Weather Records on 24 April 2004

774 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 April 2004. Highest significance: Seaspray (Burong), AU.

Key Facts for 24 April 2004

On 24 April 2004, 774 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
249 were record highs and 175 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 39 monthly and 733 daily.
Seaspray (Burong) set a monthly record daily precipitation of 110.0 mm (4.3 in) on 24 April 2004.
Across 169 earlier years (1799 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 438 records.

Record Map

774 stations

774 station records on 24 April 2004 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 April 2004: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Seaspray (Burong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	87 of 100 (Exceptional)
Comanche	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Grenola 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Rosedale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Giffard	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Erica	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.6 mm (3.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Lindenow	Australia	Record daily precipitation	154.0 mm (6.1 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Benambra (Evandale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Clydebank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	107.0 mm (4.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Wallace	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Mansfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Odell 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	166.9 mm (6.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Harrison	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Winona	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Ozark Beach 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Jindivick	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Waco Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	128.8 mm (5.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Dora 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	146.1 mm (5.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Grove 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Trafalgar Toseland Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Warburton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.4 mm (3.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Berryville 6 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Fredonia	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Weatherford	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Omeo Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Erica (Parkers Corner)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Sarsfield East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tambo Crossing	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Won Wron Prison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka Springs 3 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Gilbert	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Madalya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Briagolong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.2 mm (3.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Valencia Creek (Little Plain)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mirboo North Water Board	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Poowong (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Walnut 4S	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Madill	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Erica (Philips Bridge)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.8 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Outtrim	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Billings 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Helena 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Dargo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lamar 7N	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kansas 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lanihau 68.2	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Presa Colorines (Cfe)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Eads	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sedan	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lead Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Independence	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Marshfield 4 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Best (Upper Toora)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.8 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gove 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hondo	United States	Record daily precipitation	117.6 mm (4.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Harrison Boone Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Omeo Shannon Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ensay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Crooked River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

774 records

Records set or tied on 24 April 2004 by type: Highest daily maximum 103, Lowest daily maximum 116, Highest daily minimum 146, Lowest daily minimum 59, Heaviest daily rainfall 341, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 6.

Records on 24 April 2004 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	103
Lowest daily maximum	116
Highest daily minimum	146
Lowest daily minimum	59
Heaviest daily rainfall	341
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	6

Records on 24 April 2004 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 39, daily 733.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

630 broken records

Margins by which the 630 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 203.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 April 2004

Top 20 records on 24 April 2004 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 April 2004	Seaspray (Burong), AU	monthly rain	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	104 years	87 of 100 (Exceptional)
24 April 2004	Comanche, US	daily rain	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	75 years	71 of 100 (Major)
24 April 2004	Grenola 1 N, US	daily rain	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	106 years	69 of 100 (Major)
24 April 2004	Rosedale, AU	daily rain	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	104 years	66 of 100 (Major)
24 April 2004	Giffard, AU	monthly rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	20 years	65 of 100 (Major)
24 April 2004	Erica, AU	daily rain	89.6 mm (3.5 in)	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	58 years	64 of 100 (Major)
24 April 2004	Lindenow, AU	monthly rain	154.0 mm (6.1 in)	76.4 mm (3.0 in)	14 years	64 of 100 (Major)
24 April 2004	Benambra (Evandale), AU	daily rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	60 years	63 of 100 (Major)
24 April 2004	Clydebank, AU	daily rain	107.0 mm (4.2 in)	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	43 years	62 of 100 (Major)
24 April 2004	Wallace, US	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	99 years	62 of 100 (Major)
24 April 2004	Mansfield, US	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	57 years	62 of 100 (Major)
24 April 2004	Odell 2 N, US	daily rain	166.9 mm (6.6 in)	126.8 mm (5.0 in)	51 years	61 of 100 (Major)
24 April 2004	Sonnblick, AT	daily rain	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	78 years	60 of 100 (Major)
24 April 2004	Harrison, US	daily rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	51 years	60 of 100 (Major)
24 April 2004	Winona, US	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	109 years	60 of 100 (Major)
24 April 2004	Ozark Beach 2 NNE, US	daily rain	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	73.6 mm (2.9 in)	38 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 2004	Jindivick, AU	daily rain	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	16.9 mm (0.7 in)	103 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 2004	Waco Rgnl AP, US	monthly rain	128.8 mm (5.1 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	47 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 2004	Dora 3SE, US	monthly rain	146.1 mm (5.8 in)	64.1 mm (2.5 in)	2 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 2004	Mtn Grove 2 N, US	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	100 years	55 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 2004

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 2004. 2004 had 774 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	606
50 to 100	19
100 to 150	4
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1