Weather Records on 24 April 1987

775 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 April 1987. Highest significance: Malanda Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 24 April 1987

On 24 April 1987, 775 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
310 were record highs and 241 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 28 monthly and 747 daily.
Malanda Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 106.0 mm (4.2 in) on 24 April 1987.
Across 169 earlier years (1799 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 438 records.

Record Map

775 stations

775 station records on 24 April 1987 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 April 1987: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Malanda Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	106.0 mm (4.2 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Beckley Va Hospital	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Lyn	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Yungaburra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Yuanping	China	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Aunet	Norway	Record daily precipitation	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mocksville 5SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Danbulla Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Meringa Sugar Exp STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.4 mm (3.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesville 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lexington	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mareeba Qwrc	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hegra II	Norway	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Leon Virgen del Camino	Spain	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wallaceton-Lake Drummond	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lenoir	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Acmetonia Lock 3	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tekax de Alvaro Obregon	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Berlin	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Headworks Portland Wtr B	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Yulin	China	Record daily precipitation	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record high minimum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Ross	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabethtown	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Turnu Magurele	Romania	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Oktjabrskij-Gorodok	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	3.7 C (38.7 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kislovodsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-3.1 C (26.4 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Feodosiia	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	0.8 C (33.4 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mosdene	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Henichesk	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-0.7 C (30.7 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Galax Radio Wbrf	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Roanoke-Blacksburg Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lugansk	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	6.5 C (43.7 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chula Vista	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Elkin	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Natrona Lock 4	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Olive	Australia	Record daily precipitation	119.2 mm (4.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Marechal Floriano (Dnos)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Irapuato	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Marlinton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Biboohra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Estevao Pinto	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Malinaltepec (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Antonio Escobedo (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Paonia 1SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hebgen Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hyannis	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ford City 4 S Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ridgway	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Schenley Lock 5	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
El Chiflon	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lewiston	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Floyd 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Koah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nanjing	China	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Jocotepec	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Huetamo	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	47.8 C (118.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Norsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-14.9 C (5.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

775 records

Records set or tied on 24 April 1987 by type: Highest daily maximum 161, Lowest daily maximum 115, Highest daily minimum 149, Lowest daily minimum 126, Heaviest daily rainfall 222, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 24 April 1987 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	161
Lowest daily maximum	115
Highest daily minimum	149
Lowest daily minimum	126
Heaviest daily rainfall	222
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 24 April 1987 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 28, daily 747.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

636 broken records

Margins by which the 636 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 92.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 April 1987

Top 20 records on 24 April 1987 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 April 1987	Malanda Post Office, AU	daily rain	106.0 mm (4.2 in)	92.8 mm (3.7 in)	64 years	66 of 100 (Major)
24 April 1987	Beckley Va Hospital, US	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	69 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1987	Glen Lyn, US	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	34 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1987	Yungaburra, AU	daily rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	52 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1987	Yuanping, CN	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	25 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1987	Aunet, NO	daily rain	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	12 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1987	Mocksville 5SE, US	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	88 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1987	Danbulla Forestry, AU	daily rain	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	44 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1987	Richmond Intl AP, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	18 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1987	Meringa Sugar Exp STN, AU	daily rain	78.4 mm (3.1 in)	59.1 mm (2.3 in)	45 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1987	Waynesville 1 E, US	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	42 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1987	Lexington, US	monthly rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	49 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1987	Mareeba Qwrc, AU	daily rain	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	12 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1987	Hegra II, NO	daily rain	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	17.9 mm (0.7 in)	26 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1987	Leon Virgen del Camino, ES	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	29 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1987	Wallaceton-Lake Drummond, US	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	54 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1987	Lenoir, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	45 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1987	Acmetonia Lock 3, US	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	68 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1987	Tekax de Alvaro Obregon, MX	daily low min	10.6 C (51.1 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	18 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1987	Berlin, US	daily high min	7.2 C (45.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	97 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 1987

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 1987. 1987 had 775 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 20	598
20 to 40	33
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1