Weather Records on 24 December 1979

1,100 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 December 1979. Highest significance: Woodford Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 24 December 1979

On 24 December 1979, 1,100 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
446 were record highs and 24 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 1,089 daily.
Woodford Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 90.0 mm (3.5 in) on 24 December 1979.
Across 152 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 530 records.

Record Map

1,100 stations

1,100 station records on 24 December 1979 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 December 1979: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Woodford Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Ann Arbor U of Mich	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Kvareli	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Borns (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Chester	United States	Record daily snowfall	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Anchieta (Dnos)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	103.0 mm (4.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Houston	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Paloma	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Nashville 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Louisiana	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge Galt Moe	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Waldron	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Carlinville	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
San Jose	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Amity	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Chester	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Perryville Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Manoa Tun 2 716	United States	Record daily precipitation	162.1 mm (6.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Valladolid (Villanubla)	Spain	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cascade 1 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Charleston	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Belleview 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Erie Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Venustiano Carranza	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bowling Green 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Marble Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
West Bend	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Burns WSO City	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.7 cm (5.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Green Mountains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Beloit	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
San Francisco Dwtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Berkeley	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bunker 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cook STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bickleton	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gouna (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Walnut	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ripley	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Plymouth Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Des Arc	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Subiaco	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Petaluma AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Volta Ph	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Griggsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Alma	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hesperia 4 WNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Toronto	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Newark	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Rochester	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Vevay	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hopkinsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Centerville 5 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Farmington	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge Galt Moe	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	3.5 C (38.3 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Jessieville	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Danville Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Flora 5 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tuscola	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pontotoc	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Reynolds	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,100 records

Records set or tied on 24 December 1979 by type: Highest daily maximum 72, Lowest daily maximum 10, Highest daily minimum 374, Lowest daily minimum 14, Heaviest daily rainfall 586, Heaviest daily snowfall 35, Deepest snow cover 9.

Records on 24 December 1979 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	72
Lowest daily maximum	10
Highest daily minimum	374
Lowest daily minimum	14
Heaviest daily rainfall	586
Heaviest daily snowfall	35
Deepest snow cover	9

Records on 24 December 1979 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 11, daily 1,089.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

948 broken records

Margins by which the 948 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 279.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 December 1979

Top 20 records on 24 December 1979 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 December 1979	Woodford Post Office, AU	daily rain	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	55.5 mm (2.2 in)	83 years	60 of 100 (Major)
24 December 1979	Ann Arbor U of Mich, US	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	60 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1979	Kvareli, GE	daily rain	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1979	Borns (Pol), ZA	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	48 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1979	Chester, US	daily snowfall	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	65 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1979	Anchieta (Dnos), BR	daily rain	103.0 mm (4.1 in)	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	25 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1979	Houston, US	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	76 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1979	Paloma, US	daily rain	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	24 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1979	Nashville 1 E, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	33 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1979	Louisiana, US	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	40 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1979	Cambridge Galt Moe, CA	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	99 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1979	Waldron, US	daily rain	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	46 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1979	Carlinville, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	13 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1979	San Jose, US	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1979	Amity, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	69 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1979	Chester, US	monthly rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	22 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1979	Perryville Wtp, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	13 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1979	Manoa Tun 2 716, US	daily rain	162.1 mm (6.4 in)	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	9 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1979	Valladolid (Villanubla), ES	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1979	Cascade 1 NW, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	36 years	44 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 1979

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1979. 1979 had 1,100 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).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	922
50 to 100	17
100 to 150	7
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1