Heat wave in Russia and 2 other countries, 25 November to 2 December 2024

Name: Heat wave in Russia and 2 other countries, 25 November to 2 December 2024
Start: 2024-11-25
End: 2024-12-02
Location: Russia, Mongolia, China

Heat wave in Russia and 2 other countries, 25 November to 2 December 2024: 126 records at 72 stations, peak on 28 November 2024. Closed.

Data as of 2026-10-17. Last revised 17 October 2026 (2026-10-17).

Key Facts

Heat wave in Russia and 2 other countries, 25 November to 2 December 2024 set or tied 126 station records at 72 stations.
It ran from 25 November 2024 to 2 December 2024 (8 days) and its peak day was 28 November 2024.
Status: closed.
Irkutsk set a daily record high maximum temperature of 7.1 C (44.8 F) on 28 November 2024.
The busiest day was 28 November 2024 with 46 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 76 years.

Footprint

25 November to 2 December 2024

The area covered by Heat wave in Russia and 2 other countries, 25 November to 2 December 2024 is outlined, with 20 of the stations that set records marked, coloured by record type. Made with Natural Earth.

Footprint of Heat wave in Russia and 2 other countries, 25 November to 2 December 2024: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Irkutsk	Record high maximum temperature	7.1 C (44.8 F)	2024-11-28
Bajandaj	Record high maximum temperature	1.6 C (34.9 F)	2024-11-28
Tolka	Record high minimum temperature	-3.6 C (25.5 F)	2024-11-27
Mondy	Record high minimum temperature	-3.2 C (26.2 F)	2024-11-27
Verhnjaja Gutara	Record high maximum temperature	6.8 C (44.2 F)	2024-11-28
Balagansk	Record high maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	2024-11-28
Leting	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	2024-11-30
Jinan	Record high maximum temperature	17.6 C (63.7 F)	2024-11-30
Verhneimbatsk	Record high maximum temperature	0.4 C (32.7 F)	2024-11-28
Petrovskij Zavod	Record high maximum temperature	1.3 C (34.3 F)	2024-11-28
Dalian	Record high maximum temperature	13.6 C (56.5 F)	2024-12-02
Turuhansk	Record high maximum temperature	-0.8 C (30.6 F)	2024-11-25
Aleksandrovskoe	Record high maximum temperature	4.8 C (40.6 F)	2024-11-27
Jinzhou	Record high maximum temperature	11.9 C (53.4 F)	2024-12-02
Laryak	Record high maximum temperature	3.8 C (38.8 F)	2024-11-27
Chengde	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	2024-11-30
Bayan-Ovoo	Record high minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	2024-11-29
Matad	Record high minimum temperature	-6.0 C (21.2 F)	2024-11-29
Nenastnaja	Record high maximum temperature	7.6 C (45.7 F)	2024-11-29
Vanzil-Kynak	Record high maximum temperature	3.1 C (37.6 F)	2024-11-27

Records per Day

Peak day 46

Records set or tied each day from 25 November 2024 to 2 December 2024. The most in one day was 46 on 28 November 2024.

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Heat wave in Russia and 2 other countries, 25 November to 2 December 2024 ranked by margin
Mondy, 11-27	8.0 C (14.4 F)
Bayan-Ovoo, 11-29	6.9 C (12.4 F)
Balagansk, 11-28	4.9 C (8.8 F)
Leting, 11-30	4.2 C (7.6 F)
Irkutsk, 11-28	4.1 C (7.4 F)
Matad, 11-29	4.0 C (7.2 F)
Laryak, 11-27	2.6 C (4.7 F)
Aleksandrovskoe, 11-27	2.5 C (4.5 F)
Tolka, 11-27	2.4 C (4.3 F)
Verhnjaja Gutara, 11-28	2.4 C (4.3 F)
Chengde, 11-30	2.1 C (3.8 F)
Bajandaj, 11-28	1.7 C (3.1 F)
Vanzil-Kynak, 11-27	1.7 C (3.1 F)
Jinan, 11-30	1.5 C (2.7 F)
Dalian, 12-02	1.0 C (1.8 F)

Margin is how far the new value is beyond the record it replaced. Ties are not shown.

Margin Against Age of the Broken Record

126 records plotted by how far they beat the old record (across) and how many years the old record had stood (up). Long standing records beaten by a wide margin sit in the top right.

