Weather Records on 24 December 2020

395 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 December 2020. Highest significance: Hastings Dam 2, US.

Key Facts for 24 December 2020

On 24 December 2020, 395 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
170 were record highs and 24 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 389 daily.
Hastings Dam 2 set a daily record precipitation of 31.5 mm (1.2 in) on 24 December 2020.
Across 152 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 534 records.

Record Map

395 stations

395 station records on 24 December 2020 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 December 2020: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hastings Dam 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Derbent	Russia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Oak Park Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Binghamton	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Jackson	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Williamsport Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Towanda 1 S	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Charlottesville Albemarle AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sherwood Park Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Neillsville 3ESE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
St. Brandon (St. Ra	Mauritius	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hagerstown 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Elmira Corning Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nicholson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Northwood	United States	Record high maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Postville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wright 3 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.3 cm (6.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Amery	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Narrogin	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	39.8 C (103.6 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Aileron	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Naha	Japan	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Caledonia	United States	Record high maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cooperstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Canton	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ellsworth 1E	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Alpha Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Carthage Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Canton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Shippensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hancock Exp Farm	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Shuttle Meadow Rsvr	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Osage	United States	Record high maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
E Stroudsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mather 3 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Monklands	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fukue	Japan	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Algona	United States	Record high maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mason City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hastings Dam 2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bridger 2 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Smithfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Medford	United States	Record high maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Binghamton	United States	Record snow depth	48.0 cm (18.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Baden-Baden-Geroldsau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Guttenberg L&D 10	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Austin Waste Wtp Facility	United States	Record high maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pipestone	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Zumbrota	United States	Record high maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sparta	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Danbury	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sheldon	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Merrill	United States	Record high maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Trempealeau Dam 6	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Martinsburg E W Virginia Rgnl	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Watertown AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Forest Lake 5NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Huntington Tri-State AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mobile Dwtn AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lancelin	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	29.0 C (84.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

395 records

Records set or tied on 24 December 2020 by type: Highest daily maximum 122, Lowest daily maximum 12, Highest daily minimum 48, Lowest daily minimum 12, Heaviest daily rainfall 145, Heaviest daily snowfall 42, Deepest snow cover 14.

Records on 24 December 2020 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	122
Lowest daily maximum	12
Highest daily minimum	48
Lowest daily minimum	12
Heaviest daily rainfall	145
Heaviest daily snowfall	42
Deepest snow cover	14

Records on 24 December 2020 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 389.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

337 broken records

Margins by which the 337 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 152.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 December 2020

Top 20 records on 24 December 2020 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 December 2020	Hastings Dam 2, US	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	88 years	71 of 100 (Major)
24 December 2020	Derbent, RU	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	73 years	69 of 100 (Major)
24 December 2020	Oak Park Station, AU	daily rain	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	78 years	66 of 100 (Major)
24 December 2020	Binghamton, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	42 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 2020	Jackson, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	13.7 cm (5.4 in)	21 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 2020	Williamsport Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	34 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 2020	Towanda 1 S, US	daily snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	51 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 2020	Charlottesville Albemarle AP, US	daily rain	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	42 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 2020	Sherwood Park Station, AU	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	73 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 2020	Cambridge, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	126 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 2020	Neillsville 3ESE, US	daily high max	9.4 C (48.9 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	126 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 2020	St. Brandon (St. Ra, MU	daily rain	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	57 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 2020	Hagerstown 1E, US	daily rain	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	34 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 2020	Elmira Corning Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	17 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 2020	Nicholson, AU	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	17 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 2020	Northwood, US	daily high max	7.2 C (45.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	113 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 2020	Postville, US	daily high max	9.4 C (48.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	116 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 2020	Wright 3 E, US	daily snowfall	16.3 cm (6.4 in)	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	33 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 2020	Amery, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	75 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 2020	Narrogin, AU	daily high max	39.8 C (103.6 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	105 years	41 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

1793 to 2020

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2020. 2020 had 395 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	283
20 to 40	33
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	7
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	3
140 to 160	1