Weather Records on 4 December 1924

129 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 December 1924. Highest significance: Logan 1 WNW, US.

Key Facts for 4 December 1924

On 4 December 1924, 129 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
17 were record highs and 7 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 117 daily.
Logan 1 WNW set a daily record precipitation of 31.8 mm (1.3 in) on 4 December 1924.
Across 166 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 465 records.

Record Map

129 stations

129 station records on 4 December 1924 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 December 1924: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Logan 1 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Conception	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Alta	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Denison	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Syracuse	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tekamah	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Minden	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Afton	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Atchison	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Keosauqua	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Millerton	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Ayr	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Carroll	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Culbertson	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Culbertson	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Horton	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Maryville 2E	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Medicine Lodge	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gorin	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ravenna	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Pleasant 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Steffenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bonaparte 5 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Clarinda	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Logan 1 WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Marshalltown	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Crete 4ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Genoa 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lawrence	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sidi-Bel-Abbes	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	11.2 C (52.2 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Belle Plaine	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Angel	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Washington	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Wien	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	6.4 C (43.5 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lady Grey (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Havana	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Corning	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Unionville	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
York	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Grant City	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Cedar Rapids #1	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lincoln UNIV Pwr Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Syktyvkar	Russia	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Iowa Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Madrid	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
W Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Budgerum	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Steinkopf (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hartington	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Minneapolis	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stanton	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Norfolk	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wentworth 2.5 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Buffelsnek (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Macksville 8 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Millwood (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Humboldt 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

129 records

Records set or tied on 4 December 1924 by type: Highest daily maximum 5, Lowest daily maximum 4, Highest daily minimum 12, Lowest daily minimum 3, Heaviest daily rainfall 100, Heaviest daily snowfall 5.

Records on 4 December 1924 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	5
Lowest daily maximum	4
Highest daily minimum	12
Lowest daily minimum	3
Heaviest daily rainfall	100
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 4 December 1924 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 12, daily 117.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

119 broken records

Margins by which the 119 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 178.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 December 1924

Top 20 records on 4 December 1924 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 December 1924	Logan 1 WNW, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	25 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1924	Conception, US	monthly rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	27 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1924	Alta, US	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	23 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1924	Denison, US	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	15 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1924	Syracuse, US	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	15 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1924	Tekamah, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	26 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1924	Minden, US	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	11 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1924	Afton, US	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	15 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1924	Atchison, US	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	15 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1924	Keosauqua, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	4 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1924	Millerton, US	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	15 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1924	Mt Ayr, US	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	15 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1924	Carroll, US	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	7 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1924	Culbertson, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	15 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1924	Culbertson, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	15 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1924	Horton, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	15 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1924	Maryville 2E, US	monthly rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	12 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1924	Medicine Lodge, US	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	15 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1924	Gorin, US	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	15 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
4 December 1924	Ravenna, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	15 years	34 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

1796 to 1924

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1924. 1924 had 129 records.

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

Records on 12-04 in each year
Year	Records
1796	2
1797	1
1810	2
1823	1
1829	2
1846	1
1847	1
1849	1
1850	1
1852	3
1854	1
1855	5
1856	2
1858	1
1859	1
1860	1
1861	1
1865	1
1866	1
1867	1
1868	2
1870	3
1872	1
1873	1
1875	2
1876	1
1878	1
1879	7
1882	3
1883	2
1885	1
1886	4
1887	1
1888	1
1889	1
1891	4
1892	9
1896	2
1897	5
1898	9
1899	3
1900	13
1901	7
1902	15
1903	7
1904	6
1905	16
1906	25
1907	5
1908	8
1909	45
1910	7
1911	27
1912	46
1913	59
1914	61
1915	61
1916	95
1917	31
1918	27
1919	94
1920	54
1921	60
1922	72
1923	142
1924	129
1925	266
1926	174
1927	184
1928	143
1929	432
1930	221
1931	411
1932	265
1933	524
1934	149
1935	330
1936	637
1937	148
1938	275
1939	443
1940	600
1941	1,326
1942	450
1943	259
1944	377
1945	332
1946	515
1947	577
1948	504
1949	120
1950	852
1951	583
1952	269
1953	738
1954	689
1955	811
1956	692
1957	350
1958	529
1959	212
1960	628
1961	570
1962	574
1963	285
1964	1,195
1965	590
1966	1,047
1967	428
1968	775
1969	366
1970	933
1971	768
1972	1,973
1973	1,124
1974	651
1975	757
1976	669
1977	654
1978	1,582
1979	943
1980	976
1981	638
1982	2,138
1983	1,284
1984	796
1985	1,239
1986	549
1987	624
1988	764
1989	1,541
1990	1,164
1991	1,178
1992	1,075
1993	708
1994	1,029
1995	972
1996	684
1997	654
1998	2,549
1999	930
2000	895
2001	974
2002	1,478
2003	595
2004	721
2005	1,075
2006	1,510
2007	1,005
2008	652
2009	1,114
2010	1,874
2011	1,252
2012	1,482
2013	1,227
2014	629
2015	428
2016	533
2017	607
2018	563
2019	522
2020	424
2021	942
2022	437
2023	736
2024	590
2025	535

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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 25	107
25 to 50	10
50 to 75	0
75 to 100	1
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1