Weather Records on 24 December 1940

575 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 December 1940. Highest significance: Escalante, US.

Key Facts for 24 December 1940

On 24 December 1940, 575 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
400 were record highs and 57 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 566 daily.
Escalante set a daily record snowfall of 22.9 cm (9.0 in) on 24 December 1940.
Across 152 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 533 records.

Record Map

575 stations

575 station records on 24 December 1940 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 December 1940: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Escalante	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Ocala	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
El Cajon 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Redlands	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Brunswick	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Warner Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
San Jacinto	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pilanesberg-Pol	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Seven Oaks	United States	Record daily precipitation	132.6 mm (5.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tustin Irvine Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Natural Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Eustis 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pomona/Fairplex	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Parker	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Mattole	United States	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
St Augustine	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Buckeye	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Deland 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gainesville UNIV of Fl	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Titusville	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-10.2 C (13.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bedford 2 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record snow depth	95.0 cm (37.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Elsinore	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Walnut Grove	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Marseille Obs. Palais-Lonchamp	France	Record low maximum temperature	-1.9 C (28.6 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-19.5 C (-3.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-9.5 C (14.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-9.7 C (14.5 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Buffelshoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Salome 6 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Saentis	Switzerland	Record low minimum temperature	-20.5 C (-4.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Escondido	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tamarack	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cuyamaca	United States	Record daily precipitation	164.1 mm (6.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Fichtelberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-18.4 C (-1.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-17.1 C (1.2 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
El Cajon 2 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Quincy	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hayward Rs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Oberstdorf	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-24.1 C (-11.4 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kissimmee	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Jeanerette 5 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Petoskey	United States	Record high maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cairns Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	36.8 C (98.2 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Pelee Island	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Muenster	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-10.5 C (13.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-6.6 C (20.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sankarankoil	India	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Prescott	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Coteau	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-24.9 C (-12.8 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Osijek	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
E Tawas	United States	Record high maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Alliance 1WNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

575 records

Records set or tied on 24 December 1940 by type: Highest daily maximum 148, Lowest daily maximum 23, Highest daily minimum 252, Lowest daily minimum 34, Heaviest daily rainfall 107, Heaviest daily snowfall 7, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 24 December 1940 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	148
Lowest daily maximum	23
Highest daily minimum	252
Lowest daily minimum	34
Heaviest daily rainfall	107
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 24 December 1940 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 9, daily 566.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

449 broken records

Margins by which the 449 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 350.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 December 1940

Top 20 records on 24 December 1940 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 December 1940	Escalante, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	39 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1940	Ocala, US	daily rain	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	52.9 mm (2.1 in)	35 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1940	El Cajon 2 E, US	daily rain	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1940	Redlands, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	24 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1940	Brunswick, US	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	22 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1940	Warner Springs, US	daily rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	1 year	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1940	San Jacinto, US	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	24 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1940	Pilanesberg-Pol, ZA	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	31 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1940	Seven Oaks, US	daily rain	132.6 mm (5.2 in)	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	24 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1940	Tustin Irvine Rch, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	14 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1940	Natural Brg, US	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	26 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1940	Eustis 2 S, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	35 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1940	Pomona/Fairplex, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	46 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1940	Parker, US	monthly rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	14 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1940	Upper Mattole, US	daily rain	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	38 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1940	St Augustine, US	daily rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	27 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1940	Buckeye, US	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1940	Deland 1 SSE, US	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
24 December 1940	Gainesville UNIV of Fl, US	monthly rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	38 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
24 December 1940	Titusville, US	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	30 years	34 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 1940

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1940. 1940 had 575 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	439
50 to 100	6
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1