Weather Records on 24 April 1983

1,344 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 April 1983. Highest significance: Sonoma, US.

Key Facts for 24 April 1983

On 24 April 1983, 1,344 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
283 were record highs and 315 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 29 monthly and 1,314 daily.
Sonoma set a daily record precipitation of 61.7 mm (2.4 in) on 24 April 1983.
Across 169 earlier years (1799 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 435 records.

Record Map

1,344 stations

1,344 station records on 24 April 1983 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 April 1983: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sonoma	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Bridgewater (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Buckingham	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Monterey	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Serpentine (East Loddon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Elandsfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Bedford	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Tambo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Carnarvon Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Laanecoorie Weir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Idaho City	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Port Lincoln (Westmere)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Sunnyside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Culpeper	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Warrenton 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
White Sulphur Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Waycross 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Big Creek	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Koster (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Blackall Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Branxholme	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kaslo	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Brisco	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Arno	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Burenda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Camden on Gauley 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Wirrulla (Petina)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bealiba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Puckapunyal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Rocky Mt	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Martinsburg E W Virginia Rgnl	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Wellshot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Nelson Lighthouse Compari	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kalispell Glacier AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Purcellville	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lansdowne Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Currie Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kananaskis	Canada	Record daily precipitation	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Titusville	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Werrina	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lexton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Elmore	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Vancouver Int'l A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Haverhill	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Big Meadows	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Barrow Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Perola Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Escola Florestal	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Graham 2 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bremo Bluff	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Charlottesville 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Goshen	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello Muni AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Listowel Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tatlayoko Lake	Canada	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bangor Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Providence	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kappawanta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Huddleston 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Marble Bar Comparison	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	22.3 C (72.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,344 records

Records set or tied on 24 April 1983 by type: Highest daily maximum 102, Lowest daily maximum 197, Highest daily minimum 181, Lowest daily minimum 118, Heaviest daily rainfall 711, Heaviest daily snowfall 14, Deepest snow cover 21.

Records on 24 April 1983 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	102
Lowest daily maximum	197
Highest daily minimum	181
Lowest daily minimum	118
Heaviest daily rainfall	711
Heaviest daily snowfall	14
Deepest snow cover	21

Records on 24 April 1983 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 29, daily 1,314.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,193 broken records

Margins by which the 1,193 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 533.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 April 1983

Top 20 records on 24 April 1983 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 April 1983	Sonoma, US	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	83 years	72 of 100 (Major)
24 April 1983	Bridgewater (Post Office), AU	daily rain	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	83 years	70 of 100 (Major)
24 April 1983	Buckingham, US	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	86 years	68 of 100 (Major)
24 April 1983	Monterey, US	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	86 years	64 of 100 (Major)
24 April 1983	Serpentine (East Loddon), AU	daily rain	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	18.4 mm (0.7 in)	83 years	62 of 100 (Major)
24 April 1983	Elandsfontein, ZA	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	72 years	62 of 100 (Major)
24 April 1983	Bedford, US	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	86 years	62 of 100 (Major)
24 April 1983	Tambo Post Office, AU	daily rain	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	45.3 mm (1.8 in)	89 years	61 of 100 (Major)
24 April 1983	Carnarvon Station, AU	daily rain	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	58 years	60 of 100 (Major)
24 April 1983	Laanecoorie Weir, AU	daily rain	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	83 years	60 of 100 (Major)
24 April 1983	Idaho City, US	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	88 years	60 of 100 (Major)
24 April 1983	Port Lincoln (Westmere), AU	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	56 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1983	Sunnyside, AU	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	52 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1983	Culpeper, US	daily rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	38 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1983	Warrenton 3 SE, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	28 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1983	White Sulphur Springs, US	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	86 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1983	Waycross 4 NE, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	45 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1983	Big Creek, CA	monthly rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	3.7 mm (0.15 in)	88 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1983	Koster (Pol), ZA	daily rain	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	24 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1983	Blackall Township, AU	daily rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	12 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 1983

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 1983. 1983 had 1,344 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	1,184
100 to 200	6
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1
500 to 600	1