Weather Records on 18 December 1924

480 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 December 1924. Highest significance: St Louis Eads Brg, US.

Key Facts for 18 December 1924

On 18 December 1924, 480 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
210 were record highs and 204 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 62 monthly and 414 daily.
St Louis Eads Brg set a daily record precipitation of 70.6 mm (2.8 in) on 18 December 1924.
Across 156 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 480 records.

Record Map

480 stations

480 station records on 18 December 1924 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 December 1924: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
St Louis Eads Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Delphi 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rockville	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Stillwater 2 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Astoria	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Rogers	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Toledo Blade	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fayetteville	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fayetteville Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Joseph	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Olga 2 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mascoutah	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lusk 2 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Las Animas	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-35.6 C (-32.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rocky Ford 2 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Palestine	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Jefferson City Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bozeman Montana State UNIV	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-26.7 C (-16.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Spearfish	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Asheville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-30.0 C (-22.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Portland Rfc City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Macleod	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-42.2 C (-44.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Moscow U of I	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-27.2 C (-17.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Miles City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-40.0 C (-40.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Butte Bert Mooney AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Angel	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Portland Rfc City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Emerald Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Quesnel	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-35.0 C (-31.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kamloops	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-23.9 C (-11.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Hat A	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-28.9 C (-20.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Plain Dealing	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Great Falls 16St	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Miles City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-27.2 C (-17.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Joseph	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-36.7 C (-34.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Angel	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Rosalia	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
New Westminster	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Dickinson Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-28.9 C (-20.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Pendleton Dwtn	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Port Townsend	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Salem AP (McNary Field)	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Swift Current	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-27.8 C (-18.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Newlands	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Prescott 2 NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hays 1 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Calumet	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Portsmouth-Sciotoville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Havre Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-27.2 C (-17.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Edmonton	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-30.0 C (-22.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Bluff	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksonville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Weston 2 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Somerset Main Street	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Oelrichs	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-31.7 C (-25.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Pullman Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

480 records

Records set or tied on 18 December 1924 by type: Highest daily maximum 119, Lowest daily maximum 125, Highest daily minimum 91, Lowest daily minimum 79, Heaviest daily rainfall 55, Heaviest daily snowfall 8, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 18 December 1924 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	119
Lowest daily maximum	125
Highest daily minimum	91
Lowest daily minimum	79
Heaviest daily rainfall	55
Heaviest daily snowfall	8
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 18 December 1924 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 62, daily 414.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

404 broken records

Margins by which the 404 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 76.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 December 1924

Top 20 records on 18 December 1924 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 December 1924	St Louis Eads Brg, US	daily rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
18 December 1924	Delphi 2 N, US	monthly rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	23 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
18 December 1924	Rockville, US	monthly rain	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	6 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
18 December 1924	Stillwater 2 W, US	monthly snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	28 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
18 December 1924	Astoria, US	daily low min	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	8.9 C (16.0 F)	10 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
18 December 1924	Rogers, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	25 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
18 December 1924	Toledo Blade, US	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	52 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
18 December 1924	Fayetteville, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	24 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
18 December 1924	Fayetteville Exp STN, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	24 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
18 December 1924	Nemours (Ghazaouet), DZ	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	30 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
18 December 1924	Joseph, US	daily low max	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	10.5 C (18.9 F)	28 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
18 December 1924	Olga 2 SE, US	daily low max	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	6.6 C (11.9 F)	26 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
18 December 1924	Mascoutah, US	monthly rain	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	28 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
18 December 1924	Lusk 2 SW, US	all-time low max	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	27 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
18 December 1924	Las Animas, US	all-time low min	-35.6 C (-32.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	25 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
18 December 1924	Rocky Ford 2 SE, US	daily low max	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	13.9 C (25.0 F)	26 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
18 December 1924	Palestine, US	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
18 December 1924	Jefferson City Wtp, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	11 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
18 December 1924	Bozeman Montana State UNIV, US	daily low max	-26.7 C (-16.1 F)	16.7 C (30.1 F)	3 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
18 December 1924	Spearfish, US	daily low max	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	13.9 C (25.0 F)	26 years	28 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 1924

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1924. 1924 had 480 records.

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

Records on 12-18 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1796	1
1805	1
1814	1
1825	1
1846	1
1849	1
1852	2
1858	1
1859	4
1862	2
1864	1
1868	1
1873	1
1875	1
1876	2
1878	1
1881	2
1882	1
1884	2
1886	1
1887	1
1888	1
1889	4
1890	5
1892	4
1894	8
1895	1
1897	4
1898	9
1899	3
1900	2
1901	6
1902	33
1903	11
1904	25
1905	3
1906	21
1907	15
1908	16
1909	18
1910	19
1911	9
1912	33
1913	38
1914	20
1915	28
1916	57
1917	62
1918	21
1919	117
1920	77
1921	123
1922	108
1923	378
1924	480
1925	74
1926	173
1927	151
1928	165
1929	366
1930	230
1931	360
1932	353
1933	506
1934	209
1935	138
1936	466
1937	459
1938	185
1939	900
1940	242
1941	213
1942	281
1943	419
1944	191
1945	598
1946	199
1947	266
1948	354
1949	561
1950	289
1951	867
1952	450
1953	373
1954	507
1955	611
1956	333
1957	901
1958	524
1959	477
1960	477
1961	885
1962	759
1963	571
1964	840
1965	402
1966	644
1967	1,105
1968	488
1969	376
1970	502
1971	387
1972	375
1973	1,008
1974	229
1975	625
1976	459
1977	992
1978	946
1979	1,087
1980	772
1981	1,362
1982	537
1983	2,014
1984	1,439
1985	1,384
1986	875
1987	1,505
1988	1,061
1989	1,818
1990	1,367
1991	756
1992	1,045
1993	697
1994	643
1995	1,065
1996	1,833
1997	1,195
1998	863
1999	923
2000	1,572
2001	906
2002	1,437
2003	987
2004	506
2005	987
2006	1,167
2007	746
2008	1,014
2009	1,253
2010	1,322
2011	697
2012	729
2013	513
2014	556
2015	1,254
2016	1,821
2017	516
2018	464
2019	679
2020	326
2021	762
2022	536
2023	1,293
2024	780
2025	994

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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	355
10 to 20	36
20 to 30	6
30 to 40	5
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	1