Weather Records on 24 April 1951

351 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 April 1951. Highest significance: Drevja, NO.

Key Facts for 24 April 1951

On 24 April 1951, 351 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
66 were record highs and 75 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 340 daily.
Drevja set a monthly record daily precipitation of 75.6 mm (3.0 in) on 24 April 1951.
Across 169 earlier years (1799 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 441 records.

Record Map

351 stations

351 station records on 24 April 1951 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 April 1951: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Drevja	Norway	Record daily precipitation	75.6 mm (3.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Tortosa - Observatorio del Ebr	Spain	Record daily precipitation	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Palmeiro Dos Indios	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	58.3 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Krishnarajpet	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Maceio (Aeroporto)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kapskarmo	Norway	Record daily precipitation	58.1 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Uniao Dos Palmares	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Risnes I Fjotland	Norway	Record snow depth	106.0 cm (41.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sibasa	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Codg Codgen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Carterville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nungarin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Porto Real Do Colegio	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dairy Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lusk 2 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Srirangpatnam	India	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Palmaryville	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Aguas Belas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Anadia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tuddal	Norway	Record snow depth	125.0 cm (49.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Aseral	Norway	Record snow depth	118.0 cm (46.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Laverton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Buxa	India	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mykland	Norway	Record snow depth	113.0 cm (44.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Atalaia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Quebrangulo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	66.7 mm (2.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Antenor Navarro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	104.8 mm (4.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Castellon de la Plana	Spain	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Elephant Butte Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-2.1 C (28.2 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tiruppattur	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gingee	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hiasen I Sigdal	Norway	Record snow depth	121.0 cm (47.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mahlabatini (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Helena	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Steveston	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kunigal	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kanjirapally	India	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Nes Pa Hedmark	Norway	Record snow depth	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Snowflake	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gage	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
The Pas	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bucuresti Filaret	Romania	Record daily precipitation	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Des Moines	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Wilsons Patch	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sivagiri	India	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Herefoss	Norway	Record snow depth	110.0 cm (43.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hedal I Valdres	Norway	Record snow depth	120.0 cm (47.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Paducah	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Aztec Ruins Nm	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hedrum	Norway	Record snow depth	31.0 cm (12.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Healdsburg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lifjell	Norway	Record snow depth	100.0 cm (39.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Postmyr I Drangedal	Norway	Record snow depth	155.0 cm (61.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Rothamsted	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Chico UNIV Farm	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Douglas 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sao Miguel Dos Campos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	98.2 mm (3.9 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tobolsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	11.8 C (53.2 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

351 records

Records set or tied on 24 April 1951 by type: Highest daily maximum 30, Lowest daily maximum 35, Highest daily minimum 36, Lowest daily minimum 40, Heaviest daily rainfall 190, Heaviest daily snowfall 4, Deepest snow cover 16.

Records on 24 April 1951 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	30
Lowest daily maximum	35
Highest daily minimum	36
Lowest daily minimum	40
Heaviest daily rainfall	190
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	16

Records on 24 April 1951 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 11, daily 340.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

297 broken records

Margins by which the 297 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 600.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 April 1951

Top 20 records on 24 April 1951 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 April 1951	Drevja, NO	monthly rain	75.6 mm (3.0 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	22 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1951	Tortosa - Observatorio del Ebr, ES	daily rain	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	42 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1951	Palmeiro Dos Indios, BR	daily rain	58.3 mm (2.3 in)	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	28 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1951	Krishnarajpet, IN	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	44 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1951	Maceio (Aeroporto), BR	daily rain	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	28 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1951	Kapskarmo, NO	daily rain	58.1 mm (2.3 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	22 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1951	Uniao Dos Palmares, BR	monthly rain	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	4 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1951	Risnes I Fjotland, NO	daily snow depth	106.0 cm (41.7 in)	52.0 cm (20.5 in)	33 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1951	Sibasa, ZA	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	8 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1951	Codg Codgen, AU	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	42 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1951	Carterville, AU	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1951	Nungarin, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	42 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1951	Porto Real Do Colegio, BR	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1951	Dairy Creek, AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1951	Lusk 2 SW, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	29 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1951	Srirangpatnam, IN	monthly rain	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	8 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1951	Dublin Phoenix Park, IE	daily high max	20.6 C (69.1 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	76 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1951	Palmaryville, ZA	daily rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	12 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
24 April 1951	Aguas Belas, BR	daily rain	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	21 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
24 April 1951	Anadia, BR	daily rain	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	33 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 1951

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 1951. 1951 had 351 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	282
100 to 200	5
200 to 300	2
300 to 400	2
400 to 500	1
500 to 600	5