Weather Records on 24 April 2020

544 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 April 2020. Highest significance: J.G.H. van der Wath Airp, NA.

Key Facts for 24 April 2020

On 24 April 2020, 544 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
337 were record highs and 78 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 23 monthly and 520 daily.
J.G.H. van der Wath Airp set a monthly record daily precipitation of 99.1 mm (3.9 in) on 24 April 2020.
Across 169 earlier years (1799 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 439 records.

Record Map

544 stations

544 station records on 24 April 2020 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 April 2020: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
J.G.H. van der Wath Airp	Namibia	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Glennville 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Camilla 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Tabora Airport	Tanzania	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Headland	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Enterprise 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Tifton	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Brewton 3 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	157.7 mm (6.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hawkinsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Stevensville 2SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Eastman 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Balaklava	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
East London	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	119.1 mm (4.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Idyllwild Fire Dept	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mechanicsville 5 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Achinsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	27.5 C (81.5 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dhubri	India	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Semej	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	32.1 C (89.8 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Zmeinogorsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	29.9 C (85.8 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rota	Spain	Record daily precipitation	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Barbara	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Arcadia	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sandersville	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lankaran	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ouesso	Congo (Brazzaville)	Record high minimum temperature	24.7 C (76.5 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Plant City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hallettsville 2 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hallettsville 2 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gavar	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lord Howe Island Aero	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	11.9 C (53.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Chandbali	India	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Graton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Leo	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Chipley	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
San Luis Obispo Poly	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tampa Bay Area WFO	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Americus	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Woodland Hills Pierce College	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kingsville Naas	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsborough Rvr Sp	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Yan An	China	Record low minimum temperature	-4.0 C (24.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cavern City AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mont-de-Marsan	France	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Louisville 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lakeland Linder Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Victoria Rgnl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mardie	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rhynie (Salters Springs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Penang Intl	Malaysia	Record low minimum temperature	23.1 C (73.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Key West NAS	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bishop AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Baytown	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Brownsville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Corpus Christi	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Benning Lawson Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Geneva #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	170.2 mm (6.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Iron Mtn	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Workman Creek	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.2 C (59.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Millinocket Muni AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.8 C (25.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

544 records

Records set or tied on 24 April 2020 by type: Highest daily maximum 173, Lowest daily maximum 31, Highest daily minimum 164, Lowest daily minimum 47, Heaviest daily rainfall 128, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 24 April 2020 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	173
Lowest daily maximum	31
Highest daily minimum	164
Lowest daily minimum	47
Heaviest daily rainfall	128
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 24 April 2020 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 23, daily 520.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

453 broken records

Margins by which the 453 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 129.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 April 2020

Top 20 records on 24 April 2020 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 April 2020	J.G.H. van der Wath Airp, NA	monthly rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	15 years	61 of 100 (Major)
24 April 2020	Glennville 3NW, US	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	49 years	60 of 100 (Major)
24 April 2020	Camilla 3SE, US	daily rain	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	68 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 2020	Tabora Airport, TZ	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	55.7 mm (2.2 in)	52 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 2020	Headland, US	daily rain	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	24 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 2020	Enterprise 4 W, US	daily rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 2020	Tifton, US	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	77 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 2020	Brewton 3 ENE, US	daily rain	157.7 mm (6.2 in)	129.0 mm (5.1 in)	25 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 2020	Hawkinsville, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	49 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 2020	Stevensville 2SW, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	79 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 2020	Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt, US	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	55 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 2020	Eastman 1 W, US	daily rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	76 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 2020	Balaklava, AU	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	117 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 2020	East London, ZA	daily rain	119.1 mm (4.7 in)	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	16 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 2020	Idyllwild Fire Dept, US	daily high min	13.3 C (55.9 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	74 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 2020	Mechanicsville 5 NE, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	92 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 2020	Achinsk, RU	daily high max	27.5 C (81.5 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	81 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 2020	Dhubri, IN	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	74 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 2020	Semej, KZ	daily high max	32.1 C (89.8 F)	4.3 C (7.7 F)	91 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 2020	Zmeinogorsk, RU	daily high max	29.9 C (85.8 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	91 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 2020

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 2020. 2020 had 544 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	427
20 to 40	15
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1