Weather Records on 24 August 2023

1,437 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 August 2023. Highest significance: Ann Arbor U of Mich, US.

Key Facts for 24 August 2023

On 24 August 2023, 1,437 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
1,251 were record highs and 43 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 46 were all-time records, 60 monthly and 1,331 daily.
Ann Arbor U of Mich set a daily record precipitation of 72.9 mm (2.9 in) on 24 August 2023.
Across 162 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 451 records.

Record Map

1,437 stations

1,437 station records on 24 August 2023 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 August 2023: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ann Arbor U of Mich	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Norwalk Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Detroit Willow Run AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	147.6 mm (5.8 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Bucyrus	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Kenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Echo Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Fremont	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Freiburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Oberlin	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Bellefontaine	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Quemado	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Lynx Pass	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Oost Maarland	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Warren 3 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Stockton 3NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Galion Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Coshocton Wpc Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hiram	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Westerville	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Mills Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bison Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Detroit Metro AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Elgin Water	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Rockville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Coteau	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
New Iberia AP - Acadiana Rgnl	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Jornada Exp Range	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Delaware Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Piqua	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tyler Pounds Fld	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
St Joseph 3 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Chardon	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Millersburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Stoughton Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Marseilles-Marignane	France	Record high maximum temperature	37.3 C (99.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Rapids #1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Elkader 6 SSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Forest City 2 NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Grinnell 3 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Marshalltown	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Vinton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kirksville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Dover 1 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hallettsville 2 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Friendship	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Scottsboro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Betatakin	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Donaldsonville 4 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Headworks Portland Wtr B	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Perpignan	France	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Clermont-Ferrand	France	Record high minimum temperature	23.2 C (73.8 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Jeanerette 5 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Brookhaven City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesboro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Brooklyn Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Nassau Airport New	Bahamas, The	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Poitiers - Biard	France	Record high minimum temperature	21.5 C (70.7 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Aspendell	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Monmouth	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Fairfield	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,437 records

Records set or tied on 24 August 2023 by type: Highest daily maximum 480, Lowest daily maximum 30, Highest daily minimum 771, Lowest daily minimum 13, Heaviest daily rainfall 143.

Records on 24 August 2023 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	480
Lowest daily maximum	30
Highest daily minimum	771
Lowest daily minimum	13
Heaviest daily rainfall	143
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 24 August 2023 by timescale: all-time 46, monthly 60, daily 1,331.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,124 broken records

Margins by which the 1,124 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 71.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 August 2023

Top 20 records on 24 August 2023 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 August 2023	Ann Arbor U of Mich, US	daily rain	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	120 years	79 of 100 (Major)
24 August 2023	Norwalk Wwtp, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	78 years	73 of 100 (Major)
24 August 2023	Detroit Willow Run AP, US	all-time rain	147.6 mm (5.8 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	22 years	73 of 100 (Major)
24 August 2023	Bucyrus, US	daily rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	116 years	64 of 100 (Major)
24 August 2023	Kenton, US	daily rain	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	112 years	64 of 100 (Major)
24 August 2023	Echo Dam, US	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	73 years	61 of 100 (Major)
24 August 2023	Fremont, US	monthly rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	107 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 2023	Freiburg, DE	daily rain	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	96 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 2023	Oberlin, US	all-time rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	3.4 mm (0.13 in)	86 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 2023	Bellefontaine, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	108 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 2023	Quemado, US	daily high min	17.8 C (64.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	88 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 2023	Lynx Pass, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 2023	Oost Maarland, NL	daily rain	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	36 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 2023	Warren 3 S, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	66 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 2023	Stockton 3NNE, US	all-time high min	26.1 C (79.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	79 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 2023	Galion Wtr Wks, US	daily rain	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	26 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 2023	Coshocton Wpc Plt, US	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	108 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 2023	Hiram, US	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	64 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 2023	Westerville, US	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	64 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 2023	Lake Mills Wwtp, US	monthly high min	27.2 C (81.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	93 years	51 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 2023

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 2023. 2023 had 1,437 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 10	1,071
10 to 20	28
20 to 30	15
30 to 40	4
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	3
60 to 70	1
70 to 80	1