Weather Records on 24 December 1934

178 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 December 1934. Highest significance: W Lafayette 6 NW, US.

Key Facts for 24 December 1934

On 24 December 1934, 178 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
28 were record highs and 12 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 177 daily.
W Lafayette 6 NW set a daily record snowfall of 20.3 cm (8.0 in) on 24 December 1934.
Across 152 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 536 records.

Record Map

178 stations

178 station records on 24 December 1934 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 December 1934: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
W Lafayette 6 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Peddie (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Masset Airport	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Degilbo Rail STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Delaware 3 WSW	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bowral Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bharatpur	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kieskamahoek (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gympie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Middleton (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Browning	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Chinchilla Water Treatment Pla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Nanaimo	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Hat A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Norman	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Flagstaff (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Nerang Gilston Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bourke North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Charters Towers Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tijara	India	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Etawah	India	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kon-Kolodez	Russia	Record daily precipitation	6.7 mm (0.26 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nimarana	India	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen Rd (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Esquimalt	Canada	Record daily snowfall	0.8 cm (0.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rewari	India	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tauru(Uaoru)	India	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Hat A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sohana	India	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jatusana	India	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Khetri	India	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Norman	Canada	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Punahana	India	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chhota Kosi	India	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Neemkathana	India	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
De Vlei "de Kruis"	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Darwin Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kilkivan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Murwillumbah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nagaur (Nagore )	India	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vale	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gowrie Junction	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Chhipabarod	India	Record daily precipitation	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Didwana	India	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Mahwa (Mahwar)	India	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Khairagarh	India	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Dixon Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Huntington	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Levan	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide West Terrace	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	9.3 C (48.7 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Nes Pa Hedmark	Norway	Record snow depth	6.0 cm (2.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Williston Sloulin Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	5.9 C (42.6 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Ernest Junction Rail STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Manly Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Inglewood Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Srimadhopur	India	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Cairns Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Rajakhera	India	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Gladstone Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

178 records

Records set or tied on 24 December 1934 by type: Highest daily maximum 4, Lowest daily maximum 5, Highest daily minimum 24, Lowest daily minimum 7, Heaviest daily rainfall 115, Heaviest daily snowfall 15, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 24 December 1934 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	4
Lowest daily maximum	5
Highest daily minimum	24
Lowest daily minimum	7
Heaviest daily rainfall	115
Heaviest daily snowfall	15
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 24 December 1934 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 177.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

161 broken records

Margins by which the 161 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 175.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 December 1934

Top 20 records on 24 December 1934 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 December 1934	W Lafayette 6 NW, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	17.5 cm (6.9 in)	32 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1934	Peddie (Mag), ZA	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	47 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1934	Masset Airport, CA	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	32 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1934	Degilbo Rail STN, AU	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	38 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
24 December 1934	Delaware 3 WSW, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	28 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
24 December 1934	Bowral Post Office, AU	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
24 December 1934	Bharatpur, IN	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	11 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
24 December 1934	Kieskamahoek (Pol), ZA	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	47 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
24 December 1934	Gympie, AU	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
24 December 1934	Middleton (Sar), ZA	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	6.8 mm (0.27 in)	47 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
24 December 1934	Browning, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	8.8 cm (3.5 in)	39 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
24 December 1934	Chinchilla Water Treatment Pla, AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	11 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
24 December 1934	Nanaimo, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	8 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
24 December 1934	Medicine Hat A, CA	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	41 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
24 December 1934	Cape Norman, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	43 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
24 December 1934	Flagstaff (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	24 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
24 December 1934	Nerang Gilston Rd, AU	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	31 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
24 December 1934	Bourke North, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	24 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
24 December 1934	Charters Towers Post Office, AU	daily high max	41.7 C (107.1 F)	3.6 C (6.5 F)	23 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
24 December 1934	Tijara, IN	daily rain	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	32 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 1934

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1934. 1934 had 178 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 25	145
25 to 50	10
50 to 75	1
75 to 100	2
100 to 125	1
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	2