Weather Records on 11 December 2024

539 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 December 2024. Highest significance: Cairns Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 11 December 2024

On 11 December 2024, 539 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
243 were record highs and 37 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 522 daily.
Cairns Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 144.5 mm (5.7 in) on 11 December 2024.
Across 154 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 472 records.

Record Map

539 stations

539 station records on 11 December 2024 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 11 December 2024: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cairns Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	144.5 mm (5.7 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Clayton	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Winning	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Walhalla	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Providence	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Elkin	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
N Wilkesboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Clarks Hill 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Milgun	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Qui Nhon	Vietnam	Record daily precipitation	144.0 mm (5.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Wallal Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Danang Intl	Vietnam	Record daily precipitation	162.1 mm (6.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Barvesk	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Archerfield Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.4 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Frankfort 2NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.5 cm (5.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Pickens	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Rocky Mt	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hart 3 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cooperstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Pisgah Forest 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Anderson	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Pratten	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tombstone	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hanover	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Montpelier AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Brevard	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Washington Wwtp 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Alfred	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Harrisville Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Chester	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dahlonega 4WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Maleny Denning Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.8 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Clintonvale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.8 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Airy 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tryon	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kealakekua 26.2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Forest Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Canakkale	Turkey	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Port Jervis	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Morganton	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kinnoul	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.9 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kumbia Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.4 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Jondaryan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Munising	United States	Record snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hendersonville 1 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Woolwine 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Burlington Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Eumundi - Crescent Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lindfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cleveland	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Batesburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Canning Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Glenrive	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tallapoosa Wtr Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Slidell	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Lure 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rhodhiss Hydro Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Clemson UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Cotton West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

539 records

Records set or tied on 11 December 2024 by type: Highest daily maximum 110, Lowest daily maximum 11, Highest daily minimum 133, Lowest daily minimum 26, Heaviest daily rainfall 240, Heaviest daily snowfall 12, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 11 December 2024 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	110
Lowest daily maximum	11
Highest daily minimum	133
Lowest daily minimum	26
Heaviest daily rainfall	240
Heaviest daily snowfall	12
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 11 December 2024 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 16, daily 522.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

457 broken records

Margins by which the 457 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 203.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 December 2024

Top 20 records on 11 December 2024 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 December 2024	Cairns Post Office, AU	daily rain	144.5 mm (5.7 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	100 years	62 of 100 (Major)
11 December 2024	Clayton, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	66 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 2024	Winning, AU	monthly rain	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	116 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 2024	Walhalla, US	daily rain	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	124 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 2024	Providence, US	monthly rain	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	54 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 2024	Elkin, US	monthly rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	65 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 2024	N Wilkesboro, US	daily rain	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	55 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 2024	Clarks Hill 1 W, US	daily rain	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	55 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 2024	Milgun, AU	daily rain	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	49 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 2024	Qui Nhon, VN	daily rain	144.0 mm (5.7 in)	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	25 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 2024	Wallal Downs, AU	daily rain	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	99 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 2024	Danang Intl, VN	daily rain	162.1 mm (6.4 in)	117.1 mm (4.6 in)	26 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 2024	Barvesk, AU	monthly rain	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	18.4 mm (0.7 in)	38 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 2024	Archerfield Airport, AU	daily rain	65.4 mm (2.6 in)	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	90 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 2024	Frankfort 2NE, US	daily snowfall	14.5 cm (5.7 in)	4.3 cm (1.7 in)	116 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 2024	Pickens, US	daily rain	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 2024	Rocky Mt, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	55 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 2024	Hart 3 WSW, US	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	124 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 2024	Cooperstown, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	72 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 2024	Pisgah Forest 3 NE, US	daily rain	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	57 years	48 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

1796 to 2024

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 2024. 2024 had 539 records.

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

Records on 12-11 in each year
Year	Records
1796	2
1808	2
1815	2
1825	2
1841	1
1852	1
1855	2
1862	1
1868	1
1869	3
1871	4
1872	1
1876	2
1877	1
1878	2
1879	4
1880	2
1882	3
1886	1
1887	1
1889	1
1891	3
1892	2
1893	3
1894	1
1895	4
1897	2
1898	14
1899	5
1900	4
1901	5
1902	6
1903	2
1904	28
1905	15
1906	12
1907	30
1908	18
1909	7
1910	31
1911	49
1912	36
1913	8
1914	13
1915	93
1916	55
1917	103
1918	32
1919	40
1920	58
1921	49
1922	143
1923	88
1924	84
1925	81
1926	77
1927	232
1928	111
1929	345
1930	72
1931	762
1932	696
1933	260
1934	480
1935	290
1936	357
1937	839
1938	231
1939	626
1940	302
1941	353
1942	263
1943	196
1944	407
1945	234
1946	717
1947	342
1948	153
1949	1,201
1950	463
1951	261
1952	923
1953	157
1954	492
1955	312
1956	300
1957	517
1958	985
1959	322
1960	746
1961	1,300
1962	723
1963	604
1964	542
1965	1,216
1966	525
1967	945
1968	543
1969	587
1970	617
1971	900
1972	1,514
1973	334
1974	313
1975	454
1976	380
1977	1,182
1978	678
1979	847
1980	522
1981	949
1982	657
1983	971
1984	1,013
1985	1,471
1986	561
1987	639
1988	850
1989	584
1990	747
1991	1,102
1992	1,357
1993	749
1994	1,243
1995	1,837
1996	1,307
1997	1,203
1998	1,012
1999	769
2000	1,584
2001	626
2002	1,139
2003	646
2004	1,166
2005	816
2006	858
2007	1,613
2008	1,312
2009	1,091
2010	1,284
2011	416
2012	618
2013	737
2014	893
2015	1,183
2016	489
2017	670
2018	353
2019	442
2020	517
2021	1,175
2022	679
2023	814
2024	539
2025	1,691

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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	446
50 to 100	7
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1