Weather Records on 24 April 2022

596 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 April 2022. Highest significance: Ayrshire Downs, AU.

Key Facts for 24 April 2022

On 24 April 2022, 596 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
276 were record highs and 131 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 581 daily.
Ayrshire Downs set a daily record precipitation of 77.0 mm (3.0 in) on 24 April 2022.
Across 169 earlier years (1799 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 439 records.

Record Map

596 stations

596 station records on 24 April 2022 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 April 2022: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ayrshire Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Plevna	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Watford City	United States	Record daily snowfall	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Ekalaka	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Dickinson Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Kenmare 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Harding 3 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Wichita Mtn Wr	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Watford City	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Hebron	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Pembina	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Dickinson Rch HQ	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Dunn Ctr 1E	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Boulia Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Cockburn (Tepco)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Penong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Salzuflen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Knobs 4 SW	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Gillette 3SE	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Yichang	China	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Belltower	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Biddle	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Carlyle 13 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Glendive	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hebron	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ridgeway 1 S	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Fortuna 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Glengyle	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Marion Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Gull Lake Biological STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Biddle	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Powderville 8 NNE	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Midwest	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lockhart River Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	178.4 mm (7.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Nampula	Mozambique	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Belltower	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Terry	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kenmare 1 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Casey	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bowman	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dickinson Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dillinger	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Oolitic Purdue Ex Fm	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Findlay Wpcc	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mammoth Spring	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dickinson Rch HQ	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Elgin	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hallock	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Healdton 3 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lawton	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pollock	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Burgess Junction	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bowman	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Urbana Wrf	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bowie	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Windsor	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dickinson Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sherman	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Devils Twr #2	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Lippspringe	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

596 records

Records set or tied on 24 April 2022 by type: Highest daily maximum 116, Lowest daily maximum 92, Highest daily minimum 160, Lowest daily minimum 39, Heaviest daily rainfall 117, Heaviest daily snowfall 34, Deepest snow cover 38.

Records on 24 April 2022 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	116
Lowest daily maximum	92
Highest daily minimum	160
Lowest daily minimum	39
Heaviest daily rainfall	117
Heaviest daily snowfall	34
Deepest snow cover	38

Records on 24 April 2022 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 14, daily 581.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

456 broken records

Margins by which the 456 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 407.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 April 2022

Top 20 records on 24 April 2022 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 April 2022	Ayrshire Downs, AU	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	101 years	75 of 100 (Major)
24 April 2022	Plevna, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	109 years	71 of 100 (Major)
24 April 2022	Watford City, US	daily snowfall	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	72 years	71 of 100 (Major)
24 April 2022	Ekalaka, US	daily snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	72 years	66 of 100 (Major)
24 April 2022	Dickinson Exp STN, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	18.8 cm (7.4 in)	99 years	66 of 100 (Major)
24 April 2022	Kenmare 1 WSW, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	72 years	64 of 100 (Major)
24 April 2022	Harding 3 SE, US	daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	30.3 cm (11.9 in)	56 years	63 of 100 (Major)
24 April 2022	Wichita Mtn Wr, US	daily rain	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	100 years	62 of 100 (Major)
24 April 2022	Watford City, US	monthly rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	110 years	60 of 100 (Major)
24 April 2022	Hebron, US	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	45 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 2022	Pembina, US	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	97 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 2022	Dickinson Rch HQ, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 2022	Dunn Ctr 1E, US	daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	60 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 2022	Boulia Airport, AU	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	79 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 2022	Cockburn (Tepco), AU	daily rain	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	15 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 2022	Penong, AU	daily rain	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	12.6 mm (0.5 in)	68 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 2022	Bad Salzuflen, DE	daily rain	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	51 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 2022	Knobs 4 SW, US	daily snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	69 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 2022	Gillette 3SE, US	daily snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	40.7 cm (16.0 in)	16 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 2022	Yichang, CN	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	64 years	50 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 2022

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 2022. 2022 had 596 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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 24 April 2022
Margin	Records
0 to 100	420
100 to 200	18
200 to 300	12
300 to 400	4
400 to 500	2