Weather Records on 25 December 1924

500 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 25 December 1924. Highest significance: Columbia, US.

Key Facts for 25 December 1924

On 25 December 1924, 500 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
33 were record highs and 435 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 8 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 474 daily.
Columbia set a daily record precipitation of 44.2 mm (1.7 in) on 25 December 1924.
Across 151 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 548 records.

Record Map

500 stations

500 station records on 25 December 1924 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 25 December 1924: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Columbia	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Payette	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-36.1 C (-33.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Joseph	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-28.3 C (-18.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pendleton Dwtn	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-26.7 C (-16.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
The Dalles	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Astoria	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Camden 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Paragonah	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-28.9 C (-20.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kokstad	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bundaberg Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	11.5 C (52.7 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Weston 2 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-27.2 C (-17.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnison 3SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-43.9 C (-47.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Logan Utah St UNIV	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnison 3SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Payette	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Windsor Riverside	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Barbara	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Alma	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Oberlin	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Logan Utah St UNIV	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-30.6 C (-23.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Salem AP (McNary Field)	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Port Townsend	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Delphi 2 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Granville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hood Rvr Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-31.1 C (-24.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Palestine	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Marion	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Toledo Blade	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Seattle Urban Site	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cape York Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Windsor Riverside	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Stratford	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Pocahontas 1	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Rogers	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Delta	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sparta 1 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Blandville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria 4 WSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cleveland 2717 Euclid	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus Ohio St UNIV	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Oakley	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Oakley	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-26.1 C (-15.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Porthill	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Rockville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Astoria	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Moxee	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Marshall	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Portland Rfc City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Przhevalsk	Kyrgyzstan	Record daily precipitation	11.3 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fergana	Uzbekistan	Record daily precipitation	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wychitella South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Parry Sound	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Steynsburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

500 records

Records set or tied on 25 December 1924 by type: Highest daily maximum 15, Lowest daily maximum 201, Highest daily minimum 18, Lowest daily minimum 234, Heaviest daily rainfall 28, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 25 December 1924 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	15
Lowest daily maximum	201
Highest daily minimum	18
Lowest daily minimum	234
Heaviest daily rainfall	28
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 25 December 1924 by timescale: all-time 8, monthly 18, daily 474.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

444 broken records

Margins by which the 444 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 254.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

25 December 1924

Top 20 records on 25 December 1924 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
25 December 1924	Columbia, US	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	15 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1924	Payette, US	all-time low min	-36.1 C (-33.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	14 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
25 December 1924	Joseph, US	daily low min	-28.3 C (-18.9 F)	13.3 C (23.9 F)	8 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
25 December 1924	Pendleton Dwtn, US	daily low min	-26.7 C (-16.1 F)	13.9 C (25.0 F)	10 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
25 December 1924	The Dalles, US	daily low max	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	12.2 C (22.0 F)	10 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
25 December 1924	Bathurst Gaol, AU	daily low min	3.9 C (39.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	60 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
25 December 1924	Astoria, US	daily low min	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	34 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
25 December 1924	Camden 3 W, US	monthly rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	19 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
25 December 1924	Paragonah, US	all-time low min	-28.9 C (-20.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	21 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
25 December 1924	Kokstad, ZA	monthly rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	29 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
25 December 1924	Bundaberg Post Office, AU	daily low min	11.5 C (52.7 F)	5.4 C (9.7 F)	15 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
25 December 1924	Weston 2 SE, US	daily low min	-27.2 C (-17.0 F)	13.9 C (25.0 F)	10 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
25 December 1924	Gunnison 3SW, US	all-time low min	-43.9 C (-47.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	19 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
25 December 1924	Logan Utah St UNIV, US	daily low max	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	10.0 C (18.0 F)	21 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
25 December 1924	Gunnison 3SW, US	all-time low max	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	14 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
25 December 1924	Payette, US	all-time low max	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	5 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
25 December 1924	Windsor Riverside, CA	daily low max	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	51 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
25 December 1924	Woodstock, CA	daily low max	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	39 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
25 December 1924	Santa Barbara, US	all-time low min	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	0 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
25 December 1924	Alma, US	monthly low max	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	29 years	26 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 500 records.

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

Records on 12-25 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1798	1
1806	1
1827	1
1833	1
1835	2
1852	1
1853	1
1857	1
1864	1
1870	2
1872	4
1878	2
1881	1
1882	2
1883	1
1884	1
1888	2
1889	3
1893	1
1894	1
1895	3
1896	2
1897	1
1898	5
1899	3
1900	9
1901	13
1902	18
1903	6
1904	16
1905	2
1906	34
1907	5
1908	3
1909	53
1910	20
1911	26
1912	93
1913	45
1914	99
1915	69
1916	43
1917	46
1918	56
1919	299
1920	50
1921	91
1922	136
1923	233
1924	500
1925	70
1926	182
1927	94
1928	147
1929	195
1930	376
1931	603
1932	845
1933	507
1934	213
1935	540
1936	693
1937	158
1938	185
1939	295
1940	514
1941	461
1942	631
1943	310
1944	404
1945	838
1946	486
1947	651
1948	584
1949	161
1950	700
1951	432
1952	214
1953	259
1954	205
1955	880
1956	304
1957	633
1958	364
1959	624
1960	289
1961	484
1962	954
1963	669
1964	1,553
1965	547
1966	851
1967	486
1968	811
1969	643
1970	417
1971	974
1972	368
1973	639
1974	776
1975	844
1976	350
1977	778
1978	989
1979	679
1980	2,342
1981	811
1982	2,327
1983	5,697
1984	620
1985	712
1986	625
1987	2,053
1988	759
1989	1,118
1990	1,075
1991	793
1992	535
1993	680
1994	1,029
1995	1,658
1996	1,562
1997	1,348
1998	768
1999	995
2000	902
2001	515
2002	960
2003	561
2004	881
2005	913
2006	799
2007	498
2008	768
2009	2,123
2010	1,473
2011	688
2012	657
2013	779
2014	684
2015	2,149
2016	986
2017	485
2018	193
2019	599
2020	623
2021	1,190
2022	1,128
2023	1,641
2024	408
2025	2,222

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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	442
50 to 100	1
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1