Weather Records on 24 December 1980

856 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 December 1980. Highest significance: Atlin, CA.

Key Facts for 24 December 1980

On 24 December 1980, 856 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
267 were record highs and 254 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 842 daily.
Atlin set a daily record snowfall of 14.0 cm (5.5 in) on 24 December 1980.
Across 152 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 531 records.

Record Map

856 stations

856 station records on 24 December 1980 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 December 1980: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Atlin	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Salem AP (McNary Field)	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Matias Romero (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Palpan	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mexquitic	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Isabela Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Valparaiso Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ironwood	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	6.3 C (43.3 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Regensburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	5.8 C (42.4 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	7.3 C (45.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Briksdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Portland Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Duchesne	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fredericksburg Np	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Morrisville 6 SW	United States	Record snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Eugene-Mahlon Sweet Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Coldwater St School	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sogndal - Selseng	Norway	Record snow depth	135.0 cm (53.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Adrian 2 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ann Arbor U of Mich	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Oswego	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.5 cm (6.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Xenia 6 SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Empress	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-40.0 C (-40.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Moosomin	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-33.5 C (-28.3 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cochrane	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-29.5 C (-21.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ludington 4 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Le Bourget	France	Record high minimum temperature	10.8 C (51.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Washburn	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Estacada 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Deadwood	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cleveland	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	10.5 C (50.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Laporte	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Glendive	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-35.0 C (-31.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Plevna	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-35.6 C (-32.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wibaux 2 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-36.7 C (-34.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
London State Fish Hatchery	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rantoul	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Amos	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-29.0 C (-20.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Greifswald	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	10.4 C (50.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hobart 2 WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kenton	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Montague 4 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.9 cm (3.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
N Bend SW Oregon Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Williston Sloulin Fld	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-36.7 C (-34.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Palo Verde	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Frankfort 2NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Centerville 6 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lead	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Brandon Cda	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-36.5 C (-33.7 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Villa Juarez	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tuzantla (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Witdraai (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kern River Ph 1	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Frankfort 2NE	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Windom	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
New Salem 5NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-32.8 C (-27.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

856 records

Records set or tied on 24 December 1980 by type: Highest daily maximum 77, Lowest daily maximum 96, Highest daily minimum 190, Lowest daily minimum 158, Heaviest daily rainfall 198, Heaviest daily snowfall 127, Deepest snow cover 10.

Records on 24 December 1980 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	77
Lowest daily maximum	96
Highest daily minimum	190
Lowest daily minimum	158
Heaviest daily rainfall	198
Heaviest daily snowfall	127
Deepest snow cover	10

Records on 24 December 1980 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 14, daily 842.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

719 broken records

Margins by which the 719 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 190.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 December 1980

Top 20 records on 24 December 1980 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 December 1980	Atlin, CA	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	67 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1980	Newport, US	daily rain	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	61 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1980	Salem AP (McNary Field), US	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	87 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1980	Matias Romero (Smn), MX	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1980	Palpan, MX	daily high min	18.9 C (66.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	51 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1980	Mexquitic, MX	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	38 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1980	Isabela Substn, PR	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	78 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1980	Valparaiso Wtr Wks, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	75 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1980	Ironwood, US	daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	47 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1980	Weissenburg, DE	daily high min	6.3 C (43.3 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	99 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1980	Regensburg, DE	daily high min	5.8 C (42.4 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	99 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1980	Heinersreuth-Vollhof, DE	daily high min	7.3 C (45.1 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	99 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1980	Briksdal, NO	daily rain	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	78 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1980	Portland Intl AP, US	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	8 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1980	Ft Duchesne, US	daily high max	10.6 C (51.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	90 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1980	Fredericksburg Np, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	80 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1980	Morrisville 6 SW, US	monthly snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	63 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1980	Eugene-Mahlon Sweet Fld, US	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	15 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1980	Coldwater St School, US	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	62 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1980	Sogndal - Selseng, NO	daily snow depth	135.0 cm (53.1 in)	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	68 years	35 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 1980

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1980. 1980 had 856 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 25	649
25 to 50	42
50 to 75	19
75 to 100	4
100 to 125	2
125 to 150	1
150 to 175	1
175 to 200	1