Weather Records on 24 April 2018

740 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 April 2018. Highest significance: Vanderbilt 11ENE, US.

Key Facts for 24 April 2018

On 24 April 2018, 740 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
429 were record highs and 70 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 26 monthly and 714 daily.
Vanderbilt 11ENE set a daily record snow depth of 38.1 cm (15.0 in) on 24 April 2018.
Across 169 earlier years (1799 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 438 records.

Record Map

740 stations

740 station records on 24 April 2018 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 April 2018: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Vanderbilt 11ENE	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Carthage Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
E Jordan	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Seward AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Yemassee 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Urgench	Uzbekistan	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Los Banos	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Milesovka	Czech Republic	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hirado	Japan	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Pierce	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ruston la Tech	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Charlevoix	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ninety Nine Is	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kostroma	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-12.3 C (9.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ekalaka	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Marion	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
New England	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Allardt	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Willow Rsvr	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide West Terrace	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	19.5 C (67.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	27.9 C (82.2 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cumming 2N	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gaylord	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Walterboro 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	24.5 C (76.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Castle Hot Springs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
M'Puoya	Congo (Brazzaville)	Record low minimum temperature	16.2 C (61.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sodankyla AWS	Finland	Record high minimum temperature	2.6 C (36.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pecs Pogany	Hungary	Record high minimum temperature	15.9 C (60.6 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Yonago	Japan	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Forks 1 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Palmer 3 ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Auberry 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kent	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Salzburg	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	12.9 C (55.2 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Jonesboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Long Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tarbes - Ossun	France	Record high minimum temperature	13.4 C (56.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Saigo	Japan	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Izuhara	Japan	Record daily precipitation	158.0 mm (6.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
San Simon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Indio Fire STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gainesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mystic Lake	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bowman	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cheraw	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Newberry	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Astoria AP (Port of)	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dahlonega 4WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Longwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Barguzin	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	24.7 C (76.5 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Plevna	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Chester 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Matanuska Exp Farm	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgehampton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Laurinburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Laurens	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dachen Dao	China	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Capo Bellavista	Italy	Record high minimum temperature	18.6 C (65.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fukuyama	Japan	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

740 records

Records set or tied on 24 April 2018 by type: Highest daily maximum 217, Lowest daily maximum 34, Highest daily minimum 212, Lowest daily minimum 36, Heaviest daily rainfall 194, Heaviest daily snowfall 19, Deepest snow cover 28.

Records on 24 April 2018 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	217
Lowest daily maximum	34
Highest daily minimum	212
Lowest daily minimum	36
Heaviest daily rainfall	194
Heaviest daily snowfall	19
Deepest snow cover	28

Records on 24 April 2018 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 26, daily 714.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

639 broken records

Margins by which the 639 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 330.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 April 2018

Top 20 records on 24 April 2018 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 April 2018	Vanderbilt 11ENE, US	daily snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	95 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 2018	Carthage Wtp, US	daily rain	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	35 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 2018	E Jordan, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	89 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 2018	Seward AP, US	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	96 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 2018	Yemassee 1 N, US	monthly rain	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	70 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 2018	Urgench, UZ	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	17.9 mm (0.7 in)	15 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 2018	Los Banos, US	daily high min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	84 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 2018	Milesovka, CZ	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	28 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 2018	Hirado, JP	daily rain	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	62.6 mm (2.5 in)	40 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 2018	Ft Pierce, US	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	107 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 2018	Ruston la Tech, US	daily low min	1.7 C (35.1 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	108 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 2018	Charlevoix, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	111 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 2018	Ninety Nine Is, US	daily rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	76 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 2018	Kostroma, RU	daily low min	-12.3 C (9.9 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	88 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 2018	Ekalaka, US	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	68 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 2018	Marion, US	monthly rain	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	61 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 2018	New England, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	109 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 2018	Allardt, US	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	63 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 2018	Willow Rsvr, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	20.4 cm (8.0 in)	68 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 2018	Adelaide West Terrace, AU	daily high min	19.5 C (67.1 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	116 years	42 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 2018

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 2018. 2018 had 740 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	624
50 to 100	10
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	1