Weather Records on 24 November 1955

621 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 November 1955. Highest significance: Arrowrock Dam, US.

Key Facts for 24 November 1955

On 24 November 1955, 621 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
41 were record highs and 257 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 610 daily.
Arrowrock Dam set a daily record snowfall of 17.8 cm (7.0 in) on 24 November 1955.
Across 161 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 466 records.

Record Map

621 stations

621 station records on 24 November 1955 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 November 1955: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Arrowrock Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Minchinbury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Valemount	Canada	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Spokane Intl AP	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Valemount	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Nelson Bay (Nelson Head)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hettinger	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Port Germein	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Newcastle Nobbys Signal Statio	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Rome	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bumping Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kellogg	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ellerston (Hunters Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sandpoint Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Prince Rupert	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
McBride 4SE	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hazelton	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Valemount	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Amiandos	Cyprus	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Andrews	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sitka Magnetic Obsy	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Warrangong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Alert Bay	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bella Coola	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Klipbanksfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ocean Falls	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
High River	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-29.4 C (-20.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hanamkonda	India	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Orenburg	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-29.5 C (-21.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Witelsbos (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Browning	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Benton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Heron 2 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dandaloo (Kelvin)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tacaratu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Morro Do Chapeu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ketchikan AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ocean Falls	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Stewart	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bralorne	Canada	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Simpson	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-31.7 C (-25.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tiruppuvanam	India	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	3.1 C (37.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Idaho City	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sitka Magnetic Obsy	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Itaporanga Dajuda	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ocean Falls	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Prince Rupert	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Entrance	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-36.7 C (-34.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hetch Hetchy	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Watsonville Wtr Wks	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Resaca	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Copperhill	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bella Coola	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Barkerville	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Entrance	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tuscaloosa Oliver Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pierce Rs	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Benton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

621 records

Records set or tied on 24 November 1955 by type: Highest daily maximum 15, Lowest daily maximum 172, Highest daily minimum 26, Lowest daily minimum 85, Heaviest daily rainfall 266, Heaviest daily snowfall 40, Deepest snow cover 17.

Records on 24 November 1955 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	15
Lowest daily maximum	172
Highest daily minimum	26
Lowest daily minimum	85
Heaviest daily rainfall	266
Heaviest daily snowfall	40
Deepest snow cover	17

Records on 24 November 1955 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 11, daily 610.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

530 broken records

Margins by which the 530 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 305.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 November 1955

Top 20 records on 24 November 1955 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 November 1955	Arrowrock Dam, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
24 November 1955	Minchinbury, AU	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	40 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
24 November 1955	Valemount, CA	daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 November 1955	Spokane Intl AP, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	58 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 November 1955	Valemount, CA	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	5 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 November 1955	Nelson Bay (Nelson Head), AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	52 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 November 1955	Hettinger, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	38 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
24 November 1955	Port Germein, AU	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	38 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
24 November 1955	Newcastle Nobbys Signal Statio, AU	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	81 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
24 November 1955	Rome, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	48 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
24 November 1955	Bumping Lake, US	daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	9 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
24 November 1955	Kellogg, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	49 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
24 November 1955	Ellerston (Hunters Vale), AU	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
24 November 1955	Sandpoint Exp STN, US	daily snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	33 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
24 November 1955	Prince Rupert, CA	daily low min	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	45 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
24 November 1955	McBride 4SE, CA	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	28 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
24 November 1955	Hazelton, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	37 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
24 November 1955	Valemount, CA	daily low max	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	8.3 C (14.9 F)	38 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
24 November 1955	Amiandos, CY	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	6 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
24 November 1955	Andrews, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	44 years	32 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 1955

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1955. 1955 had 621 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 11-24 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1812	1
1824	2
1831	1
1836	1
1838	1
1841	1
1846	1
1852	2
1853	1
1856	2
1858	3
1863	1
1865	2
1868	1
1869	1
1870	1
1873	1
1874	1
1877	1
1879	1
1880	3
1881	1
1882	3
1885	1
1886	1
1888	6
1889	1
1890	6
1892	3
1893	2
1895	2
1896	3
1897	1
1898	3
1899	3
1900	3
1901	3
1902	12
1903	8
1904	15
1905	17
1906	19
1907	14
1908	53
1909	30
1910	9
1911	47
1912	24
1913	26
1914	64
1915	20
1916	97
1917	110
1918	18
1919	43
1920	21
1921	60
1922	66
1923	164
1924	261
1925	132
1926	107
1927	410
1928	110
1929	226
1930	368
1931	945
1932	186
1933	211
1934	100
1935	221
1936	216
1937	302
1938	778
1939	234
1940	439
1941	166
1942	490
1943	192
1944	418
1945	226
1946	368
1947	745
1948	459
1949	487
1950	1,821
1951	627
1952	762
1953	280
1954	315
1955	621
1956	732
1957	282
1958	650
1959	665
1960	318
1961	660
1962	299
1963	351
1964	330
1965	1,334
1966	840
1967	294
1968	271
1969	284
1970	1,493
1971	836
1972	633
1973	1,513
1974	434
1975	844
1976	412
1977	1,071
1978	703
1979	1,458
1980	1,053
1981	910
1982	1,223
1983	1,370
1984	1,074
1985	2,300
1986	713
1987	781
1988	904
1989	1,005
1990	1,031
1991	928
1992	1,515
1993	2,296
1994	792
1995	956
1996	1,232
1997	489
1998	893
1999	1,202
2000	705
2001	1,808
2002	755
2003	1,166
2004	1,255
2005	1,115
2006	992
2007	1,001
2008	777
2009	889
2010	1,626
2011	1,046
2012	370
2013	1,155
2014	1,016
2015	493
2016	452
2017	1,526
2018	535
2019	323
2020	391
2021	451
2022	378
2023	554
2024	755
2025	453

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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 50	506
50 to 100	10
100 to 150	9
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	1