Cold outbreak in Finland and 22 other countries, 17 to 27 April 2024

Name: Cold outbreak in Finland and 22 other countries, 17 to 27 April 2024
Start: 2024-04-17
End: 2024-04-27
Location: Finland, Germany, Sweden, Russia, France, Italy, Estonia, Spain, Netherlands, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Poland, Norway, Tunisia, Algeria, Austria, Denmark, United Kingdom, Hungary, Latvia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovenia

Cold outbreak in Finland and 22 other countries, 17 to 27 April 2024: 773 records at 377 stations, peak on 23 April 2024. Closed.

Data as of 2026-10-17. Last revised 17 October 2026 (2026-10-17).

Key Facts

Cold outbreak in Finland and 22 other countries, 17 to 27 April 2024 set or tied 773 station records at 377 stations.
It ran from 17 April 2024 to 27 April 2024 (11 days) and its peak day was 23 April 2024.
Status: closed.
Halmstad Flygflottilj set a daily record low minimum temperature of -6.3 C (20.7 F) on 23 April 2024.
The busiest day was 23 April 2024 with 185 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 135 years.

Footprint

17 to 27 April 2024

The area covered by Cold outbreak in Finland and 22 other countries, 17 to 27 April 2024 is outlined, with 18 of the stations that set records marked, coloured by record type. Made with Natural Earth.

Footprint of Cold outbreak in Finland and 22 other countries, 17 to 27 April 2024: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Halmstad Flygflottilj	Record low minimum temperature	-6.3 C (20.7 F)	2024-04-23
Tallinn	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	2024-04-19
Vasteras-Hasslo	Record low maximum temperature	0.9 C (33.6 F)	2024-04-22
Trier-Zewen	Record low minimum temperature	-1.4 C (29.5 F)	2024-04-22
Basel Binningen	Record low maximum temperature	5.7 C (42.3 F)	2024-04-22
Plauen	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	2024-04-23
Zuerich/Fluntern	Record low maximum temperature	5.4 C (41.7 F)	2024-04-23
Ljubljana Bezigrad	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	2024-04-23
Daroca	Record low minimum temperature	-1.8 C (28.8 F)	2024-04-24
Gorlitz	Record low minimum temperature	-4.9 C (23.2 F)	2024-04-23
Kairouan	Record low minimum temperature	1.3 C (34.3 F)	2024-04-24
Coleman	Record low maximum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	2024-04-21
Stiege	Record low minimum temperature	-6.9 C (19.6 F)	2024-04-23
Salamanca Aeropuerto	Record low minimum temperature	-1.9 C (28.6 F)	2024-04-23
Kleiner Feldberg/Taunus	Record low maximum temperature	1.5 C (34.7 F)	2024-04-21
Bad Muskau	Record low minimum temperature	-6.2 C (20.8 F)	2024-04-23
Pecs Pogany	Record low minimum temperature	-1.0 C (30.2 F)	2024-04-22
Ponza Island	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	2024-04-24

Records per Day

Peak day 185

Records set or tied each day from 17 April 2024 to 27 April 2024. The most in one day was 185 on 23 April 2024.

Records per day during Cold outbreak in Finland and 22 other countries, 17 to 27 April 2024
Date	Records
2024-04-17	13
2024-04-18	29
2024-04-19	97
2024-04-20	107
2024-04-21	126
2024-04-22	149
2024-04-23	185
2024-04-24	41
2024-04-25	12
2024-04-26	12
2024-04-27	2

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Cold outbreak in Finland and 22 other countries, 17 to 27 April 2024 ranked by margin
Kairouan, 04-24	5.7 C (10.3 F)
Halmstad Flygflottilj, 04-23	4.8 C (8.6 F)
Ponza Island, 04-24	2.2 C (4.0 F)
Gorlitz, 04-23	1.9 C (3.4 F)
Halmstad Flygflottilj, 04-22	1.8 C (3.2 F)
Bad Muskau, 04-23	1.7 C (3.1 F)
Halmstad Flygflottilj, 04-21	1.7 C (3.1 F)
Stiege, 04-23	1.5 C (2.7 F)
Tallinn, 04-19	1.4 C (2.5 F)
Salamanca Aeropuerto, 04-23	1.4 C (2.5 F)
Ljubljana Bezigrad, 04-23	0.8 C (1.4 F)
Coleman, 04-21	0.7 C (1.3 F)
Vasteras-Hasslo, 04-22	0.6 C (1.1 F)
Daroca, 04-24	0.6 C (1.1 F)
Pecs Pogany, 04-22	0.4 C (0.7 F)

Margin is how far the new value is beyond the record it replaced. Ties are not shown.

