Weather Records on 24 April 1955

670 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 April 1955. Highest significance: Jefferson, US.

Key Facts for 24 April 1955

On 24 April 1955, 670 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
180 were record highs and 156 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 32 monthly and 638 daily.
Jefferson set a monthly record daily precipitation of 124.5 mm (4.9 in) on 24 April 1955.
Across 169 earlier years (1799 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 439 records.

Record Map

670 stations

670 station records on 24 April 1955 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 April 1955: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Jefferson	United States	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Port Washington	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Mill Bay	Canada	Record daily snowfall	23.4 cm (9.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Waukesha Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Algona	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Plymouth Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Fond du Lac Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Quincy Mem Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wapello	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ridgetown	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Paulding	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Freeport	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
New Hampton	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
St Thomas	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ngqeleni (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Elkader 6 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hawker (Wilson)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Junnar	India	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nququ (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Madison Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Oak Hills Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sebeni (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ashton 1N	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Golden	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sigourney	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Van Meter	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Aledo	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Washta	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
West Bend	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Talladega	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus Junction	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Storm Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Baziya (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Macomb	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fayette	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Keokuk L&D 19	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Muscatine 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego de la Union	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Morgenrood	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Thomasville 7 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Shelbyville 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Blair	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Burnett 3 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Senador Pompeu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Drevja	Norway	Record snow depth	122.0 cm (48.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	2.4 C (36.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Qunu (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Prairie du Chien	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tartu	Estonia	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cedarville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Princeton	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Owings Ferry Landing	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Albion	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Brodhead Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Caledonia	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Macon 2 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Camden 1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Geneseo	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Toledo 3N	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

670 records

Records set or tied on 24 April 1955 by type: Highest daily maximum 43, Lowest daily maximum 113, Highest daily minimum 137, Lowest daily minimum 43, Heaviest daily rainfall 315, Heaviest daily snowfall 15, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 24 April 1955 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	43
Lowest daily maximum	113
Highest daily minimum	137
Lowest daily minimum	43
Heaviest daily rainfall	315
Heaviest daily snowfall	15
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 24 April 1955 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 32, daily 638.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

554 broken records

Margins by which the 554 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 380.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 April 1955

Top 20 records on 24 April 1955 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 April 1955	Jefferson, US	monthly rain	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	40 years	68 of 100 (Major)
24 April 1955	Port Washington, US	monthly rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	55 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1955	Mill Bay, CA	daily snowfall	23.4 cm (9.2 in)	23.4 cm (9.2 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1955	Waukesha Wwtp, US	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	57 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1955	Algona, US	daily rain	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	61.8 mm (2.4 in)	17 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1955	Plymouth Wwtp, US	monthly rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	25 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1955	Fond du Lac Wwtp, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1955	Quincy Mem Brg, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	1 year	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1955	Wapello, US	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	4 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1955	Ridgetown, CA	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	58 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1955	Paulding, US	monthly rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	11 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1955	Freeport, US	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	4 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1955	New Hampton, US	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	50 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1955	St Thomas, CA	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1955	Ngqeleni (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1955	Elkader 6 SSW, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	57 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1955	Hawker (Wilson), AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1955	Junnar, IN	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	25 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1955	Nququ (Bos), ZA	daily rain	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	10 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1955	Madison Wb City, US	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	46 years	37 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 1955

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 1955. 1955 had 670 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	546
50 to 100	4
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	2
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1