Weather Records on 24 December 1950

633 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 December 1950. Highest significance: Southampton, CA.

Key Facts for 24 December 1950

On 24 December 1950, 633 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
359 were record highs and 9 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 20 monthly and 613 daily.
Southampton set a daily record snowfall of 33.0 cm (13.0 in) on 24 December 1950.
Across 152 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 533 records.

Record Map

633 stations

633 station records on 24 December 1950 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 December 1950: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Southampton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Dorrigo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Geelkop	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Purwa	India	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tweespruit	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kamasin	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Thornlea	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Maudeha	India	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bhognipur	India	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sweetwater	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sertania (Alagoa de Baixo)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	58.5 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nawabganj	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gird	India	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Comboyne Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Karera	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Stewarts River Public School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mohanlalganj	India	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Potgietersrus	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Caron	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ladybrand (Skl)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kalpi	India	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wilbur	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Garotha	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ghatampur	India	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Musgrave	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pierson	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Spooner Ag Rsch STN	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Regina Int'l A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Telegraph Point (Farrawells Ro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Passau-Maierhof	Germany	Record snow depth	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Maytown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Port Macquarie (Bellevue Garde	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Quilimane	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tempe 3 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mecca Fire STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Los Lunas	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hennessey 4 ESE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
The Rock (Bullenbong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Unnao	India	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Saguache	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bend	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Khannah	India	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Moscow U of I	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Falls City 2 SSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville 2 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.9 cm (2.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hedal I Valdres	Norway	Record snow depth	105.0 cm (41.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kingman	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Paula	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Glasgow #2	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Red Lodge	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Colville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Conconully	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Quilcene 2 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Jardim	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Steveston	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Whiteriver 1 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Sierra Madre Henszey	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

633 records

Records set or tied on 24 December 1950 by type: Highest daily maximum 215, Lowest daily maximum 3, Highest daily minimum 144, Lowest daily minimum 6, Heaviest daily rainfall 229, Heaviest daily snowfall 23, Deepest snow cover 13.

Records on 24 December 1950 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	215
Lowest daily maximum	3
Highest daily minimum	144
Lowest daily minimum	6
Heaviest daily rainfall	229
Heaviest daily snowfall	23
Deepest snow cover	13

Records on 24 December 1950 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 20, daily 613.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

522 broken records

Margins by which the 522 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 203.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 December 1950

Top 20 records on 24 December 1950 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 December 1950	Southampton, CA	daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	59 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1950	Dorrigo Post Office, AU	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1950	Geelkop, ZA	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1950	Purwa, IN	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1950	Tweespruit, ZA	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	44 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1950	Kamasin, IN	monthly rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	46 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1950	Thornlea, ZA	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	23 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1950	Maudeha, IN	monthly rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	10 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1950	Bhognipur, IN	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	20 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1950	Sweetwater, ZA	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	24 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1950	Sertania (Alagoa de Baixo), BR	daily rain	58.5 mm (2.3 in)	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	24 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1950	Nawabganj, IN	monthly rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	26 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1950	Gird, IN	monthly rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	12 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1950	Comboyne Post Office, AU	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	33 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1950	Karera, IN	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	41 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1950	Kanpur, IN	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1950	Stewarts River Public School, AU	daily rain	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	40 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
24 December 1950	Mohanlalganj, IN	monthly rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	14 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
24 December 1950	Potgietersrus, ZA	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	25 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
24 December 1950	Caron, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	16 years	33 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 1950

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1950. 1950 had 633 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	511
50 to 100	8
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1