Weather Records on 24 April 1990

1,208 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 April 1990. Highest significance: Florence, US.

Key Facts for 24 April 1990

On 24 April 1990, 1,208 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
806 were record highs and 73 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 62 monthly and 1,144 daily.
Florence set a daily record precipitation of 35.1 mm (1.4 in) on 24 April 1990.
Across 169 earlier years (1799 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 435 records.

Record Map

1,208 stations

1,208 station records on 24 April 1990 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 April 1990: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Florence	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Grand Meadow	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.1 mm (4.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Ola	Russia	Record daily precipitation	42.3 mm (1.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Winona Dam 5 A	United States	Record daily precipitation	138.2 mm (5.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
New Meadows Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Albert Lea 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Blair	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Dodge	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Flagstaff AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Galesville 2WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Williams	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Healy	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bricelyn	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Raymondville	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mondovi	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Modena	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Miles City AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Minnesota City Dam 5	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Garrison	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Greencastle 1 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
McCook	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Watonga	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cameron	United States	Record daily precipitation	175.3 mm (6.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lanesboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Zumbrota	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Zapata 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Jordan 1SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Red Wing	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wabasha	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Lean	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Crookston NW Exp STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cacaloapan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Utica	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Winona	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Chilton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Solon Springs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dime Box	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Minneapolis-St Paul Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tasiilaq	Greenland [Denmark]	Record low maximum temperature	-5.7 C (21.7 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Mills	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
McCracken	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hastings Dam 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Faribault	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Morris W Cntrl Rsch & Outreach	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Red Wing Dam 3	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Culbertson	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wahpeton 3 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Enid	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Forestburg 4 NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Medford	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Neillsville 3ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Madison	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Campbell	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tower 2S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ekalaka	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Madrid	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Edgeley 3WNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Acatzingo de Hidalgo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Simusir	Russia	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,208 records

Records set or tied on 24 April 1990 by type: Highest daily maximum 337, Lowest daily maximum 36, Highest daily minimum 469, Lowest daily minimum 37, Heaviest daily rainfall 323, Heaviest daily snowfall 4, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 24 April 1990 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	337
Lowest daily maximum	36
Highest daily minimum	469
Lowest daily minimum	37
Heaviest daily rainfall	323
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 24 April 1990 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 62, daily 1,144.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

984 broken records

Margins by which the 984 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 153.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 April 1990

Top 20 records on 24 April 1990 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 April 1990	Florence, US	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	75 years	71 of 100 (Major)
24 April 1990	Grand Meadow, US	monthly rain	115.1 mm (4.5 in)	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	14 years	63 of 100 (Major)
24 April 1990	Ola, RU	monthly rain	42.3 mm (1.7 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	61 of 100 (Major)
24 April 1990	Winona Dam 5 A, US	all-time rain	138.2 mm (5.4 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	11 years	60 of 100 (Major)
24 April 1990	New Meadows Rs, US	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	60 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1990	Albert Lea 3SE, US	monthly rain	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	22 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1990	Blair, US	monthly rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	53 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1990	Dodge, US	monthly rain	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	14 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1990	Flagstaff AP, US	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	65 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1990	Galesville 2WSW, US	daily rain	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1990	Williams, US	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	92 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1990	Healy, US	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	71 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1990	Bricelyn, US	monthly rain	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	43 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1990	Raymondville, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	63 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1990	Mondovi, US	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	81 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1990	Modena, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1990	Miles City AP, US	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	51 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1990	Minnesota City Dam 5, US	monthly rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	14 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1990	Garrison, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	19 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1990	Greencastle 1 W, US	monthly high min	20.6 C (69.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	94 years	48 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 1990

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 1990. 1990 had 1,208 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	942
20 to 40	33
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1