Heat wave in United States and Russia, 2 to 14 December 2024

Name: Heat wave in United States and Russia, 2 to 14 December 2024
Start: 2024-12-02
End: 2024-12-14
Location: United States, Russia

Heat wave in United States and Russia, 2 to 14 December 2024: 167 records at 56 stations, peak on 10 December 2024. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Heat wave in United States and Russia, 2 to 14 December 2024 set or tied 167 station records at 56 stations.
It ran from 2 December 2024 to 14 December 2024 (13 days) and its peak day was 10 December 2024.
Status: closed.
Matanuska Exp Farm set a monthly record high minimum temperature of 5.6 C (42.1 F) on 10 December 2024.
The busiest day was 10 December 2024 with 66 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 122 years.

Footprint

2 to 14 December 2024

The area covered by Heat wave in United States and Russia, 2 to 14 December 2024 is outlined, with 11 of the stations that set records marked, coloured by record type. Made with Natural Earth.

Footprint of Heat wave in United States and Russia, 2 to 14 December 2024: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Matanuska Exp Farm	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	2024-12-10
Wiseman	Record high minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	2024-12-05
Kotzebue AP	Record high minimum temperature	-3.2 C (26.2 F)	2024-12-09
Ft Yukon	Record high minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	2024-12-08
Bethel AP	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	2024-12-09
Dillingham FAA AP	Record high maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	2024-12-10
Nenana Muni AP	Record high minimum temperature	-0.5 C (31.1 F)	2024-12-11
Nome AP	Record high maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	2024-12-11
Homer AP	Record high maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	2024-12-10
Aniak AP	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	2024-12-09
University Exp STN	Record high minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	2024-12-10

Records per Day

Peak day 66

Records set or tied each day from 2 December 2024 to 14 December 2024. The most in one day was 66 on 10 December 2024.

Records per day during Heat wave in United States and Russia, 2 to 14 December 2024
Date	Records
2024-12-02	2
2024-12-03	5
2024-12-04	9
2024-12-05	8
2024-12-06	3
2024-12-07	1
2024-12-08	8
2024-12-09	32
2024-12-10	66
2024-12-11	24
2024-12-12	8
2024-12-14	1

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Heat wave in United States and Russia, 2 to 14 December 2024 ranked by margin
Wiseman, 12-05	2.2 C (4.0 F)
Nenana Muni AP, 12-11	1.7 C (3.1 F)
Aniak AP, 12-08	1.7 C (3.1 F)
University Exp STN, 12-10	1.6 C (2.9 F)
Kotzebue AP, 12-09	1.2 C (2.2 F)
Bethel AP, 12-11	1.2 C (2.2 F)
Wiseman, 12-12	1.2 C (2.2 F)
Nenana Muni AP, 12-10	1.2 C (2.2 F)
Ft Yukon, 12-08	1.1 C (2.0 F)
Ft Yukon, 12-09	1.1 C (2.0 F)
Dillingham FAA AP, 12-10	1.1 C (2.0 F)
Dillingham FAA AP, 12-10	1.1 C (2.0 F)
Bethel AP, 12-09	1.1 C (2.0 F)
Kotzebue AP, 12-11	1.1 C (2.0 F)
Matanuska Exp Farm, 12-10	0.6 C (1.1 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

