Weather Records on 24 December 1970

741 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 December 1970. Highest significance: St Andrews, CA.

Key Facts for 24 December 1970

On 24 December 1970, 741 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
108 were record highs and 137 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 27 monthly and 709 daily.
St Andrews set an all-time record daily snowfall of 54.9 cm (21.6 in) on 24 December 1970.
Across 152 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 532 records.

Record Map

741 stations

741 station records on 24 December 1970 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 December 1970: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
St Andrews	Canada	Record daily snowfall	54.9 cm (21.6 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Douglas	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Oatlands	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Brakpan	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Woodstock	Canada	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Waverley	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Little Falls City Rsch	United States	Record snow depth	78.7 cm (31.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Madrid	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Queenstown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Nuwejaarskraal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
McAdam	Canada	Record daily snowfall	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock	Canada	Record daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Pelserskraal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
St George	Canada	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Lakenvlei	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Gannapan	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Groblershoop;Boegoeb	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Gertspan	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Miraima	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Gagetown 2	Canada	Record daily snowfall	46.7 cm (18.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville Muni AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	36.8 cm (14.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Harvey Station	Canada	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tsomo (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bothithong"Bothitho(Pol)"	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lady Frere (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Qunu (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wexford	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	87.0 mm (3.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Roodepoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Caloundra Signal Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	122.2 mm (4.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
McAdam	Canada	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Salmon Hole	Canada	Record daily snowfall	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Uniteit	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Welgeleven	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Grafton	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Armidale (Radio Station 2Ad)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Fredericton Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	58.9 cm (23.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Gagetown 2	Canada	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Soutwater	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Woodfort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	108.5 mm (4.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Loxton (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Onder-Geluk	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mapleton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.3 mm (3.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nkobongo (Agr)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Uitsig	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Rockland	United States	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Caloundra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	123.4 mm (4.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Erie Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.3 cm (8.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kologha (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dohne	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rockford	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cathcart	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Reitz 36	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Klipspruit	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ogdensburg 4 NE	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fredericton Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Moncton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Heilbron "Smoordrif"	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Yardley Chase	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ottoshoop (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	68.5 mm (2.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

741 records

Records set or tied on 24 December 1970 by type: Highest daily maximum 75, Lowest daily maximum 63, Highest daily minimum 33, Lowest daily minimum 74, Heaviest daily rainfall 354, Heaviest daily snowfall 98, Deepest snow cover 44.

Records on 24 December 1970 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	75
Lowest daily maximum	63
Highest daily minimum	33
Lowest daily minimum	74
Heaviest daily rainfall	354
Heaviest daily snowfall	98
Deepest snow cover	44

Records on 24 December 1970 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 27, daily 709.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

641 broken records

Margins by which the 641 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 431.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 December 1970

Top 20 records on 24 December 1970 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 December 1970	St Andrews, CA	all-time snowfall	54.9 cm (21.6 in)	14.3 cm (5.6 in)	88 years	79 of 100 (Major)
24 December 1970	Douglas, ZA	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	71 years	65 of 100 (Major)
24 December 1970	Oatlands, ZA	all-time rain	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	69.8 mm (2.7 in)	0 years	65 of 100 (Major)
24 December 1970	Brakpan, ZA	monthly rain	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	35 years	64 of 100 (Major)
24 December 1970	Woodstock, CA	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	83 years	62 of 100 (Major)
24 December 1970	Waverley, ZA	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	64 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1970	Little Falls City Rsch, US	daily snow depth	78.7 cm (31.0 in)	43.1 cm (17.0 in)	40 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1970	Madrid, ZA	daily rain	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	43 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1970	Queenstown, ZA	daily rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	64 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1970	Nuwejaarskraal, ZA	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1970	McAdam, CA	daily snowfall	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	40 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1970	Woodstock, CA	daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	43 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1970	Pelserskraal, ZA	monthly rain	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	21 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1970	St George, CA	daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	40 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1970	Lakenvlei, ZA	daily rain	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	37 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1970	Gannapan, ZA	daily rain	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	89 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1970	Groblershoop;Boegoeb, ZA	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	33 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1970	Gertspan, ZA	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1970	Miraima, BR	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	48 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1970	Gagetown 2, CA	daily snowfall	46.7 cm (18.4 in)	23.8 cm (9.4 in)	43 years	51 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 1970

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1970. 1970 had 741 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).