Weather Records on 27 December 1924

340 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 December 1924. Highest significance: Cooma Lambie Street, AU.

Key Facts for 27 December 1924

On 27 December 1924, 340 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
13 were record highs and 250 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 333 daily.
Cooma Lambie Street set a daily record precipitation of 65.5 mm (2.6 in) on 27 December 1924.
Across 150 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 541 records.

Record Map

340 stations

340 station records on 27 December 1924 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 December 1924: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cooma Lambie Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Bombala (Therry Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kamloops	Canada	Record daily snowfall	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Candelo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Eden (Caravan Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bodalla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Waverley	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nqamakwe (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bega (Newtown Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Elliotdale (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Foster (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bukalong Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Delegate (Weewalla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tsomo (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cooma (Carlaminda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Moruya Heads Pilot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Adaminaby Alpine Tourist Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
New Ulm 2 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Moab	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-28.3 C (-18.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bobundara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Riche	Canada	Record daily snowfall	18.5 cm (7.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnison 3SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Jimenbuen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Atlantic 1 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-29.4 C (-20.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bourke Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Mahackala	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-21.3 C (-6.3 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-23.9 C (-11.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnison 3SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-42.8 C (-45.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Millport 4 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Angel	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kamloops	Canada	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Uccle	Belgium	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tallinn	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Winterswijk	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dromana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Muenster	Germany	Record daily precipitation	13.1 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Holmogadd A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	9.3 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Horton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Austin	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yalata	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Leongatha Sth Gippsland Water	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Astrakan	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-29.8 C (-21.6 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Ljungby	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Rockville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Calumet	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-23.9 C (-11.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Collegeville St John's	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Lynd #2	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-34.4 C (-29.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus 3 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-29.4 C (-20.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Fillmore	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-27.2 C (-17.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Eau Claire	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-29.4 C (-20.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Medford	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-32.2 C (-26.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Butchers Ridge Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Port Arthur	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-26.1 C (-15.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Payette	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Lebo	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Brunswick	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Green Hill	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-26.1 C (-15.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

340 records

Records set or tied on 27 December 1924 by type: Highest daily maximum 6, Lowest daily maximum 80, Highest daily minimum 7, Lowest daily minimum 170, Heaviest daily rainfall 70, Heaviest daily snowfall 4, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 27 December 1924 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	6
Lowest daily maximum	80
Highest daily minimum	7
Lowest daily minimum	170
Heaviest daily rainfall	70
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 27 December 1924 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 5, daily 333.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

293 broken records

Margins by which the 293 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 109.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 December 1924

Top 20 records on 27 December 1924 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 December 1924	Cooma Lambie Street, AU	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1924	Bombala (Therry Street), AU	daily rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1924	Kamloops, CA	daily snowfall	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	13 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1924	Candelo Post Office, AU	daily rain	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	70.2 mm (2.8 in)	1 year	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1924	Eden (Caravan Park), AU	daily rain	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	4 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1924	Bodalla Post Office, AU	daily rain	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	1 year	41 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1924	Waverley, ZA	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	17 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1924	Nqamakwe (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	17 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1924	Bega (Newtown Road), AU	monthly rain	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	5 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1924	Elliotdale (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	15 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1924	Foster (Post Office), AU	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	17 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1924	Bukalong Station, AU	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	12 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1924	Delegate (Weewalla), AU	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	1 year	32 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1924	Tsomo (Pol), ZA	all-time rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	21 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1924	Cooma (Carlaminda), AU	monthly rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	17 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1924	Moruya Heads Pilot Station, AU	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	1 year	28 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1924	Adaminaby Alpine Tourist Park, AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	6 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1924	New Ulm 2 SE, US	daily low max	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	11.1 C (20.0 F)	29 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1924	Moab, US	all-time low min	-28.3 C (-18.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	11 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1924	Bobundara, AU	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	3 years	25 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 1924

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1924. 1924 had 340 records.

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

Records on 12-27 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1798	2
1810	1
1839	2
1845	1
1849	1
1860	2
1862	1
1868	1
1869	1
1872	3
1875	1
1876	2
1881	1
1882	2
1886	1
1889	3
1890	1
1891	2
1892	4
1894	6
1896	5
1897	6
1898	5
1899	3
1900	4
1901	4
1902	6
1903	12
1904	21
1905	9
1906	8
1907	38
1908	3
1909	25
1910	13
1911	12
1912	51
1913	24
1914	44
1915	42
1916	43
1917	67
1918	42
1919	188
1920	148
1921	336
1922	37
1923	292
1924	340
1925	509
1926	208
1927	175
1928	282
1929	394
1930	142
1931	314
1932	219
1933	474
1934	199
1935	706
1936	972
1937	241
1938	396
1939	429
1940	526
1941	204
1942	880
1943	246
1944	274
1945	406
1946	878
1947	356
1948	445
1949	730
1950	481
1951	266
1952	118
1953	241
1954	511
1955	533
1956	628
1957	316
1958	425
1959	1,114
1960	385
1961	217
1962	490
1963	243
1964	897
1965	473
1966	715
1967	817
1968	993
1969	778
1970	352
1971	1,207
1972	401
1973	819
1974	782
1975	622
1976	613
1977	815
1978	775
1979	578
1980	1,778
1981	832
1982	1,449
1983	2,382
1984	814
1985	821
1986	484
1987	2,166
1988	1,855
1989	925
1990	880
1991	477
1992	500
1993	1,329
1994	1,122
1995	1,317
1996	1,758
1997	850
1998	924
1999	867
2000	1,392
2001	642
2002	944
2003	1,242
2004	853
2005	913
2006	965
2007	838
2008	1,708
2009	1,005
2010	1,851
2011	1,094
2012	1,118
2013	506
2014	482
2015	2,877
2016	884
2017	1,415
2018	1,039
2019	558
2020	402
2021	1,532
2022	1,025
2023	750
2024	680
2025	1,100

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Data for records on 1924-12-27: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	271
20 to 40	16
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1