Weather Records on 24 December 1962

741 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 December 1962. Highest significance: Port Lavaca 2, US.

Key Facts for 24 December 1962

On 24 December 1962, 741 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
31 were record highs and 298 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 26 monthly and 714 daily.
Port Lavaca 2 set a daily record precipitation of 60.7 mm (2.4 in) on 24 December 1962.
Across 152 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 532 records.

Record Map

741 stations

741 station records on 24 December 1962 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 December 1962: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Port Lavaca 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Blyde (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	146.0 mm (5.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Toolamba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cumbalum (Fairview)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lismore (Centre Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bochum-1	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bochum	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	91.5 mm (3.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Nymboida (Armidale Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ashwood	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Palmetto	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tullahoma	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lower Bucca	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Broadwater Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tacoma	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Corinth 5 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
De Hoek (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	140.8 mm (5.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-15.5 C (4.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pechipparai	India	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Alvin	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrence Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kulasekaram	India	Record daily precipitation	81.4 mm (3.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Raymondville	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Harwood Island (Harwood Sugar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Picos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Maasbult	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Oak City	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Condong Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Woolgoolga (Clear Place)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Butchers Ridge Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Danevang 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Santana Do Matos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Savannah 6 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Angleton 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Drake (Village Resource Centre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Grafton City Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sandy Cape Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Grandchester Symes St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pillar Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-12.1 C (10.2 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Madison	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kingfisher	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Alice	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Matagorda #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Oak City	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Numinbah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ulmarra (Newsagency)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Brooklana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Marianna 2 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Watonga	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mercedes 6 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pedro II	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	64.6 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rifle	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tahoka	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Christmas Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Innis Plain	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nimbin Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	-11.2 C (11.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
San Benito	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Augsburg (Sankt Stephan)	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-11.0 C (12.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

741 records

Records set or tied on 24 December 1962 by type: Highest daily maximum 9, Lowest daily maximum 226, Highest daily minimum 22, Lowest daily minimum 72, Heaviest daily rainfall 273, Heaviest daily snowfall 95, Deepest snow cover 44.

Records on 24 December 1962 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	9
Lowest daily maximum	226
Highest daily minimum	22
Lowest daily minimum	72
Heaviest daily rainfall	273
Heaviest daily snowfall	95
Deepest snow cover	44

Records on 24 December 1962 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 26, daily 714.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

629 broken records

Margins by which the 629 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 400.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 December 1962

Top 20 records on 24 December 1962 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 December 1962	Port Lavaca 2, US	daily rain	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	51 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1962	Blyde (Bos), ZA	daily rain	146.0 mm (5.7 in)	89.1 mm (3.5 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1962	Toolamba, AU	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1962	Cumbalum (Fairview), AU	daily rain	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	8 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1962	Lismore (Centre Street), AU	daily rain	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	74.1 mm (2.9 in)	8 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1962	Bochum-1, ZA	daily rain	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	21 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1962	Bochum, ZA	daily rain	91.5 mm (3.6 in)	80.1 mm (3.2 in)	21 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1962	Nymboida (Armidale Road), AU	daily rain	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	28 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1962	Ashwood, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	49 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1962	Palmetto, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	64 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1962	Tullahoma, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	33 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1962	Lower Bucca, AU	daily rain	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	25 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1962	Broadwater Sugar Mill, AU	daily rain	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	45 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1962	Tacoma, US	daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	22.8 cm (9.0 in)	48 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1962	Corinth 5 WSW, US	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	59 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1962	De Hoek (Bos), ZA	daily rain	140.8 mm (5.5 in)	97.1 mm (3.8 in)	1 year	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1962	Hohenpeissenberg, DE	monthly low max	-15.5 C (4.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	83 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1962	Pechipparai, IN	daily rain	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	8 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1962	Alvin, US	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	24 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1962	Lawrence Post Office, AU	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	66 years	42 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 1962

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1962. 1962 had 741 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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Data for records on 1962-12-24: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	570
50 to 100	49
100 to 150	7
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1