Margin against age of the broken record in Heat wave in Russia and 2 other countries, 25 November to 2 December 2024
Margin (C)	Years the old record stood
4.1	69
1.7	69
2.4	76
2.4	69
4.9	55
8.0	41
4.2	56
1.5	71
1.0	69
0.5	61
0.2	71
0.6	66
0.1	61
2.5	55
2.1	56
2.6	55
6.9	35
4.0	48
0.9	52
1.7	55
0.2	55
1.3	55
3.5	35
0.6	56
0.1	56
1.5	44
1.6	41
1.0	55
1.4	55
1.5	48
1.8	47
0.2	56
2.6	35
6.9	19
2.4	30
6.2	25
4.1	32
4.0	32
1.9	41
0.9	47
1.9	44
0.7	51
2.1	41
1.7	35
0.9	44
3.3	30
0.2	49
2.0	40
2.1	38
5.8	16
0.2	41
4.0	34
2.4	30
1.7	36
2.1	32
3.1	30
7.7	3
1.7	30
1.1	32
3.2	11
4.8	16
0.8	36
2.7	36
0.3	35
1.4	30
1.2	24
2.9	16
0.4	34
3.8	19
3.7	16
1.6	30
2.3	30
0.6	36
4.0	16
0.5	32
3.7	16
1.4	16
1.4	16
0.2	29
0.5	30
1.0	30
0.1	30
2.8	16
3.2	16
3.1	16
3.2	16
4.3	16
3.2	16
1.6	16
2.3	16
1.5	14
2.1	14
2.1	16
1.8	16
1.6	15
0.7	11
2.0	16
1.2	16
0.7	16
1.4	16
1.5	16
2.1	16
0.1	16
0.4	16
0.1	17
1.7	9
1.7	16
0.5	16
0.1	16
0.5	16
2.0	3
1.0	17
1.8	16
1.5	16
0.1	16
0.6	16
0.6	16
1.3	16
0.5	11
1.4	3
1.8	11
0.4	16
0.5	14
0.2	14
0.2	11
0.7	3

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Heat wave in Russia and 2 other countries, 25 November to 2 December 2024 compared with similar events
Heat wave in United States and Mexico, 16 January to 14 February 2024	9,869 records
Heat wave in United States, 28 January to 24 February 2026	6,528 records
Heat wave in United States and Mexico, 24 May to 19 June 2020	5,047 records
Heat wave in United States and Mexico, 26 March to 17 April 2021	3,669 records
Heat wave in Germany and 49 other countries, 18 December 2021 to 15 January 2022	3,626 records
Heat wave in Russia and 2 other countries, 25 November to 2 December 2024 (this event)	126 records

Every Record Set

20 of 126

Every record set or tied during Heat wave in Russia and 2 other countries, 25 November to 2 December 2024, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2024-11-25	Turuhansk	Record high maximum temperature	-0.8 C (30.6 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	61	27 of 100 (Routine)
2024-11-27	Tolka	Record high minimum temperature	-3.6 C (25.5 F)	2.4 C (4.3 F)	76	31 of 100 (Routine)
2024-11-27	Mondy	Record high minimum temperature	-3.2 C (26.2 F)	8.0 C (14.4 F)	41	31 of 100 (Routine)
2024-11-27	Aleksandrovskoe	Record high maximum temperature	4.8 C (40.6 F)	2.5 C (4.5 F)	55	27 of 100 (Routine)
2024-11-27	Laryak	Record high maximum temperature	3.8 C (38.8 F)	2.6 C (4.7 F)	55	26 of 100 (Routine)
2024-11-27	Vanzil-Kynak	Record high maximum temperature	3.1 C (37.6 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	55	24 of 100 (Routine)
2024-11-28	Irkutsk	Record high maximum temperature	7.1 C (44.8 F)	4.1 C (7.4 F)	69	35 of 100 (Notable)
2024-11-28	Bajandaj	Record high maximum temperature	1.6 C (34.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	69	32 of 100 (Routine)
2024-11-28	Verhnjaja Gutara	Record high maximum temperature	6.8 C (44.2 F)	2.4 C (4.3 F)	69	31 of 100 (Routine)
2024-11-28	Balagansk	Record high maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	4.9 C (8.8 F)	55	31 of 100 (Routine)
2024-11-28	Verhneimbatsk	Record high maximum temperature	0.4 C (32.7 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	61	28 of 100 (Routine)
2024-11-28	Petrovskij Zavod	Record high maximum temperature	1.3 C (34.3 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	71	28 of 100 (Routine)
2024-11-29	Bayan-Ovoo	Record high minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	6.9 C (12.4 F)	35	25 of 100 (Routine)
2024-11-29	Matad	Record high minimum temperature	-6.0 C (21.2 F)	4.0 C (7.2 F)	48	25 of 100 (Routine)
2024-11-29	Nenastnaja	Record high maximum temperature	7.6 C (45.7 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	52	25 of 100 (Routine)
2024-11-30	Leting	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	4.2 C (7.6 F)	56	30 of 100 (Routine)
2024-11-30	Jinan	Record high maximum temperature	17.6 C (63.7 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	71	30 of 100 (Routine)
2024-11-30	Chengde	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	2.1 C (3.8 F)	56	26 of 100 (Routine)
2024-12-02	Dalian	Record high maximum temperature	13.6 C (56.5 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	69	28 of 100 (Routine)
2024-12-02	Jinzhou	Record high maximum temperature	11.9 C (53.4 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	66	27 of 100 (Routine)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 126 records the event counts. The counts above use the full total.

