Weather Records on 24 April 2011

1,018 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 April 2011. Highest significance: Mt Carmel, US.

Key Facts for 24 April 2011

On 24 April 2011, 1,018 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
692 were record highs and 148 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 61 monthly and 955 daily.
Mt Carmel set a daily record precipitation of 81.3 mm (3.2 in) on 24 April 2011.
Across 169 earlier years (1799 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 437 records.

Record Map

1,018 stations

1,018 station records on 24 April 2011 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 April 2011: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mt Carmel	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Muskogee	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.8 mm (4.5 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Morioka	Japan	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Jackson	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Finca Hamburgo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	223.8 mm (8.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Bristow	United States	Record daily precipitation	218.4 mm (8.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Obihiro	Japan	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Marble Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Guthrie 5S	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Poronajsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Williamsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Abilene Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgetown Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Iwamizawa	Japan	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Samburg Wr	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Girardeau Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Francis	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Harrisburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabethtown	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Paducah	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cairo 3N	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Clearwater Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sanderson	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kushiro	Japan	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Carbondale Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Summersville 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hohenwald	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Minnville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Fredericksburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	19.6 C (67.3 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Eastbourne	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Denison	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Laurel 3 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Decatur	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Coimbatore/Peelamed	India	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	20.5 C (68.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Simao	China	Record low maximum temperature	18.7 C (65.7 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Brownwood 2NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ward Creek #3	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record high maximum temperature	33.4 C (92.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Menard	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Stanley	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Olmsted L&D	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Chilo Meldahl Locks & Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Liberty	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pierce 1 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cavendish	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fergana	Uzbekistan	Record high maximum temperature	33.7 C (92.7 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Finca Chayabe	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kvikkjokk-Arrenjarka	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	14.3 C (57.7 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Providence	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Henry 3W	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Holdenville 2SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jackson Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cleburne	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dublin 2SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Berea College	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Princeton 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Round Spring 2SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,018 records

Records set or tied on 24 April 2011 by type: Highest daily maximum 337, Lowest daily maximum 94, Highest daily minimum 355, Lowest daily minimum 54, Heaviest daily rainfall 169, Heaviest daily snowfall 5, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 24 April 2011 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	337
Lowest daily maximum	94
Highest daily minimum	355
Lowest daily minimum	54
Heaviest daily rainfall	169
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 24 April 2011 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 61, daily 955.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

765 broken records

Margins by which the 765 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 152.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 April 2011

Top 20 records on 24 April 2011 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 April 2011	Mt Carmel, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	102 years	79 of 100 (Major)
24 April 2011	Muskogee, US	daily rain	113.8 mm (4.5 in)	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	96 years	78 of 100 (Major)
24 April 2011	Morioka, JP	daily rain	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	56 years	62 of 100 (Major)
24 April 2011	Jackson, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	106 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 2011	Finca Hamburgo, MX	monthly rain	223.8 mm (8.8 in)	106.5 mm (4.2 in)	0 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 2011	Bristow, US	all-time rain	218.4 mm (8.6 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 2011	Obihiro, JP	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	56 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 2011	Marble Hill, US	daily rain	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	102 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 2011	Guthrie 5S, US	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	90 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 2011	Poronajsk, RU	monthly rain	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	17.9 mm (0.7 in)	5 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 2011	Williamsville, US	monthly rain	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	54 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 2011	Abilene Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	20 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 2011	Bridgetown Comparison, AU	daily rain	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	21 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 2011	Iwamizawa, JP	monthly rain	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	25 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 2011	Samburg Wr, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	40 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 2011	Cape Girardeau Muni AP, US	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	34 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 2011	Saint Francis, US	daily rain	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	32 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 2011	Harrisburg, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	106 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 2011	Elizabethtown, US	daily rain	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	40 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 2011	Paducah, US	daily rain	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	8 years	44 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 2011

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 2011. 2011 had 1,018 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	721
20 to 40	26
40 to 60	13
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	3
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1