Weather Records on 20 December 2024

897 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 December 2024. Highest significance: Lethebrook, AU.

Key Facts for 20 December 2024

On 20 December 2024, 897 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
773 were record highs and 14 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 882 daily.
Lethebrook set a daily record precipitation of 250.0 mm (9.8 in) on 20 December 2024.
Across 163 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 464 records.

Record Map

897 stations

897 station records on 20 December 2024 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 December 2024: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lethebrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	250.0 mm (9.8 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Home Hill Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	158.0 mm (6.2 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Pleystowe Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	163.0 mm (6.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Plane Creek Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	138.8 mm (5.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Woodhouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Burdekin Shire Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	148.0 mm (5.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Koumala Hatfields Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Mount Jukes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	176.0 mm (6.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Proserpine Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	204.4 mm (8.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Spring Creek Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	116.0 mm (4.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Charlton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	191.0 mm (7.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Vishakhapatnam	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cairns Aero	Australia	Record daily precipitation	173.0 mm (6.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Rosella Plains Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	118.0 mm (4.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kuranda Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	132.0 mm (5.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Halifax Macrossan St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ajo	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kalingapatam	India	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ljubljana Bezigrad	Slovenia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mancos 1SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
St Peter	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gila Bend 2SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Jerome	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rosemount Rsch & Outreach Ctr	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.6 cm (8.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Big Timber	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Imperial	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bozeman Montana State UNIV	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Collins	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Red Lodge	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Austin #2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Oconomowoc Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Evanston 1 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ely AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Northdale	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Faribault	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fairfield	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Phoenix AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Townsville Aero	Australia	Record daily precipitation	111.2 mm (4.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Overton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo Bill Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ayr Dpi Research STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.8 mm (3.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Drake 9 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Yalleen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mackay Aero	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.6 mm (3.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tempe Asu	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fairmont	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Munising	United States	Record snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tonopah	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Willis Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Organ Pipe Cactus Nm	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sonora	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chuuk WSO AP	Federated States of Micronesia	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gulbene	Latvia	Record high maximum temperature	6.9 C (44.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sedona	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Fernandina Beach	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mather 3 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Bow	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Astoria AP (Port of)	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
White Cliff Point	Australia	Record daily precipitation	137.8 mm (5.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mackay Aero	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	26.5 C (79.7 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

897 records

Records set or tied on 20 December 2024 by type: Highest daily maximum 485, Lowest daily maximum 8, Highest daily minimum 288, Lowest daily minimum 6, Heaviest daily rainfall 77, Heaviest daily snowfall 32, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 20 December 2024 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	485
Lowest daily maximum	8
Highest daily minimum	288
Lowest daily minimum	6
Heaviest daily rainfall	77
Heaviest daily snowfall	32
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 20 December 2024 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 15, daily 882.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

746 broken records

Margins by which the 746 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 188.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 December 2024

Top 20 records on 20 December 2024 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 December 2024	Lethebrook, AU	daily rain	250.0 mm (9.8 in)	182.7 mm (7.2 in)	81 years	74 of 100 (Major)
20 December 2024	Home Hill Post Office, AU	daily rain	158.0 mm (6.2 in)	107.5 mm (4.2 in)	80 years	70 of 100 (Major)
20 December 2024	Pleystowe Sugar Mill, AU	daily rain	163.0 mm (6.4 in)	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	48 years	64 of 100 (Major)
20 December 2024	Plane Creek Sugar Mill, AU	daily rain	138.8 mm (5.5 in)	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	92 years	62 of 100 (Major)
20 December 2024	Woodhouse, AU	daily rain	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	54 years	62 of 100 (Major)
20 December 2024	Burdekin Shire Council, AU	daily rain	148.0 mm (5.8 in)	74.3 mm (2.9 in)	80 years	61 of 100 (Major)
20 December 2024	Koumala Hatfields Road, AU	daily rain	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	102 years	61 of 100 (Major)
20 December 2024	Mount Jukes, AU	daily rain	176.0 mm (6.9 in)	112.5 mm (4.4 in)	76 years	60 of 100 (Major)
20 December 2024	Proserpine Airport, AU	daily rain	204.4 mm (8.0 in)	188.8 mm (7.4 in)	41 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
20 December 2024	Spring Creek Station, AU	monthly rain	116.0 mm (4.6 in)	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	84 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
20 December 2024	Mount Charlton, AU	daily rain	191.0 mm (7.5 in)	113.8 mm (4.5 in)	51 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
20 December 2024	Vishakhapatnam, IN	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	120 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
20 December 2024	Cairns Aero, AU	daily rain	173.0 mm (6.8 in)	75.6 mm (3.0 in)	48 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
20 December 2024	Rosella Plains Station, AU	monthly rain	118.0 mm (4.6 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	49 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
20 December 2024	Kuranda Railway Station, AU	daily rain	132.0 mm (5.2 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	108 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
20 December 2024	Halifax Macrossan St, AU	daily rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	113 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
20 December 2024	Ajo, US	daily high max	28.9 C (84.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	107 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
20 December 2024	Kalingapatam, IN	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	70 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
20 December 2024	Ljubljana Bezigrad, SI	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	4.4 mm (0.17 in)	115 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
20 December 2024	Mancos 1SW, US	daily high max	15.6 C (60.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	124 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 2024

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2024. 2024 had 897 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 12-20 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1795	1
1804	1
1805	2
1808	1
1815	1
1828	1
1837	1
1846	1
1855	8
1858	1
1860	1
1866	1
1867	1
1868	1
1869	1
1871	2
1874	3
1875	1
1877	2
1878	1
1879	1
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1884	4
1885	1
1886	4
1889	4
1890	2
1891	2
1892	1
1894	2
1895	8
1896	1
1897	4
1898	2
1899	1
1900	7
1901	8
1902	14
1903	17
1904	9
1905	5
1906	5
1907	11
1908	5
1909	22
1910	17
1911	24
1912	27
1913	7
1914	43
1915	18
1916	45
1917	33
1918	18
1919	25
1920	22
1921	101
1922	88
1923	215
1924	332
1925	96
1926	163
1927	200
1928	93
1929	256
1930	67
1931	536
1932	170
1933	492
1934	265
1935	152
1936	416
1937	181
1938	240
1939	308
1940	965
1941	633
1942	817
1943	193
1944	340
1945	430
1946	327
1947	385
1948	345
1949	1,141
1950	758
1951	926
1952	394
1953	385
1954	416
1955	726
1956	471
1957	1,354
1958	382
1959	142
1960	354
1961	369
1962	475
1963	875
1964	499
1965	353
1966	555
1967	1,370
1968	482
1969	514
1970	518
1971	441
1972	448
1973	1,184
1974	328
1975	610
1976	382
1977	484
1978	910
1979	600
1980	667
1981	1,681
1982	712
1983	2,995
1984	1,411
1985	1,035
1986	321
1987	1,179
1988	760
1989	1,812
1990	1,885
1991	1,172
1992	1,134
1993	1,266
1994	813
1995	1,128
1996	1,448
1997	651
1998	1,110
1999	938
2000	1,150
2001	523
2002	943
2003	1,315
2004	836
2005	515
2006	1,387
2007	986
2008	1,356
2009	1,502
2010	2,055
2011	846
2012	1,131
2013	584
2014	524
2015	1,238
2016	603
2017	688
2018	592
2019	731
2020	554
2021	442
2022	567
2023	1,242
2024	897
2025	1,166

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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	704
25 to 50	20
50 to 75	7
75 to 100	9
100 to 125	4
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	2