Weather Records on 20 April 1924

113 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 April 1924. Highest significance: Melbourne Regional Office, AU.

Key Facts for 20 April 1924

On 20 April 1924, 113 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
3 were record highs and 24 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 112 daily.
Melbourne Regional Office set a daily record precipitation of 27.4 mm (1.1 in) on 20 April 1924.
Across 159 earlier years (1807 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 464 records.

Record Map

113 stations

113 station records on 20 April 1924 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 April 1924: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Toorourrong Reservoir (Toorour	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Beechworth Composite	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Charlottetown	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Chiltern (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Yackandandah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Point Escuminac	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lilydale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Paris	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Brighton Middle	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kew	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Woolsthorpe	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottetown	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Streatham (Pretty Tower)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Caulfield (Racecourse)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney	Canada	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Barnawartha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Greensborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bristol	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Grandchester Symes St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Guyra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Goorangoola	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Barsham	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Beech Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Lorne Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kamloops	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Brantford	Canada	Record daily snowfall	0.8 cm (0.3 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Unb	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Stradbroke West (Inglenook)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Yan Yean	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Wandin (Yallock)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Svenska Hogarna	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Glenariff	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Kergunyah South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Keilor (Arundel)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Great Falls 16St	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Austin	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Rutherglen Netherby Wine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Swift Current	Canada	Record daily snowfall	0.3 cm (0.1 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Toronto Deer Park	Canada	Record daily snowfall	2.3 cm (0.9 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Port Lincoln	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Bourke Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett Council Depot	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Cudgewa North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Altentreptow	Germany	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Salekhard	Russia	Record daily precipitation	4.7 mm (0.19 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Boggabri (Ghoolendaadi)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Boggabri (Milchengowrie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Emmaville (Strathbogie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Stonehenge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Woodland Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Carrathool (Gum Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

113 records

Records set or tied on 20 April 1924 by type: Highest daily maximum 2, Lowest daily maximum 13, Highest daily minimum 1, Lowest daily minimum 11, Heaviest daily rainfall 74, Heaviest daily snowfall 12.

Records on 20 April 1924 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	2
Lowest daily maximum	13
Highest daily minimum	1
Lowest daily minimum	11
Heaviest daily rainfall	74
Heaviest daily snowfall	12
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 20 April 1924 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 112.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

103 broken records

Margins by which the 103 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 111.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 April 1924

Top 20 records on 20 April 1924 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 April 1924	Melbourne Regional Office, AU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	67 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
20 April 1924	Toorourrong Reservoir (Toorour, AU	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	23 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
20 April 1924	Beechworth Composite, AU	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
20 April 1924	Charlottetown, CA	daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	11.1 cm (4.4 in)	48 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
20 April 1924	Chiltern (Post Office), AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
20 April 1924	Yackandandah, AU	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	23 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
20 April 1924	Point Escuminac, CA	daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	17 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
20 April 1924	Sydney, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	50 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
20 April 1924	Lilydale, AU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	17 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
20 April 1924	Cobar Post Office, AU	monthly low max	12.8 C (55.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	18 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
20 April 1924	Paris, CA	daily snowfall	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	5.9 cm (2.3 in)	23 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
20 April 1924	Brighton Middle, AU	daily rain	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	25 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
20 April 1924	Yea, AU	daily rain	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	28 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
20 April 1924	Visby_Flygplats, SE	daily rain	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	42 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
20 April 1924	Kew, AU	daily rain	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	17 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
20 April 1924	Woolsthorpe, AU	daily rain	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	32 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
20 April 1924	Charlottetown, CA	daily rain	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	3.5 mm (0.14 in)	46 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
20 April 1924	Streatham (Pretty Tower), AU	daily rain	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	29 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
20 April 1924	Caulfield (Racecourse), AU	daily rain	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	15 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
20 April 1924	Sydney, CA	daily rain	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	51 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

1807 to 1924

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1807 to 1924. 1924 had 113 records.

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

Records on 04-20 in each year
Year	Records
1807	3
1817	1
1838	1
1849	2
1851	1
1852	4
1854	1
1858	1
1860	1
1864	1
1865	3
1868	1
1869	1
1870	1
1872	1
1874	3
1875	4
1876	1
1878	2
1880	2
1881	2
1884	1
1885	1
1886	2
1889	1
1891	2
1892	1
1893	6
1894	8
1895	7
1896	3
1897	6
1898	1
1899	1
1901	8
1902	3
1903	14
1904	31
1905	9
1906	12
1907	18
1908	14
1909	22
1910	25
1911	18
1912	12
1913	19
1914	46
1915	45
1916	19
1917	33
1918	42
1919	17
1920	49
1921	27
1922	40
1923	157
1924	113
1925	169
1926	310
1927	442
1928	212
1929	182
1930	87
1931	255
1932	166
1933	279
1934	384
1935	384
1936	311
1937	427
1938	339
1939	158
1940	519
1941	558
1942	223
1943	670
1944	304
1945	391
1946	395
1947	308
1948	493
1949	477
1950	329
1951	690
1952	552
1953	1,071
1954	377
1955	623
1956	384
1957	730
1958	327
1959	563
1960	472
1961	1,078
1962	487
1963	595
1964	749
1965	724
1966	1,174
1967	864
1968	975
1969	382
1970	948
1971	765
1972	531
1973	982
1974	673
1975	344
1976	661
1977	693
1978	800
1979	495
1980	1,539
1981	706
1982	906
1983	1,844
1984	922
1985	1,140
1986	770
1987	1,447
1988	1,144
1989	1,187
1990	1,495
1991	1,075
1992	1,009
1993	772
1994	756
1995	1,351
1996	970
1997	833
1998	1,490
1999	674
2000	931
2001	752
2002	1,081
2003	758
2004	567
2005	707
2006	859
2007	582
2008	1,110
2009	845
2010	693
2011	1,477
2012	726
2013	1,520
2014	384
2015	702
2016	650
2017	734
2018	1,309
2019	1,019
2020	449
2021	1,215
2022	596
2023	828
2024	673
2025	836
2026	533

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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	93
20 to 40	6
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	2