Weather Records on 24 April 1950

635 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 April 1950. Highest significance: Burlington Muni AP, US.

Key Facts for 24 April 1950

On 24 April 1950, 635 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
155 were record highs and 203 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 29 monthly and 606 daily.
Burlington Muni AP set a monthly record daily precipitation of 110.7 mm (4.4 in) on 24 April 1950.
Across 169 earlier years (1799 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 439 records.

Record Map

635 stations

635 station records on 24 April 1950 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 April 1950: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Burlington Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.7 mm (4.4 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Mt Pleasant 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Kalamazoo State Hospital	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Bowling Green Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Hastings	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Minot Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Wayne	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Moanalua 770	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mine Centre	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ann Arbor U of Mich	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Grundy Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Culbertson	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Fremont	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wauseon Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Havana	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mildred	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kaanapali AP 453.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hampton	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Watford City	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Oberlin	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Williston Sloulin Fld	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Steinkopf (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Charlotte	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Minot Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Galva	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Montpelier	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Luakaha Lower 782	United States	Record daily precipitation	118.9 mm (4.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	14.2 C (57.6 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Angola	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Delaware 3 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Brainerd	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Howell Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
S Haven	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Warren 3 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Catawba Island 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cleveland 2717 Euclid	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Rapids #1	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Medicine Lake 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Put-In-Bay	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Stony River Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Oregon Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Joliet	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cypress River	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Carroll	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Poplar 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Darlington Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Acude Salao	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Aledo	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fryburg 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Olaa 92	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sao Miguel Dos Campos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Decorah	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Adrian 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Plevna	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Belleville Dam 2O	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Henichesk	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	14.3 C (57.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

635 records

Records set or tied on 24 April 1950 by type: Highest daily maximum 66, Lowest daily maximum 79, Highest daily minimum 89, Lowest daily minimum 124, Heaviest daily rainfall 243, Heaviest daily snowfall 28, Deepest snow cover 6.

Records on 24 April 1950 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	66
Lowest daily maximum	79
Highest daily minimum	89
Lowest daily minimum	124
Heaviest daily rainfall	243
Heaviest daily snowfall	28
Deepest snow cover	6

Records on 24 April 1950 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 29, daily 606.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

521 broken records

Margins by which the 521 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 279.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 April 1950

Top 20 records on 24 April 1950 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 April 1950	Burlington Muni AP, US	monthly rain	110.7 mm (4.4 in)	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	50 years	70 of 100 (Major)
24 April 1950	Mt Pleasant 1 SW, US	monthly rain	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	45 years	62 of 100 (Major)
24 April 1950	Kalamazoo State Hospital, US	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	52 years	60 of 100 (Major)
24 April 1950	Bowling Green Wwtp, US	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	50 years	60 of 100 (Major)
24 April 1950	Hastings, US	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	52 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1950	Minot Exp STN, US	daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1950	Wayne, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	52 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1950	Hillsdale, US	daily rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	24 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1950	Moanalua 770, US	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1950	Mine Centre, CA	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	22.4 cm (8.8 in)	21 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1950	Ann Arbor U of Mich, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	47 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1950	Grundy Ctr, US	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	45 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1950	Culbertson, US	monthly rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	7 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1950	Fremont, US	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1950	Wauseon Wtp, US	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	31 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1950	Havana, US	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	41 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1950	Mildred, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	11 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1950	Beach, US	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1950	Kaanapali AP 453.1, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	19 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1950	Munchen-Nymphenburg, DE	daily rain	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	64 years	46 of 100 (Notable)

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 1950

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 1950. 1950 had 635 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 50	502
50 to 100	12
100 to 150	4
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	2