Weather Records on 24 December 1965

766 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 December 1965. Highest significance: Winfield 3NE, US.

Key Facts for 24 December 1965

On 24 December 1965, 766 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
135 were record highs and 40 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 50 monthly and 716 daily.
Winfield 3NE set a daily record precipitation of 54.9 mm (2.2 in) on 24 December 1965.
Across 152 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 532 records.

Record Map

766 stations

766 station records on 24 December 1965 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 December 1965: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Winfield 3NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Albion	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Norwich	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Minonk	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Morrison	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Clinton #1	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Enterprise	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Newton	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Big Rapids Wtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart 2 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Fredonia	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Greensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Galesburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Corning	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Knoxville	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Wamego 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Enid	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
S Bend AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Princeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Winamac 2SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Tipton	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Abilene	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Eskridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Three Rivers	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Anthony	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Goshen 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Plymouth Pwr Substn	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bristow	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Florence	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Newkirk 5NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Pryor	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Joliet	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Morris 1NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Holton	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Aurora Water	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomington Normal	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Clay Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Howard 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Weatherford	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Waukesha Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Quincy	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Fowler	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Wheatfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Indianola 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Chapman	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Neosho Rapids	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Alva 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Landsburg	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Gibson City	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wellington	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Coldwater St School	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Conception	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Manati 2 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hudson	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hannibal Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hennessey 4 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Port Dover	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Chicago Midway AP 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Geary	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

766 records

Records set or tied on 24 December 1965 by type: Highest daily maximum 55, Lowest daily maximum 23, Highest daily minimum 80, Lowest daily minimum 17, Heaviest daily rainfall 465, Heaviest daily snowfall 103, Deepest snow cover 23.

Records on 24 December 1965 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	55
Lowest daily maximum	23
Highest daily minimum	80
Lowest daily minimum	17
Heaviest daily rainfall	465
Heaviest daily snowfall	103
Deepest snow cover	23

Records on 24 December 1965 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 50, daily 716.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

664 broken records

Margins by which the 664 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 240.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 December 1965

Top 20 records on 24 December 1965 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 December 1965	Winfield 3NE, US	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	69 years	67 of 100 (Major)
24 December 1965	Albion, US	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	69 years	67 of 100 (Major)
24 December 1965	Norwich, US	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	69 years	64 of 100 (Major)
24 December 1965	Minonk, US	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	47 years	61 of 100 (Major)
24 December 1965	Morrison, US	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	47 years	61 of 100 (Major)
24 December 1965	Clinton #1, US	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	69 years	61 of 100 (Major)
24 December 1965	Enterprise, US	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	56 years	61 of 100 (Major)
24 December 1965	Newton, US	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	47 years	60 of 100 (Major)
24 December 1965	Big Rapids Wtp, US	daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	15.8 cm (6.2 in)	40 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1965	Hobart 2 WNW, US	monthly rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	33 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1965	Fredonia, US	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	50 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1965	Greensburg, US	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	47 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1965	Galesburg, US	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1965	Corning, US	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	56 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1965	Knoxville, US	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	56 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1965	Wamego 4 W, US	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	69 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1965	Enid, US	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	32 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1965	S Bend AP, US	monthly rain	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	70 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1965	Princeville, US	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1965	Winamac 2SSE, US	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	32 years	55 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 1965

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1965. 1965 had 766 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 1965-12-24: 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	625
50 to 100	28
100 to 150	7
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	3