Weather Records on 24 December 1999

1,134 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 December 1999. Highest significance: Milo Station, AU.

Key Facts for 24 December 1999

On 24 December 1999, 1,134 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
276 were record highs and 275 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 31 monthly and 1,102 daily.
Milo Station set a daily record precipitation of 72.0 mm (2.8 in) on 24 December 1999.
Across 152 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 530 records.

Record Map

1,134 stations

1,134 station records on 24 December 1999 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 December 1999: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Milo Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Abbeville	France	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Hedrum	Norway	Record daily precipitation	57.5 mm (2.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Flying Fish Point	Australia	Record daily precipitation	247.0 mm (9.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Independence #1	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Kurundi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Yantabulla Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Rio Grande City	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Innisfail	Australia	Record daily precipitation	298.4 mm (11.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Postmyr I Drangedal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mornington Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.0 mm (3.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Gum Lake (Albemarle)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Longreach Aero	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.4 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Blackville (Krui Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hvaler	Norway	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Warruwi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	116.2 mm (4.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Isisford Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Uccle	Belgium	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Faskally	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wanarie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Igsi I Hobol	Norway	Record daily precipitation	46.1 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomington Indiana UNIV	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Epenarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.4 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tryvasshogda	Norway	Record daily precipitation	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hurn	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Guernsey: Airport	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
South Johnstone Exp STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	284.0 mm (11.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pte de la Hague	France	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wye	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Toliness Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dillalah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wilcannia (Reid St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Osijek	Croatia	Record low maximum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Drachten	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bjornholt	Norway	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gjerstad I Aust-Agder	Norway	Record daily precipitation	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
El Rodeo	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sandefjord	Norway	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lancaster	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.6 cm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Minnie Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Urandangi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.2 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ivanhoe (Mt Manara)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kollum	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hayling Island	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dulce	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mayaguez City	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Braemar	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	47.9 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Croydon Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	103.0 mm (4.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bognor Regis	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Petaluma AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomington Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Chillicothe	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Choteau	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Nes (Ameland)	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
White Cliffs (Monolon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nyngan (the Plains)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cihuatlan (Dge)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Moss	Norway	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rossared	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Grebbeshult	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,134 records

Records set or tied on 24 December 1999 by type: Highest daily maximum 200, Lowest daily maximum 127, Highest daily minimum 76, Lowest daily minimum 148, Heaviest daily rainfall 512, Heaviest daily snowfall 55, Deepest snow cover 16.

Records on 24 December 1999 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	200
Lowest daily maximum	127
Highest daily minimum	76
Lowest daily minimum	148
Heaviest daily rainfall	512
Heaviest daily snowfall	55
Deepest snow cover	16

Records on 24 December 1999 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 31, daily 1,102.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

980 broken records

Margins by which the 980 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 145.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 December 1999

Top 20 records on 24 December 1999 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 December 1999	Milo Station, AU	daily rain	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	84 years	70 of 100 (Major)
24 December 1999	Abbeville, FR	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	19.7 mm (0.8 in)	76 years	69 of 100 (Major)
24 December 1999	Hedrum, NO	daily rain	57.5 mm (2.3 in)	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	48 years	60 of 100 (Major)
24 December 1999	Flying Fish Point, AU	monthly rain	247.0 mm (9.7 in)	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	65 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1999	Independence #1, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1999	Kurundi, AU	daily rain	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	47.1 mm (1.9 in)	52 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1999	Yantabulla Station, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	76 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1999	Rio Grande City, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1999	Innisfail, AU	daily rain	298.4 mm (11.7 in)	145.0 mm (5.7 in)	8 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1999	Postmyr I Drangedal, NO	daily rain	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	33 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1999	Mornington Island, AU	daily rain	87.0 mm (3.4 in)	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	72 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1999	Gum Lake (Albemarle), AU	daily rain	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	7.0 mm (0.28 in)	111 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1999	Longreach Aero, AU	daily rain	62.4 mm (2.5 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	29 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1999	Blackville (Krui Vale), AU	daily rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	89 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1999	Hvaler, NO	monthly rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	38 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1999	Warruwi, AU	daily rain	116.2 mm (4.6 in)	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	72 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1999	Isisford Post Office, AU	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	101 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1999	Uccle, BE	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	11.8 mm (0.5 in)	33 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1999	Faskally, GB	daily rain	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	22.2 mm (0.9 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1999	Wanarie, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	8 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 1999

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1999. 1999 had 1,134 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 1999-12-24: 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 20	910
20 to 40	45
40 to 60	14
60 to 80	6
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	1
140 to 160	2