54
2.4	45
4.0	14
0.8	54
0.1	61
0.1	66
0.3	59
0.2	63
1.0	51
2.4	26
0.2	60
0.1	60
0.1	63
1.8	45
0.6	57
1.6	50
1.1	55
1.6	50
0.8	55
2.6	43
0.2	25
0.6	54
2.2	40
1.1	46
0.6	52
1.5	46
0.7	52
0.9	46
3.3	27
0.5	52
0.6	52
1.0	46
0.8	46
5.5	32
0.1	53
1.1	50
0.5	55
1.1	50
1.2	50
0.7	55
4.3	32
1.4	45
2.6	32
0.3	50
0.4	53
0.4	52
0.4	52
0.4	52
0.4	52
0.5	53
0.5	52
0.3	52
1.2	46
1.2	40
0.3	53
1.7	39
0.3	52
0.9	53
0.3	52
2.7	27
0.8	50
1.0	47
0.2	18