Weather Records on 24 December 1955

1,334 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 December 1955. Highest significance: Carrajung Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 24 December 1955

On 24 December 1955, 1,334 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
1,043 were record highs and 54 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 169 monthly and 1,163 daily.
Carrajung Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 54.6 mm (2.1 in) on 24 December 1955.
Across 152 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 528 records.

Record Map

1,334 stations

1,334 station records on 24 December 1955 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 December 1955: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Carrajung Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Walhalla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Huntington Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	137.4 mm (5.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Dubois Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Roundup	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Maffra Shire Hall	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Grover 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Paynesville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Taipu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sierraville Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	39.4 cm (15.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Logan Utah St UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Elko Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	23.4 cm (9.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Fernbank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hetch Hetchy	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.7 mm (4.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Malad	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Jarbidge 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Yerington	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Los Banos	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mystic Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mystic Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Schurz	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Maffra Forestry Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
King City	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Le Grand	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Twin Lakes	United States	Record daily snowfall	83.8 cm (33.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Yosemite Park HQ	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.5 mm (4.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dutson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Garibaldi	Canada	Record daily snowfall	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Fallon Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lindenow	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
The Heart	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Piedra	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lakes Entrance Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bairnsdale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Seaspray (Burong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Blackwarry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Paynesville (Banksia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tshakhuma	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	91.5 mm (3.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sugar City	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.4 cm (8.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Big Timber	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Idria	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lamoille Ph	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Yerington	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Forestburg 4 NNE	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Soldier Summit	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bairnsdale 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Jefferson 3SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bedford 2 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fruita	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pratt 3NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Clydebank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Stradbroke West (Inglenook)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Middlewater	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Turlock #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Crested Butte	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Preston Sugar Factory	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Highmore	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nicholson (Yendalock)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Vitoria de Santo Antao	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ozark	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,334 records

Records set or tied on 24 December 1955 by type: Highest daily maximum 642, Lowest daily maximum 23, Highest daily minimum 401, Lowest daily minimum 31, Heaviest daily rainfall 171, Heaviest daily snowfall 51, Deepest snow cover 15.

Records on 24 December 1955 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	642
Lowest daily maximum	23
Highest daily minimum	401
Lowest daily minimum	31
Heaviest daily rainfall	171
Heaviest daily snowfall	51
Deepest snow cover	15

Records on 24 December 1955 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 169, daily 1,163.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,133 broken records

Margins by which the 1,133 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 546.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 December 1955

Top 20 records on 24 December 1955 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 December 1955	Carrajung Post Office, AU	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	60 years	61 of 100 (Major)
24 December 1955	Walhalla, AU	daily rain	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	41 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1955	Huntington Lake, US	daily rain	137.4 mm (5.4 in)	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	38 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1955	Dubois Exp STN, US	monthly rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	23 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1955	Roundup, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	38 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1955	Maffra Shire Hall, AU	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	60 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1955	Grover 2 S, US	monthly rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	39 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1955	Paynesville, AU	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	36 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1955	Taipu, BR	daily rain	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1955	Sierraville Rs, US	daily snowfall	39.4 cm (15.5 in)	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	38 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1955	Logan Utah St UNIV, US	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	12 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1955	Elko Rgnl AP, US	daily snowfall	23.4 cm (9.2 in)	18.3 cm (7.2 in)	38 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1955	Fernbank, AU	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	26 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1955	Hetch Hetchy, US	daily rain	121.7 mm (4.8 in)	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	14 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1955	Malad, US	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	12 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1955	Jarbidge 4 N, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	14 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1955	Yerington, US	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	9 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1955	Los Banos, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	8 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1955	Mystic Lake, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	13 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1955	Mystic Lake, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	24.7 cm (9.7 in)	13 years	47 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 1955

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1955. 1955 had 1,334 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 100	1,113
100 to 200	10
200 to 300	7
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	2
500 to 600	1