Weather Records on 24 December 1927

81 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 December 1927. Highest significance: Mackay Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 24 December 1927

On 24 December 1927, 81 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
11 were record highs and 27 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 77 daily.
Mackay Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 286.5 mm (11.3 in) on 24 December 1927.
Across 152 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 536 records.

Record Map

81 stations

81 station records on 24 December 1927 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 December 1927: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mackay Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	286.5 mm (11.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Collaroy Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	161.0 mm (6.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
St Lawrence Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Springsure Comet St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Blackwater Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Elliotdale (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bundaberg Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Peak Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sfax El-Maou	Tunisia	Record high minimum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Reid River Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ai-Petri	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Unb	Canada	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Emerald Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Redding Fire STN 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Orleansville (Chlef)	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Gyzylarbat	Turkmenistan	Record daily precipitation	18.4 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolaev	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Odesa	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Spring Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kenhardt (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	0.6 mm (0.02 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Sidi-Bel-Abbes	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Rolleston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Comet Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Duaringa Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-32.3 C (-26.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record high minimum temperature	8.4 C (47.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Gayndah Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Pitea	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-25.2 C (-13.4 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Torrens Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Charters Towers Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	25.8 C (78.4 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Bogantungan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Pontotoc	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Rosebud	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
La Crosse Wb City	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Warrinilla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Tewantin Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Henichesk	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Inkerman Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Sellheim	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Perry the Pines	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Newlands	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin 3 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Taroom Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Ventspils	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	8.8 mm (0.35 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Oktjabrskij-Gorodok	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-27.4 C (-17.3 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Weldon	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Somerset Main Street	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
McDonnell Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Nord-Rana	Norway	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Rosebud	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Rocky Mt	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Miles City	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Watertown	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Jackson Exp STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Aramac Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

81 records

Records set or tied on 24 December 1927 by type: Highest daily maximum 2, Lowest daily maximum 13, Highest daily minimum 9, Lowest daily minimum 14, Heaviest daily rainfall 39, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 24 December 1927 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	2
Lowest daily maximum	13
Highest daily minimum	9
Lowest daily minimum	14
Heaviest daily rainfall	39
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 24 December 1927 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 77.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

68 broken records

Margins by which the 68 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 271.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 December 1927

Top 20 records on 24 December 1927 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 December 1927	Mackay Post Office, AU	daily rain	286.5 mm (11.3 in)	271.5 mm (10.7 in)	25 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1927	Collaroy Station, AU	daily rain	161.0 mm (6.3 in)	134.8 mm (5.3 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1927	St Lawrence Post Office, AU	daily rain	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	36 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1927	Springsure Comet St, AU	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	0 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
24 December 1927	Blackwater Post Office, AU	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	20 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
24 December 1927	Elliotdale (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
24 December 1927	Bundaberg Post Office, AU	daily low max	22.8 C (73.0 F)	4.8 C (8.6 F)	20 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
24 December 1927	Peak Downs, AU	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	12 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
24 December 1927	Sfax El-Maou, TN	monthly high min	17.0 C (62.6 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	39 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
24 December 1927	Reid River Railway Station, AU	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	20 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
24 December 1927	Ai-Petri, UA	daily rain	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	31 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
24 December 1927	Gunnedah Pool, AU	daily low max	23.9 C (75.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	40 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
24 December 1927	Fredericton Unb, CA	daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	13 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
24 December 1927	Tizi Ouzou, DZ	daily high min	15.0 C (59.0 F)	4.0 C (7.2 F)	17 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
24 December 1927	Emerald Post Office, AU	daily low max	22.8 C (73.0 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	20 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
24 December 1927	Redding Fire STN 2, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	33 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
24 December 1927	Orleansville (Chlef), DZ	daily high min	13.0 C (55.4 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	26 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
24 December 1927	Gyzylarbat, TM	daily rain	18.4 mm (0.7 in)	15.4 mm (0.6 in)	27 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
24 December 1927	Sheffield, GB	daily rain	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	5 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
24 December 1927	Nikolaev, UA	daily rain	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	38 years	20 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 1927

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1927. 1927 had 81 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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	63
50 to 100	1
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1