Margin Against Age of the Broken Record

500 records plotted by how far they beat the old record (across) and how many years the old record had stood (up). Long standing records beaten by a wide margin sit in the top right.

Margin against age of the broken record in Cold outbreak in Finland and 22 other countries, 17 to 27 April 2024
Margin (C)	Years the old record stood
4.8	69
1.4	101
0.6	135
0.1	105
0.3	105
0.3	106
0.2	109
0.8	95
0.6	92
1.9	73
5.7	33
1.5	73
0.7	86
1.4	74
1.8	73
0.1	86
1.7	73
0.4	71
2.2	51
1.7	65
2.7	57
1.5	69
1.8	69
0.2	77
3.0	54
1.8	67
0.6	74
0.4	70
0.3	70
0.7	73
0.2	69
1.5	68
0.8	69
1.6	69
2.2	51
2.0	53
0.1	68
2.4	57
0.5	67
2.4	57
2.9	54
0.1	73
0.6	69
0.6	68
1.8	55
0.1	70
0.1	66
1.8	54
0.3	69
0.7	59
1.4	58
2.0	57
2.5	57
0.3	42
2.9	54
0.9	65
0.2	69
0.3	66
0.8	61
0.3	66
1.0	61
0.2	65
1.9	58
2.1	54
1.0	57
4.5	44
6.7	19
3.6	44
1.5	51
0.1	64
1.9	48
3.2	34
0.2	65
1.0	51
1.3	52
0.6	58
0.4	58
0.8	55
1.2	52
1.8	57
0.1	58
0.2	58
3.0	51
1.8	45
1.5	58
2.3	45
1.2	48
3.3	37
1.2	58
1.2	54
2.8	45
1.0	57
2.8	43
0.2	66
2.9	37
1.8	37
2.2	44
0.3	59
0.2	58
0.2	65
1.9	45
0.6	58
0.5	57
0.5	58
0.8	58
0.7	57
2.5	45
1.4	54
3.6	37
2.7	37
0.2	59
0.2	57
7.8	27
1.6	44
0.9	48
1.4	53
2.2	39
0.5	45
0.4	58
1.2	50
0.4	55
0.4	58
1.3	45
0.3	57
0.3	45
0.5	45
1.3	44
0.3	57
0.3	58
2.1	44
0.3	58
1.8	47
2.3	45
1.9	45
0.2	58
2.3	45
3.3	33
2.9	37
5.7	20
0.1	57
1.1	44
2.0	48
0.4	48
1.8	48
1.4	48
0.9	48
1.5	49
0.5	58
0.7	53
0.2	45
1.9	33
1.0	45
1.8	36
2.6	43
2.4	43
0.2	57
0.2	58
0.5	53
1.0	46
2.9	27
0.7	51
1.3	47
0.4	48
1.2	45
2.0	37
1.2	47
1.2	44
1.7	44
3.3	32
3.6	32
1.8	45
1.6	45
1.6	45
2.8	37
2.3	37
1.0	53
2.2	43
0.7	48
0.4	48
1.3	44
0.8	43
1.2	44
0.1	43
0.1	51
0.8	48
3.0	14
0.6	51
1.2	53
0.4	45
0.1	53
2.6	43
2.2	43
0.9	45
1.3	33
0.7	44
0.3	48
2.4	38
1.5	38
0.8	47
1.0	44

