Weather Records on 24 April 1931

366 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 April 1931. Highest significance: Katoomba (Murri St), AU.

Key Facts for 24 April 1931

On 24 April 1931, 366 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
14 were record highs and 212 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 361 daily.
Katoomba (Murri St) set a daily record precipitation of 108.0 mm (4.3 in) on 24 April 1931.
Across 169 earlier years (1799 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 440 records.

Record Map

366 stations

366 station records on 24 April 1931 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 April 1931: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Katoomba (Murri St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Wauchope (Avondale Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	169.7 mm (6.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Blackheath (Lawrence St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Port Macquarie (Bellevue Garde	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Dungog Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wollong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cockle Creek (Pasminco Metals)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Brocken	Germany	Record snow depth	130.0 cm (51.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Clarence Town (Grey St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Branxton (Dalwood Vineyard)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Marion	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wingham (Lanark Close)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gresford Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Victoria (Mt Victoria (S	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Raymond Terrace Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Orangajuli	India	Record daily precipitation	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wentworth Falls Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
St Marys Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Maitland West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wilton	India	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
San Bernardino F S 226	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Newcastle Nobbys Signal Statio	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Araluen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Moorland (Denro-An)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kendall Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Raymond Terrace (Kinross)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tahlee (Carrington (Church St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	112.8 mm (4.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Branxton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Morpeth Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Penrose (Panorama)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Quatsino	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Wilson (Nooroo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gosford (Gertrude Place)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Forster - Tuncurry R.V.C.P.	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Robertson (Caalong Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bird Rocks	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lochinvar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Batemans Bay Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Clayoquot	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Taree (Radio Station 2Re)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Blackville (Krui Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Phillipsburg 1 SSE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Molteno (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Junction Walker Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sakardu Obsy	Pakistan	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Malvern	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Glenwood Spgs #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Collarenebri (Albert St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Perth Regional Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jerrys Plains Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bega (Newtown Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
San Jacinto	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett (Euroka)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Millers Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Guyra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kurrajong Heights (Bells Line	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bemboka Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Redlands	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

366 records

Records set or tied on 24 April 1931 by type: Highest daily maximum 5, Lowest daily maximum 160, Highest daily minimum 9, Lowest daily minimum 52, Heaviest daily rainfall 126, Heaviest daily snowfall 6, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 24 April 1931 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	5
Lowest daily maximum	160
Highest daily minimum	9
Lowest daily minimum	52
Heaviest daily rainfall	126
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 24 April 1931 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 361.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

312 broken records

Margins by which the 312 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 800.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 April 1931

Top 20 records on 24 April 1931 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 April 1931	Katoomba (Murri St), AU	daily rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	91.5 mm (3.6 in)	43 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1931	Wauchope (Avondale Street), AU	daily rain	169.7 mm (6.7 in)	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1931	Blackheath (Lawrence St), AU	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	73.6 mm (2.9 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1931	Port Macquarie (Bellevue Garde, AU	daily rain	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	67.5 mm (2.7 in)	28 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1931	Dungog Post Office, AU	daily rain	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	28 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1931	Wollong, AU	daily rain	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	33 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1931	Cockle Creek (Pasminco Metals), AU	daily rain	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	28 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1931	Brocken, DE	daily snow depth	130.0 cm (51.2 in)	80.0 cm (31.5 in)	34 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1931	Clarence Town (Grey St), AU	daily rain	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	33 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1931	Branxton (Dalwood Vineyard), AU	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	33 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1931	Marion, US	daily rain	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	26 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1931	Wingham (Lanark Close), AU	daily rain	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	33 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1931	Gresford Post Office, AU	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	33 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1931	Mount Victoria (Mt Victoria (S, AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	47 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1931	Raymond Terrace Post Office, AU	daily rain	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	33 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1931	Orangajuli, IN	daily rain	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	17 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1931	Wentworth Falls Post Office, AU	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	12 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1931	St Marys Bowling Club, AU	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	28 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1931	Maitland West, AU	daily rain	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
24 April 1931	Wilton, IN	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	18 years	33 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 1931

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 1931. 1931 had 366 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 100	308
100 to 200	3
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	0
700 to 800	1