Weather Records on 2 December 1924

168 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 December 1924. Highest significance: Mein Station, AU.

Key Facts for 2 December 1924

On 2 December 1924, 168 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
29 were record highs and 87 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 166 daily.
Mein Station set a daily record precipitation of 133.4 mm (5.3 in) on 2 December 1924.
Across 164 earlier years (1797 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 473 records.

Record Map

168 stations

168 station records on 2 December 1924 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 December 1924: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mein Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	133.4 mm (5.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	5.9 C (42.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sable Island East End	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Moreton Telegraph Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Agassiz Cda	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Granville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
New Martinsville 4 NNE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mildura Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Morgantown 1	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kenhardt (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lund	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Falsterbo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	11.8 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Blagovescensk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	1.4 mm (0.06 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Steinkopf (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cheviot Fells	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stewarts Brook Composite	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ringwood 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lorne Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	13.1 C (55.6 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Waverly	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Glenville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sable Island	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Pakri	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Przhevalsk	Kyrgyzstan	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Connellsville Lk 7	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Buckhannon	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Riche	Canada	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Louisburg	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria 4 WSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Millie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Moorland (Denro-An)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Officer (Jesmond Dene)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Riche	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Marietta Wtr Wks	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Wandin (Yallock)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsboro	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Warsaw 2 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	9.6 C (49.3 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge City 3 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Farmland 5 NNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Sterling	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Weldon	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge St Hospital	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Portsmouth-Sciotoville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Cooktown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Gronbaek-Allingskovgard	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Southern Pines 2 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Bellefontaine	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus Ohio St UNIV	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Runnymede Spottsville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Denman (Palace Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Philipstown (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Hopetown (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Athens	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

168 records

Records set or tied on 2 December 1924 by type: Highest daily maximum 14, Lowest daily maximum 12, Highest daily minimum 15, Lowest daily minimum 75, Heaviest daily rainfall 46, Heaviest daily snowfall 5, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 2 December 1924 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	14
Lowest daily maximum	12
Highest daily minimum	15
Lowest daily minimum	75
Heaviest daily rainfall	46
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 2 December 1924 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 166.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

145 broken records

Margins by which the 145 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 December 1924

Top 20 records on 2 December 1924 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 December 1924	Mein Station, AU	daily rain	133.4 mm (5.3 in)	91.5 mm (3.6 in)	7 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1924	Melbourne Regional Office, AU	daily low min	5.9 C (42.6 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	67 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
2 December 1924	Sable Island East End, CA	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	40 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
2 December 1924	Moreton Telegraph Station, AU	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	15 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
2 December 1924	Forbes (Camp Street), AU	daily low max	19.4 C (66.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	50 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
2 December 1924	Agassiz Cda, CA	monthly high min	7.2 C (45.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	32 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
2 December 1924	Buffalo, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	26 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
2 December 1924	Granville, US	daily low min	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	30 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
2 December 1924	New Martinsville 4 NNE, US	daily low min	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	27 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
2 December 1924	Bathurst Gaol, AU	daily low max	15.6 C (60.1 F)	3.7 C (6.7 F)	32 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
2 December 1924	Mildura Post Office, AU	monthly low max	13.9 C (57.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	16 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
2 December 1924	Ashland, US	daily low min	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	7.7 C (13.9 F)	15 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
2 December 1924	Morgantown 1, US	daily low min	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	47 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
2 December 1924	Kenhardt (Pol), ZA	daily rain	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	43 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 December 1924	Lund, SE	daily rain	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	2.9 mm (0.11 in)	56 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 December 1924	Falsterbo, SE	daily rain	11.8 mm (0.5 in)	4.0 mm (0.16 in)	25 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 December 1924	Blagovescensk, RU	daily rain	1.4 mm (0.06 in)	1.4 mm (0.06 in)	41 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 December 1924	Steinkopf (Pol), ZA	daily rain	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	44 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 December 1924	Cheviot Fells, ZA	daily rain	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	27 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 December 1924	Stewarts Brook Composite, AU	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	7 years	20 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

1797 to 1924

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1924. 1924 had 168 records.

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

Records on 12-02 in each year
Year	Records
1797	2
1807	2
1810	2
1817	1
1823	1
1828	1
1829	2
1846	1
1847	1
1852	1
1856	4
1857	1
1858	1
1859	1
1863	2
1867	1
1870	3
1871	1
1872	4
1873	1
1874	2
1875	4
1876	5
1878	1
1879	9
1884	2
1886	2
1887	2
1888	1
1889	1
1890	4
1892	1
1893	4
1894	3
1895	2
1896	3
1897	4
1898	10
1899	5
1900	1
1901	5
1902	6
1903	9
1904	1
1905	17
1906	10
1907	8
1908	15
1909	37
1910	18
1911	56
1912	81
1913	67
1914	101
1915	19
1916	169
1917	40
1918	50
1919	99
1920	43
1921	113
1922	59
1923	28
1924	168
1925	156
1926	167
1927	460
1928	77
1929	545
1930	272
1931	305
1932	525
1933	485
1934	194
1935	143
1936	331
1937	265
1938	335
1939	345
1940	551
1941	752
1942	835
1943	179
1944	276
1945	222
1946	198
1947	633
1948	211
1949	254
1950	598
1951	629
1952	614
1953	482
1954	317
1955	561
1956	594
1957	217
1958	442
1959	412
1960	410
1961	341
1962	1,144
1963	250
1964	726
1965	496
1966	1,117
1967	804
1968	753
1969	548
1970	1,232
1971	764
1972	547
1973	1,031
1974	1,019
1975	721
1976	920
1977	723
1978	1,056
1979	862
1980	1,428
1981	739
1982	3,111
1983	1,041
1984	701
1985	3,666
1986	887
1987	1,118
1988	613
1989	981
1990	616
1991	1,970
1992	719
1993	632
1994	632
1995	1,002
1996	1,180
1997	816
1998	1,732
1999	706
2000	735
2001	639
2002	615
2003	554
2004	798
2005	944
2006	1,388
2007	1,704
2008	871
2009	1,013
2010	1,602
2011	730
2012	1,265
2013	557
2014	546
2015	818
2016	269
2017	737
2018	1,152
2019	615
2020	534
2021	1,988
2022	771
2023	591
2024	715
2025	889

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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	137
20 to 40	4
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1