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Cold outbreak in Finland and 22 other countries, 17 to 27 April 2024 compared with similar events
Cold outbreak in United States and Mexico, 6 February to 5 March 2021	12,118 records
Cold outbreak in United States and Mexico, 13 October to 5 November 2020	9,841 records
Cold outbreak in United States and Mexico, 23 December 2017 to 8 January 2018	8,263 records
Cold outbreak in United States and Mexico, 3 to 23 January 2024	7,675 records
Cold outbreak in United States, 15 January to 10 February 2026	5,568 records
Cold outbreak in Finland and 22 other countries, 17 to 27 April 2024 (this event)	773 records

Every Record Set

20 of 773

Every record set or tied during Cold outbreak in Finland and 22 other countries, 17 to 27 April 2024, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2024-04-19	Tallinn	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	101	42 of 100 (Notable)
2024-04-21	Coleman	Record low maximum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	86	34 of 100 (Routine)
2024-04-21	Kleiner Feldberg/Taunus	Record low maximum temperature	1.5 C (34.7 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	86	33 of 100 (Routine)
2024-04-21	Halmstad Flygflottilj	Record low minimum temperature	-4.1 C (24.6 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	65	32 of 100 (Routine)
2024-04-22	Vasteras-Hasslo	Record low maximum temperature	0.9 C (33.6 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	135	41 of 100 (Notable)
2024-04-22	Trier-Zewen	Record low minimum temperature	-1.4 C (29.5 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	105	40 of 100 (Notable)
2024-04-22	Basel Binningen	Record low maximum temperature	5.7 C (42.3 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	106	40 of 100 (Notable)
2024-04-22	Halmstad Flygflottilj	Record low minimum temperature	-4.0 C (24.8 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	73	34 of 100 (Routine)
2024-04-22	Pecs Pogany	Record low minimum temperature	-1.0 C (30.2 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	71	32 of 100 (Routine)
2024-04-23	Halmstad Flygflottilj	Record low minimum temperature	-6.3 C (20.7 F)	4.8 C (8.6 F)	69	43 of 100 (Notable)
2024-04-23	Plauen	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	105	40 of 100 (Notable)
2024-04-23	Zuerich/Fluntern	Record low maximum temperature	5.4 C (41.7 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	109	40 of 100 (Notable)
2024-04-23	Ljubljana Bezigrad	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	95	39 of 100 (Notable)
2024-04-23	Gorlitz	Record low minimum temperature	-4.9 C (23.2 F)	1.9 C (3.4 F)	73	36 of 100 (Notable)
2024-04-23	Stiege	Record low minimum temperature	-6.9 C (19.6 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	73	34 of 100 (Routine)
2024-04-23	Salamanca Aeropuerto	Record low minimum temperature	-1.9 C (28.6 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	74	34 of 100 (Routine)
2024-04-23	Bad Muskau	Record low minimum temperature	-6.2 C (20.8 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	73	33 of 100 (Routine)
2024-04-24	Daroca	Record low minimum temperature	-1.8 C (28.8 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	92	38 of 100 (Notable)
2024-04-24	Kairouan	Record low minimum temperature	1.3 C (34.3 F)	5.7 C (10.3 F)	33	36 of 100 (Notable)
2024-04-24	Ponza Island	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	51	32 of 100 (Routine)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 773 records the event counts. The counts above use the full total.

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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)) Data as of 2026-10-17. Events are found by this site from station records and are not official designations. Records are provisional until reprocessed.

