Weather Records on 24 December 1929

237 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 December 1929. Highest significance: Brome, CA.

Key Facts for 24 December 1929

On 24 December 1929, 237 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
21 were record highs and 175 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 228 daily.
Brome set a daily record snowfall of 30.5 cm (12.0 in) on 24 December 1929.
Across 152 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 535 records.

Record Map

237 stations

237 station records on 24 December 1929 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 December 1929: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Brome	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Brome	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Alberni Beaver Creek	Canada	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Western Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti SW Point	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Winnipeg St Johns Coll	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Murfreesboro 5 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Portland	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.3 cm (6.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ashwood	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hopkinsville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-42.1 C (-43.8 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Plant City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cheneyville 1 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cleveland 2717 Euclid	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Decatur 1 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lynnville 4 SSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Palmetto	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Warren 2 ENE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Plain Dealing	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Louisville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin Sewage Plt	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Minnville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Northfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	13.3 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti SW Point	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Winnipeg St Johns Coll	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Galway	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Madison	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Marengo	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Owensboro 3ENE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Robeline	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kosciusko	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jackson 4 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record low maximum temperature	25.4 C (77.7 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego Wbo	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Lake City 2 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Calhoun 2 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Duck Hill	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Yazoo City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Airy 2 W	United States	Record snow depth	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Johnsonville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Lewisburg Exp STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Normanton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Point Escuminac	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Greensboro	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Ruston la Tech	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Batesville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Salisbury	United States	Record snow depth	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Tullahoma	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Waynesboro	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Corsicana	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Alice Springs Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	30.3 C (86.5 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Atyrau	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	-31.0 C (-23.8 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Astrakan	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-18.5 C (-1.3 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Lincoln Lock 4	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Oakland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Mauzy	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Macon 2 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

237 records

Records set or tied on 24 December 1929 by type: Highest daily maximum 12, Lowest daily maximum 41, Highest daily minimum 9, Lowest daily minimum 134, Heaviest daily rainfall 24, Heaviest daily snowfall 9, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 24 December 1929 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	12
Lowest daily maximum	41
Highest daily minimum	9
Lowest daily minimum	134
Heaviest daily rainfall	24
Heaviest daily snowfall	9
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 24 December 1929 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 9, daily 228.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

210 broken records

Margins by which the 210 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

24 December 1929

Top 20 records on 24 December 1929 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 December 1929	Brome, CA	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	44 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1929	Brome, CA	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	44 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1929	Alberni Beaver Creek, CA	daily rain	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	24 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1929	Western Creek, AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	33 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
24 December 1929	Anticosti SW Point, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	56 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
24 December 1929	Winnipeg St Johns Coll, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	4.0 cm (1.6 in)	39 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
24 December 1929	Murfreesboro 5 N, US	daily low min	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	10.5 C (18.9 F)	19 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
24 December 1929	Portland, US	daily snowfall	16.3 cm (6.4 in)	3.9 cm (1.5 in)	45 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
24 December 1929	Ashwood, US	daily low min	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	8.9 C (16.0 F)	23 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
24 December 1929	Hopkinsville, US	daily low min	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	7.3 C (13.1 F)	31 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
24 December 1929	Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure, RU	monthly low min	-42.1 C (-43.8 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	22 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
24 December 1929	Plant City, US	monthly low max	7.8 C (46.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	28 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
24 December 1929	Cheneyville 1 NE, US	daily low min	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	8.3 C (14.9 F)	23 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
24 December 1929	Cleveland 2717 Euclid, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	32 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
24 December 1929	Decatur 1 N, US	daily low max	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	8.4 C (15.1 F)	10 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
24 December 1929	Lynnville 4 SSW, US	daily low min	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	7.8 C (14.0 F)	23 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
24 December 1929	Palmetto, US	daily low min	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	8.9 C (16.0 F)	19 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
24 December 1929	Warren 2 ENE, US	daily low min	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	24 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
24 December 1929	Plain Dealing, US	daily low min	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	8.4 C (15.1 F)	19 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
24 December 1929	Louisville, US	daily low min	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	7.8 C (14.0 F)	23 years	21 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 1929

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1929. 1929 had 237 records.

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

Records on 12-24 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1806	2
1825	2
1835	1
1836	1
1852	1
1857	1
1864	2
1870	4
1871	1
1872	1
1874	1
1876	1
1877	1
1878	4
1880	1
1881	1
1883	1
1884	2
1889	2
1892	1
1893	2
1894	3
1895	2
1896	3
1898	9
1899	1
1900	2
1901	9
1902	3
1903	5
1904	9
1905	7
1906	26
1907	12
1908	2
1909	68
1910	38
1911	13
1912	33
1913	29
1914	59
1915	51
1916	24
1917	25
1918	95
1919	200
1920	43
1921	142
1922	82
1923	118
1924	369
1925	100
1926	126
1927	81
1928	167
1929	237
1930	95
1931	1,045
1932	849
1933	478
1934	178
1935	225
1936	420
1937	202
1938	157
1939	178
1940	575
1941	589
1942	519
1943	637
1944	300
1945	546
1946	245
1947	370
1948	756
1949	220
1950	633
1951	525
1952	277
1953	512
1954	231
1955	1,334
1956	295
1957	469
1958	205
1959	339
1960	638
1961	415
1962	741
1963	1,191
1964	1,725
1965	766
1966	662
1967	663
1968	946
1969	865
1970	741
1971	543
1972	282
1973	641
1974	793
1975	695
1976	581
1977	952
1978	532
1979	1,100
1980	856
1981	770
1982	1,699
1983	5,032
1984	568
1985	685
1986	736
1987	1,329
1988	712
1989	2,589
1990	2,228
1991	663
1992	464
1993	577
1994	959
1995	1,285
1996	1,287
1997	1,152
1998	916
1999	1,134
2000	707
2001	744
2002	1,056
2003	779
2004	1,099
2005	1,158
2006	925
2007	533
2008	727
2009	1,663
2010	1,316
2011	504
2012	818
2013	866
2014	910
2015	2,438
2016	593
2017	510
2018	208
2019	565
2020	395
2021	1,012
2022	1,334
2023	1,347
2024	467
2025	2,206

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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	201
50 to 100	8
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1