Weather Records on 24 December 2024

467 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 December 2024. Highest significance: Jalapa Ver., MX.

Key Facts for 24 December 2024

On 24 December 2024, 467 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
318 were record highs and 50 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 462 daily.
Jalapa Ver. set a daily record precipitation of 28.4 mm (1.1 in) on 24 December 2024.
Across 152 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 534 records.

Record Map

467 stations

467 station records on 24 December 2024 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 December 2024: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Jalapa Ver.	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Grants Pass	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Riddle	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mackay Lost Rvr Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Paris	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Harrison	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mina	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Fillmore	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Evanston 1 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Maries	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Spur	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Startup 1 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Toketee Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Van Reenen	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Prospect 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ennis	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Waterville Trtmt Plt	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
New England	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Seminole	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Diourbel	Senegal	Record low maximum temperature	24.5 C (76.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Busby	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gilman	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Stanthorpe Leslie Parade	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	7.5 C (45.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bardal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	48.7 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Crescent Lake Nwr	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Prade Rch	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kakinada	India	Record low maximum temperature	25.4 C (77.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
La Paz (City)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	34.9 C (94.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bucuresti-Baneasa	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	4.5 C (40.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
First Connecticut Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Richardson	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Springsure Comet St	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	10.9 C (51.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ghanzi	Botswana	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Anchorage Merrill Fld	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-2.7 C (27.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sidney 6NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Quelimane	Mozambique	Record high maximum temperature	40.9 C (105.6 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Jormlien	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Safford Ag Ctr	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Atwood	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Flemington 5 NNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nadi Airport	Fiji	Record daily precipitation	129.8 mm (5.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ekalaka	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tucson Intl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hawthorne	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Carrington 4 N	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Quincy	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Douglas (Bisbee) Intl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Soto la Marina (Obs)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Fenn Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ferris	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Boise Air Terminal	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Thredbo AWS	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	-2.0 C (28.4 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
San Sebastian - Igueldo	Spain	Record daily precipitation	43.3 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Orleans	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Boise Lucky Peak Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Saginaw #3	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Keno	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Giddings 5E	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Applethorpe	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	6.3 C (43.3 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

467 records

Records set or tied on 24 December 2024 by type: Highest daily maximum 164, Lowest daily maximum 13, Highest daily minimum 154, Lowest daily minimum 37, Heaviest daily rainfall 76, Heaviest daily snowfall 20, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 24 December 2024 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	164
Lowest daily maximum	13
Highest daily minimum	154
Lowest daily minimum	37
Heaviest daily rainfall	76
Heaviest daily snowfall	20
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 24 December 2024 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 462.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

354 broken records

Margins by which the 354 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 101.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 December 2024

Top 20 records on 24 December 2024 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 December 2024	Jalapa Ver., MX	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	30 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 2024	Grants Pass, US	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	107 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 2024	Riddle, US	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	82 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 2024	Mackay Lost Rvr Rs, US	daily high min	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	107 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 2024	Paris, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	115 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 2024	Harrison, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	92 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 2024	Mina, US	daily high max	17.2 C (63.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	123 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 2024	Fillmore, US	daily high max	17.8 C (64.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	127 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 2024	Evanston 1 E, US	daily high min	1.7 C (35.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	122 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 2024	Saint Maries, US	daily high min	2.8 C (37.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	124 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 2024	Spur, US	daily high min	8.3 C (46.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	105 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 2024	Startup 1 E, US	daily high max	14.4 C (57.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	99 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 2024	Toketee Falls, US	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	59 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 2024	Van Reenen, ZA	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	51 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 2024	Prospect 2 SW, US	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	60 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 2024	Ennis, US	daily high max	10.0 C (50.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	91 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 2024	Waterville Trtmt Plt, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	61 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 2024	New England, US	daily high max	10.6 C (51.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	84 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 2024	Seminole, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	22 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 2024	Diourbel, SN	daily low max	24.5 C (76.1 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	49 years	34 of 100 (Routine)

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 467 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	343
20 to 40	9
40 to 60	0
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1