Weather Records on 24 December 1997

1,152 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 December 1997. Highest significance: Melrose, US.

Key Facts for 24 December 1997

On 24 December 1997, 1,152 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
303 were record highs and 83 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 54 monthly and 1,093 daily.
Melrose set a daily record snow depth of 30.5 cm (12.0 in) on 24 December 1997.
Across 152 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 529 records.

Record Map

1,152 stations

1,152 station records on 24 December 1997 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 December 1997: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Melrose	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Ft Sumner	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Wakeeney 16N	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Ashland	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Coldwater	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Regnier	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Meade	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Meade	United States	Record daily snowfall	34.5 cm (13.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Toledo Blade	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Manchester	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Roswell Ind Air Pk	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Canton	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Perryton 11 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Campo 7 S	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record daily snowfall	29.7 cm (11.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Perryton	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Irvinebank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
St Joseph 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Friona	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Meade	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Nashua 2 NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Villanueva	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Chandler	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ware	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Arnett 3NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Durant	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mutual	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Plains SW Ga Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sublette 7WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ruidoso	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo 2 SSW	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Stilwell 5 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Greensburg	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Brookhaven City	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lowell	United States	Record daily snowfall	41.1 cm (16.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mize 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Clovis	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hooker	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Laverne	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Evergreen	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Woodbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Alva 1W	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Checotah	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Julesburg	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Winder 4S	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pratt 3NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pratt 3NW	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Woodward	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lipscomb	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Glenmorgan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.6 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lexington	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Talbotton	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Geneseo	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Blaine	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Francis	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nashua 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,152 records

Records set or tied on 24 December 1997 by type: Highest daily maximum 120, Lowest daily maximum 38, Highest daily minimum 183, Lowest daily minimum 45, Heaviest daily rainfall 479, Heaviest daily snowfall 185, Deepest snow cover 102.

Records on 24 December 1997 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	120
Lowest daily maximum	38
Highest daily minimum	183
Lowest daily minimum	45
Heaviest daily rainfall	479
Heaviest daily snowfall	185
Deepest snow cover	102

Records on 24 December 1997 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 54, daily 1,093.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

953 broken records

Margins by which the 953 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 381.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 December 1997

Top 20 records on 24 December 1997 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 December 1997	Melrose, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	86 years	74 of 100 (Major)
24 December 1997	Ft Sumner, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	84 years	73 of 100 (Major)
24 December 1997	Wakeeney 16N, US	monthly rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	44 years	67 of 100 (Major)
24 December 1997	Ashland, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	72 years	64 of 100 (Major)
24 December 1997	Coldwater, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	44 years	62 of 100 (Major)
24 December 1997	Regnier, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	44 years	62 of 100 (Major)
24 December 1997	Meade, US	monthly rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	13 years	61 of 100 (Major)
24 December 1997	Meade, US	monthly snowfall	34.5 cm (13.6 in)	14.2 cm (5.6 in)	33 years	61 of 100 (Major)
24 December 1997	Toledo Blade, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	110 years	61 of 100 (Major)
24 December 1997	Manchester, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	68 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1997	Roswell Ind Air Pk, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1997	Monticello, US	monthly rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	89 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1997	Canton, US	daily snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	48 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1997	Perryton 11 WNW, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1997	Campo 7 S, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	43 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1997	Ashland, US	daily snowfall	29.7 cm (11.7 in)	27.2 cm (10.7 in)	24 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1997	Perryton, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	44 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1997	Irvinebank, AU	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	87 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1997	St Joseph 3 N, US	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	76 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1997	Friona, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	64 years	53 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 1997

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1997. 1997 had 1,152 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 1997-12-24: 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 50	811
50 to 100	90
100 to 150	26
150 to 200	19
200 to 250	3
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	2
350 to 400	1