Weather Records on 24 April 1934

297 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 April 1934. Highest significance: Karnah, IN.

Key Facts for 24 April 1934

On 24 April 1934, 297 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
161 were record highs and 50 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 288 daily.
Karnah set a daily record precipitation of 110.0 mm (4.3 in) on 24 April 1934.
Across 169 earlier years (1799 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 441 records.

Record Map

297 stations

297 station records on 24 April 1934 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 April 1934: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Karnah	India	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hajo	India	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Margherita	India	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Abitibi Post	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Moreton Telegraph Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Missoula 6 NW WFO	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tewantin Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	-1.2 C (29.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Barkerville	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
American Falls 6 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Parry Sound	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Athens	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tooele	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Burkes Garden	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Big Creek	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Williamstown	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bordeaux-Merignac	France	Record daily precipitation	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gallivare_A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kiruna	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	15.1 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Owen Sound	Canada	Record daily snowfall	4.1 cm (1.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Watertown	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Orillia	Canada	Record daily snowfall	2.0 cm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Southampton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Delegate (Weewalla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Huntsville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tallinn	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gainesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dayton 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bali	India	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pitea	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wyndham Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Liepaja	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	6.5 mm (0.26 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tunis	Tunisia	Record daily precipitation	12.6 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Greensboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chestnut Hill	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fitchburg 4 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lawrence	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Setauket Strong	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Olympia Priest Pt Park	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Revelstoke	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Hypoluxo	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Dillon U of Montana Western	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Fe	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Colfax	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Port Townsend	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Chilliwack	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Kotarh	India	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Collins	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Las Animas	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bosque del Apache	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Cutchogue	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Elmira	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Port Jervis	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Warwick	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Winthrop UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Logan Utah St UNIV	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottesville 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

297 records

Records set or tied on 24 April 1934 by type: Highest daily maximum 48, Lowest daily maximum 26, Highest daily minimum 113, Lowest daily minimum 24, Heaviest daily rainfall 75, Heaviest daily snowfall 11.

Records on 24 April 1934 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	48
Lowest daily maximum	26
Highest daily minimum	113
Lowest daily minimum	24
Heaviest daily rainfall	75
Heaviest daily snowfall	11
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 24 April 1934 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 9, daily 288.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

222 broken records

Margins by which the 222 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 114.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 April 1934

Top 20 records on 24 April 1934 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 April 1934	Karnah, IN	daily rain	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1934	Hajo, IN	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1934	Monticello, US	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	13 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1934	Margherita, IN	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	28 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1934	Abitibi Post, CA	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	15 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1934	Moreton Telegraph Station, AU	daily rain	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	20 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
24 April 1934	Missoula 6 NW WFO, US	monthly high min	12.8 C (55.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	32 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
24 April 1934	Tewantin Post Office, AU	monthly low min	-1.2 C (29.8 F)	4.0 C (7.2 F)	9 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
24 April 1934	Barkerville, CA	daily high max	26.1 C (79.0 F)	7.8 C (14.0 F)	24 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
24 April 1934	Pointe Au Pere, CA	daily high max	16.7 C (62.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	56 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
24 April 1934	American Falls 6 NE, US	daily high min	10.0 C (50.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	32 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
24 April 1934	Parry Sound, CA	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	6.1 cm (2.4 in)	5 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
24 April 1934	Athens, US	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	5.4 mm (0.21 in)	35 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
24 April 1934	Tooele, US	daily high min	14.4 C (57.9 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	34 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
24 April 1934	Burkes Garden, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	24 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
24 April 1934	Big Creek, CA	daily high max	26.1 C (79.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	39 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
24 April 1934	Williamstown, US	daily high min	10.6 C (51.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	48 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
24 April 1934	Bordeaux-Merignac, FR	daily rain	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	12 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
24 April 1934	Gallivare_A, SE	daily rain	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	8 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
24 April 1934	Kiruna, SE	daily rain	15.1 mm (0.6 in)	5.9 mm (0.23 in)	29 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

1799 to 1934

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 1934. 1934 had 297 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 20	209
20 to 40	6
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1