Weather Records on 24 December 1954

231 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 December 1954. Highest significance: Burra (Worlds End), AU.

Key Facts for 24 December 1954

On 24 December 1954, 231 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
112 were record highs and 26 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 229 daily.
Burra (Worlds End) set a daily record precipitation of 45.7 mm (1.8 in) on 24 December 1954.
Across 152 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 535 records.

Record Map

231 stations

231 station records on 24 December 1954 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 December 1954: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Burra (Worlds End)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Tarlee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Olinda (Springdale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Nagarcoil	India	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Harrow (Pine Hills)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Williamstown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Petropavlovskij Majak	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Roseworthy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kalahasti	India	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Riverton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Purcell 2 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Punalur	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Shenkursk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	2.0 C (35.6 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Biser	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-2.9 C (26.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Thuckalay	India	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Atyrau	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	4.6 C (40.3 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Perm	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-0.8 C (30.6 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Feodosiia	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Long Prairie	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Syktyvkar	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Rocklin	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Clare Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Trunkey Creek (Trunkey (Black	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego de la Union	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cherdyn'	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-1.6 C (29.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tot-Ma	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Atyrau	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Troicko-Pecherskoe	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-0.5 C (31.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Westcliffe	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kirov	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-2.5 C (27.5 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Feodosiia	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ai-Petri	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Holy Cross	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Semej	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	-40.1 C (-40.2 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kamennaja-Step	Russia	Record daily precipitation	14.6 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pinsk	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	10.8 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Zametchino	Russia	Record daily precipitation	16.9 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Miandetta (Tyrone)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Underbool	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dergholm (Hillgrove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dimboola	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Weimar	Germany	Record snow depth	1.0 cm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Coolatai (Orana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bower	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tiega	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hamley Bridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Birchip (Woodlands)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Warmur West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Charam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Minsk	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Glen Garrie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Callington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kuppam	India	Record daily precipitation	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Watchem	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Watervale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wagant	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Meycode Adandai	India	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

231 records

Records set or tied on 24 December 1954 by type: Highest daily maximum 66, Lowest daily maximum 13, Highest daily minimum 46, Lowest daily minimum 13, Heaviest daily rainfall 86, Heaviest daily snowfall 6, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 24 December 1954 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	66
Lowest daily maximum	13
Highest daily minimum	46
Lowest daily minimum	13
Heaviest daily rainfall	86
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 24 December 1954 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 229.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

194 broken records

Margins by which the 194 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 68.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 December 1954

Top 20 records on 24 December 1954 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 December 1954	Burra (Worlds End), AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	51 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1954	Tarlee, AU	monthly rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	23 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1954	Olinda (Springdale), AU	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	44 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1954	Nagarcoil, IN	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	52 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1954	Harrow (Pine Hills), AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	32 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1954	Williamstown, AU	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	35 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1954	Petropavlovskij Majak, RU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	37 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1954	Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij, RU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	37 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1954	Roseworthy, AU	monthly rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	10 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
24 December 1954	Kalahasti, IN	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	68.4 mm (2.7 in)	23 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
24 December 1954	Riverton, AU	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	35 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
24 December 1954	Purcell 2 SW, US	daily high max	23.3 C (73.9 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	59 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
24 December 1954	Punalur, IN	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	45 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
24 December 1954	Shenkursk, RU	daily high max	2.0 C (35.6 F)	2.1 C (3.8 F)	61 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
24 December 1954	Biser, RU	daily high min	-2.9 C (26.8 F)	4.0 C (7.2 F)	53 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
24 December 1954	Thuckalay, IN	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	23 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
24 December 1954	Atyrau, KZ	daily high max	4.6 C (40.3 F)	3.1 C (5.6 F)	48 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
24 December 1954	Perm, RU	daily high min	-0.8 C (30.6 F)	3.5 C (6.3 F)	53 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
24 December 1954	Feodosiia, UA	daily high min	11.1 C (52.0 F)	2.4 C (4.3 F)	52 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
24 December 1954	Long Prairie, US	daily high min	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	52 years	26 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 1954

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1954. 1954 had 231 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 10	169
10 to 20	13
20 to 30	5
30 to 40	4
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	1