Margin (C)	Years the old record stood
4.8	69
1.4	101
0.6	135
0.1	105
0.3	105
0.3	106
0.2	109
0.8	95
0.6	92
1.9	73
5.7	33
1.5	73
0.7	86
1.4	74
1.8	73
0.1	86
1.7	73
0.4	71
2.2	51
1.7	65
2.7	57
1.5	69
1.8	69
0.2	77
3.0	54
1.8	67
0.6	74
0.4	70
0.3	70
0.7	73
0.2	69
1.5	68
0.8	69
1.6	69
2.2	51
2.0	53
0.1	68
2.4	57
0.5	67
2.4	57
2.9	54
0.1	73
0.6	69
0.6	68
1.8	55
0.1	70
0.1	66
1.8	54
0.3	69
0.7	59
1.4	58
2.0	57
2.5	57
0.3	42
2.9	54
0.9	65
0.2	69
0.3	66
0.8	61
0.3	66
1.0	61
0.2	65
1.9	58
2.1	54
1.0	57
4.5	44
6.7	19
3.6	44
1.5	51
0.1	64
1.9	48
3.2	34
0.2	65
1.0	51
1.3	52
0.6	58
0.4	58
0.8	55
1.2	52
1.8	57
0.1	58
0.2	58
3.0	51
1.8	45
1.5	58
2.3	45
1.2	48
3.3	37
1.2	58
1.2	54
2.8	45
1.0	57
2.8	43
0.2	66
2.9	37
1.8	37
2.2	44
0.3	59
0.2	58
0.2	65
1.9	45
0.6	58
0.5	57
0.5	58
0.8	58
0.7	57
2.5	45
1.4	54
3.6	37
2.7	37
0.2	59
0.2	57
7.8	27
1.6	44
0.9	48
1.4	53
2.2	39
0.5	45
0.4	58
1.2	50
0.4	55
0.4	58
1.3	45
0.3	57
0.3	45
0.5	45
1.3	44
0.3	57
0.3	58
2.1	44
0.3	58
1.8	47
2.3	45
1.9	45
0.2	58
2.3	45
3.3	33
2.9	37
5.7	20
0.1	57
1.1	44
2.0	48
0.4	48
1.8	48
1.4	48
0.9	48
1.5	49
0.5	58
0.7	53
0.2	45
1.9	33
1.0	45
1.8	36
2.6	43
2.4	43
0.2	57
0.2	58
0.5	53
1.0	46
2.9	27
0.7	51
1.3	47
0.4	48
1.2	45
2.0	37
1.2	47
1.2	44
1.7	44
3.3	32
3.6	32
1.8	45
1.6	45
1.6	45
2.8	37
2.3	37
1.0	53
2.2	43
0.7	48
0.4	48
1.3	44
0.8	43
1.2	44
0.1	43
0.1	51
0.8	48
3.0	14
0.6	51
1.2	53
0.4	45
0.1	53
2.6	43
2.2	43
0.9	45
1.3	33
0.7	44
0.3	48
2.4	38
1.5	38
0.8	47
1.0	44

Margin (C)	Years the old record stood
4.8	69
1.4	101
0.6	135
0.1	105
0.3	105
0.3	106
0.2	109
0.8	95
0.6	92
1.9	73
5.7	33
1.5	73
0.7	86
1.4	74
1.8	73
0.1	86
1.7	73
0.4	71
2.2	51
1.7	65
2.7	57
1.5	69
1.8	69
0.2	77
3.0	54
1.8	67
0.6	74
0.4	70
0.3	70
0.7	73
0.2	69
1.5	68
0.8	69
1.6	69
2.2	51
2.0	53
0.1	68
2.4	57
0.5	67
2.4	57
2.9	54
0.1	73
0.6	69
0.6	68
1.8	55
0.1	70
0.1	66
1.8	54
0.3	69
0.7	59
1.4	58
2.0	57
2.5	57
0.3	42
2.9	54
0.9	65
0.2	69
0.3	66
0.8	61
0.3	66
1.0	61
0.2	65
1.9	58
2.1	54
1.0	57
4.5	44
6.7	19
3.6	44
1.5	51
0.1	64
1.9	48
3.2	34
0.2	65
1.0	51
1.3	52
0.6	58
0.4	58
0.8	55
1.2	52
1.8	57
0.1	58
0.2	58
3.0	51
1.8	45
1.5	58
2.3	45
1.2	48
3.3	37
1.2	58
1.2	54
2.8	45
1.0	57
2.8	43
0.2	66
2.9	37
1.8	37
2.2	44
0.3	59
0.2	58
0.2	65
1.9	45
0.6	58
0.5	57
0.5	58
0.8	58
0.7	57
2.5	45
1.4	54
3.6	37
2.7	37
0.2	59
0.2	57
7.8	27
1.6	44
0.9	48
1.4	53
2.2	39
0.5	45
0.4	58
1.2	50
0.4	55
0.4	58
1.3	45
0.3	57
0.3	45
0.5	45
1.3	44
0.3	57
0.3	58
2.1	44
0.3	58
1.8	47
2.3	45
1.9	45
0.2	58
2.3	45
3.3	33
2.9	37
5.7	20
0.1	57
1.1	44
2.0	48
0.4	48
1.8	48
1.4	48
0.9	48
1.5	49
0.5	58
0.7	53
0.2	45
1.9	33
1.0	45
1.8	36
2.6	43
2.4	43
0.2	57
0.2	58
0.5	53
1.0	46
2.9	27
0.7	51
1.3	47
0.4	48
1.2	45
2.0	37
1.2	47
1.2	44
1.7	44
3.3	32
3.6	32
1.8	45
1.6	45
1.6	45
2.8	37
2.3	37
1.0	53
2.2	43
0.7	48
0.4	48
1.3	44
0.8	43
1.2	44
0.1	43
0.1	51
0.8	48
3.0	14
0.6	51
1.2	53
0.4	45
0.1	53
2.6	43
2.2	43
0.9	45
1.3	33
0.7	44
0.3	48
2.4	38
1.5	38
0.8	47
1.0	44

