Weather Records on 1 April 1924

257 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 April 1924. Highest significance: Newark Liberty Intl AP, US.

Key Facts for 1 April 1924

On 1 April 1924, 257 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
7 were record highs and 151 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 73 monthly and 184 daily.
Newark Liberty Intl AP set a daily record snowfall of 30.5 cm (12.0 in) on 1 April 1924.
Across 160 earlier years (1803 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 479 records.

Record Map

257 stations

257 station records on 1 April 1924 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 April 1924: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Halden	Norway	Record snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Port Jervis	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Philadelphia City	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.8 cm (6.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
World Trade Ctr	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.3 cm (7.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Harrisburg - Coop	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gainesville UNIV of Fl	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.9 cm (9.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Moorestown 4 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
St Peter	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
State College	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Reading Wb City	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Belvidere	United States	Record daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Washington	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
New Ulm 2 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisburg - Coop	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
La Crosse Wb City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Fairmont	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
World Trade Ctr	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Philadelphia City	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Duaringa Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Norfolk	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Oakdale	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Glenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Algona	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Alta	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bird Island	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
New London	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Meadow Valley Rs	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Rutherglen	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-26.1 C (-15.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sac City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Brookings 2 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Bluff	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Carroll	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Forestburg 4 NNE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Milbank 4 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Reading Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lucknow	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lynd #2	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Montevideo 1SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Morris W Cntrl Rsch & Outreach	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hartington	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tekamah	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeton 1 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hightstown 2 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Wentworth 2.5 WNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Meadow	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Worthington	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Moorestown 4 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisburg - Coop	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Eau Claire	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Florence	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Viroqua	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

257 records

Records set or tied on 1 April 1924 by type: Highest daily maximum 3, Lowest daily maximum 49, Highest daily minimum 4, Lowest daily minimum 102, Heaviest daily rainfall 60, Heaviest daily snowfall 27, Deepest snow cover 12.

Records on 1 April 1924 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	3
Lowest daily maximum	49
Highest daily minimum	4
Lowest daily minimum	102
Heaviest daily rainfall	60
Heaviest daily snowfall	27
Deepest snow cover	12

Records on 1 April 1924 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 73, daily 184.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

207 broken records

Margins by which the 207 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 254.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 April 1924

Top 20 records on 1 April 1924 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 April 1924	Newark Liberty Intl AP, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	62 years	62 of 100 (Major)
1 April 1924	Halden, NO	monthly snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	24 years	61 of 100 (Major)
1 April 1924	Port Jervis, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	20.4 cm (8.0 in)	41 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1924	Philadelphia City, US	daily snowfall	16.8 cm (6.6 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	36 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1924	World Trade Ctr, US	daily snowfall	18.3 cm (7.2 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	33 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1924	Harrisburg - Coop, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	5 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1924	Gainesville UNIV of Fl, US	daily rain	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	17 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1924	Baltimore Customs House, US	monthly snowfall	24.9 cm (9.8 in)	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	8 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1924	Ny City Cntrl Park, US	daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	19.6 cm (7.7 in)	17 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1924	Moorestown 4 E, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	13.9 cm (5.5 in)	17 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1924	St Peter, US	monthly low min	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	8.4 C (15.1 F)	24 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1924	State College, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	20.4 cm (8.0 in)	3 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1924	Baltimore Customs House, US	monthly snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	29 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1924	Reading Wb City, US	monthly snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	7 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1924	Belvidere, US	monthly snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	29 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
1 April 1924	Washington, US	monthly snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	34 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
1 April 1924	New Ulm 2 SE, US	monthly low min	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	24 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
1 April 1924	Harrisburg - Coop, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	30 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
1 April 1924	Ny City Cntrl Park, US	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	34 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
1 April 1924	Oran-Hopital Militaire, DZ	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	14 years	30 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

1803 to 1924

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1803 to 1924. 1924 had 257 records.

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

Records on 04-01 in each year
Year	Records
1803	1
1805	1
1808	1
1813	1
1815	3
1819	1
1830	2
1847	2
1848	1
1850	1
1855	3
1856	1
1861	2
1862	2
1865	1
1869	2
1872	1
1873	1
1874	2
1876	1
1878	3
1879	2
1881	1
1885	1
1887	2
1888	2
1889	2
1891	5
1892	1
1893	2
1896	4
1897	5
1898	3
1899	4
1900	4
1901	4
1902	4
1903	12
1904	29
1905	10
1906	7
1907	24
1908	5
1909	13
1910	26
1911	27
1912	31
1913	35
1914	37
1915	25
1916	35
1917	80
1918	51
1919	165
1920	65
1921	46
1922	98
1923	319
1924	257
1925	111
1926	234
1927	326
1928	194
1929	336
1930	153
1931	846
1932	292
1933	188
1934	153
1935	424
1936	1,248
1937	192
1938	461
1939	226
1940	840
1941	285
1942	209
1943	319
1944	266
1945	880
1946	1,172
1947	390
1948	590
1949	308
1950	455
1951	406
1952	419
1953	249
1954	493
1955	288
1956	744
1957	314
1958	535
1959	821
1960	295
1961	496
1962	652
1963	1,123
1964	951
1965	678
1966	689
1967	928
1968	377
1969	611
1970	894
1971	384
1972	510
1973	680
1974	894
1975	1,806
1976	767
1977	524
1978	1,013
1979	738
1980	797
1981	1,115
1982	884
1983	643
1984	662
1985	826
1986	982
1987	1,762
1988	1,259
1989	1,098
1990	952
1991	693
1992	981
1993	783
1994	739
1995	1,056
1996	996
1997	1,255
1998	1,703
1999	1,341
2000	690
2001	575
2002	985
2003	1,366
2004	926
2005	1,086
2006	929
2007	963
2008	1,457
2009	846
2010	1,022
2011	1,105
2012	1,327
2013	719
2014	657
2015	606
2016	842
2017	792
2018	870
2019	674
2020	719
2021	790
2022	853
2023	1,069
2024	788
2025	779
2026	1,042

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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 50	185
50 to 100	7
100 to 150	4
150 to 200	6
200 to 250	4
250 to 300	1