Weather Records on 24 April 1961

1,149 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 April 1961. Highest significance: Mortlake, AU.

Key Facts for 24 April 1961

On 24 April 1961, 1,149 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
220 were record highs and 190 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 27 monthly and 1,122 daily.
Mortlake set a monthly record daily precipitation of 70.6 mm (2.8 in) on 24 April 1961.
Across 169 earlier years (1799 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 436 records.

Record Map

1,149 stations

1,149 station records on 24 April 1961 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 April 1961: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mortlake	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Wickliffe	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Pelee Island	Canada	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Daylesford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Terang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Euabalong (Lachlan St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Bolagamy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Trentham (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Bethungra (Retreat)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Isabela Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Westbury (Valley View)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Westfield 2 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Murtoa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Smithton (Grant Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Cookeys Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Warroo (Geeron)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Kyneton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Yalgogrin North (Roloma)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Eugowra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
West Wyalong (Tallimbalong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Minyip (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bogan Gate Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Cargelligo Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Yarrawalla South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Euroa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Skipton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Trundle (Murrumbogie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Longerenong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Rupanyup (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Sheffield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tumut (Wattle Cres)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Wolseley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Barmedman Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Gundagai	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Junee Reefs (Noorla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Temora Ambulance Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Edenhope (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Beaconsfield (Mine & Heritage	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Coan Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Peak Hill (Bruie Plains)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tullamore (Old Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Coonamble Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Parkes (Macarthur Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Nuriootpa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ungarie Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Canowindra (Canowindra Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ararat Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cavendish (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Camperdown (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Port Fairy Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Goonumbla (Coradgery)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Fryerstown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Yolla (Sea View)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Breckenridge	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Euabalong (Booberoi)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tottenham Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Binnaway (Hawthorne)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mornington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Roto (Merimerriwa Tank)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,149 records

Records set or tied on 24 April 1961 by type: Highest daily maximum 67, Lowest daily maximum 99, Highest daily minimum 153, Lowest daily minimum 91, Heaviest daily rainfall 689, Heaviest daily snowfall 40, Deepest snow cover 10.

Records on 24 April 1961 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	67
Lowest daily maximum	99
Highest daily minimum	153
Lowest daily minimum	91
Heaviest daily rainfall	689
Heaviest daily snowfall	40
Deepest snow cover	10

Records on 24 April 1961 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 27, daily 1,122.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

987 broken records

Margins by which the 987 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 152.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 April 1961

Top 20 records on 24 April 1961 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 April 1961	Mortlake, AU	monthly rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	65 years	77 of 100 (Major)
24 April 1961	Wickliffe, AU	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	76 years	71 of 100 (Major)
24 April 1961	Pelee Island, CA	daily rain	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	64 years	66 of 100 (Major)
24 April 1961	Daylesford, AU	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	83 years	65 of 100 (Major)
24 April 1961	Terang, AU	daily rain	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	61 years	64 of 100 (Major)
24 April 1961	Euabalong (Lachlan St), AU	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	58 years	62 of 100 (Major)
24 April 1961	Bolagamy, AU	monthly rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	67 years	61 of 100 (Major)
24 April 1961	Trentham (Post Office), AU	daily rain	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	58 years	61 of 100 (Major)
24 April 1961	Bethungra (Retreat), AU	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	58 years	60 of 100 (Major)
24 April 1961	Forbes (Camp Street), AU	daily rain	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	80 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1961	Isabela Substn, PR	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	36 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1961	Westbury (Valley View), AU	daily rain	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	35 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1961	Westfield 2 SSE, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	42 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1961	Murtoa, AU	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	76 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1961	Smithton (Grant Street), AU	daily rain	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	35 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1961	Cookeys Plains, AU	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	35 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1961	Warroo (Geeron), AU	daily rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	60 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1961	Kyneton Post Office, AU	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	61 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1961	Yalgogrin North (Roloma), AU	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	22 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1961	Eugowra Post Office, AU	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	60 years	53 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 1961

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 1961. 1961 had 1,149 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 20	855
20 to 40	110
40 to 60	11
60 to 80	9
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1