Weather Records on 24 April 2002

1,052 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 April 2002. Highest significance: Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij, RU.

Key Facts for 24 April 2002

On 24 April 2002, 1,052 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
623 were record highs and 323 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 27 monthly and 1,020 daily.
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij set a daily record precipitation of 32.2 mm (1.3 in) on 24 April 2002.
Across 169 earlier years (1799 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 436 records.

Record Map

1,052 stations

1,052 station records on 24 April 2002 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 April 2002: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Timovskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Kempten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Zamboanga	Philippines	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Chichihualco	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Holter Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Changchun	China	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Rosalia	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Murray	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Uglegorsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bijie	China	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bodoe VI	Norway	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Holter Dam	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Perpignan	France	Record high minimum temperature	18.5 C (65.3 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lumpkin 2 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Freehold-Marlboro	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nhill	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	16.9 C (62.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sigmarszell-Zeisertsweiler	Germany	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Buenavista de Cuellar	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sabana Grande 2 ENE	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	17.3 C (63.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pitea	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	16.2 C (61.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Livingston Radio Wliv	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	17.5 C (63.5 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Maricao Fish Hatchery	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Vale	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Keflavik	Iceland	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Moscow U of I	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Spalding 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dutch Harbor	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Quartzsite	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Glenwood Spgs #2	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fortine 1 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Watertown	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Echeta 2 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tonsina	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tak	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Emblem	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Zoquitlan	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dalnerechensk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
La Palma/Aeropuerto	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	28.0 C (82.4 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gibson Dam	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Antalya	Turkey	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Manistique Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Augusta	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pendleton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Iguala (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tlaquepaque	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
East London	South Africa	Record low minimum temperature	6.4 C (43.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Spokane Intl AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Xochitlan Todos Santos	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Alpine	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Valentine	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Salvatierra	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Jaina	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Belle Glade	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bayview Model Basin	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,052 records

Records set or tied on 24 April 2002 by type: Highest daily maximum 325, Lowest daily maximum 59, Highest daily minimum 298, Lowest daily minimum 264, Heaviest daily rainfall 92, Heaviest daily snowfall 9, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 24 April 2002 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	325
Lowest daily maximum	59
Highest daily minimum	298
Lowest daily minimum	264
Heaviest daily rainfall	92
Heaviest daily snowfall	9
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 24 April 2002 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 27, daily 1,020.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

750 broken records

Margins by which the 750 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 254.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 April 2002

Top 20 records on 24 April 2002 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 April 2002	Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij, RU	daily rain	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	14.1 mm (0.6 in)	71 years	69 of 100 (Major)
24 April 2002	Timovskoe, RU	monthly rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	19 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 2002	Kempten, DE	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	76 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 2002	Zamboanga, PH	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	50.9 mm (2.0 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 2002	Chichihualco, MX	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	40 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 2002	Holter Dam, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	81 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 2002	Changchun, CN	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	4 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 2002	Rosalia, US	daily low min	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	77 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 2002	Murray, US	daily rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	1 year	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 2002	Uglegorsk, RU	daily rain	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	16 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 2002	Bijie, CN	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	41 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 2002	Bodoe VI, NO	daily rain	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	12 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 2002	Holter Dam, US	daily low min	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	99 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 2002	Perpignan, FR	daily high min	18.5 C (65.3 F)	2.5 C (4.5 F)	77 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 2002	Lumpkin 2 SE, US	daily high max	32.2 C (90.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	105 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 2002	Freehold-Marlboro, US	daily low min	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	119 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 2002	Nhill, AU	daily high min	16.9 C (62.4 F)	2.5 C (4.5 F)	83 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 2002	Sigmarszell-Zeisertsweiler, DE	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 2002	Buenavista de Cuellar, MX	monthly high min	26.7 C (80.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	59 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 2002	Sabana Grande 2 ENE, PR	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	88 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 2002

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 2002. 2002 had 1,052 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 2026-10-16 (16 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	744
50 to 100	5
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1