Weather Records on 24 December 2018

208 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 December 2018. Highest significance: Winnemucca AP, US.

Key Facts for 24 December 2018

On 24 December 2018, 208 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
75 were record highs and 29 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 204 daily.
Winnemucca AP set a monthly record daily precipitation of 29.2 mm (1.1 in) on 24 December 2018.
Across 152 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 536 records.

Record Map

208 stations

208 station records on 24 December 2018 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 December 2018: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Mudanjiang	China	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Qamdo	China	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Garze	China	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Dulan	China	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Saratow	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Eide Pa Nordmore	Norway	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wallowa	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ostas I Hegra	Norway	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hvalynsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Science Garden	Philippines	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Otteroy	Norway	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Shiptons Flat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	206.2 mm (8.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hustadvatn	Norway	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Irtyshsk	Kazakhstan	Record low maximum temperature	-31.2 C (-24.2 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Afjord - Momyr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Loksmyr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bely Island	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-3.5 C (25.7 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Daly Waters AWS	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	42.0 C (107.6 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hvar	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	17.7 C (63.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Fruita	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
San Manuel	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gustavus	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Halls Creek Airport	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	43.3 C (109.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Capo Bellavista	Italy	Record high maximum temperature	23.2 C (73.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Eddystone Point	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Navacerrada	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Graton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Circle Hot Springs	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Long Beach Daugherty AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Bruny Lighthouse	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	24.5 C (76.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Oksendal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kochki	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-32.6 C (-26.7 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Overhalla - Unnset	Norway	Record daily precipitation	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hinatuan	Philippines	Record low maximum temperature	27.5 C (81.5 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Baevo	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-29.0 C (-20.2 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Carnarvon Airport	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	42.6 C (108.7 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Port Douglas - Warner St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	190.0 mm (7.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Chany	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-31.1 C (-24.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Utklippan	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-0.7 C (30.7 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Victoria River Downs	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	41.6 C (106.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ndjamena	Chad	Record low minimum temperature	9.5 C (49.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Cap Cepet	France	Record high minimum temperature	13.4 C (56.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Eresfjord	Norway	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Christchurch Intl	New Zealand	Record low minimum temperature	6.4 C (43.5 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Navacerrada	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Karabulak	Russia	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Aasiaat (Egedesminde)	Greenland [Denmark]	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hawthorne	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lovelock Derby Fld AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lahontan Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Livny	Russia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Uzhhorod	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moloaa 1145	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Aasiaat	Greenland [Denmark]	Record daily precipitation	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Deer Lodge 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mosnov	Czech Republic	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
S. Valentino Alla Muta	Italy	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Saskylah	Russia	Record daily precipitation	4.9 mm (0.19 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

208 records

Records set or tied on 24 December 2018 by type: Highest daily maximum 31, Lowest daily maximum 14, Highest daily minimum 44, Lowest daily minimum 15, Heaviest daily rainfall 94, Heaviest daily snowfall 7, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 24 December 2018 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	31
Lowest daily maximum	14
Highest daily minimum	44
Lowest daily minimum	15
Heaviest daily rainfall	94
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 24 December 2018 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 204.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

187 broken records

Margins by which the 187 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 102.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 December 2018

Top 20 records on 24 December 2018 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 December 2018	Winnemucca AP, US	monthly rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	109 years	61 of 100 (Major)
24 December 2018	Mudanjiang, CN	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 2018	Qamdo, CN	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 2018	Garze, CN	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 2018	Dulan, CN	daily rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	31 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 2018	Saratow, RU	daily rain	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	16 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 2018	Eide Pa Nordmore, NO	daily rain	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	17 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 2018	Wallowa, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 2018	Ostas I Hegra, NO	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	6.0 mm (0.24 in)	84 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 2018	Hvalynsk, RU	monthly rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	5.7 mm (0.22 in)	41 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 2018	Science Garden, PH	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	17 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 2018	Otteroy, NO	daily rain	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	43 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 2018	Shiptons Flat, AU	monthly rain	206.2 mm (8.1 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	45 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 2018	Hustadvatn, NO	daily rain	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	1 year	37 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 2018	Irtyshsk, KZ	daily low max	-31.2 C (-24.2 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	76 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 2018	Afjord - Momyr, NO	daily rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	27 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
24 December 2018	Loksmyr, NO	daily rain	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	16.1 mm (0.6 in)	12 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
24 December 2018	Bely Island, RU	daily high min	-3.5 C (25.7 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	76 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
24 December 2018	Daly Waters AWS, AU	daily high max	42.0 C (107.6 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	60 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
24 December 2018	Hvar, HR	daily high max	17.7 C (63.9 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	60 years	29 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 2018

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2018. 2018 had 208 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	169
20 to 40	13
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1