Weather Records on 24 December 2017

510 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 December 2017. Highest significance: Maraza, AZ.

Key Facts for 24 December 2017

On 24 December 2017, 510 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
266 were record highs and 58 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 505 daily.
Maraza set a daily record precipitation of 99.6 mm (3.9 in) on 24 December 2017.
Across 152 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 534 records.

Record Map

510 stations

510 station records on 24 December 2017 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 December 2017: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Maraza	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Big Springs	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Jixi	China	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Downing	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.4 cm (4.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Eustis 2 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Putbus	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	7.5 C (45.5 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sidney 1SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Holter Dam	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record snow depth	89.0 cm (35.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Shimizu	Japan	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	7.7 C (45.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record high minimum temperature	-0.1 C (31.8 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Abilene	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Brockport	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rantoul	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Scottsbluff W B Heilig Fld AP	United States	Record snow depth	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kota Kinabalu Intl	Malaysia	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hazard Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo Bill Dam	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Meacham	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-25.5 C (-13.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Logan	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ivanhoe Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sumoto	Japan	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Murotomisaki	Japan	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hinsdale 4 SW	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Unionville	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Onslow Airport	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	46.7 C (116.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Valentia Observatory	Ireland	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wellington (Agrowplow)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	43.1 C (109.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Warsaw	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.4 cm (4.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lihue WSO AP 1020.1	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Laporte	United States	Record daily snowfall	23.1 cm (9.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Princeton	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
London Locks	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bakherden	Turkmenistan	Record high maximum temperature	26.4 C (79.5 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lindenberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sukumo	Japan	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Agalega	Mauritius	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Augusta	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Haddam	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bozeman Montana State UNIV	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hardin	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bentley	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Van Buren 2	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nebraska City 2NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sandberg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Budapest	Hungary	Record high minimum temperature	7.9 C (46.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sassandra	Cote D'Ivoire	Record low minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Erbent	Turkmenistan	Record high maximum temperature	25.2 C (77.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Choteau	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cottbus	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.5 C (47.3 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sedgwick 5 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Port Huron	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Schonefeld	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	9.2 C (48.6 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Utsira Fyr	Norway	Record high maximum temperature	9.5 C (49.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Beaconsfield 3N	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Spickard 7 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hubbell	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

510 records

Records set or tied on 24 December 2017 by type: Highest daily maximum 117, Lowest daily maximum 26, Highest daily minimum 149, Lowest daily minimum 32, Heaviest daily rainfall 86, Heaviest daily snowfall 79, Deepest snow cover 21.

Records on 24 December 2017 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	117
Lowest daily maximum	26
Highest daily minimum	149
Lowest daily minimum	32
Heaviest daily rainfall	86
Heaviest daily snowfall	79
Deepest snow cover	21

Records on 24 December 2017 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 505.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

439 broken records

Margins by which the 439 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 142.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 December 2017

Top 20 records on 24 December 2017 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 December 2017	Maraza, AZ	daily rain	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	48 years	60 of 100 (Major)
24 December 2017	Big Springs, US	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	76 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 2017	Jixi, CN	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 2017	Downing, US	daily snowfall	10.4 cm (4.1 in)	5.3 cm (2.1 in)	96 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 2017	Eustis 2 NW, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	14.2 cm (5.6 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 2017	Putbus, DE	daily high min	7.5 C (45.5 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	159 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 2017	Karlshamn, SE	daily high min	7.2 C (45.0 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	104 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 2017	Sidney 1SSE, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	121 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 2017	Holter Dam, US	daily snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	76 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 2017	Jokkmokk, SE	daily snow depth	89.0 cm (35.0 in)	7.0 cm (2.8 in)	104 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 2017	Shimizu, JP	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	64 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 2017	Gorlitz, DE	daily high min	7.7 C (45.9 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	136 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 2017	Col du Grand St-Bernard, CH	daily high min	-0.1 C (31.8 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	151 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 2017	Abilene, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	0.8 cm (0.3 in)	108 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 2017	Brockport, US	daily snowfall	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	1.5 cm (0.6 in)	98 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 2017	Rantoul, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	36 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 2017	Scottsbluff W B Heilig Fld AP, US	daily snow depth	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	68 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 2017	Kota Kinabalu Intl, MY	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	36 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 2017	Hazard Wtr Wks, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	51 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 2017	Buffalo Bill Dam, US	daily low max	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	92 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 2017

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2017. 2017 had 510 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 20	381
20 to 40	35
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	10
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	2
140 to 160	1