Weather Records on 24 December 1939

178 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 December 1939. Highest significance: Lexington Bluegrass AP, US.

Key Facts for 24 December 1939

On 24 December 1939, 178 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
16 were record highs and 15 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 171 daily.
Lexington Bluegrass AP set a daily record snowfall of 22.9 cm (9.0 in) on 24 December 1939.
Across 152 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 536 records.

Record Map

178 stations

178 station records on 24 December 1939 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 December 1939: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Vernon 3 NE	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Redrock 1 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
1 ENE Fairfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Flora 5 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Weldon	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Evansville Ft Court STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Vernon	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Carmel 4 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
1 WSW Princeton	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Broken Bow 2 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Airy 2 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisburg	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
1 N McLeansboro	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Olney 2S	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Effingham 3SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mascoutah	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.4 cm (4.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Norris Madison Pwr House	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Wheatland 4N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kriel (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Paoli	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sloan 3 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Williamson	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Winston Salem Reynolds AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Enterprise	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bell Ranch	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Dalhart Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	8.5 C (47.3 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Dadeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Washington 1 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Colby	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Clayton Muni Air Pk	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Carmel 4 NW	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Jackson 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Benkelman 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Duchesne	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomfield 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bowie	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Las Vegas	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Baku	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bell Ranch	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Arcadia	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
N Loup	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Broken Bow 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Raleigh State UNIV	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Elsenburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hamelin Pool	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.3 mm (0.01 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Du Quoin 4 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Norris Madison Pwr House	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fayetteville (Pwc)	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Miller	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Border 3 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Beaudesert Cryna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Du Quoin 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Olney 2S	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Neosho	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

178 records

Records set or tied on 24 December 1939 by type: Highest daily maximum 4, Lowest daily maximum 9, Highest daily minimum 12, Lowest daily minimum 6, Heaviest daily rainfall 82, Heaviest daily snowfall 49, Deepest snow cover 16.

Records on 24 December 1939 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	4
Lowest daily maximum	9
Highest daily minimum	12
Lowest daily minimum	6
Heaviest daily rainfall	82
Heaviest daily snowfall	49
Deepest snow cover	16

Records on 24 December 1939 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 7, daily 171.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

148 broken records

Margins by which the 148 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 153.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 December 1939

Top 20 records on 24 December 1939 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 December 1939	Lexington Bluegrass AP, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	26 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1939	Mt Vernon 3 NE, US	monthly snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	43 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1939	Redrock 1 NNE, US	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	29 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1939	Ashland #2, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	29 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1939	1 ENE Fairfield, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	24 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1939	Flora 5 NW, US	daily snowfall	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	14 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1939	Weldon, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	44 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1939	Evansville Ft Court STN, US	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	26 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
24 December 1939	Mt Vernon, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	14 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
24 December 1939	Mt Carmel 4 NW, US	monthly snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	3.9 cm (1.5 in)	29 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
24 December 1939	1 WSW Princeton, US	daily snowfall	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	12.9 cm (5.1 in)	14 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
24 December 1939	Broken Bow 2 W, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	24 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
24 December 1939	Greenville, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	24 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
24 December 1939	Mt Airy 2 W, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	26 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
24 December 1939	Harrisburg, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	14 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
24 December 1939	1 N McLeansboro, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	6.1 cm (2.4 in)	24 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
24 December 1939	Olney 2S, US	monthly snowfall	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	0.3 cm (0.1 in)	40 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
24 December 1939	Effingham 3SW, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	6.9 cm (2.7 in)	24 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
24 December 1939	Mascoutah, US	daily snowfall	10.4 cm (4.1 in)	5.3 cm (2.1 in)	29 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
24 December 1939	Norris Madison Pwr House, US	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	6 years	25 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 1939

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1939. 1939 had 178 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 20	97
20 to 40	21
40 to 60	9
60 to 80	8
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	9
120 to 140	2
140 to 160	1