Weather Records on 24 April 1970

963 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 April 1970. Highest significance: Cobar (Paddington), AU.

Key Facts for 24 April 1970

On 24 April 1970, 963 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
187 were record highs and 90 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 20 monthly and 942 daily.
Cobar (Paddington) set a daily record precipitation of 46.5 mm (1.8 in) on 24 April 1970.
Across 169 earlier years (1799 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 437 records.

Record Map

963 stations

963 station records on 24 April 1970 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 April 1970: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cobar (Paddington)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Braeside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Detroit Lakes 1 NNE	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Glen Innes Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Columbus	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Philo 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Breona	Australia	Record daily precipitation	107.7 mm (4.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Dundee (Rangers Valley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Attur	India	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Canning Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Suldalsvatn	Norway	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Dalveen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Inverell Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Salvisa Lock 6	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Musquash	Canada	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Yetman (Warialda Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Oolitic Purdue Ex Fm	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
New Carlisle	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Clifton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Graman (Willowie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Effingham 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomington Indiana UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Eaton	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Delungra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Elliston	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Seymour 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Rumbulara Vineyards	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sidney 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Allora Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Bingara (Emohta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Alfred	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mammoth Spring	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Palestine	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Henryville Sf	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lakeside	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
St Louis St Louis UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Umikoa 118	United States	Record daily precipitation	193.0 mm (7.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Passchendaele	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tannymorel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Texas Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Falmouth	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Myra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Willowvale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
St George Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Emmaville Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Spencer	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Weston	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tulloona (Coolanga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Graman (Ulupna)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wellingrove (Wangalea)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Roldal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pittsworth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Weabonga (Stoneleigh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Deepwater Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hogsett Rc Byrd Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Elderslie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Glenelg	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Melva	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

963 records

Records set or tied on 24 April 1970 by type: Highest daily maximum 49, Lowest daily maximum 48, Highest daily minimum 138, Lowest daily minimum 42, Heaviest daily rainfall 654, Heaviest daily snowfall 18, Deepest snow cover 14.

Records on 24 April 1970 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	49
Lowest daily maximum	48
Highest daily minimum	138
Lowest daily minimum	42
Heaviest daily rainfall	654
Heaviest daily snowfall	18
Deepest snow cover	14

Records on 24 April 1970 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 20, daily 942.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

851 broken records

Margins by which the 851 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 1150.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 April 1970

Top 20 records on 24 April 1970 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 April 1970	Cobar (Paddington), AU	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	80 years	68 of 100 (Major)
24 April 1970	Braeside, AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	80 years	67 of 100 (Major)
24 April 1970	Detroit Lakes 1 NNE, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	69 years	67 of 100 (Major)
24 April 1970	Glen Innes Post Office, AU	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	86 years	65 of 100 (Major)
24 April 1970	Columbus, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	63 years	65 of 100 (Major)
24 April 1970	Philo 3 SW, US	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	71 years	61 of 100 (Major)
24 April 1970	Breona, AU	daily rain	107.7 mm (4.2 in)	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1970	Dundee (Rangers Valley), AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	52 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1970	Attur, IN	daily rain	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	70.8 mm (2.8 in)	35 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1970	Canning Downs, AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	79 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1970	Suldalsvatn, NO	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	49 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1970	Dalveen, AU	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	49 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1970	Inverell Comparison, AU	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	86 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1970	Salvisa Lock 6, US	daily rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	28 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1970	Musquash, CA	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	41 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1970	Yetman (Warialda Street), AU	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	80 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1970	Oolitic Purdue Ex Fm, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	17 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1970	New Carlisle, US	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	25 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1970	Clifton Post Office, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	65 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1970	Graman (Willowie), AU	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	24 years	51 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 1970

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 1970. 1970 had 963 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 200	845
200 to 400	3
400 to 600	2
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	0
1000 to 1200	1