Weather Records on 24 December 1946

245 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 December 1946. Highest significance: Coulta, AU.

Key Facts for 24 December 1946

On 24 December 1946, 245 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
129 were record highs and 17 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 225 daily.
Coulta set a monthly record daily precipitation of 55.4 mm (2.2 in) on 24 December 1946.
Across 152 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 535 records.

Record Map

245 stations

245 station records on 24 December 1946 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 December 1946: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Coulta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Yeelana (Brimpton Lake)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Woomera (Arcoona)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Sedan (Sandleton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Courela (Challner)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Dawson (Anda-Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cummins	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ceduna (Koonibba Reserve)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Wirrulla (Petina)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Elliston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kappawanta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
West Wyalong (Tallimbalong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bookaloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Woomera (Mahanewo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Port Kenny (Yandra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Hope (Fairview)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Siam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lock (Terre)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Wedge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ungarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Palermo	Italy	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Coondambo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bramfield Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Miltalie (Hillview)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cleve (Pineside)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Moonaree	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Butler (Anona)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Yeelana (Brooker)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mundoora	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tumby Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kanmantoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Yeelanna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Belair (Kalyra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kondoolka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Pimba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Port Augusta (Carriewerloo STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Woocalla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Oroville 1 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tennant Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tumby Bay (Hillview)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Den Helder-1	Netherlands	Record low minimum temperature	-11.5 C (11.3 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hesso	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kimba (the Pines)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Laramie	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Trida (Cogie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ivanhoe (Mt Manara)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mina	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Marree (Witchelina)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tumby Bay (Warratta Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mincha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Iron Knob	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Streaky Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Frome Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kokpekty	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pondooma Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Lincoln (White Flat)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
White Cliffs (Wonnaminta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Woomera (South Gap Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lyndhurst Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

245 records

Records set or tied on 24 December 1946 by type: Highest daily maximum 58, Lowest daily maximum 4, Highest daily minimum 71, Lowest daily minimum 13, Heaviest daily rainfall 91, Heaviest daily snowfall 8.

Records on 24 December 1946 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	58
Lowest daily maximum	4
Highest daily minimum	71
Lowest daily minimum	13
Heaviest daily rainfall	91
Heaviest daily snowfall	8
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 24 December 1946 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 18, daily 225.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

197 broken records

Margins by which the 197 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 55.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 December 1946

Top 20 records on 24 December 1946 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 December 1946	Coulta, AU	monthly rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	54 years	72 of 100 (Major)
24 December 1946	Yeelana (Brimpton Lake), AU	monthly rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 years	63 of 100 (Major)
24 December 1946	Woomera (Arcoona), AU	monthly rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	16 years	60 of 100 (Major)
24 December 1946	Sedan (Sandleton), AU	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	27 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1946	Courela (Challner), AU	monthly rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	1 year	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1946	Dawson (Anda-Vale), AU	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	27 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1946	Cummins, AU	monthly rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	9 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1946	Ceduna (Koonibba Reserve), AU	monthly rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	1 year	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1946	Wirrulla (Petina), AU	monthly rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	1 year	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1946	Elliston, AU	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	11 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1946	Kappawanta, AU	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1946	West Wyalong (Tallimbalong), AU	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1946	Bookaloo, AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	11 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1946	Woomera (Mahanewo), AU	monthly rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	27 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1946	Port Kenny (Yandra), AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	41 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1946	Mount Hope (Fairview), AU	all-time rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	8 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1946	Siam, AU	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	27 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1946	Lock (Terre), AU	monthly rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	1 year	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1946	Mount Wedge, AU	monthly rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	16 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1946	Ungarra, AU	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	11 years	37 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 1946

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1946. 1946 had 245 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 10	146
10 to 20	27
20 to 30	17
30 to 40	4
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	2