Weather Records on 24 December 1959

339 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 December 1959. Highest significance: Hollowaysrust, ZA.

Key Facts for 24 December 1959

On 24 December 1959, 339 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
58 were record highs and 33 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 335 daily.
Hollowaysrust set a daily record precipitation of 77.5 mm (3.1 in) on 24 December 1959.
Across 152 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 535 records.

Record Map

339 stations

339 station records on 24 December 1959 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 December 1959: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hollowaysrust	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Crowlands (Woodlands)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Greer	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Riggins	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Carrathool (Uardry)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Werribee Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Quambone (Sandy Camp)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Laverton Salines	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Waterloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	155.4 mm (6.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Condobolin Retirement Village	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Carrathool Motors	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ljubljana Bezigrad	Slovenia	Record daily precipitation	44.3 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Darlington Point (Tubbo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mologa Fine View	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Carpentaria Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Belah Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Coonamble (Warrana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mulege	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mundubbera	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Yanga (Warne)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kyabram Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Paupong Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Carrathool (Gum Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Leeukop	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tooraweenah (Denham St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cressy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Quiriego (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tongala (Peppertree Grove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Smythesdale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bordeaux-Merignac	France	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Moira Lower	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sheboygan	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Koolpinyah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Scotsburn (Mount Boninyong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Minocqua	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tongala	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gilberton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Pierce	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Burnett 3 S	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Plymouth Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Weipa Eastern Ave	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Vanrook Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
McCall	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Belvidere	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Avon Park 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
McCall	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Rosewood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Spring Creek Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Boonara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lodi	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Fernandina Beach	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
New London	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Rosedale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Florence	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Dunnigan	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Huntington	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Norwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

339 records

Records set or tied on 24 December 1959 by type: Highest daily maximum 7, Lowest daily maximum 21, Highest daily minimum 51, Lowest daily minimum 12, Heaviest daily rainfall 221, Heaviest daily snowfall 22, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 24 December 1959 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	7
Lowest daily maximum	21
Highest daily minimum	51
Lowest daily minimum	12
Heaviest daily rainfall	221
Heaviest daily snowfall	22
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 24 December 1959 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 335.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

287 broken records

Margins by which the 287 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 December 1959

Top 20 records on 24 December 1959 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 December 1959	Hollowaysrust, ZA	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	52 years	60 of 100 (Major)
24 December 1959	Crowlands (Woodlands), AU	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	45 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1959	Greer, US	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	54 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1959	Riggins, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1959	Carrathool (Uardry), AU	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	52 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1959	Werribee Post Office, AU	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	26 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1959	Quambone (Sandy Camp), AU	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	26 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1959	Laverton Salines, AU	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	26 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1959	Cambridge, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	54 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1959	Waterloo, AU	daily rain	155.4 mm (6.1 in)	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	22 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1959	Condobolin Retirement Village, AU	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	73 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1959	Carrathool Motors, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	52 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1959	Kremsmuenster, AT	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	40 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1959	Ljubljana Bezigrad, SI	daily rain	44.3 mm (1.7 in)	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	52 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1959	Darlington Point (Tubbo), AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	52 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1959	Mologa Fine View, AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1959	Carpentaria Downs Station, AU	daily rain	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	33 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1959	Belah Park, AU	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	37 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1959	Coonamble (Warrana), AU	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	42 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1959	Mulege, MX	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	28 years	44 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 1959

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1959. 1959 had 339 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 20	241
20 to 40	31
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1