Weather Records on 24 April 1936

188 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 April 1936. Highest significance: Altastenberg, DE.

Key Facts for 24 April 1936

On 24 April 1936, 188 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
45 were record highs and 93 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 182 daily.
Altastenberg set a daily record snow depth of 55.0 cm (21.7 in) on 24 April 1936.
Across 169 earlier years (1799 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 442 records.

Record Map

188 stations

188 station records on 24 April 1936 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 April 1936: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Altastenberg	Germany	Record snow depth	55.0 cm (21.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hermiston 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kennewick	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Schreiber	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record high minimum temperature	26.8 C (80.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Leo	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Wolfville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nerchinskij Zavod	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-17.5 C (0.5 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mottinger	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Regensburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Augsburg (Sankt Stephan)	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-2.3 C (27.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Nelson	Canada	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Olands Sodra Udde	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Heppner	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Altentreptow	Germany	Record snow depth	7.0 cm (2.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
St Georges	Canada	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cle Elum	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Echo	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Schwerin	Germany	Record daily precipitation	11.1 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kalispell Glacier AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Conconully	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moxee	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Calera	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney	Canada	Record daily snowfall	4.3 cm (1.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hedley	Canada	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Savanne	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	6.5 C (43.7 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Coteau	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Minnville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Summerville 4W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Savanne	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	8.2 C (46.8 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Marianna Sch For Boys	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Emsdale	Canada	Record daily snowfall	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Salekhard	Russia	Record daily precipitation	2.6 mm (0.10 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Onaway 12 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Eutawville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Petropavlovskij Majak	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Ukiah	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Grants Pass	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Bonham 3NNE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Lakeside	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	0.7 C (33.3 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Olands Norra Udde	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	5.0 mm (0.20 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Waycross 4 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Southern Pines 2 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Napoleon	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Manati 2 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Madison	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Leakesville 6 WSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Bandon 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Bella Coola	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Tbilisi	Georgia	Record high maximum temperature	30.4 C (86.7 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Ueckermunde	Germany	Record daily precipitation	8.7 mm (0.34 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	11.1 mm (0.4 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Fernandina Beach	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Tallahassee	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

188 records

Records set or tied on 24 April 1936 by type: Highest daily maximum 16, Lowest daily maximum 51, Highest daily minimum 29, Lowest daily minimum 42, Heaviest daily rainfall 43, Heaviest daily snowfall 5, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 24 April 1936 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	16
Lowest daily maximum	51
Highest daily minimum	29
Lowest daily minimum	42
Heaviest daily rainfall	43
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 24 April 1936 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 182.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

141 broken records

Margins by which the 141 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 450.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 April 1936

Top 20 records on 24 April 1936 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 April 1936	Altastenberg, DE	daily snow depth	55.0 cm (21.7 in)	45.0 cm (17.7 in)	44 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1936	Hermiston 1 SE, US	monthly rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	13 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1936	Kennewick, US	monthly rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	20 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1936	Schreiber, CA	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	42 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
24 April 1936	Hambantota, LK	daily high min	26.8 C (80.2 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	60 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
24 April 1936	Saint Leo, US	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	18 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
24 April 1936	Wolfville, CA	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	13 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
24 April 1936	Nerchinskij Zavod, RU	daily low min	-17.5 C (0.5 F)	5.3 C (9.5 F)	45 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
24 April 1936	Mottinger, US	monthly rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	3.5 mm (0.14 in)	20 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
24 April 1936	Regensburg, DE	daily low min	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	51 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
24 April 1936	Augsburg (Sankt Stephan), DE	daily low min	-2.3 C (27.9 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	36 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
24 April 1936	Nelson, CA	daily rain	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	28 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
24 April 1936	Olands Sodra Udde, SE	daily rain	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	26 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
24 April 1936	Heppner, US	daily rain	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	21 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
24 April 1936	Altentreptow, DE	monthly snow depth	7.0 cm (2.8 in)	7.0 cm (2.8 in)	45 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
24 April 1936	St Georges, CA	daily rain	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	6.7 mm (0.26 in)	29 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
24 April 1936	Cle Elum, US	daily rain	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	28 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
24 April 1936	Echo, US	monthly rain	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	2 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
24 April 1936	Schwerin, DE	daily rain	11.1 mm (0.4 in)	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	7 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
24 April 1936	Kalispell Glacier AP, US	monthly rain	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	3.4 mm (0.13 in)	1 year	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 1936

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 1936. 1936 had 188 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	140
100 to 200	0
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1