Weather Records on 24 April 1940

501 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 April 1940. Highest significance: Overland Corner, AU.

Key Facts for 24 April 1940

On 24 April 1940, 501 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
106 were record highs and 58 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 487 daily.
Overland Corner set a daily record precipitation of 31.8 mm (1.3 in) on 24 April 1940.
Across 169 earlier years (1799 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 440 records.

Record Map

501 stations

501 station records on 24 April 1940 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 April 1940: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Overland Corner	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Mulgundawa Salt	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Ernakulam	India	Record daily precipitation	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Rainbow (Werrap (Oak-Lea))	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Coonalpyn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Finniss	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Swan Reach	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Coomandook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Warracknabeal (Earlstan)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wani	India	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Thiruvananthapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Watrap	India	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tintinara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Hindmarsh South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Praha-Klementinum	Czech Republic	Record high maximum temperature	25.7 C (78.3 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rayachoti	India	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Arukutty	India	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Steynsburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sutherlands	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Peake	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kingston SE	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Rainbow Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Chandragiri	India	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Colton (Boola Boola)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gerang Gerung	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Karkal	India	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Chazy	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Yanac North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Regensburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sherthala	India	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cranganore	India	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rainbow (Pella)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Natimuk	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kodumudi	India	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Avanashi	India	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jeparit	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Udipi	India	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Edenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pinnaroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Biscuit Flat (Woolmit)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nhill (Woorak)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Campsie	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.4 cm (4.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	25.4 C (77.7 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	11.5 C (52.7 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Madakasira	India	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Parrakie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hvar	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	23.0 C (73.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Rajampet	India	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Glasgow #2	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	24.7 C (76.5 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	24.5 C (76.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Aryankavu	India	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Streaky Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Halls Gap	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	25.9 C (78.6 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	25.4 C (77.7 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kumily	India	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Peraiyur	India	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Augsburg (Sankt Stephan)	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Chitvel	India	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

501 records

Records set or tied on 24 April 1940 by type: Highest daily maximum 53, Lowest daily maximum 41, Highest daily minimum 53, Lowest daily minimum 17, Heaviest daily rainfall 324, Heaviest daily snowfall 10, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 24 April 1940 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	53
Lowest daily maximum	41
Highest daily minimum	53
Lowest daily minimum	17
Heaviest daily rainfall	324
Heaviest daily snowfall	10
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 24 April 1940 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 14, daily 487.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

446 broken records

Margins by which the 446 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 100.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 April 1940

Top 20 records on 24 April 1940 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 April 1940	Overland Corner, AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	50 years	61 of 100 (Major)
24 April 1940	Mulgundawa Salt, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	37 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1940	Ernakulam, IN	daily rain	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	35 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1940	Rainbow (Werrap (Oak-Lea)), AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1940	Coonalpyn, AU	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	14 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1940	Finniss, AU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	14 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1940	Swan Reach, AU	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1940	Coomandook, AU	monthly rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	36 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1940	Warracknabeal (Earlstan), AU	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1940	Wani, IN	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	16 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1940	Thiruvananthapuram, IN	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	2 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1940	Watrap, IN	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	1 year	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1940	Tintinara, AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	11 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1940	Lake Hindmarsh South, AU	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	14 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1940	Praha-Klementinum, CZ	daily high max	25.7 C (78.3 F)	1.9 C (3.4 F)	139 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1940	Rayachoti, IN	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	11 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1940	Arukutty, IN	daily rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	31 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1940	Steynsburg, ZA	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	23 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1940	Sutherlands, AU	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	37 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1940	Peake, AU	monthly rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	2 years	39 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 1940

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 1940. 1940 had 501 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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	402
20 to 40	28
40 to 60	9
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	4