Weather Records on 24 April 1919

88 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 April 1919. Highest significance: Rockhampton Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 24 April 1919

On 24 April 1919, 88 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
9 were record highs and 35 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 86 daily.
Rockhampton Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 87.4 mm (3.4 in) on 24 April 1919.
Across 169 earlier years (1799 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 442 records.

Record Map

88 stations

88 station records on 24 April 1919 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 April 1919: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Rockhampton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Gladstone Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Croydon Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Milan	Italy	Record low minimum temperature	1.2 C (34.2 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Donors Hill Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pentland Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Burdekin Shire Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Clermont Sirius St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Emerald Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Camboon Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Marlborough Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Stratford	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Barrie	Canada	Record daily snowfall	2.0 cm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Katherine Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Normanton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
St John's	Canada	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Townsville Pilot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bogantungan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Peak Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Rolleston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Port Stanley	Canada	Record daily snowfall	1.8 cm (0.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record low minimum temperature	0.7 C (33.3 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Saentis	Switzerland	Record low minimum temperature	-15.4 C (4.3 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Gilbert River Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Alpha Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Duaringa Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-2.0 C (28.4 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Renfrew	Canada	Record daily snowfall	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Mahackala	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	13.5 C (56.3 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Lincoln UNIV Pwr Plt	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa	Canada	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	5.3 C (41.5 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-3.1 C (26.4 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Ayrshire Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Bustard Head Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Augathella Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-3.2 C (26.2 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
St Albans	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Clontarf	Canada	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Ilulissat (Jakobshavn)	Greenland [Denmark]	Record low minimum temperature	-25.1 C (-13.2 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Lincoln UNIV Pwr Plt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide West Terrace	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	31.4 C (88.5 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Taroom Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Barcaldine Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Muttaburra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Hawkwood Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Morven Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-1.4 C (29.5 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-1.8 C (28.8 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-1.9 C (28.6 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisburg - Coop	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

88 records

Records set or tied on 24 April 1919 by type: Highest daily maximum 5, Lowest daily maximum 13, Highest daily minimum 4, Lowest daily minimum 22, Heaviest daily rainfall 40, Heaviest daily snowfall 4.

Records on 24 April 1919 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	5
Lowest daily maximum	13
Highest daily minimum	4
Lowest daily minimum	22
Heaviest daily rainfall	40
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 24 April 1919 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 86.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

85 broken records

Margins by which the 85 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 74.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 April 1919

Top 20 records on 24 April 1919 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 April 1919	Rockhampton Post Office, AU	daily rain	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	13 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1919	Gladstone Post Office, AU	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	61.3 mm (2.4 in)	0 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1919	Croydon Township, AU	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	29 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1919	Milan, IT	daily low min	1.2 C (34.2 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	64 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1919	Donors Hill Station, AU	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	28 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
24 April 1919	Pentland Post Office, AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	27 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
24 April 1919	Burdekin Shire Council, AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	27 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
24 April 1919	Clermont Sirius St, AU	monthly rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	14 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
24 April 1919	Emerald Post Office, AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	0 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
24 April 1919	Camboon Station, AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	0 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
24 April 1919	Marlborough Post Office, AU	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	4 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
24 April 1919	Stratford, CA	daily low max	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	35 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
24 April 1919	Bathurst Gaol, AU	daily high max	26.1 C (79.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	46 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
24 April 1919	Woodstock, CA	daily low max	0.0 C (32.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	43 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
24 April 1919	Barrie, CA	daily snowfall	2.0 cm (0.8 in)	2.0 cm (0.8 in)	52 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
24 April 1919	Katherine Council, AU	daily rain	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	37 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
24 April 1919	Normanton Post Office, AU	daily rain	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	46 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
24 April 1919	St John's, CA	daily rain	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	22 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
24 April 1919	Townsville Pilot Station, AU	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	29 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
24 April 1919	Bogantungan Post Office, AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	25 years	20 of 100 (Routine)

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

1799 to 1919

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 1919. 1919 had 88 records.

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

Records on 04-24 in each year
Year	Records
1799	1
1805	1
1806	1
1807	1
1809	1
1812	2
1815	1
1817	1
1838	1
1839	1
1842	1
1843	1
1852	3
1854	4
1855	2
1857	3
1861	1
1865	1
1866	1
1868	1
1869	1
1872	2
1874	2
1875	4
1876	1
1878	2
1880	1
1881	2
1883	3
1884	1
1885	1
1886	4
1887	1
1888	3
1889	1
1890	1
1892	2
1893	3
1894	2
1895	3
1897	2
1898	4
1899	6
1900	1
1901	10
1902	3
1903	22
1904	9
1905	16
1906	25
1907	12
1908	21
1909	25
1910	46
1911	19
1912	11
1913	39
1914	15
1915	54
1916	24
1917	46
1918	112
1919	88
1920	51
1921	34
1922	56
1923	97
1924	155
1925	465
1926	353
1927	352
1928	319
1929	150
1930	659
1931	366
1932	218
1933	224
1934	297
1935	222
1936	188
1937	567
1938	191
1939	557
1940	501
1941	262
1942	614
1943	577
1944	571
1945	414
1946	487
1947	261
1948	501
1949	363
1950	635
1951	351
1952	507
1953	390
1954	547
1955	670
1956	642
1957	631
1958	693
1959	414
1960	1,283
1961	1,149
1962	669
1963	361
1964	498
1965	473
1966	539
1967	1,176
1968	897
1969	547
1970	963
1971	770
1972	398
1973	394
1974	708
1975	628
1976	523
1977	1,035
1978	389
1979	664
1980	1,157
1981	1,104
1982	862
1983	1,344
1984	745
1985	744
1986	1,009
1987	775
1988	756
1989	1,776
1990	1,208
1991	605
1992	669
1993	1,015
1994	862
1995	1,609
1996	1,273
1997	1,227
1998	1,085
1999	1,148
2000	1,110
2001	1,146
2002	1,052
2003	851
2004	774
2005	1,747
2006	844
2007	1,156
2008	799
2009	1,056
2010	753
2011	1,018
2012	2,024
2013	1,572
2014	494
2015	566
2016	480
2017	747
2018	740
2019	863
2020	544
2021	471
2022	596
2023	745
2024	387
2025	433
2026	571

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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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 10	60
10 to 20	13
20 to 30	6
30 to 40	3
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	1
70 to 80	1