Weather Records on 31 August 2024

766 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 31 August 2024. Highest significance: Pilvo, RU.

Key Facts for 31 August 2024

On 31 August 2024, 766 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
640 were record highs and 34 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 23 monthly and 741 daily.
Pilvo set an all-time record daily precipitation of 97.0 mm (3.8 in) on 31 August 2024.
Across 165 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 434 records.

Record Map

766 stations

766 station records on 31 August 2024 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 31 August 2024: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Pilvo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Guadalajara	Spain	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Machilipatnam	India	Record daily precipitation	183.9 mm (7.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Maradi	Niger	Record daily precipitation	163.1 mm (6.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Charleston	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Parkersburg AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Saentis	Switzerland	Record high maximum temperature	17.3 C (63.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Constanta	Romania	Record daily precipitation	57.3 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Owensboro 3ENE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kakinada	India	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Agadez	Niger	Record low maximum temperature	30.4 C (86.7 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Burgos-Villafria	Spain	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Robinson	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Farmland 5 NNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Maysville Wwtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bilma	Niger	Record low maximum temperature	34.2 C (93.6 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bjoernoeya	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	8.6 C (47.5 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kanin Nos	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Galveston Scholes Fld	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lafayette Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Poltava	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	21.5 C (70.7 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Franklinville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Floydada	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Elmira Corning Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cordova AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nice	France	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bamberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	17.9 C (64.2 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	28.8 C (83.8 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ljubljana Bezigrad	Slovenia	Record high maximum temperature	33.5 C (92.3 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Merikarvia Tuorila Alakyla	Finland	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Troy	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Morelia Mich.	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Krasnoshelye	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	22.9 C (73.2 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Biloxi	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Coweeta Exp STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Newark Wtr Wks	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kane 1NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cookeville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Yamba Pilot Station	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	35.5 C (95.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ballina Airport AWS	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wien	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	20.1 C (68.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bastia	France	Record high maximum temperature	35.9 C (96.6 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Clarksville L&D 24	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Marietta Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Parkersburg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
University of Queensland Gatto	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	35.9 C (96.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kankaanpaa Niinisalo Puolustus	Finland	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Raoul Isl/Kermadec	New Zealand	Record high maximum temperature	23.5 C (74.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Podor	Senegal	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
San Manuel	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Turkey	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lajamanu	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	37.9 C (100.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Brisbane Aero	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	29.0 C (84.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dulan	China	Record high minimum temperature	14.1 C (57.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Niamey Aero	Niger	Record low maximum temperature	26.4 C (79.5 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Reboly	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	15.4 C (59.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Vandalia	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Drummond Aviation	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
East Sale Comparison	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	12.1 C (53.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

766 records

Records set or tied on 31 August 2024 by type: Highest daily maximum 306, Lowest daily maximum 27, Highest daily minimum 334, Lowest daily minimum 7, Heaviest daily rainfall 92.

Records on 31 August 2024 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	306
Lowest daily maximum	27
Highest daily minimum	334
Lowest daily minimum	7
Heaviest daily rainfall	92
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 31 August 2024 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 23, daily 741.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

619 broken records

Margins by which the 619 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 132.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

31 August 2024

Top 20 records on 31 August 2024 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 August 2024	Pilvo, RU	all-time rain	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	41 years	64 of 100 (Major)
31 August 2024	Guadalajara, ES	monthly rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	18 years	60 of 100 (Major)
31 August 2024	Machilipatnam, IN	daily rain	183.9 mm (7.2 in)	132.8 mm (5.2 in)	22 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 2024	Maradi, NE	monthly rain	163.1 mm (6.4 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	74 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 2024	Charleston, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	120 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 2024	Parkersburg AP, US	daily rain	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	3 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 2024	Saentis, CH	daily high max	17.3 C (63.1 F)	1.9 C (3.4 F)	137 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 2024	Constanta, RO	daily rain	57.3 mm (2.3 in)	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	15 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 2024	Owensboro 3ENE, US	daily high min	23.9 C (75.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	112 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 2024	Kakinada, IN	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	100 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 2024	Agadez, NE	daily low max	30.4 C (86.7 F)	4.6 C (8.3 F)	57 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 2024	Burgos-Villafria, ES	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	13 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 2024	Robinson, US	daily high max	36.1 C (97.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	117 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 2024	Farmland 5 NNW, US	daily high max	36.1 C (97.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	100 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 2024	Maysville Wwtp, US	daily high max	36.7 C (98.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	125 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 2024	Bilma, NE	daily low max	34.2 C (93.6 F)	3.2 C (5.8 F)	58 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 2024	Bjoernoeya, NO	daily high min	8.6 C (47.5 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	90 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 2024	Kanin Nos, RU	daily high min	11.0 C (51.8 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	99 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 2024	Galveston Scholes Fld, US	daily low max	27.2 C (81.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	78 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 2024	Lafayette Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	97 years	40 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

1796 to 2024

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 2024. 2024 had 766 records.

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

Records on 08-31 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1806	1
1807	2
1813	1
1814	1
1816	1
1827	1
1836	1
1846	1
1849	1
1851	1
1856	2
1858	1
1859	1
1860	1
1861	1
1863	1
1867	1
1869	1
1873	1
1875	1
1876	1
1877	2
1879	2
1881	3
1882	2
1885	1
1886	5
1887	1
1889	1
1890	2
1892	3
1893	1
1894	1
1895	1
1896	1
1897	5
1898	10
1899	4
1900	3
1901	5
1902	5
1903	16
1904	13
1905	8
1906	47
1907	6
1908	12
1909	39
1910	20
1911	31
1912	34
1913	40
1914	23
1915	71
1916	7
1917	60
1918	58
1919	25
1920	46
1921	86
1922	58
1923	63
1924	232
1925	111
1926	148
1927	103
1928	201
1929	300
1930	243
1931	192
1932	807
1933	424
1934	381
1935	540
1936	226
1937	508
1938	324
1939	296
1940	400
1941	528
1942	422
1943	650
1944	638
1945	572
1946	545
1947	473
1948	367
1949	409
1950	662
1951	910
1952	388
1953	1,054
1954	633
1955	539
1956	734
1957	317
1958	417
1959	496
1960	366
1961	625
1962	432
1963	415
1964	591
1965	886
1966	830
1967	952
1968	562
1969	474
1970	558
1971	326
1972	287
1973	793
1974	587
1975	658
1976	732
1977	621
1978	891
1979	400
1980	701
1981	692
1982	586
1983	788
1984	866
1985	854
1986	1,218
1987	836
1988	570
1989	622
1990	966
1991	848
1992	1,274
1993	1,286
1994	1,139
1995	1,077
1996	1,451
1997	943
1998	1,163
1999	988
2000	1,545
2001	944
2002	852
2003	1,232
2004	963
2005	1,782
2006	1,147
2007	1,110
2008	870
2009	1,224
2010	1,490
2011	994
2012	932
2013	771
2014	458
2015	1,074
2016	599
2017	596
2018	366
2019	781
2020	737
2021	553
2022	1,191
2023	600
2024	766
2025	307
2026	595

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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	606
20 to 40	9
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1