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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)) Data as of 2026-10-17. Events are found by this site from station records and are not official designations. Records are provisional until reprocessed.

Date	Records
2024-11-25	1
2024-11-26	3
2024-11-27	23
2024-11-28	46
2024-11-29	27
2024-11-30	22
2024-12-02	4

Margin (C)	Years the old record stood
4.1	69
1.7	69
2.4	76
2.4	69
4.9	55
8.0	41
4.2	56
1.5	71
1.0	69
0.5	61
0.2	71
0.6	66
0.1	61
2.5	55
2.1	56
2.6	55
6.9	35
4.0	48
0.9	52
1.7	55
0.2	55
1.3	55
3.5	35
0.6	56
0.1	56
1.5	44
1.6	41
1.0	55
1.4	55
1.5	48
1.8	47
0.2	56
2.6	35
6.9	19
2.4	30
6.2	25
4.1	32
4.0	32
1.9	41
0.9	47
1.9	44
0.7	51
2.1	41
1.7	35
0.9	44
3.3	30
0.2	49
2.0	40
2.1	38
5.8	16
0.2	41
4.0	34
2.4	30
1.7	36
2.1	32
3.1	30
7.7	3
1.7	30
1.1	32
3.2	11
4.8	16
0.8	36
2.7	36
0.3	35
1.4	30
1.2	24
2.9	16
0.4	34
3.8	19
3.7	16
1.6	30
2.3	30
0.6	36
4.0	16
0.5	32
3.7	16
1.4	16
1.4	16
0.2	29
0.5	30
1.0	30
0.1	30
2.8	16
3.2	16
3.1	16
3.2	16
4.3	16
3.2	16
1.6	16
2.3	16
1.5	14
2.1	14
2.1	16
1.8	16
1.6	15
0.7	11
2.0	16
1.2	16
0.7	16
1.4	16
1.5	16
2.1	16
0.1	16
0.4	16
0.1	17
1.7	9
1.7	16
0.5	16
0.1	16
0.5	16
2.0	3
1.0	17
1.8	16
1.5	16
0.1	16
0.6	16
0.6	16
1.3	16
0.5	11
1.4	3
1.8	11
0.4	16
0.5	14
0.2	14
0.2	11
0.7	3

Margin (C)	Years the old record stood
4.1	69
1.7	69
2.4	76
2.4	69
4.9	55
8.0	41
4.2	56
1.5	71
1.0	69
0.5	61
0.2	71
0.6	66
0.1	61
2.5	55
2.1	56
2.6	55
6.9	35
4.0	48
0.9	52
1.7	55
0.2	55
1.3	55
3.5	35
0.6	56
0.1	56
1.5	44
1.6	41
1.0	55
1.4	55
1.5	48
1.8	47
0.2	56
2.6	35
6.9	19
2.4	30
6.2	25
4.1	32
4.0	32
1.9	41
0.9	47
1.9	44
0.7	51
2.1	41
1.7	35
0.9	44
3.3	30
0.2	49
2.0	40
2.1	38
5.8	16
0.2	41
4.0	34
2.4	30
1.7	36
2.1	32
3.1	30
7.7	3
1.7	30
1.1	32
3.2	11
4.8	16
0.8	36
2.7	36
0.3	35
1.4	30
1.2	24
2.9	16
0.4	34
3.8	19
3.7	16
1.6	30
2.3	30
0.6	36
4.0	16
0.5	32
3.7	16
1.4	16
1.4	16
0.2	29
0.5	30
1.0	30
0.1	30
2.8	16
3.2	16
3.1	16
3.2	16
4.3	16
3.2	16
1.6	16
2.3	16
1.5	14
2.1	14
2.1	16
1.8	16
1.6	15
0.7	11
2.0	16
1.2	16
0.7	16
1.4	16
1.5	16
2.1	16
0.1	16
0.4	16
0.1	17
1.7	9
1.7	16
0.5	16
0.1	16
0.5	16
2.0	3
1.0	17
1.8	16
1.5	16
0.1	16
0.6	16
0.6	16
1.3	16
0.5	11
1.4	3
1.8	11
0.4	16
0.5	14
0.2	14
0.2	11
0.7	3