Weather Records on 22 December 1924

396 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 December 1924. Highest significance: Moscow U of I, US.

Key Facts for 22 December 1924

On 22 December 1924, 396 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
32 were record highs and 329 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 396 daily.
Moscow U of I set a daily record low minimum temperature of -25.6 C (-14.1 F) on 22 December 1924.
Across 163 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 512 records.

Record Map

396 stations

396 station records on 22 December 1924 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 December 1924: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Moscow U of I	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Parry Sound	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pullman Exp STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Astoria	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Columbia Falls 5 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Joseph	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-26.7 C (-16.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Pullman Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Schriever	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Cochituate	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Saint John	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Halifax	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Butte Bert Mooney AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Butte Bert Mooney AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-28.9 C (-20.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Joseph	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnison 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oakley	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Surgut	Russia	Record daily precipitation	5.2 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Qu'appelle	Canada	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Qu'appelle	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moscow U of I	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bozeman Montana State UNIV	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fairbury 7S	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lambertville River	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Southport 5 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Astoria	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pendleton Dwtn	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Salem AP (McNary Field)	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	-2.6 C (27.3 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Saentis	Switzerland	Record high minimum temperature	0.7 C (33.3 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Coteau	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Houma	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Tekamah	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Wilmington Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-28.9 C (-20.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Brazoria	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Rosalia	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Houston Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Yarmouth	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	7.6 C (45.7 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Turkestan	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	7.8 mm (0.31 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Malvern	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Sac City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Portland	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Belvidere	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Hood Rvr Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Port Townsend	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
London South	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Camden 1	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Westboro	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Somerville 4 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Pendleton Dwtn	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Howard	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-30.0 C (-22.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Runnymede Spottsville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Wedge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Sveg	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	6.6 C (43.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

396 records

Records set or tied on 22 December 1924 by type: Highest daily maximum 15, Lowest daily maximum 238, Highest daily minimum 17, Lowest daily minimum 91, Heaviest daily rainfall 23, Heaviest daily snowfall 9, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 22 December 1924 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	15
Lowest daily maximum	238
Highest daily minimum	17
Lowest daily minimum	91
Heaviest daily rainfall	23
Heaviest daily snowfall	9
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 22 December 1924 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 396.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

321 broken records

Margins by which the 321 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 114.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 December 1924

Top 20 records on 22 December 1924 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 December 1924	Moscow U of I, US	daily low min	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)	13.4 C (24.1 F)	22 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1924	Parry Sound, CA	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	34 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
22 December 1924	Pullman Exp STN, US	daily low min	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	11.1 C (20.0 F)	28 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
22 December 1924	Astoria, US	daily low min	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	31 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
22 December 1924	Columbia Falls 5 SW, US	daily low max	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	11.6 C (20.9 F)	15 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
22 December 1924	Joseph, US	daily low min	-26.7 C (-16.1 F)	10.6 C (19.1 F)	10 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
22 December 1924	Pullman Exp STN, US	daily low max	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	11.2 C (20.2 F)	6 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
22 December 1924	Schriever, US	daily low max	5.0 C (41.0 F)	8.9 C (16.0 F)	24 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
22 December 1924	Winnemucca AP, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	29 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
22 December 1924	Newport, US	daily low max	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	15 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
22 December 1924	Lake Cochituate, US	daily low max	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	35 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
22 December 1924	Saint John, CA	daily low max	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	52 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
22 December 1924	Halifax, CA	daily low max	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	52 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
22 December 1924	Tranebjerg, DK	daily high min	6.7 C (44.1 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	50 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
22 December 1924	Butte Bert Mooney AP, US	daily low max	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	8.9 C (16.0 F)	15 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
22 December 1924	Butte Bert Mooney AP, US	daily low min	-28.9 C (-20.0 F)	9.5 C (17.1 F)	15 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
22 December 1924	Joseph, US	daily low max	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	26 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
22 December 1924	Gunnison 3SW, US	daily rain	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	8 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
22 December 1924	Oakley, US	daily rain	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	30 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
22 December 1924	Surgut, RU	daily rain	5.2 mm (0.20 in)	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	37 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

1793 to 1924

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1924. 1924 had 396 records.

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

Records on 12-22 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1801	1
1804	1
1808	3
1824	1
1825	1
1844	1
1846	1
1855	6
1857	2
1859	1
1860	2
1863	1
1867	1
1868	1
1869	1
1870	2
1872	2
1874	1
1875	5
1877	1
1879	2
1880	1
1881	2
1882	1
1884	1
1886	2
1888	3
1889	2
1890	1
1891	2
1893	2
1894	4
1895	2
1896	1
1897	1
1898	2
1899	4
1900	2
1901	7
1902	9
1903	11
1904	3
1905	6
1906	13
1907	8
1908	29
1909	32
1910	28
1911	31
1912	37
1913	29
1914	159
1915	58
1916	62
1917	12
1918	64
1919	23
1920	36
1921	196
1922	29
1923	267
1924	396
1925	135
1926	188
1927	101
1928	114
1929	285
1930	97
1931	723
1932	219
1933	729
1934	119
1935	536
1936	274
1937	301
1938	248
1939	143
1940	436
1941	850
1942	812
1943	237
1944	624
1945	700
1946	264
1947	445
1948	378
1949	1,063
1950	428
1951	536
1952	447
1953	350
1954	510
1955	1,041
1956	878
1957	425
1958	544
1959	274
1960	1,353
1961	215
1962	521
1963	1,305
1964	1,184
1965	343
1966	279
1967	1,252
1968	1,478
1969	917
1970	984
1971	621
1972	719
1973	1,055
1974	498
1975	647
1976	605
1977	493
1978	363
1979	731
1980	580
1981	1,099
1982	637
1983	4,061
1984	794
1985	867
1986	523
1987	815
1988	699
1989	4,643
1990	3,228
1991	1,034
1992	522
1993	1,087
1994	920
1995	1,130
1996	939
1997	866
1998	1,106
1999	939
2000	925
2001	491
2002	652
2003	1,046
2004	899
2005	880
2006	1,390
2007	1,478
2008	1,000
2009	992
2010	1,632
2011	779
2012	837
2013	1,867
2014	915
2015	1,562
2016	550
2017	488
2018	514
2019	763
2020	948
2021	293
2022	1,047
2023	893
2024	477
2025	1,417

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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	315
20 to 40	2
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1