Margin (C)	Years the old record stood
4.8	69
1.4	101
0.6	135
0.1	105
0.3	105
0.3	106
0.2	109
0.8	95
0.6	92
1.9	73
5.7	33
1.5	73
0.7	86
1.4	74
1.8	73
0.1	86
1.7	73
0.4	71
2.2	51
1.7	65
2.7	57
1.5	69
1.8	69
0.2	77
3.0	54
1.8	67
0.6	74
0.4	70
0.3	70
0.7	73
0.2	69
1.5	68
0.8	69
1.6	69
2.2	51
2.0	53
0.1	68
2.4	57
0.5	67
2.4	57
2.9	54
0.1	73
0.6	69
0.6	68
1.8	55
0.1	70
0.1	66
1.8	54
0.3	69
0.7	59
1.4	58
2.0	57
2.5	57
0.3	42
2.9	54
0.9	65
0.2	69
0.3	66
0.8	61
0.3	66
1.0	61
0.2	65
1.9	58
2.1	54
1.0	57
4.5	44
6.7	19
3.6	44
1.5	51
0.1	64
1.9	48
3.2	34
0.2	65
1.0	51
1.3	52
0.6	58
0.4	58
0.8	55
1.2	52
1.8	57
0.1	58
0.2	58
3.0	51
1.8	45
1.5	58
2.3	45
1.2	48
3.3	37
1.2	58
1.2	54
2.8	45
1.0	57
2.8	43
0.2	66
2.9	37
1.8	37
2.2	44
0.3	59
0.2	58
0.2	65
1.9	45
0.6	58
0.5	57
0.5	58
0.8	58
0.7	57
2.5	45
1.4	54
3.6	37
2.7	37
0.2	59
0.2	57
7.8	27
1.6	44
0.9	48
1.4	53
2.2	39
0.5	45
0.4	58
1.2	50
0.4	55
0.4	58
1.3	45
0.3	57
0.3	45
0.5	45
1.3	44
0.3	57
0.3	58
2.1	44
0.3	58
1.8	47
2.3	45
1.9	45
0.2	58
2.3	45
3.3	33
2.9	37
5.7	20
0.1	57
1.1	44
2.0	48
0.4	48
1.8	48
1.4	48
0.9	48
1.5	49
0.5	58
0.7	53
0.2	45
1.9	33
1.0	45
1.8	36
2.6	43
2.4	43
0.2	57
0.2	58
0.5	53
1.0	46
2.9	27
0.7	51
1.3	47
0.4	48
1.2	45
2.0	37
1.2	47
1.2	44
1.7	44
3.3	32
3.6	32
1.8	45
1.6	45
1.6	45
2.8	37
2.3	37
1.0	53
2.2	43
0.7	48
0.4	48
1.3	44
0.8	43
1.2	44
0.1	43
0.1	51
0.8	48
3.0	14
0.6	51
1.2	53
0.4	45
0.1	53
2.6	43
2.2	43
0.9	45
1.3	33
0.7	44
0.3	48
2.4	38
1.5	38
0.8	47
1.0	44