Weather Records on 23 December 1924

257 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 December 1924. Highest significance: Clarinda, US.

Key Facts for 23 December 1924

On 23 December 1924, 257 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
15 were record highs and 169 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 255 daily.
Clarinda set a daily record snowfall of 20.3 cm (8.0 in) on 23 December 1924.
Across 150 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 547 records.

Record Map

257 stations

257 station records on 23 December 1924 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 December 1924: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Clarinda	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lincoln UNIV Pwr Plt	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.7 cm (10.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Moscow U of I	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Culbertson	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Atlantic 1 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
The Dalles	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pendleton Dwtn	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Natural Brg	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Keosauqua	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Oskaloosa	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Pullman Exp STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Haliburton A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Galway	Ireland	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Clarinda	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tartu	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Klipfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bethany	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Horton	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bajramaly	Turkmenistan	Record daily precipitation	12.1 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Conception	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Maryville 2E	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Afton	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnison 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Culbertson	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hopetown (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Grinnell 3 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Ayr	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Crete 4ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Weston 2 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Grant City	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Oregon	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Hood Rvr Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	12.3 C (54.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-27.8 C (-18.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
York	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Astoria	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Joseph	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Pendleton Dwtn	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Alton	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Las Animas	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-27.2 C (-17.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Winterset 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Darlington	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Provincetown 3 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
St Joseph	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Syracuse	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Cowles	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Joseph	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Lusk 2 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Salem AP (McNary Field)	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Astana	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	-4.5 C (23.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Porthill	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Millerton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Westboro	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

257 records

Records set or tied on 23 December 1924 by type: Highest daily maximum 7, Lowest daily maximum 90, Highest daily minimum 8, Lowest daily minimum 79, Heaviest daily rainfall 50, Heaviest daily snowfall 18, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 23 December 1924 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	7
Lowest daily maximum	90
Highest daily minimum	8
Lowest daily minimum	79
Heaviest daily rainfall	50
Heaviest daily snowfall	18
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 23 December 1924 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 255.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

214 broken records

Margins by which the 214 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 203.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 December 1924

Top 20 records on 23 December 1924 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 December 1924	Clarinda, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	30 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1924	Lincoln UNIV Pwr Plt, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	14.9 cm (5.9 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1924	Buffalo, US	daily snowfall	25.7 cm (10.1 in)	18.1 cm (7.1 in)	1 year	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1924	Moscow U of I, US	daily low min	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	13.8 C (24.8 F)	26 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1924	Culbertson, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	28 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1924	Atlantic 1 NE, US	daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	30 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1924	The Dalles, US	daily low max	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	11.1 C (20.0 F)	15 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1924	Tashkent, UZ	monthly rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	19 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1924	Pendleton Dwtn, US	daily low max	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	9.4 C (16.9 F)	31 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1924	Natural Brg, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	11 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1924	Newport, US	daily low max	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	6.2 C (11.2 F)	8 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1924	Keosauqua, US	daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	30 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1924	Oskaloosa, US	daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	4 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1924	Pullman Exp STN, US	daily low min	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	10.6 C (19.1 F)	3 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1924	Haliburton A, CA	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	40 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1924	Galway, IE	daily high max	12.8 C (55.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	43 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1924	Ashland, US	daily low min	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	24 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1924	Clarinda, US	daily rain	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	30 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1924	Tartu, EE	daily rain	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	1.9 mm (0.07 in)	55 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1924	Klipfontein, ZA	daily rain	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	31 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 257 records.

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

Records on 12-23 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1825	1
1829	1
1840	1
1852	1
1855	1
1860	3
1864	1
1868	1
1870	6
1871	2
1875	2
1877	1
1878	1
1880	1
1881	1
1883	2
1887	2
1888	2
1889	2
1891	3
1893	2
1894	5
1896	4
1897	1
1898	4
1899	6
1901	2
1903	5
1904	11
1905	3
1906	16
1907	35
1908	8
1909	59
1910	41
1911	29
1912	36
1913	87
1914	57
1915	59
1916	34
1917	26
1918	51
1919	39
1920	33
1921	219
1922	28
1923	146
1924	257
1925	205
1926	146
1927	100
1928	137
1929	393
1930	141
1931	987
1932	329
1933	734
1934	92
1935	360
1936	370
1937	232
1938	183
1939	264
1940	365
1941	750
1942	534
1943	745
1944	484
1945	752
1946	234
1947	517
1948	528
1949	618
1950	521
1951	405
1952	242
1953	605
1954	348
1955	1,162
1956	496
1957	485
1958	209
1959	352
1960	1,442
1961	320
1962	439
1963	1,391
1964	1,457
1965	653
1966	436
1967	885
1968	891
1969	852
1970	940
1971	695
1972	376
1973	479
1974	611
1975	628
1976	514
1977	663
1978	351
1979	813
1980	516
1981	1,127
1982	1,140
1983	4,533
1984	668
1985	629
1986	571
1987	804
1988	878
1989	3,791
1990	3,241
1991	1,196
1992	504
1993	991
1994	1,091
1995	1,212
1996	1,184
1997	1,016
1998	688
1999	936
2000	746
2001	663
2002	778
2003	766
2004	1,231
2005	903
2006	1,194
2007	873
2008	771
2009	1,073
2010	1,298
2011	735
2012	817
2013	1,235
2014	1,070
2015	1,972
2016	432
2017	621
2018	373
2019	699
2020	916
2021	702
2022	1,426
2023	856
2024	637
2025	1,678

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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 50	204
50 to 100	5
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1