Weather Records on 24 April 1971

770 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 April 1971. Highest significance: Rogers City 3 S, US.

Key Facts for 24 April 1971

On 24 April 1971, 770 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
75 were record highs and 290 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 23 monthly and 747 daily.
Rogers City 3 S set a daily record snowfall of 10.2 cm (4.0 in) on 24 April 1971.
Across 169 earlier years (1799 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 438 records.

Record Map

770 stations

770 station records on 24 April 1971 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 April 1971: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Rogers City 3 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Neukirchen-Hauptschwenda	Germany	Record daily precipitation	54.7 mm (2.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Chasm Falls	United States	Record snow depth	78.7 cm (31.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Beckum-Unterberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ashville 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Maries	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Caloundra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Malin Head	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Twistetal-Muhlhausen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Maries	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kalkaska	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Livingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Paakea 350	United States	Record daily precipitation	279.4 mm (11.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Caribou 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Rusel-Irlmoos	Germany	Record daily precipitation	70.2 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tann/Rhon	Germany	Record daily precipitation	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Ems	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Huell	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Harbor Beach 1 SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kailua 446	United States	Record daily precipitation	181.4 mm (7.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sparta	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pahoa 65	United States	Record daily precipitation	162.8 mm (6.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Maatsuyker Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Detour Village	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lake City Exp Farm	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Itaguacu (Sabesp)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Durham	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Budingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Grangeville	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mackinaw City 2	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Haleakala Exp Farm 434	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ebrach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Adairsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-5.9 C (21.4 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Orovada 3 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Papaikou 144.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	208.5 mm (8.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Freystadt-Oberndorf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Brilon	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Three Creek	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Covington	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Beaufort Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Port Lincoln (Woolga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Inverness 3 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cedartown	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Midville	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Elko Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gelnhausen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fazenda Paraiso	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Serra Talhada	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cabrobo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hvar	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Crescent City 3 NNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Americus	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dahlonega 4WSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Monticello	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Vilnius	Lithuania	Record low minimum temperature	-5.1 C (22.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Potlatch 3 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

770 records

Records set or tied on 24 April 1971 by type: Highest daily maximum 24, Lowest daily maximum 171, Highest daily minimum 51, Lowest daily minimum 119, Heaviest daily rainfall 315, Heaviest daily snowfall 69, Deepest snow cover 21.

Records on 24 April 1971 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	24
Lowest daily maximum	171
Highest daily minimum	51
Lowest daily minimum	119
Heaviest daily rainfall	315
Heaviest daily snowfall	69
Deepest snow cover	21

Records on 24 April 1971 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 23, daily 747.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

661 broken records

Margins by which the 661 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 609.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 April 1971

Top 20 records on 24 April 1971 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 April 1971	Rogers City 3 S, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	73 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1971	Neukirchen-Hauptschwenda, DE	monthly rain	54.7 mm (2.2 in)	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	11 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1971	Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij, RU	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	34 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1971	Chasm Falls, US	daily snow depth	78.7 cm (31.0 in)	60.9 cm (24.0 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1971	Beckum-Unterberg, DE	daily rain	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	34 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1971	Ashville 4 W, US	daily rain	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	62 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1971	Saint Maries, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1971	Caloundra Post Office, AU	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	28 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1971	Malin Head, IE	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	54 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1971	Twistetal-Muhlhausen, DE	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1971	Saint Maries, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	73 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1971	Kalkaska, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	32 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1971	Livingston, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	64 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1971	Paakea 350, US	daily rain	279.4 mm (11.0 in)	213.4 mm (8.4 in)	21 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1971	Caribou 2 S, US	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1971	Rusel-Irlmoos, DE	daily rain	70.2 mm (2.8 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	10 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1971	Tann/Rhon, DE	monthly rain	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	10.8 mm (0.4 in)	35 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1971	Bad Ems, DE	daily rain	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1971	Huell, DE	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	6 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1971	Harbor Beach 1 SSE, US	daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	70 years	46 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 1971

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 1971. 1971 had 770 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 100	652
100 to 200	6
200 to 300	2
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	1