Weather Records on 24 April 1988

756 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 April 1988. Highest significance: Proserpine Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 24 April 1988

On 24 April 1988, 756 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
214 were record highs and 359 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 33 monthly and 721 daily.
Proserpine Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 115.2 mm (4.5 in) on 24 April 1988.
Across 169 earlier years (1799 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 438 records.

Record Map

756 stations

756 station records on 24 April 1988 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 April 1988: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Proserpine Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	115.2 mm (4.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
El-Ton	Russia	Record daily precipitation	94.3 mm (3.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Charters Towers Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bezenchuk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Luverne	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Trafalgar Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.8 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Warren	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mahalapye	Botswana	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Palapye	Botswana	Record daily precipitation	56.5 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Serowe	Botswana	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Balfes Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.4 mm (3.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Voru	Estonia	Record snow depth	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Martenshoop (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tifton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lethebrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hoopdal (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Plauen	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-5.1 C (22.8 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Marshalltown	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Petersburg 1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Patrocinio Do Muriae	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	70.2 mm (2.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Coloso	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-16.3 C (2.7 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Meade	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Spencer 6 SSE	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Penjamo	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Varazdin	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rinconada	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bones I Bardu	Norway	Record snow depth	138.0 cm (54.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tuba City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lemon Cove	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Visalia	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Alliance 1WNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Vilnius	Lithuania	Record low maximum temperature	0.5 C (32.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bjornholt	Norway	Record snow depth	143.0 cm (56.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ponte Do Souza	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Visconde de Maua (Esc.Agrot)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Parnu	Estonia	Record low maximum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nueva Esperanza	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	45.0 C (113.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mahackala	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	13.6 C (56.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Federal Pt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Attu	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
New Orleans Audubon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Fletcher Vale Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	118.0 mm (4.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Minsk	Belarus	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tartu-Toravere	Estonia	Record low maximum temperature	-1.5 C (29.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tallinn	Estonia	Record low maximum temperature	-2.0 C (28.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tartu	Estonia	Record low maximum temperature	-0.9 C (30.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chadron 3SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Walnut Canyon Nm	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Crescent City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Rushville	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Muniz Freire (Dnos)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ciudad Altamirano	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Waterland	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Altenbern	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Zonia Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Liepaja	Latvia	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Jubilejnaja	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-0.9 C (30.4 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Grayling	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sedro-Woolley	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

756 records

Records set or tied on 24 April 1988 by type: Highest daily maximum 111, Lowest daily maximum 147, Highest daily minimum 103, Lowest daily minimum 212, Heaviest daily rainfall 142, Heaviest daily snowfall 13, Deepest snow cover 28.

Records on 24 April 1988 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	111
Lowest daily maximum	147
Highest daily minimum	103
Lowest daily minimum	212
Heaviest daily rainfall	142
Heaviest daily snowfall	13
Deepest snow cover	28

Records on 24 April 1988 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 33, daily 721.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

599 broken records

Margins by which the 599 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 220.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 April 1988

Top 20 records on 24 April 1988 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 April 1988	Proserpine Post Office, AU	daily rain	115.2 mm (4.5 in)	81.4 mm (3.2 in)	45 years	63 of 100 (Major)
24 April 1988	El-Ton, RU	monthly rain	94.3 mm (3.7 in)	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	9 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1988	Charters Towers Post Office, AU	daily rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	23 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1988	Bezenchuk, RU	daily rain	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	56 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1988	Luverne, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	90 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1988	Trafalgar Station, AU	daily rain	72.8 mm (2.9 in)	62.6 mm (2.5 in)	22 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1988	Warren, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	81 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1988	Mahalapye, BW	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	56 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1988	Palapye, BW	daily rain	56.5 mm (2.2 in)	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	56 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1988	Serowe, BW	monthly rain	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	56 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1988	Balfes Creek Post Office, AU	monthly rain	98.4 mm (3.9 in)	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	19 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1988	Voru, EE	daily snow depth	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	22.0 cm (8.7 in)	34 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1988	Martenshoop (Pol), ZA	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	77 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1988	Tifton, US	monthly high min	21.7 C (71.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	75 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1988	Lethebrook, AU	daily rain	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	46 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1988	Hoopdal (Pol), ZA	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1988	Plauen, DE	daily low min	-5.1 C (22.8 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	71 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1988	Marshalltown, US	daily low min	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	78 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1988	Petersburg 1, US	monthly high min	8.9 C (48.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	56 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1988	Patrocinio Do Muriae, BR	daily rain	70.2 mm (2.8 in)	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	2 years	36 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 1988

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 1988. 1988 had 756 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 50	574
50 to 100	20
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	2