167 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 United States and Russia, 2 to 14 December 2024
Margin (C)	Years the old record stood
0.6	83
2.2	105
1.2	122
1.1	98
1.1	98
1.1	92
1.1	92
1.7	93
1.2	92
1.1	92
0.5	92
0.5	92
0.6	54
1.2	80
0.5	84
1.1	41
0.6	38
1.6	64
1.2	64
1.7	61
1.6	61
2.7	67
0.6	63
0.5	63
1.2	61
1.1	61
2.2	39
2.3	39
1.7	39
1.7	38
1.7	39
0.6	9
0.5	39
0.2	24
1.1	38
1.1	18
2.1	42
2.3	39
0.6	19
0.3	15
2.2	19
1.6	38
2.8	17
1.1	19
0.6	22
0.5	39
4.4	24
4.5	24
0.7	39
0.2	38
0.2	39
0.4	39
3.9	21
5.5	17
5.0	22
1.6	10
2.7	7
2.8	5
3.9	22
2.2	24
3.3	22
4.5	17
4.0	19
3.7	7
0.6	19
3.4	22
2.9	19
2.2	17
2.0	18
2.0	18
1.1	5
1.1	19
1.7	19
2.2	17
1.7	24
4.5	13
2.2	22
3.9	13
2.1	19
2.6	19
2.4	13
0.7	22
1.2	5
2.2	15
2.3	18
1.7	17
2.2	19
3.8	13
1.7	19
3.3	7
1.6	19
2.8	13
3.1	7
1.0	22
1.1	15
0.2	22
2.2	7
0.5	6
1.1	7
0.6	22
1.6	7
0.6	22
0.6	22
1.1	19
0.5	22
3.9	7
3.3	13
5.6	5
3.4	13
1.1	19
1.1	17
0.1	22
0.9	15
0.2	19
0.3	22
1.7	7
0.8	16
1.9	7
0.5	7
0.1	5
0.6	10
0.6	19
2.8	7
0.6	10
2.2	13
0.6	19
3.4	5
4.4	5
0.6	18
1.7	7
1.6	7
2.0	7
0.1	15
1.6	7
0.6	11
0.6	7
1.1	7
2.3	5
1.7	11
2.8	5
3.3	5
2.2	7
1.8	7
0.7	15
2.0	7
0.9	7
0.8	7
2.2	5
0.6	5
2.2	5
1.7	5
1.1	7
2.2	5
1.1	7
2.8	5
0.5	13
1.1	7
0.7	11
0.4	7
1.7	5
0.4	7
0.2	7
1.1	5
1.1	5
0.7	7
0.1	6
0.6	6

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Heat wave in United States and Russia, 2 to 14 December 2024 compared with similar events
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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 United States and Russia, 2 to 14 December 2024 (this event)	167 records

Every Record Set

20 of 167

Every record set or tied during Heat wave in United States and Russia, 2 to 14 December 2024, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2024-12-05	Wiseman	Record high minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	105	42 of 100 (Notable)
2024-12-08	Ft Yukon	Record high minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	98	40 of 100 (Notable)
2024-12-08	Aniak AP	Record high maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	61	29 of 100 (Routine)
2024-12-09	Kotzebue AP	Record high minimum temperature	-3.2 C (26.2 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	122	41 of 100 (Notable)
2024-12-09	Ft Yukon	Record high minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	98	40 of 100 (Notable)
2024-12-09	Bethel AP	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	92	38 of 100 (Notable)
2024-12-09	Dillingham FAA AP	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	92	37 of 100 (Notable)
2024-12-09	Aniak AP	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	38	31 of 100 (Routine)
2024-12-10	Matanuska Exp Farm	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	83	45 of 100 (Notable)
2024-12-10	Dillingham FAA AP	Record high maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	92	38 of 100 (Notable)
2024-12-10	Dillingham FAA AP	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	92	38 of 100 (Notable)
2024-12-10	Bethel AP	Record high maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	92	37 of 100 (Notable)
2024-12-10	Homer AP	Record high maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	84	34 of 100 (Routine)
2024-12-10	University Exp STN	Record high minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	64	30 of 100 (Routine)
2024-12-10	Nenana Muni AP	Record high minimum temperature	-2.1 C (28.2 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	64	30 of 100 (Routine)
2024-12-11	Nenana Muni AP	Record high minimum temperature	-0.5 C (31.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	93	38 of 100 (Notable)
2024-12-11	Bethel AP	Record high maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	92	38 of 100 (Notable)
2024-12-11	Nome AP	Record high maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	54	36 of 100 (Notable)
2024-12-11	Kotzebue AP	Record high maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	41	33 of 100 (Routine)
2024-12-12	Wiseman	Record high minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	80	35 of 100 (Notable)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 167 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.

