Weather Records on 24 December 1932

849 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 December 1932. Highest significance: Lilydale, AU.

Key Facts for 24 December 1932

On 24 December 1932, 849 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
371 were record highs and 18 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 25 monthly and 824 daily.
Lilydale set a daily record precipitation of 51.3 mm (2.0 in) on 24 December 1932.
Across 152 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 531 records.

Record Map

849 stations

849 station records on 24 December 1932 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 December 1932: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lilydale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Lebanon 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Ambala Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Panipat	India	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Karnal	India	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Gravette	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Anderson	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kotarh	India	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Nakur	India	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bodalla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Jalalabad	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Forbesganj	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Decorah	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Webster City	United States	Record snow depth	114.3 cm (45.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gormanston (Gould Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hastings Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Banjar(Saraj-Teh)	India	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fayetteville Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wandin (Yallock)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kulu	India	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ambari	India	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pauri	India	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mena	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kew	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kistwar	India	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wilton	India	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dharmsala Lower	India	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Jullundar	India	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Patiala Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Maroondah Weir (Melbourne Wate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jagraon	India	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rogers	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
1 N McLeansboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Logansport Cicott St	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Arcadia	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Boonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Eden (Caravan Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dandenong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Essendon 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Black Springs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cobargo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Escanaba	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cathcart (Old Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nakodar	India	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Saharanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Farmland 5 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mexico	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Launceston (Pumping Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Zeehan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kairana	India	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Blackburn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Phillaur	India	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rajpur	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Berinag	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	20.1 C (68.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nethercote	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Prahran (Como House)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ozark	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Waverly	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rolla Missouri S&T	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

849 records

Records set or tied on 24 December 1932 by type: Highest daily maximum 186, Lowest daily maximum 13, Highest daily minimum 185, Lowest daily minimum 5, Heaviest daily rainfall 453, Heaviest daily snowfall 4, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 24 December 1932 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	186
Lowest daily maximum	13
Highest daily minimum	185
Lowest daily minimum	5
Heaviest daily rainfall	453
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 24 December 1932 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 25, daily 824.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

756 broken records

Margins by which the 756 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 1041.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 December 1932

Top 20 records on 24 December 1932 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 December 1932	Lilydale, AU	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	37 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1932	Lebanon 2W, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1932	Ambala Obsy, IN	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1932	Panipat, IN	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1932	Karnal, IN	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1932	Gravette, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1932	Anderson, US	daily rain	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	56.8 mm (2.2 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1932	Kotarh, IN	monthly rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	19 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1932	Nakur, IN	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1932	Bodalla Post Office, AU	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	19 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1932	Jalalabad, IN	monthly rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	9 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1932	Forbesganj, IN	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1932	Decorah, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1932	Webster City, US	daily snow depth	114.3 cm (45.0 in)	104.1 cm (41.0 in)	2 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1932	Gormanston (Gould Street), AU	daily rain	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	14 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1932	Hastings Post Office, AU	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	57 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1932	Banjar(Saraj-Teh), IN	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	11 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1932	Fayetteville Exp STN, US	daily rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1932	Wandin (Yallock), AU	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	14 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1932	Kulu, IN	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	12 years	39 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 1932

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1932. 1932 had 849 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 200	755
200 to 400	0
400 to 600	0
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	0
1000 to 1200	1