Weather Records on 24 December 1916

24 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 December 1916. Highest significance: Nicosia, CY.

Key Facts for 24 December 1916

On 24 December 1916, 24 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
2 were record highs and 3 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 23 daily.
Nicosia set an all-time record daily precipitation of 126.2 mm (5.0 in) on 24 December 1916.
Across 152 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 537 records.

Record Map

24 stations

24 station records on 24 December 1916 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 December 1916: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Nicosia	Cyprus	Record daily precipitation	126.2 mm (5.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Coonimbia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Madison Wb City	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Den Helder-1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record daily precipitation	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Coonamble (Pier Pier)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Warrangong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Port Stanley	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Landsort	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Coonamble (Nardoo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	6.2 mm (0.24 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Glenariff	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Coonamble (Warrana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Bird Rocks	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
London South	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Dubuque River	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure	Russia	Record daily precipitation	2.1 mm (0.08 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Molong (King St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	10.2 C (50.4 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Hoburg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Olands Sodra Udde	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	5.4 mm (0.21 in)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

24 records

Records set or tied on 24 December 1916 by type: Highest daily maximum 2, Lowest daily maximum 1, Lowest daily minimum 2, Heaviest daily rainfall 16, Heaviest daily snowfall 3.

Records on 24 December 1916 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	2
Lowest daily maximum	1
Highest daily minimum	0
Lowest daily minimum	2
Heaviest daily rainfall	16
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 24 December 1916 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 0, daily 23.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

23 broken records

Margins by which the 23 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 59.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 December 1916

Top 20 records on 24 December 1916 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 December 1916	Nicosia, CY	all-time rain	126.2 mm (5.0 in)	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	12 years	66 of 100 (Major)
24 December 1916	Coonimbia, AU	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	30 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
24 December 1916	Madison Wb City, US	daily snowfall	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	5.9 cm (2.3 in)	26 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
24 December 1916	Den Helder-1, NL	daily rain	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	56 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
24 December 1916	St. Petersburg, RU	daily rain	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	2.7 mm (0.11 in)	12 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
24 December 1916	Coonamble (Pier Pier), AU	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	30 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
24 December 1916	Warrangong, AU	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	10 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
24 December 1916	Port Stanley, CA	daily low min	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	39 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
24 December 1916	Landsort, SE	daily rain	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	4.2 mm (0.17 in)	4 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
24 December 1916	Coonamble (Nardoo), AU	daily rain	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	30 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
24 December 1916	Karlshamn, SE	daily rain	6.2 mm (0.24 in)	0.2 mm (0.01 in)	35 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
24 December 1916	Coldwater, CA	daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	4.1 cm (1.6 in)	16 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
24 December 1916	Glenariff, AU	daily rain	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	0.3 mm (0.01 in)	30 years	12 of 100 (Routine)
24 December 1916	Coonamble (Warrana), AU	daily rain	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	17 years	12 of 100 (Routine)
24 December 1916	Stockholm, SE	daily rain	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	2.4 mm (0.09 in)	2 years	12 of 100 (Routine)
24 December 1916	Bird Rocks, CA	daily high max	12.8 C (55.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	15 years	11 of 100 (Routine)
24 December 1916	London South, CA	daily low min	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	19 years	9 of 100 (Routine)
24 December 1916	Dubuque River, US	daily snowfall	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	1.5 cm (0.6 in)	7 years	9 of 100 (Routine)
24 December 1916	Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure, RU	daily rain	2.1 mm (0.08 in)	1.2 mm (0.05 in)	10 years	8 of 100 (Routine)
24 December 1916	Molong (King St), AU	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	0.2 mm (0.01 in)	10 years	6 of 100 (Routine)

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

1793 to 1916

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1916. 1916 had 24 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 12-24 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1806	2
1825	2
1835	1
1836	1
1852	1
1857	1
1864	2
1870	4
1871	1
1872	1
1874	1
1876	1
1877	1
1878	4
1880	1
1881	1
1883	1
1884	2
1889	2
1892	1
1893	2
1894	3
1895	2
1896	3
1898	9
1899	1
1900	2
1901	9
1902	3
1903	5
1904	9
1905	7
1906	26
1907	12
1908	2
1909	68
1910	38
1911	13
1912	33
1913	29
1914	59
1915	51
1916	24
1917	25
1918	95
1919	200
1920	43
1921	142
1922	82
1923	118
1924	369
1925	100
1926	126
1927	81
1928	167
1929	237
1930	95
1931	1,045
1932	849
1933	478
1934	178
1935	225
1936	420
1937	202
1938	157
1939	178
1940	575
1941	589
1942	519
1943	637
1944	300
1945	546
1946	245
1947	370
1948	756
1949	220
1950	633
1951	525
1952	277
1953	512
1954	231
1955	1,334
1956	295
1957	469
1958	205
1959	339
1960	638
1961	415
1962	741
1963	1,191
1964	1,725
1965	766
1966	662
1967	663
1968	946
1969	865
1970	741
1971	543
1972	282
1973	641
1974	793
1975	695
1976	581
1977	952
1978	532
1979	1,100
1980	856
1981	770
1982	1,699
1983	5,032
1984	568
1985	685
1986	736
1987	1,329
1988	712
1989	2,589
1990	2,228
1991	663
1992	464
1993	577
1994	959
1995	1,285
1996	1,287
1997	1,152
1998	916
1999	1,134
2000	707
2001	744
2002	1,056
2003	779
2004	1,099
2005	1,158
2006	925
2007	533
2008	727
2009	1,663
2010	1,316
2011	504
2012	818
2013	866
2014	910
2015	2,438
2016	593
2017	510
2018	208
2019	565
2020	395
2021	1,012
2022	1,334
2023	1,347
2024	467
2025	2,206

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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 10	17
10 to 20	3
20 to 30	0
30 to 40	0
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	2