Weather Records on 24 April 1997

1,227 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 April 1997. Highest significance: Randolph, US.

Key Facts for 24 April 1997

On 24 April 1997, 1,227 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
256 were record highs and 506 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 43 monthly and 1,183 daily.
Randolph set a monthly record daily precipitation of 46.0 mm (1.8 in) on 24 April 1997.
Across 169 earlier years (1799 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 435 records.

Record Map

1,227 stations

1,227 station records on 24 April 1997 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 April 1997: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Randolph	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	82 of 100 (Exceptional)
Ft Collins	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
House	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Boulder	United States	Record daily snowfall	41.7 cm (16.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Boulder	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Melrose	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Waterdale	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Otis	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Yeso 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Sumner	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Duchesne	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Barbara	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Krakmo	Norway	Record snow depth	139.0 cm (54.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Logan Utah St UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Driggs	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Woodruff	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Roswell Ind Air Pk	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Plaisance (Mauritiu	Mauritius	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ulan-Ude	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	9.3 C (48.7 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Boulder	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Gran Quivira Natl Mon	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Leadville Lake Co AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Sumner	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Park	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Rosa	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Healdton 3 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Amarillo	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ankenes	Norway	Record snow depth	123.0 cm (48.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Langhult	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Estes Park	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lakewood	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Portales	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Raton Fltr Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Andrews	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Altamont	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.5 cm (7.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Fruitland	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Glorieta	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Echo Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Fidelandia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Climax	United States	Record daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Golden	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Progresso	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Smithfield	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tarboro 1 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wellington	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Logan Radio Kvnu	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Las Animas	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Waterdale	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Clovis 13 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Memphis	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Madison 3NNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rush 1N	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ness City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cameron	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
El Vado Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Sumner 5 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Newkirk	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Taloga	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Florence	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,227 records

Records set or tied on 24 April 1997 by type: Highest daily maximum 125, Lowest daily maximum 306, Highest daily minimum 131, Lowest daily minimum 200, Heaviest daily rainfall 345, Heaviest daily snowfall 52, Deepest snow cover 68.

Records on 24 April 1997 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	125
Lowest daily maximum	306
Highest daily minimum	131
Lowest daily minimum	200
Heaviest daily rainfall	345
Heaviest daily snowfall	52
Deepest snow cover	68

Records on 24 April 1997 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 43, daily 1,183.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,026 broken records

Margins by which the 1,026 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 580.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 April 1997

Top 20 records on 24 April 1997 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 April 1997	Randolph, US	monthly rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	74 years	82 of 100 (Exceptional)
24 April 1997	Ft Collins, US	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	92 years	62 of 100 (Major)
24 April 1997	House, US	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	55 years	61 of 100 (Major)
24 April 1997	Boulder, US	daily snowfall	41.7 cm (16.4 in)	23.9 cm (9.4 in)	62 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1997	Boulder, US	daily snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	30.4 cm (12.0 in)	39 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1997	Melrose, US	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	50 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1997	Waterdale, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	23.9 cm (9.4 in)	60 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1997	Otis, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	88 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1997	Yeso 2 S, US	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1997	Ft Sumner, US	daily snowfall	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	87 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1997	Duchesne, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	66 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1997	Santa Barbara, BR	daily rain	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	20 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1997	Krakmo, NO	daily snow depth	139.0 cm (54.7 in)	27.0 cm (10.6 in)	92 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1997	Logan Utah St UNIV, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	46 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1997	Driggs, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	90 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1997	Woodruff, US	daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	36 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1997	Roswell Ind Air Pk, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	31 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1997	Plaisance (Mauritiu, MU	daily rain	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	73.5 mm (2.9 in)	20 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1997	Ulan-Ude, RU	monthly high min	9.3 C (48.7 F)	2.4 C (4.3 F)	70 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1997	Boulder, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	55 years	46 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 1997

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 1997. 1997 had 1,227 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	980
100 to 200	25
200 to 300	13
300 to 400	3
400 to 500	2
500 to 600	3