Weather Records on 24 April 1948

501 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 April 1948. Highest significance: Mandan Exp STN, US.

Key Facts for 24 April 1948

On 24 April 1948, 501 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
206 were record highs and 97 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 489 daily.
Mandan Exp STN set a daily record precipitation of 44.7 mm (1.8 in) on 24 April 1948.
Across 169 earlier years (1799 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 440 records.

Record Map

501 stations

501 station records on 24 April 1948 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 April 1948: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mandan Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Turtle Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Eckman 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Burdekin Shire Council	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Apache	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Granville	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Linton	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Te Kowai Exp STN	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	5.8 C (42.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Washburn	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ames	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ames	United States	Record daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Long Prairie	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Thurman	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lebo	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Towner 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Willow City	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Taylors Falls 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bottineau	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Millstream	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Victoria Gonzales Hts	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Maquoketa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Olympia Priest Pt Park	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
La Crosse Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Big Creek	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Rico	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Trout Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lancaster 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
De Smet	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ganca	Azerbaijan	Record low minimum temperature	0.4 C (32.7 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tbilisi	Georgia	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	9.2 C (48.6 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tyndall	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Dawson	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	19.5 C (67.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Gurjala(Gurujala)	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Susanville 2SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Buena Vista 2S	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Aledo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Greencastle 1 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kennewick	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Saunur(Savnur)	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sotchi	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	2.5 C (36.5 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Langdon Exp Farm	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tanana AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-26.1 C (-15.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kalgoorlie Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	13.8 C (56.8 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Pilao Arcado	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
James Island	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Park River	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Grantsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tarkio	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record snow depth	575.0 cm (226.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ignacio 1 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Sikeston	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Auburn 5 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Jamestown State Hosp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Washburn	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Willow City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

501 records

Records set or tied on 24 April 1948 by type: Highest daily maximum 29, Lowest daily maximum 76, Highest daily minimum 177, Lowest daily minimum 21, Heaviest daily rainfall 182, Heaviest daily snowfall 15, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 24 April 1948 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	29
Lowest daily maximum	76
Highest daily minimum	177
Lowest daily minimum	21
Heaviest daily rainfall	182
Heaviest daily snowfall	15
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 24 April 1948 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 11, daily 489.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

376 broken records

Margins by which the 376 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 950.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 April 1948

Top 20 records on 24 April 1948 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 April 1948	Mandan Exp STN, US	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	25 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1948	Turtle Lake, US	monthly rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	7 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1948	Eckman 2 SE, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	31 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1948	Burdekin Shire Council, AU	daily low min	4.4 C (39.9 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	50 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1948	Apache, US	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	23 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1948	Granville, US	monthly rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	11 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1948	Linton, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	13 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1948	Te Kowai Exp STN, AU	daily low min	5.8 C (42.4 F)	5.4 C (9.7 F)	36 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
24 April 1948	Washburn, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	40 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
24 April 1948	Ames, US	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	27 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
24 April 1948	Ames, US	monthly snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	22 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
24 April 1948	Long Prairie, US	monthly rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	0.7 mm (0.03 in)	55 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
24 April 1948	Thurman, US	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	48 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
24 April 1948	Lebo, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	43 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
24 April 1948	Towner 2 NE, US	monthly rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	11 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
24 April 1948	Willow City, US	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	31 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
24 April 1948	Taylors Falls 1 NE, US	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	35 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
24 April 1948	Bottineau, US	monthly rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	33 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
24 April 1948	Millstream, AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	39 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
24 April 1948	Victoria Gonzales Hts, CA	daily low max	6.7 C (44.1 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	47 years	27 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 1948

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 1948. 1948 had 501 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 200	375
200 to 400	0
400 to 600	0
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	1