Weather Records on 31 December 2024

460 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 31 December 2024. Highest significance: Fossil, US.

Key Facts for 31 December 2024

On 31 December 2024, 460 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
217 were record highs and 15 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 439 daily.
Fossil set a monthly record daily precipitation of 78.2 mm (3.1 in) on 31 December 2024.
Across 157 earlier years (1797 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 487 records.

Record Map

460 stations

460 station records on 31 December 2024 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 31 December 2024: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Fossil	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Godegard	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Goychay	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Algaras	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Sault Ste Marie Sanderson Fld	United States	Record snow depth	152.0 cm (59.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Ardurad	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Newton Rigg	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Daandine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	121.0 mm (4.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Stromsnasbruk	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Keele	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Zakatala	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Vincent Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Belgrade (Observatory)	Serbia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Koorrnong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Buxton	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kumbia Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Quendon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Playfair	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Booroondarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.6 mm (3.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Allambee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tarong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dalby Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tabora Airport	Tanzania	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cuero	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Woodlea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wowan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wooroolin Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Warkon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lima Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Raymondville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Masvingo	Zimbabwe	Record daily precipitation	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gogerddan	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Malham Tarn	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Preston: Moor Park	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville Dwtn AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cometside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tingha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.5 mm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ben Gurion	Israel	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lindesnes Fyr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ibiza/Escodola	Spain	Record daily precipitation	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Conrad	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rockybar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Yarraman Upper	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.2 mm (3.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pokegama Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hereward	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cooby Creek Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
White Lake	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fredericksburg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kingsville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Theodore	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Marodian Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Embreys Bridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tamba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bradford	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Healy	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Carrizo Springs 3S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nueva Casas Grandes	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	26.0 C (78.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ciudad Victoria	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.2 C (95.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

460 records

Records set or tied on 31 December 2024 by type: Highest daily maximum 133, Lowest daily maximum 7, Highest daily minimum 84, Lowest daily minimum 8, Heaviest daily rainfall 216, Heaviest daily snowfall 9, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 31 December 2024 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	133
Lowest daily maximum	7
Highest daily minimum	84
Lowest daily minimum	8
Heaviest daily rainfall	216
Heaviest daily snowfall	9
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 31 December 2024 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 19, daily 439.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

389 broken records

Margins by which the 389 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 250.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

31 December 2024

Top 20 records on 31 December 2024 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 December 2024	Fossil, US	monthly rain	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	60 years	78 of 100 (Major)
31 December 2024	Godegard, SE	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	124 years	72 of 100 (Major)
31 December 2024	Goychay, AZ	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	80.6 mm (3.2 in)	70 years	69 of 100 (Major)
31 December 2024	Algaras, SE	daily rain	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	66 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 2024	Sault Ste Marie Sanderson Fld, US	all-time snow depth	152.0 cm (59.8 in)	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	52 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 2024	Ardurad, AU	daily rain	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	88 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 2024	Newton Rigg, GB	daily rain	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	109 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 2024	Daandine, AU	monthly rain	121.0 mm (4.8 in)	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	53 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 2024	Stromsnasbruk, SE	daily rain	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	66 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 2024	Keele, GB	daily rain	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	15.1 mm (0.6 in)	49 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 2024	Zakatala, AZ	daily rain	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	86.3 mm (3.4 in)	16 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 2024	Vincent Vale, AU	daily rain	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	58 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 2024	Belgrade (Observatory), RS	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	45 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 2024	Koorrnong, AU	daily rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	55 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 2024	Buxton, GB	daily rain	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	67 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 2024	Kumbia Post Office, AU	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	103 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 2024	Quendon, AU	daily rain	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	62 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 2024	Mt Playfair, AU	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	137 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 2024	Booroondarra, AU	daily rain	77.6 mm (3.1 in)	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	37 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 2024	Allambee, AU	daily rain	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	16 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

1797 to 2024

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 2024. 2024 had 460 records.

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

Records on 12-31 in each year
Year	Records
1797	1
1799	2
1826	1
1836	1
1842	2
1850	3
1853	1
1854	1
1859	1
1860	1
1867	1
1870	2
1872	2
1874	4
1875	2
1876	2
1878	2
1879	2
1880	2
1882	1
1884	2
1885	1
1886	3
1887	1
1888	2
1890	2
1891	8
1892	4
1895	4
1897	6
1898	5
1899	4
1900	3
1901	16
1902	3
1903	3
1904	11
1905	9
1906	31
1907	11
1908	7
1909	5
1910	25
1911	14
1912	17
1913	46
1914	34
1915	32
1916	25
1917	239
1918	24
1919	38
1920	64
1921	130
1922	83
1923	280
1924	113
1925	183
1926	77
1927	491
1928	53
1929	224
1930	58
1931	543
1932	394
1933	409
1934	181
1935	309
1936	567
1937	500
1938	247
1939	298
1940	467
1941	159
1942	352
1943	159
1944	259
1945	210
1946	707
1947	461
1948	591
1949	384
1950	310
1951	1,421
1952	377
1953	410
1954	286
1955	429
1956	216
1957	724
1958	584
1959	414
1960	389
1961	309
1962	810
1963	1,015
1964	388
1965	1,371
1966	326
1967	1,023
1968	1,371
1969	825
1970	579
1971	568
1972	836
1973	1,370
1974	590
1975	791
1976	1,306
1977	641
1978	2,791
1979	448
1980	1,448
1981	786
1982	639
1983	2,220
1984	942
1985	593
1986	616
1987	845
1988	600
1989	506
1990	1,379
1991	703
1992	1,062
1993	718
1994	878
1995	1,151
1996	2,202
1997	988
1998	739
1999	524
2000	1,575
2001	748
2002	1,232
2003	523
2004	1,278
2005	959
2006	2,089
2007	652
2008	656
2009	867
2010	1,544
2011	739
2012	803
2013	606
2014	903
2015	748
2016	678
2017	1,589
2018	620
2019	593
2020	489
2021	1,739
2022	1,497
2023	474
2024	460
2025	760

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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 50	383
50 to 100	5
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1