Margin (C)	Years the old record stood
0.6	83
2.2	105
1.2	122
1.1	98
1.1	98
1.1	92
1.1	92
1.7	93
1.2	92
1.1	92
0.5	92
0.5	92
0.6	54
1.2	80
0.5	84
1.1	41
0.6	38
1.6	64
1.2	64
1.7	61
1.6	61
2.7	67
0.6	63
0.5	63
1.2	61
1.1	61
2.2	39
2.3	39
1.7	39
1.7	38
1.7	39
0.6	9
0.5	39
0.2	24
1.1	38
1.1	18
2.1	42
2.3	39
0.6	19
0.3	15
2.2	19
1.6	38
2.8	17
1.1	19
0.6	22
0.5	39
4.4	24
4.5	24
0.7	39
0.2	38
0.2	39
0.4	39
3.9	21
5.5	17
5.0	22
1.6	10
2.7	7
2.8	5
3.9	22
2.2	24
3.3	22
4.5	17
4.0	19
3.7	7
0.6	19
3.4	22
2.9	19
2.2	17
2.0	18
2.0	18
1.1	5
1.1	19
1.7	19
2.2	17
1.7	24
4.5	13
2.2	22
3.9	13
2.1	19
2.6	19
2.4	13
0.7	22
1.2	5
2.2	15
2.3	18
1.7	17
2.2	19
3.8	13
1.7	19
3.3	7
1.6	19
2.8	13
3.1	7
1.0	22
1.1	15
0.2	22
2.2	7
0.5	6
1.1	7
0.6	22
1.6	7
0.6	22
0.6	22
1.1	19
0.5	22
3.9	7
3.3	13
5.6	5
3.4	13
1.1	19
1.1	17
0.1	22
0.9	15
0.2	19
0.3	22
1.7	7
0.8	16
1.9	7
0.5	7
0.1	5
0.6	10
0.6	19
2.8	7
0.6	10
2.2	13
0.6	19
3.4	5
4.4	5
0.6	18
1.7	7
1.6	7
2.0	7
0.1	15
1.6	7
0.6	11
0.6	7
1.1	7
2.3	5
1.7	11
2.8	5
3.3	5
2.2	7
1.8	7
0.7	15
2.0	7
0.9	7
0.8	7
2.2	5
0.6	5
2.2	5
1.7	5
1.1	7
2.2	5
1.1	7
2.8	5
0.5	13
1.1	7
0.7	11
0.4	7
1.7	5
0.4	7
0.2	7
1.1	5
1.1	5
0.7	7
0.1	6
0.6	6

Margin (C)	Years the old record stood
0.6	83
2.2	105
1.2	122
1.1	98
1.1	98
1.1	92
1.1	92
1.7	93
1.2	92
1.1	92
0.5	92
0.5	92
0.6	54
1.2	80
0.5	84
1.1	41
0.6	38
1.6	64
1.2	64
1.7	61
1.6	61
2.7	67
0.6	63
0.5	63
1.2	61
1.1	61
2.2	39
2.3	39
1.7	39
1.7	38
1.7	39
0.6	9
0.5	39
0.2	24
1.1	38
1.1	18
2.1	42
2.3	39
0.6	19
0.3	15
2.2	19
1.6	38
2.8	17
1.1	19
0.6	22
0.5	39
4.4	24
4.5	24
0.7	39
0.2	38
0.2	39
0.4	39
3.9	21
5.5	17
5.0	22
1.6	10
2.7	7
2.8	5
3.9	22
2.2	24
3.3	22
4.5	17
4.0	19
3.7	7
0.6	19
3.4	22
2.9	19
2.2	17
2.0	18
2.0	18
1.1	5
1.1	19
1.7	19
2.2	17
1.7	24
4.5	13
2.2	22
3.9	13
2.1	19
2.6	19
2.4	13
0.7	22
1.2	5
2.2	15
2.3	18
1.7	17
2.2	19
3.8	13
1.7	19
3.3	7
1.6	19
2.8	13
3.1	7
1.0	22
1.1	15
0.2	22
2.2	7
0.5	6
1.1	7
0.6	22
1.6	7
0.6	22
0.6	22
1.1	19
0.5	22
3.9	7
3.3	13
5.6	5
3.4	13
1.1	19
1.1	17
0.1	22
0.9	15
0.2	19
0.3	22
1.7	7
0.8	16
1.9	7
0.5	7
0.1	5
0.6	10
0.6	19
2.8	7
0.6	10
2.2	13
0.6	19
3.4	5
4.4	5
0.6	18
1.7	7
1.6	7
2.0	7
0.1	15
1.6	7
0.6	11
0.6	7
1.1	7
2.3	5
1.7	11
2.8	5
3.3	5
2.2	7
1.8	7
0.7	15
2.0	7
0.9	7
0.8	7
2.2	5
0.6	5
2.2	5
1.7	5
1.1	7
2.2	5
1.1	7
2.8	5
0.5	13
1.1	7
0.7	11
0.4	7
1.7	5
0.4	7
0.2	7
1.1	5
1.1	5
0.7	7
0.1	6
0.6	6