Weather Records on 24 April 1972

398 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 April 1972. Highest significance: Kolora (Wooriwyrite), AU.

Key Facts for 24 April 1972

On 24 April 1972, 398 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
90 were record highs and 96 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 395 daily.
Kolora (Wooriwyrite) set a daily record precipitation of 59.7 mm (2.4 in) on 24 April 1972.
Across 169 earlier years (1799 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 440 records.

Record Map

398 stations

398 station records on 24 April 1972 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 April 1972: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kolora (Wooriwyrite)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Nullawarre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Warrnambool (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Skipton (Baangal)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Bruny Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hawkesdale (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Camperdown (Ettrick)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lozova	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ellerslie Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Bolac (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Beaufort (Wongan)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lismore (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Eastern View	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Clearbrook	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ballarat Botanical Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wilsons Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Trawalla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Maria Island (Darlington)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Fellsmere 7 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cordova AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.3 cm (7.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Peterborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
St Augustine	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cororooke	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dunalley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Glenthompson (Brie Brie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Streatham	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Khankandy	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Chilliwack	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Joe Rich Creek	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ishpeming	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Portland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lymington (Fattys Lane)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Winkelman 6 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cedar Key 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Odzun	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Atlin	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Homer AP	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Darlington (Ware Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sao Luiz Do Quitunde	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	163.0 mm (6.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Newberry-Luce Co Rd Commission	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Glenlyon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ballarat Aerodrome	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mirranatwa (Bowacka)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Colac (Shire Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kustanai	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Payette	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pura Pura	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Drik Drik	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Chiloquin 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cruz Do Espirito Santo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	75.3 mm (3.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Agassiz Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kazalinsk	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	33.4 C (92.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gellibrand River West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Apslawn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bad Reichenhall	Germany	Record daily precipitation	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Groznyj	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham Exp Fa	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Shaki	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

398 records

Records set or tied on 24 April 1972 by type: Highest daily maximum 45, Lowest daily maximum 49, Highest daily minimum 45, Lowest daily minimum 47, Heaviest daily rainfall 193, Heaviest daily snowfall 8, Deepest snow cover 11.

Records on 24 April 1972 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	45
Lowest daily maximum	49
Highest daily minimum	45
Lowest daily minimum	47
Heaviest daily rainfall	193
Heaviest daily snowfall	8
Deepest snow cover	11

Records on 24 April 1972 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 2, daily 395.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

337 broken records

Margins by which the 337 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 457.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 April 1972

Top 20 records on 24 April 1972 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 April 1972	Kolora (Wooriwyrite), AU	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	44 years	60 of 100 (Major)
24 April 1972	Nullawarre, AU	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	58 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1972	Warrnambool (Post Office), AU	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	42 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1972	Skipton (Baangal), AU	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1972	Cape Bruny Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	12 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1972	Hawkesdale (Post Office), AU	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	34 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1972	Camperdown (Ettrick), AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1972	Lozova, UA	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	31 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1972	Ellerslie Post Office, AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	44 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1972	Lake Bolac (Post Office), AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	44 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1972	Beaufort (Wongan), AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	43 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1972	Lismore (Post Office), AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	31 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1972	Eastern View, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	46 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1972	Clearbrook, US	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	33 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1972	Ballarat Botanical Gardens, AU	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	87 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1972	Wilsons Reservoir, AU	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	72 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1972	Trawalla, AU	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	44 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1972	Maria Island (Darlington), AU	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	47 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1972	Fellsmere 7 SSW, US	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	42 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1972	Cordova AP, US	daily snowfall	18.3 cm (7.2 in)	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	47 years	39 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 1972

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 1972. 1972 had 398 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	328
100 to 200	4
200 to 300	2
300 to 400	2
400 to 500	1