Weather Records on 24 April 2003

851 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 April 2003. Highest significance: Livingston, US.

Key Facts for 24 April 2003

On 24 April 2003, 851 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
276 were record highs and 183 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 22 monthly and 823 daily.
Livingston set a daily record precipitation of 203.2 mm (8.0 in) on 24 April 2003.
Across 169 earlier years (1799 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 438 records.

Record Map

851 stations

851 station records on 24 April 2003 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 April 2003: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Livingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	203.2 mm (8.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Crows Nest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.6 mm (2.3 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Meridian Naas	United States	Record daily precipitation	334.5 mm (13.2 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Climax	United States	Record daily snowfall	78.7 cm (31.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Castle Rock	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Steamboat Springs	United States	Record daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Kipling 4 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	159.5 mm (6.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Lake 6 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Wakefield 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Augusta	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Sybille Rsch Unit	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Neosho Rapids	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Tulelake	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Winter Park	United States	Record daily snowfall	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kosciusko	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Burwell 2WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Alton 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Enterprise	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Wenatchee	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Abilene	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hays 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Peck 4 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Farland	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Temascalcingo	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lebanon	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
McPherson	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Culbertson	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Meridian Key Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.5 mm (4.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Asosan	Japan	Record daily precipitation	121.2 mm (4.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tacambaro	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Santo Domingo	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Lake 1 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
New Raymer	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ionia	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bertrand	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Moorefield	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Paradise	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
San Jose de Raices	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Erzurum	Turkey	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Calera	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Turlock #2	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Yampa	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Eskridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ragan	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cooperstown	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Aibonito 1 S	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Keno	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Brookwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Manzanita Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Weaverville	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Oxford	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Smith Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Oconto	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Red Willow Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wellfleet	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Aneityum	Vanuatu	Record daily precipitation	116.1 mm (4.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Burney	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

851 records

Records set or tied on 24 April 2003 by type: Highest daily maximum 147, Lowest daily maximum 99, Highest daily minimum 129, Lowest daily minimum 84, Heaviest daily rainfall 322, Heaviest daily snowfall 45, Deepest snow cover 25.

Records on 24 April 2003 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	147
Lowest daily maximum	99
Highest daily minimum	129
Lowest daily minimum	84
Heaviest daily rainfall	322
Heaviest daily snowfall	45
Deepest snow cover	25

Records on 24 April 2003 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 22, daily 823.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

682 broken records

Margins by which the 682 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 381.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 April 2003

Top 20 records on 24 April 2003 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 April 2003	Livingston, US	daily rain	203.2 mm (8.0 in)	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	57 years	67 of 100 (Major)
24 April 2003	Crows Nest, AU	daily rain	59.6 mm (2.3 in)	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	88 years	64 of 100 (Major)
24 April 2003	Meridian Naas, US	all-time rain	334.5 mm (13.2 in)	126.2 mm (5.0 in)	0 years	64 of 100 (Major)
24 April 2003	Climax, US	all-time snowfall	78.7 cm (31.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	109 years	63 of 100 (Major)
24 April 2003	Castle Rock, US	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	98 years	60 of 100 (Major)
24 April 2003	Steamboat Springs, US	daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	57 years	60 of 100 (Major)
24 April 2003	Kipling 4 NNW, US	daily rain	159.5 mm (6.3 in)	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	65 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 2003	Eureka 1E, US	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	106 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 2003	Grand Lake 6 SSW, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	41 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 2003	Wakefield 4 W, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	106 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 2003	Madison, US	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	100 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 2003	Augusta, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	77 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 2003	Sybille Rsch Unit, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	37 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 2003	Neosho Rapids, US	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	80 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 2003	Tulelake, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	58 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 2003	Winter Park, US	daily snowfall	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	18 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 2003	Kosciusko, US	daily rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	97 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 2003	Burwell 2WSW, US	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	52 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 2003	Alton 1 W, US	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	98 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 2003	Enterprise, US	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	97 years	50 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 2003

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 2003. 2003 had 851 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	651
50 to 100	17
100 to 150	8
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	3
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1