Weather Records on 24 April 2021

471 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 April 2021. Highest significance: Albany 3 SE, US.

Key Facts for 24 April 2021

On 24 April 2021, 471 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
114 were record highs and 181 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 460 daily.
Albany 3 SE set a daily record precipitation of 114.6 mm (4.5 in) on 24 April 2021.
Across 169 earlier years (1799 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 440 records.

Record Map

471 stations

471 station records on 24 April 2021 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 April 2021: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Albany 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.6 mm (4.5 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Meadville	United States	Record daily precipitation	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Maraza	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Leesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Alma Bacon Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	194.6 mm (7.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Crestview FAA/AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	154.4 mm (6.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Guba	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cairns Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Dothan Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Moultrie 2 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Strathmore	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wetumpka	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesboro 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Jasper	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hattiesburg 5SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Beaufort MCAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Marion Junction 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Crookston NW Exp STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Natchez	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Purvis 2N	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
New Salem 5NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Red River Lock # 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mina	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Huntsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gatton Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Adel	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Corpus Christi NAS	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Culbertson	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Medicine Lake 3 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Savage	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Willow City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dupree	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Malvern	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Newell	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson Int	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pierre Rgnl AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.0 C (21.2 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville Muni AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Red Lake Falls	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Onida 4 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Timber Lake	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bunkie	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Abiquiu Dam	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Matanuska Exp Farm	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Forks Intl AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.8 C (16.2 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kunming	China	Record high maximum temperature	30.5 C (86.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Palmerville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mize 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Longview Wsmo	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Galveston Scholes Fld	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rockford 3 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Balmorhea	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Indiga	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	11.2 C (52.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Liberty	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sidney	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gettysburg	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Texarkana	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fargo Hector Intl AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.7 C (18.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

471 records

Records set or tied on 24 April 2021 by type: Highest daily maximum 56, Lowest daily maximum 58, Highest daily minimum 58, Lowest daily minimum 123, Heaviest daily rainfall 160, Heaviest daily snowfall 14, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 24 April 2021 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	56
Lowest daily maximum	58
Highest daily minimum	58
Lowest daily minimum	123
Heaviest daily rainfall	160
Heaviest daily snowfall	14
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 24 April 2021 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 10, daily 460.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

384 broken records

Margins by which the 384 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 128.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 April 2021

Top 20 records on 24 April 2021 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 April 2021	Albany 3 SE, US	daily rain	114.6 mm (4.5 in)	81.6 mm (3.2 in)	121 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
24 April 2021	Meadville, US	daily rain	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	114.9 mm (4.5 in)	55 years	66 of 100 (Major)
24 April 2021	Maraza, AZ	daily rain	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	83.4 mm (3.3 in)	47 years	60 of 100 (Major)
24 April 2021	Leesville, US	daily rain	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	116 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 2021	Alma Bacon Co AP, US	all-time rain	194.6 mm (7.7 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	56 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 2021	Crestview FAA/AP, US	daily rain	154.4 mm (6.1 in)	128.0 mm (5.0 in)	26 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 2021	Guba, AZ	daily rain	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	80.2 mm (3.2 in)	11 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 2021	Cairns Post Office, AU	daily rain	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	99 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 2021	Alexandria, US	daily rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	84 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 2021	Dothan Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	18 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 2021	Moultrie 2 ESE, US	daily rain	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	68 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 2021	Strathmore, AU	daily rain	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	102 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 2021	Wetumpka, US	daily rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	76 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 2021	Waynesboro 2 W, US	daily rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	116 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 2021	Jasper, US	daily rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	68 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 2021	Hattiesburg 5SW, US	daily rain	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	80 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 2021	Marshall, US	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	31 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 2021	Beaufort MCAS, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	54 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 2021	Marion Junction 2 NE, US	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	36 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 2021	Crookston NW Exp STN, US	daily low min	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	102 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 2021

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 2021. 2021 had 471 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	334
20 to 40	35
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	5
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	1