Weather Records on 17 April 1924

74 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 April 1924. Highest significance: Vaexjoe, SE.

Key Facts for 17 April 1924

On 17 April 1924, 74 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
17 were record highs and 20 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 70 daily.
Vaexjoe set a monthly record daily precipitation of 38.5 mm (1.5 in) on 17 April 1924.
Across 166 earlier years (1799 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 455 records.

Record Map

74 stations

74 station records on 17 April 1924 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 April 1924: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Vaexjoe	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Chattanooga Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Scottsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ljungby	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hano_A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Savanne	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Brandon Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Talladega	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Portage Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jonkoping	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	19.7 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Boras	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Halden	Norway	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oakbank	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record high minimum temperature	26.3 C (79.3 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record daily precipitation	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Medford	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	16.1 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Wittstock-Rote Muhle	Germany	Record daily precipitation	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Needles	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Godegard	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Sarna	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Cheneyville 1 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Yuma Wb City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Sandy Cape Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Stromsfoss Sluse	Norway	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Agassiz Cda	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Las Animas	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Quesnel	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Quesnel	Canada	Record daily precipitation	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	1.5 C (34.7 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Burdekin Shire Council	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	22.4 C (72.3 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Winkelman 6 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Vernon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Addison	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Portsmouth-Sciotoville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Maseskar	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Treherne	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Kargopol	Russia	Record daily precipitation	6.2 mm (0.24 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Lebanon 3 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Helena	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Payette	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Mexico	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Martinsburg E W Virginia Rgnl	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Witelsbos (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Florence	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Gadsden	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Canon City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Marietta Wtr Wks	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Johnsonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Savannah 6 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Parker	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	5.5 C (41.9 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Port Arthur	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Valley Head	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	2 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

74 records

Records set or tied on 17 April 1924 by type: Highest daily maximum 6, Lowest daily maximum 8, Highest daily minimum 11, Lowest daily minimum 12, Heaviest daily rainfall 34, Heaviest daily snowfall 3.

Records on 17 April 1924 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	6
Lowest daily maximum	8
Highest daily minimum	11
Lowest daily minimum	12
Heaviest daily rainfall	34
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 17 April 1924 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 70.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

57 broken records

Margins by which the 57 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 82.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 April 1924

Top 20 records on 17 April 1924 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 April 1924	Vaexjoe, SE	monthly rain	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	54 years	66 of 100 (Major)
17 April 1924	Chattanooga Wb City, US	daily rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 1924	Skara 1, SE	daily rain	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	5 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 1924	Scottsboro, US	daily rain	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 1924	Ljungby, SE	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	5 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 1924	Hano_A, SE	monthly rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	14 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 1924	Savanne, CA	monthly rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	7.7 mm (0.30 in)	28 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
17 April 1924	Lexington Bluegrass AP, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	33 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
17 April 1924	Ulricehamn, SE	monthly rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	3.5 mm (0.14 in)	20 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
17 April 1924	Brandon Cda, CA	daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	33 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
17 April 1924	Talladega, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
17 April 1924	Portage Wwtp, US	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	16 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
17 April 1924	Halmstad, SE	daily rain	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	54 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
17 April 1924	Jonkoping, SE	daily rain	19.7 mm (0.8 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	16 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
17 April 1924	Boras, SE	daily rain	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	18 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
17 April 1924	Kristianstad, SE	daily rain	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	5 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
17 April 1924	Halden, NO	daily rain	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	26 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
17 April 1924	Oakbank, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	35 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
17 April 1924	Hambantota, LK	daily high min	26.3 C (79.3 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	47 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
17 April 1924	Berlin-Dahlem, DE	daily rain	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	0.9 mm (0.04 in)	47 years	19 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 1924

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 1924. 1924 had 74 records.

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

Records on 04-17 in each year
Year	Records
1799	1
1807	1
1808	1
1815	1
1817	1
1818	1
1819	1
1823	1
1825	1
1830	1
1835	3
1837	1
1845	1
1847	2
1851	1
1852	3
1853	1
1854	1
1855	1
1857	1
1858	1
1862	1
1865	2
1868	1
1873	4
1874	1
1875	3
1877	4
1878	2
1880	2
1889	1
1890	2
1891	2
1892	4
1894	5
1895	1
1896	5
1897	6
1898	3
1899	1
1900	2
1901	4
1902	4
1903	5
1904	19
1905	11
1906	14
1907	16
1908	38
1909	7
1910	29
1911	33
1912	27
1913	20
1914	83
1915	30
1916	30
1917	32
1918	35
1919	39
1920	87
1921	148
1922	96
1923	71
1924	74
1925	103
1926	140
1927	256
1928	308
1929	145
1930	238
1931	216
1932	615
1933	261
1934	234
1935	374
1936	308
1937	439
1938	564
1939	618
1940	337
1941	460
1942	415
1943	285
1944	334
1945	475
1946	492
1947	461
1948	622
1949	439
1950	293
1951	441
1952	529
1953	818
1954	650
1955	394
1956	486
1957	277
1958	702
1959	434
1960	553
1961	667
1962	597
1963	702
1964	766
1965	411
1966	409
1967	935
1968	745
1969	728
1970	547
1971	924
1972	546
1973	589
1974	244
1975	666
1976	1,630
1977	906
1978	620
1979	810
1980	675
1981	621
1982	965
1983	1,365
1984	720
1985	917
1986	997
1987	960
1988	1,082
1989	638
1990	1,065
1991	614
1992	1,105
1993	847
1994	1,047
1995	1,211
1996	1,044
1997	889
1998	1,795
1999	1,730
2000	1,082
2001	1,013
2002	2,284
2003	1,037
2004	761
2005	572
2006	1,430
2007	863
2008	842
2009	779
2010	606
2011	982
2012	920
2013	1,796
2014	913
2015	813
2016	977
2017	469
2018	1,585
2019	458
2020	1,165
2021	701
2022	831
2023	628
2024	690
2025	1,058
2026	838

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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	50
20 to 40	4
40 to 60	0
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1