Weather Records on 24 April 1929

150 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 April 1929. Highest significance: Gothenburg, US.

Key Facts for 24 April 1929

On 24 April 1929, 150 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
14 were record highs and 44 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 146 daily.
Gothenburg set a daily record precipitation of 77.7 mm (3.1 in) on 24 April 1929.
Across 169 earlier years (1799 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 442 records.

Record Map

150 stations

150 station records on 24 April 1929 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 April 1929: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Gothenburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Laramie	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Evelyn Sharp Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mason City	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pointe Riche	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Curtis	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kingfisher	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Armour	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Northwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gorin	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wentworth 2.5 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gunnison 3SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Riche	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Howard	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tyndall	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Madrid	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Santee	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Flandreau	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Menno	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mitchell 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mellette 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Rosebud	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Uccle	Belgium	Record low minimum temperature	-2.3 C (27.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lynd #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Broken Bow 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Forestburg 4 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Greeley	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Faulkton	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Talladega	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lacona	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Albert Lea 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
West Bend	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Keosauqua	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ericson 8 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Stillwater 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
La Harpe	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mason City	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Clark	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hay Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Varberg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Grinnell 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	5.0 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kew	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tartu	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	10.3 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fraserburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	15.1 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
American River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	4.9 C (40.8 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Beardsley	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Milan 1NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Centerville 6 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-15.4 C (4.3 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Kennebec	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
La Delle 7 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Levan	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti SW Point	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Storlien	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-4.0 C (24.8 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

150 records

Records set or tied on 24 April 1929 by type: Highest daily maximum 7, Lowest daily maximum 21, Highest daily minimum 7, Lowest daily minimum 23, Heaviest daily rainfall 88, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 24 April 1929 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	7
Lowest daily maximum	21
Highest daily minimum	7
Lowest daily minimum	23
Heaviest daily rainfall	88
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 24 April 1929 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 3, daily 146.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

134 broken records

Margins by which the 134 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 178.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 April 1929

Top 20 records on 24 April 1929 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 April 1929	Gothenburg, US	daily rain	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1929	Laramie, US	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1929	Evelyn Sharp Fld, US	daily rain	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	24 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1929	Mason City, US	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1929	Pointe Riche, CA	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	29 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1929	Curtis, US	all-time rain	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	17 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1929	Kingfisher, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1929	Armour, US	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	12 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1929	Northwood, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1929	Gorin, US	daily rain	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	4 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1929	Wentworth 2.5 WNW, US	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	12 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1929	Gunnison 3SW, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	24 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
24 April 1929	Pointe Riche, CA	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
24 April 1929	Howard, US	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
24 April 1929	Tyndall, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	14 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
24 April 1929	Madrid, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
24 April 1929	Santee, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	16 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
24 April 1929	Flandreau, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
24 April 1929	Menno, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	4 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
24 April 1929	Mitchell 2 N, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	15 years	31 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 1929

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 1929. 1929 had 150 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 25	119
25 to 50	10
50 to 75	3
75 to 100	0
100 to 125	1
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1