Weather Records on 24 April 1920

51 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 April 1920. Highest significance: Chatham, CA.

Key Facts for 24 April 1920

On 24 April 1920, 51 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
3 were record highs and 14 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 51 daily.
Chatham set a daily record snowfall of 17.5 cm (6.9 in) on 24 April 1920.
Across 169 earlier years (1799 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 442 records.

Record Map

51 stations

51 station records on 24 April 1920 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 April 1920: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Chatham	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.5 cm (6.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Brome	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cooktown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottetown	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Saint John	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	26.0 C (78.8 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Port Douglas - Warner St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Unb	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Cardwell Marine Pde	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ayrshire Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Barraba Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bird Rocks	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Unb	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Halifax	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Stanthorpe Leslie Parade	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Quebec	Canada	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti Heath Point	Canada	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Gardiner	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Astoria	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Inglewood Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Brome	Canada	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Thomas River (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Winton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Warialda Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Cairns Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Herberton White St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Leyburn Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Kokstad	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Tampa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Musgrave	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Banff	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Cairns Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Ida	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Sfax El-Maou	Tunisia	Record low minimum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Quebec	Canada	Record daily snowfall	4.3 cm (1.7 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Teterow	Germany	Record daily precipitation	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Gotska Sandon	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	4.7 mm (0.19 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Gembrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Muttaburra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Saint John	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Mitchell Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Stromsfoss Sluse	Norway	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Dohne (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Portland Rfc City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	0 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

51 records

Records set or tied on 24 April 1920 by type: Highest daily maximum 1, Lowest daily maximum 8, Highest daily minimum 2, Lowest daily minimum 6, Heaviest daily rainfall 26, Heaviest daily snowfall 8.

Records on 24 April 1920 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	1
Lowest daily maximum	8
Highest daily minimum	2
Lowest daily minimum	6
Heaviest daily rainfall	26
Heaviest daily snowfall	8
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 24 April 1920 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 51.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

45 broken records

Margins by which the 45 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 155.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 April 1920

Top 20 records on 24 April 1920 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 April 1920	Chatham, CA	daily snowfall	17.5 cm (6.9 in)	15.5 cm (6.1 in)	31 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1920	Brome, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	42 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1920	Cooktown Post Office, AU	daily rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	63.3 mm (2.5 in)	16 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
24 April 1920	Charlottetown, CA	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	33 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
24 April 1920	Saint John, CA	daily snowfall	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	5.9 cm (2.3 in)	47 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
24 April 1920	Irkutsk, RU	daily high max	26.0 C (78.8 F)	8.6 C (15.5 F)	25 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
24 April 1920	Port Douglas - Warner St, AU	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	31 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
24 April 1920	Fredericton Unb, CA	daily low max	2.2 C (36.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	37 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
24 April 1920	Cardwell Marine Pde, AU	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	30 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
24 April 1920	Ayrshire Downs, AU	daily rain	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	1 year	18 of 100 (Routine)
24 April 1920	Barraba Post Office, AU	daily rain	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	36 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
24 April 1920	Bird Rocks, CA	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	31 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
24 April 1920	Chatham, CA	daily low max	2.2 C (36.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	32 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
24 April 1920	Fredericton Unb, CA	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	0.8 cm (0.3 in)	37 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
24 April 1920	Halifax, CA	daily low max	3.3 C (37.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	37 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
24 April 1920	Stanthorpe Leslie Parade, AU	daily rain	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	2 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
24 April 1920	Quebec, CA	daily rain	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	32 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
24 April 1920	Anticosti Heath Point, CA	daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	30 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
24 April 1920	Irkutsk, RU	daily high min	2.8 C (37.0 F)	2.5 C (4.5 F)	26 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
24 April 1920	Gardiner, US	daily low max	5.0 C (41.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	31 years	15 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 1920

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 1920. 1920 had 51 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 20	35
20 to 40	4
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1