Weather Records on 14 December 2024

363 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 December 2024. Highest significance: Wattoning, AU.

Key Facts for 14 December 2024

On 14 December 2024, 363 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
122 were record highs and 37 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 349 daily.
Wattoning set a daily record precipitation of 37.0 mm (1.5 in) on 14 December 2024.
Across 164 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 455 records.

Record Map

363 stations

363 station records on 14 December 2024 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 December 2024: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Wattoning	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Willows 6 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Poprad/Tatry	Slovakia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Pohnpei WSO	Federated States of Micronesia	Record daily precipitation	147.1 mm (5.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Bryah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Cold Bay AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Brooweena Lahey St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Munising	United States	Record snow depth	99.1 cm (39.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ottumwa Ind AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Pullagaroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tangadee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kouvola Utti Lentoportintie	Finland	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Joutsa Leivonmaki Savenaho	Finland	Record daily precipitation	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kangasniemi Kirkonkyla	Finland	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sherlock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lort River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Isla de Pascua	Chile	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Virolahti Koivuniemi	Finland	Record daily precipitation	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Chumphon	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kookabookra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kealakekua 26.2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kouvola Anjala	Finland	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wallareenya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fajardo	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Clearbrook	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Joutsa Parnamaki	Finland	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
East London	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Texarkana Webb Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Monto Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Livermore	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
San Marcos	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Plain	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Muccan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bellville 6NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Columbia Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
San Francisco Dwtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Edah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Laverton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Springs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lichinga	Mozambique	Record high maximum temperature	31.6 C (88.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gavar	Armenia	Record low maximum temperature	-9.0 C (15.8 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sargents	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jalaluddin	Indonesia	Record low maximum temperature	28.1 C (82.6 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Brindisi	Italy	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
San Rafael-Civic Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dakar/Yoff	Senegal	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Inhambane	Mozambique	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Akron Washington Co AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Camas Creek Divide	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Quincy Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lord Howe Island Aero	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	22.3 C (72.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Taolagnaro	Madagascar	Record high maximum temperature	36.6 C (97.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Chokurdah	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	-10.5 C (13.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Warambie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Neds Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gindalbie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Maun	Botswana	Record high maximum temperature	39.1 C (102.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kuusamo Lentoasema-1	Finland	Record low maximum temperature	-17.1 C (1.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

363 records

Records set or tied on 14 December 2024 by type: Highest daily maximum 59, Lowest daily maximum 17, Highest daily minimum 63, Lowest daily minimum 20, Heaviest daily rainfall 196, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 14 December 2024 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	59
Lowest daily maximum	17
Highest daily minimum	63
Lowest daily minimum	20
Heaviest daily rainfall	196
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 14 December 2024 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 14, daily 349.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

321 broken records

Margins by which the 321 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 381.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 December 2024

Top 20 records on 14 December 2024 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 December 2024	Wattoning, AU	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	86 years	75 of 100 (Major)
14 December 2024	Willows 6 W, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	83 years	74 of 100 (Major)
14 December 2024	Concordia ASOS, US	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	132 years	68 of 100 (Major)
14 December 2024	Poprad/Tatry, SK	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	62 years	65 of 100 (Major)
14 December 2024	Pohnpei WSO, FM	daily rain	147.1 mm (5.8 in)	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	66 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 2024	Bryah, AU	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	51 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 2024	Cold Bay AP, US	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	38 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 2024	Brooweena Lahey St, AU	daily rain	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	81 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 2024	Munising, US	daily snow depth	99.1 cm (39.0 in)	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	66 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 2024	Ottumwa Ind AP, US	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	53 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 2024	Pullagaroo, AU	daily rain	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	11.3 mm (0.4 in)	92 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 2024	Tangadee, AU	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	64 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 2024	Kouvola Utti Lentoportintie, FI	daily rain	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	3 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 2024	Joutsa Leivonmaki Savenaho, FI	daily rain	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	3 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 2024	Kangasniemi Kirkonkyla, FI	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	13.6 mm (0.5 in)	3 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 2024	Sherlock, AU	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	68 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 2024	Lort River, AU	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	25 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 2024	Isla de Pascua, CL	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	29 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 2024	Virolahti Koivuniemi, FI	daily rain	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	3 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 2024	Chumphon, TH	daily rain	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	56 years	44 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 363 records.

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

Records on 12-14 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1806	1
1808	4
1814	1
1825	2
1831	1
1835	1
1840	2
1846	2
1847	1
1848	1
1849	1
1852	1
1855	3
1863	1
1867	2
1868	1
1870	1
1871	1
1872	1
1878	4
1879	2
1880	3
1881	3
1882	1
1886	2
1887	1
1888	2
1889	2
1890	1
1891	4
1892	2
1893	4
1894	4
1895	1
1896	3
1897	7
1898	3
1899	11
1900	3
1901	20
1902	10
1903	11
1904	12
1905	2
1906	7
1907	22
1908	10
1909	14
1910	14
1911	13
1912	41
1913	9
1914	85
1915	99
1916	96
1917	55
1918	97
1919	29
1920	67
1921	52
1922	112
1923	255
1924	238
1925	319
1926	206
1927	384
1928	332
1929	410
1930	92
1931	418
1932	260
1933	571
1934	141
1935	158
1936	384
1937	325
1938	81
1939	182
1940	237
1941	433
1942	323
1943	331
1944	243
1945	415
1946	397
1947	490
1948	818
1949	139
1950	305
1951	724
1952	382
1953	370
1954	225
1955	388
1956	443
1957	244
1958	814
1959	294
1960	654
1961	823
1962	886
1963	663
1964	337
1965	610
1966	483
1967	959
1968	337
1969	498
1970	174
1971	864
1972	907
1973	628
1974	328
1975	2,092
1976	445
1977	1,023
1978	389
1979	709
1980	774
1981	1,031
1982	496
1983	1,197
1984	1,862
1985	1,400
1986	397
1987	1,317
1988	674
1989	2,058
1990	629
1991	1,098
1992	1,308
1993	954
1994	558
1995	1,331
1996	832
1997	1,401
1998	1,227
1999	793
2000	1,950
2001	1,391
2002	863
2003	978
2004	738
2005	845
2006	1,445
2007	636
2008	1,319
2009	848
2010	1,891
2011	867
2012	938
2013	565
2014	1,046
2015	2,200
2016	650
2017	563
2018	699
2019	588
2020	551
2021	763
2022	1,028
2023	619
2024	363
2025	1,772

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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	314
50 to 100	2
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1
350 to 400	1