Weather Records on 24 April 1952

507 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 April 1952. Highest significance: Bairnsdale Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 24 April 1952

On 24 April 1952, 507 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
154 were record highs and 19 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 502 daily.
Bairnsdale Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 48.3 mm (1.9 in) on 24 April 1952.
Across 169 earlier years (1799 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 440 records.

Record Map

507 stations

507 station records on 24 April 1952 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 April 1952: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bairnsdale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Prospect	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bemboka Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Booleroo (Wimont)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bairnsdale 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bukalong Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Dalgety (Hamilton St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Morrisons (Ballark)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ballan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Durdidwarrah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria 4 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge St Hospital	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hallett (Ulooloo Railway Sidin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Honnali	India	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Circleville	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tilba Tilba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lindenow	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wien	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	15.8 C (60.4 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
La Rue	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hot Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Leaghur	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Paupong Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Blackwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Caguas	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Staunton Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gulargambone (Yalcogrin St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nicholson (Yendalock)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mittagong Head Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lima Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jerilderie (Coree STN)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cleveland	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Eden (Caravan Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wulgulmerang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Channagiri	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kakatpur	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Zanesville Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Glenmaggie (the Laurels)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Geelong Sec	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bucyrus	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lewisburg 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
New Angledool Telephone Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Portarlington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kayatnur	India	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tootool (Bryntirion)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Marion 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton Fairfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Marietta Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Buchanan	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bowral Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cobargo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Clifford Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Little River (Mount Rothwell)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Batesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville Dwtn AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nimmitabel Wastewater Treatmen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lockhart Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Watchupga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Elaine (Larundel)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Milan	Italy	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bombala (Therry Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

507 records

Records set or tied on 24 April 1952 by type: Highest daily maximum 95, Lowest daily maximum 15, Highest daily minimum 59, Lowest daily minimum 4, Heaviest daily rainfall 333, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 24 April 1952 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	95
Lowest daily maximum	15
Highest daily minimum	59
Lowest daily minimum	4
Heaviest daily rainfall	333
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 24 April 1952 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 502.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

454 broken records

Margins by which the 454 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 89.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 April 1952

Top 20 records on 24 April 1952 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 April 1952	Bairnsdale Post Office, AU	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	52 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1952	Prospect, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	35 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1952	Bemboka Post Office, AU	daily rain	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	21 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1952	Booleroo (Wimont), AU	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	49 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1952	Bairnsdale 1, AU	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	52 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1952	Bukalong Station, AU	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	61 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1952	Dalgety (Hamilton St), AU	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	49 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1952	Morrisons (Ballark), AU	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	26 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1952	Ballan, AU	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	71 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1952	Durdidwarrah, AU	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	6 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1952	Alexandria 4 WSW, US	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	53 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1952	Cambridge St Hospital, US	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	35 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1952	Hallett (Ulooloo Railway Sidin, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	22 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1952	Honnali, IN	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	48 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1952	Circleville, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	53 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1952	Tilba Tilba, AU	daily rain	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	21 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1952	Lindenow, AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1952	Wien, AT	monthly high min	15.8 C (60.4 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	83 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1952	La Rue, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	7 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1952	Hot Springs, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	55 years	41 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 1952

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 1952. 1952 had 507 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	419
20 to 40	31
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1