Weather Records on 24 December 1941

589 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 December 1941. Highest significance: Belleville, CA.

Key Facts for 24 December 1941

On 24 December 1941, 589 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
267 were record highs and 19 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 22 monthly and 566 daily.
Belleville set a daily record precipitation of 49.0 mm (1.9 in) on 24 December 1941.
Across 152 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 533 records.

Record Map

589 stations

589 station records on 24 December 1941 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 December 1941: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Belleville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Effingham	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.7 mm (4.4 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Florence #1	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Americus	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.9 mm (4.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Conway	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Kingstree	United States	Record daily precipitation	138.4 mm (5.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Greensboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Blackville 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Holter Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Dublin	United States	Record daily precipitation	122.7 mm (4.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Barrage Angliers	Canada	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lodgepole	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Yemassee 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hawkinsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Canyon Ferry	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
North Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lowville	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ansonia 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pinopolis	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wray	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bartow 1SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bradenton Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Watertown	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Eutawville	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tres Piedras	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Santuck	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Albany 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cascade 5 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Willard 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gordon	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bainbridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrenceville 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Altoona Horseshoe Curv	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Johnstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hinton 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Macdonald College	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hebron	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pottsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record low minimum temperature	1.8 C (35.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rumford	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Spier Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Willcox	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Carlton Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Millen 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Elmira	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Warwick	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ringtown	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Avon Park 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Blakely	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Summerville 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Caldwell	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Oracle	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tucson WFO	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Eufaula	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Union Springs 9 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
State Sanatorium	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

589 records

Records set or tied on 24 December 1941 by type: Highest daily maximum 132, Lowest daily maximum 13, Highest daily minimum 135, Lowest daily minimum 6, Heaviest daily rainfall 247, Heaviest daily snowfall 45, Deepest snow cover 11.

Records on 24 December 1941 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	132
Lowest daily maximum	13
Highest daily minimum	135
Lowest daily minimum	6
Heaviest daily rainfall	247
Heaviest daily snowfall	45
Deepest snow cover	11

Records on 24 December 1941 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 22, daily 566.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

494 broken records

Margins by which the 494 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 200.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 December 1941

Top 20 records on 24 December 1941 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 December 1941	Belleville, CA	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	74 years	69 of 100 (Major)
24 December 1941	Effingham, US	monthly rain	110.7 mm (4.4 in)	58.6 mm (2.3 in)	40 years	67 of 100 (Major)
24 December 1941	Florence #1, US	monthly rain	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	23 years	60 of 100 (Major)
24 December 1941	Americus, US	daily rain	103.9 mm (4.1 in)	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1941	Conway, US	monthly rain	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	39 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1941	Kingstree, US	monthly rain	138.4 mm (5.4 in)	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	0 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1941	Greensboro, US	daily rain	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1941	Blackville 3 W, US	monthly rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1941	Holter Dam, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	28 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1941	Dublin, US	monthly rain	122.7 mm (4.8 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	17 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1941	Barrage Angliers, CA	monthly rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1941	Lodgepole, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	26 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1941	Yemassee 1 N, US	daily rain	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	28 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1941	Hawkinsville, US	monthly rain	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	0 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1941	Canyon Ferry, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.6 cm (4.2 in)	39 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1941	North Lake, US	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	23 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1941	Lowville, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	41 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1941	Ansonia 2 W, US	monthly rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	6 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1941	Pinopolis, US	monthly rain	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	45 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1941	Wray, US	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	46 years	41 of 100 (Notable)

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 1941

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1941. 1941 had 589 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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Data for records on 1941-12-24: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 25	428
25 to 50	36
50 to 75	15
75 to 100	8
100 to 125	4
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	1
175 to 200	2