Weather Records on 24 December 1977

952 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 December 1977. Highest significance: Belele, AU.

Key Facts for 24 December 1977

On 24 December 1977, 952 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
511 were record highs and 61 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 68 monthly and 883 daily.
Belele set a daily record precipitation of 36.0 mm (1.4 in) on 24 December 1977.
Across 152 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 531 records.

Record Map

952 stations

952 station records on 24 December 1977 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 December 1977: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Belele	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Bulwater	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Lagarto	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Laura Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	132.4 mm (5.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bowman	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record high maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mandan Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Coddington 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Gabbin North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Namangan	Uzbekistan	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	12.3 C (54.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Newberry-Luce Co Rd Commission	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	15.5 C (59.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Belle Fourche	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Marshfield Exp Farm	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Elim (Hosp)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Buxton	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Green Bay	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.2 cm (5.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Praha-Klementinum	Czech Republic	Record high maximum temperature	12.9 C (55.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	15.2 C (59.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.5 C (47.3 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kalamare	Botswana	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Passau-Maierhof	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bernburg/Saale (Nord)	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Jagersfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kalay-Khumb	Tajikistan	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Winnebago	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	9.7 C (49.5 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Faribault	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Stuttgart-Stadt	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Aachen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	15.3 C (59.5 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	13.5 C (56.3 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cottbus	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Zerbst	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Palmaryville	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Little Falls 2NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Millrose	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	10.4 C (50.7 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Saentis	Switzerland	Record high maximum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Crosbyton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Halle	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	15.2 C (59.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lindenberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	14.9 C (58.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	12.6 C (54.7 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Entabeni (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	124.0 mm (4.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Singeshult	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Baker	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pinnacles	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	14.5 C (58.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	14.5 C (58.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Schierke	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	10.9 C (51.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Catemaco	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Maastricht	Netherlands	Record high maximum temperature	15.3 C (59.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lake City	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Escanaba	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Trier	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	14.8 C (58.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Aachen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Trier-Zewen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	14.8 C (58.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Den Helder-1	Netherlands	Record high maximum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Basel Binningen	Switzerland	Record high maximum temperature	15.9 C (60.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

952 records

Records set or tied on 24 December 1977 by type: Highest daily maximum 294, Lowest daily maximum 23, Highest daily minimum 217, Lowest daily minimum 38, Heaviest daily rainfall 303, Heaviest daily snowfall 64, Deepest snow cover 13.

Records on 24 December 1977 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	294
Lowest daily maximum	23
Highest daily minimum	217
Lowest daily minimum	38
Heaviest daily rainfall	303
Heaviest daily snowfall	64
Deepest snow cover	13

Records on 24 December 1977 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 68, daily 883.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

869 broken records

Margins by which the 869 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 355.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 December 1977

Top 20 records on 24 December 1977 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 December 1977	Belele, AU	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	39 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1977	Bulwater, ZA	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	64 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1977	Lagarto, BR	daily rain	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1977	Laura Post Office, AU	daily rain	132.4 mm (5.2 in)	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	70 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1977	Bowman, US	daily snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	35.5 cm (14.0 in)	26 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1977	Col du Grand St-Bernard, CH	daily high max	6.1 C (43.0 F)	4.1 C (7.4 F)	110 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1977	Mandan Exp STN, US	daily snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	10 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1977	Coddington 1 E, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	44 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1977	Gabbin North, AU	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	50 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1977	Namangan, UZ	monthly rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	7 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1977	Weissenburg, DE	daily high max	12.3 C (54.1 F)	2.9 C (5.2 F)	96 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1977	Newberry-Luce Co Rd Commission, US	daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	11 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1977	Jena Sternwarte, DE	daily high max	15.5 C (59.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	137 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1977	Belle Fourche, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	60 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1977	Marshfield Exp Farm, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	44 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1977	Elim (Hosp), ZA	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	74 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1977	Buxton, GB	daily high min	7.0 C (44.6 F)	1.9 C (3.4 F)	87 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1977	Green Bay, US	daily snowfall	14.2 cm (5.6 in)	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	75 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1977	Praha-Klementinum, CZ	daily high max	12.9 C (55.2 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	170 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1977	Arnsberg, DE	daily high max	15.2 C (59.4 F)	4.7 C (8.5 F)	68 years	40 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 1977

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1977. 1977 had 952 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 1977-12-24: 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 2026-10-18. Last revised 18 October 2026 (2026-10-18).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	842
50 to 100	19
100 to 150	5
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	2
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1