Weather Records on 24 December 2021

1,012 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 December 2021. Highest significance: Mtunzini, ZA.

Key Facts for 24 December 2021

On 24 December 2021, 1,012 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
565 were record highs and 94 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 30 monthly and 981 daily.
Mtunzini set a daily record precipitation of 131.1 mm (5.2 in) on 24 December 2021.
Across 152 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 530 records.

Record Map

1,012 stations

1,012 station records on 24 December 2021 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 December 2021: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mtunzini	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	131.1 mm (5.2 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Kanab	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Zion Np	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Altenbern	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Hayden	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Yellow Jacket 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Khlong Yai	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Gila Bend 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Lewis	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mancos 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Chamita	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bateman	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Cumbres Trestle	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Crested Butte	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Glenwood Spgs #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Tombstone	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Gallegos Peak	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Manti	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Columbine Pass	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Quemazon	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Urjupino	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-51.9 C (-61.4 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Walcha (Emu Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sivas	Turkey	Record low maximum temperature	-12.1 C (10.2 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hugoton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
McAlester Rgnl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Harrison	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Schofield Pass	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mesa Lakes	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Moroni	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Spud Mountain	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Yuleba Garden St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Youngtown	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Idyllwild Fire Dept	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Castle Dale	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Overland Res.	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bartlesville Muni AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wichita Falls Muni AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pogranichnyj	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-19.5 C (-3.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ojai	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Chama	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Scipio	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Deaver	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Willow Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Clear Creek #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hill City Muni AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bagdad	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Leroy 5 WSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Charles City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lakeside	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Broken Bow 2 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Crete 4ESE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
New Salem 5NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Spur	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Workman Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gila Bend 2SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Alpine	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Corcoran Irrig Dist	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Genoa 2 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ravenna	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Minden	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,012 records

Records set or tied on 24 December 2021 by type: Highest daily maximum 236, Lowest daily maximum 49, Highest daily minimum 329, Lowest daily minimum 45, Heaviest daily rainfall 317, Heaviest daily snowfall 23, Deepest snow cover 13.

Records on 24 December 2021 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	236
Lowest daily maximum	49
Highest daily minimum	329
Lowest daily minimum	45
Heaviest daily rainfall	317
Heaviest daily snowfall	23
Deepest snow cover	13

Records on 24 December 2021 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 30, daily 981.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

827 broken records

Margins by which the 827 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 457.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 December 2021

Top 20 records on 24 December 2021 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 December 2021	Mtunzini, ZA	daily rain	131.1 mm (5.2 in)	108.2 mm (4.3 in)	92 years	77 of 100 (Major)
24 December 2021	Kanab, US	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	80 years	66 of 100 (Major)
24 December 2021	Zion Np, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 2021	Altenbern, US	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	56 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 2021	Hayden, US	daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	59 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 2021	Yellow Jacket 2W, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	59 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 2021	Khlong Yai, TH	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	62 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 2021	Gila Bend 2SE, US	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	104 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 2021	Ft Lewis, US	daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	18.1 cm (7.1 in)	84 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 2021	Mancos 1SW, US	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	59 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 2021	Chamita, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 2021	Bateman, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 2021	Cumbres Trestle, US	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 2021	Crested Butte, US	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	84 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 2021	Glenwood Spgs #2, US	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	56 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 2021	Tombstone, US	monthly high min	13.3 C (55.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	100 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 2021	Gallegos Peak, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 2021	Manti, US	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	59 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 2021	Columbine Pass, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	32 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 2021	Quemazon, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	35 years	49 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 2021

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2021. 2021 had 1,012 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 100	820
100 to 200	5
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1