Weather Records on 24 April 1980

1,157 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 April 1980. Highest significance: Weissenburg, DE.

Key Facts for 24 April 1980

On 24 April 1980, 1,157 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
252 were record highs and 261 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 60 monthly and 1,097 daily.
Weissenburg set a daily record precipitation of 31.3 mm (1.2 in) on 24 April 1980.
Across 169 earlier years (1799 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 436 records.

Record Map

1,157 stations

1,157 station records on 24 April 1980 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 April 1980: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Weissenburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Laura Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Espanola	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Notla 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	125.2 mm (4.9 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Karnak (Rosedale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Mosquero 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Colbinabbin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
John Martin Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Pemfling-Pitzling	Germany	Record snow depth	27.0 cm (10.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Karval	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Trinidad	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ravenshoe Kuradilla Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Aue	Germany	Record snow depth	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Parsberg/Oberpfalz-Eglwang	Germany	Record snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Weimar	Germany	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Espanola	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Trinidad AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Marree (Farina)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Seymour Shire Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Montrose	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Boobyalla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Reit Im Winkl	Germany	Record daily precipitation	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Haven Fire Dept	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo 2 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Clarke River Telecom	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.4 mm (2.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Eichstatt-Landershofen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record snow depth	21.0 cm (8.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cushing	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Pioneer (Main Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Attenkam	Germany	Record snow depth	35.0 cm (13.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Oberviechtach	Germany	Record snow depth	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Weihenstephan-Durnast	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Roy	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Ruth Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kaisheim-Neuhof	Germany	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Weimar-Schondorf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Johnson 11 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Emita	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Regensburg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	2.1 C (35.8 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Holland Wtp	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Owyhee	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Burbank	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Haswell	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
La Junta Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Roth Bei Nurnberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cernigov	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Johns	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ghost Rch	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Las Vegas 2 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Angurugu	Australia	Record daily precipitation	120.8 mm (4.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mohrendorf-Kleinseebach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Trostberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Los Alamos	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Booligal (Ulonga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Moorina (Frome Dam)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wien	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	5.2 C (41.4 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Praha-Klementinum	Czech Republic	Record low maximum temperature	4.3 C (39.7 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Elkhart	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,157 records

Records set or tied on 24 April 1980 by type: Highest daily maximum 93, Lowest daily maximum 183, Highest daily minimum 159, Lowest daily minimum 78, Heaviest daily rainfall 508, Heaviest daily snowfall 63, Deepest snow cover 73.

Records on 24 April 1980 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	93
Lowest daily maximum	183
Highest daily minimum	159
Lowest daily minimum	78
Heaviest daily rainfall	508
Heaviest daily snowfall	63
Deepest snow cover	73

Records on 24 April 1980 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 60, daily 1,097.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

990 broken records

Margins by which the 990 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 700.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 April 1980

Top 20 records on 24 April 1980 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 April 1980	Weissenburg, DE	daily rain	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	90 years	71 of 100 (Major)
24 April 1980	Laura Post Office, AU	daily rain	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	61 years	66 of 100 (Major)
24 April 1980	Espanola, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	65 years	65 of 100 (Major)
24 April 1980	Notla 3 SE, US	monthly rain	125.2 mm (4.9 in)	64.2 mm (2.5 in)	38 years	65 of 100 (Major)
24 April 1980	Jena Sternwarte, DE	monthly rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	13 years	64 of 100 (Major)
24 April 1980	Karnak (Rosedale), AU	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	52 years	62 of 100 (Major)
24 April 1980	Mosquero 1 NE, US	monthly rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	38 years	62 of 100 (Major)
24 April 1980	Colbinabbin, AU	daily rain	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	80 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1980	John Martin Dam, US	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	38 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1980	Pemfling-Pitzling, DE	monthly snow depth	27.0 cm (10.6 in)	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	1 year	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1980	Karval, US	monthly rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	0 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1980	Trinidad, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	75 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1980	Ravenshoe Kuradilla Street, AU	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	47 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1980	Aue, DE	monthly snow depth	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	0 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1980	Parsberg/Oberpfalz-Eglwang, DE	monthly snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	7 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1980	Weimar, DE	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	43 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1980	Espanola, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	82 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1980	Trinidad AP, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1980	Marree (Farina), AU	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	1 year	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1980	Seymour Shire Depot, AU	daily rain	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	13.6 mm (0.5 in)	80 years	50 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 1980

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 1980. 1980 had 1,157 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	954
100 to 200	26
200 to 300	6
300 to 400	3
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	1