Weather Records on 24 December 1974

793 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 December 1974. Highest significance: Mount Florance, AU.

Key Facts for 24 December 1974

On 24 December 1974, 793 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
232 were record highs and 233 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 20 monthly and 770 daily.
Mount Florance set a monthly record daily precipitation of 77.0 mm (3.0 in) on 24 December 1974.
Across 152 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 532 records.

Record Map

793 stations

793 station records on 24 December 1974 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 December 1974: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mount Florance	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Livingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.3 mm (4.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Selma	United States	Record daily precipitation	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Tabba Tabba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.8 mm (3.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Canton 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Kipling 4 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Pelahatchie	United States	Record daily precipitation	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Byhalia	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
D'Lo 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Port Gibson 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Nguiu	Australia	Record daily precipitation	154.2 mm (6.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Walnut Grove	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Millstream	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cuba	United States	Record daily precipitation	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Perryville	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pickensville	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Shuqualak	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Fayette	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Talladega	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Forest	United States	Record daily precipitation	143.0 mm (5.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dayton 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wetumpka	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ofahoma	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Russell	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cimarron 4 SW	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
White Oak 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Corsicana	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Plantersville 2 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bright Angel Rs	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-29.4 C (-20.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Yarrie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Calera	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Uniontown	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bright Angel Rs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Globe Rs	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Crawford 5 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	3.2 C (37.8 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus 4 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hawthorne AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jonkoping	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	4.2 C (39.6 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Steamboat Springs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Louisville	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
W Blocton	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Russellville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tell City	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Houston	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ogden Pioneer Ph	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Haleyville	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Martin Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Pleasant 4SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cimarron 4 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Alberta	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Montevallo	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bluff Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	4.8 C (40.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Elrod	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Calhoun City	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Enterprise	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Shubuta	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

793 records

Records set or tied on 24 December 1974 by type: Highest daily maximum 78, Lowest daily maximum 138, Highest daily minimum 154, Lowest daily minimum 95, Heaviest daily rainfall 299, Heaviest daily snowfall 23, Deepest snow cover 6.

Records on 24 December 1974 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	78
Lowest daily maximum	138
Highest daily minimum	154
Lowest daily minimum	95
Heaviest daily rainfall	299
Heaviest daily snowfall	23
Deepest snow cover	6

Records on 24 December 1974 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 20, daily 770.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

674 broken records

Margins by which the 674 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 620.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 December 1974

Top 20 records on 24 December 1974 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 December 1974	Mount Florance, AU	monthly rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	54 years	62 of 100 (Major)
24 December 1974	Livingston, US	daily rain	101.3 mm (4.0 in)	61.9 mm (2.4 in)	61 years	62 of 100 (Major)
24 December 1974	Selma, US	daily rain	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	49 years	61 of 100 (Major)
24 December 1974	Tabba Tabba, AU	daily rain	90.8 mm (3.6 in)	78.9 mm (3.1 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1974	Canton 4N, US	daily rain	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	64 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1974	Kipling 4 NNW, US	daily rain	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	31 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1974	Pelahatchie, US	daily rain	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	35 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1974	Byhalia, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	64 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1974	D'Lo 2 SW, US	daily rain	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	35 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1974	Port Gibson 1 NE, US	daily rain	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	49 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1974	Nguiu, AU	daily rain	154.2 mm (6.1 in)	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	7 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1974	Walnut Grove, US	daily rain	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	35 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1974	Millstream, AU	daily rain	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	55 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1974	Cuba, US	daily rain	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1974	Perryville, US	daily rain	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	17 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1974	Pickensville, US	daily rain	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	16 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1974	Shuqualak, US	daily rain	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	16 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1974	Fayette, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	35 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1974	Talladega, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	41 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1974	Forest, US	monthly rain	143.0 mm (5.6 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	3 years	42 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 1974

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1974. 1974 had 793 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 1974-12-24: 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 100	671
100 to 200	2
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	1