Weather Records on 24 April 1986

1,009 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 April 1986. Highest significance: Prinshof, ZA.

Key Facts for 24 April 1986

On 24 April 1986, 1,009 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
195 were record highs and 592 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 996 daily.
Prinshof set a monthly record daily precipitation of 74.5 mm (2.9 in) on 24 April 1986.
Across 169 earlier years (1799 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 437 records.

Record Map

1,009 stations

1,009 station records on 24 April 1986 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 April 1986: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Prinshof	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	74.5 mm (2.9 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Witdraai (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
La Estanzuela (Eele)	Uruguay	Record daily precipitation	121.0 mm (4.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Grootfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Hawley 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Gouldsboro	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Long Pond Pocono Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Rietfontein (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Plant City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Leopoldina (Dnos)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tantima	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hawley 1 E	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Albany 3 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Somerville 4 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sonora	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tlanchinol (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Union Springs 9 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Arcadia	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Richfield	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Raleigh State UNIV	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Freeland	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Minatitlan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Liberty 1 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Long Pond Pocono Lake	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Paupack 1 WSW	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Staunton Wtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ocala	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Talbotton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Roxboro 7 ESE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Salem AP (McNary Field)	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Brakfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Federal Pt	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Titusville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Douglas	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Eastman 1 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Anderson	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Newport 1 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Morpara	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Scottsboro	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Avon Park 2 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Perry	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Americus	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cordele	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Norton 9SSE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lumberton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Summerville 4W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bonesteel	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Greeneville Exp STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Myers Page Fld AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Soledad de Graciano	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Oneonta	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Clermont 9 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Deland 1 SSE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Alfred Exp STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello 5 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Experiment	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hawkinsville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Norwich	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Toms River	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,009 records

Records set or tied on 24 April 1986 by type: Highest daily maximum 111, Lowest daily maximum 116, Highest daily minimum 84, Lowest daily minimum 476, Heaviest daily rainfall 180, Heaviest daily snowfall 21, Deepest snow cover 21.

Records on 24 April 1986 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	111
Lowest daily maximum	116
Highest daily minimum	84
Lowest daily minimum	476
Heaviest daily rainfall	180
Heaviest daily snowfall	21
Deepest snow cover	21

Records on 24 April 1986 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 12, daily 996.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

812 broken records

Margins by which the 812 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 508.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 April 1986

Top 20 records on 24 April 1986 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 April 1986	Prinshof, ZA	monthly rain	74.5 mm (2.9 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	31 years	64 of 100 (Major)
24 April 1986	Witdraai (Pol), ZA	monthly rain	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	36 years	64 of 100 (Major)
24 April 1986	La Estanzuela (Eele), UY	daily rain	121.0 mm (4.8 in)	104.0 mm (4.1 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1986	Grootfontein, ZA	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	43 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1986	Hawley 1 E, US	daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	19 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1986	Eureka, US	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	56 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1986	Gouldsboro, US	daily snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	19 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1986	Long Pond Pocono Lake, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	19 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1986	Rietfontein (Pol), ZA	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	56 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1986	Plant City, US	daily low min	6.1 C (43.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	84 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1986	Santa Leopoldina (Dnos), BR	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	3 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1986	Tantima, MX	daily rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	4 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1986	Hawley 1 E, US	monthly snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	0 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1986	Albany 3 SE, US	daily low min	0.0 C (32.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	83 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1986	Somerville 4 NW, US	daily low max	5.6 C (42.1 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	102 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1986	Sonora, US	monthly high min	23.9 C (75.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	70 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1986	Tlanchinol (Smn), MX	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	40 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1986	Union Springs 9 S, US	daily low min	2.8 C (37.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	84 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1986	Arcadia, US	daily low min	5.6 C (42.1 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	84 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1986	Richfield, US	daily high max	33.9 C (93.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	92 years	40 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 1986

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 1986. 1986 had 1,009 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	798
100 to 200	10
200 to 300	2
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1
500 to 600	1