Weather Records on 24 December 1975

695 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 December 1975. Highest significance: Goliad, US.

Key Facts for 24 December 1975

On 24 December 1975, 695 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
107 were record highs and 207 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 36 monthly and 658 daily.
Goliad set a monthly record daily precipitation of 177.8 mm (7.0 in) on 24 December 1975.
Across 152 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 532 records.

Record Map

695 stations

695 station records on 24 December 1975 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 December 1975: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Goliad	United States	Record daily precipitation	177.8 mm (7.0 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Warwick Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Maryland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Hermitage	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Coolesha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Danevang 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Reedy Creek Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Dalveen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart Muni AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.5 cm (7.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Langmorn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wylie Creek (Aloomba)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Pul'-I-Hatum	Turkmenistan	Record daily precipitation	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Pratten	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Possession Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Carnegie 5 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Allora Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.5 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Braeside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
St Andrews	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Knapp 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record daily precipitation	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dzizak	Uzbekistan	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Syr-Darja	Uzbekistan	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mangum	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Canning Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Yangan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Seneca	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Middletown 4 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Palacios Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Killarney Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Usina Itatinga	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	169.8 mm (6.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ukiah	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Toowoomba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wichita Falls Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Stanthorpe Leslie Parade	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gunbower	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tabulam Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Beeville 5 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
George W 2 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Galveston	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ribeirao de Sao Joaquim	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	95.4 mm (3.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cleburne	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Levan	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Waco Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kapuskasing Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.2 cm (5.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Saragt	Turkmenistan	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Taunton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Peterboro 2 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Leyburn Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Brockton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Abbott 1 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bolivar	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wichita Mtn Wr	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Brownsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Planet Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Alford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rathdowney Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Legume (New Koreelah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Barkerville	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

695 records

Records set or tied on 24 December 1975 by type: Highest daily maximum 67, Lowest daily maximum 116, Highest daily minimum 40, Lowest daily minimum 91, Heaviest daily rainfall 306, Heaviest daily snowfall 51, Deepest snow cover 24.

Records on 24 December 1975 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	67
Lowest daily maximum	116
Highest daily minimum	40
Lowest daily minimum	91
Heaviest daily rainfall	306
Heaviest daily snowfall	51
Deepest snow cover	24

Records on 24 December 1975 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 36, daily 658.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

596 broken records

Margins by which the 596 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 203.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 December 1975

Top 20 records on 24 December 1975 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 December 1975	Goliad, US	monthly rain	177.8 mm (7.0 in)	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	52 years	71 of 100 (Major)
24 December 1975	Warwick Post Office, AU	daily rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	72 years	61 of 100 (Major)
24 December 1975	Maryland, AU	daily rain	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	22.2 mm (0.9 in)	101 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1975	Hermitage, AU	daily rain	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	52 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1975	Coolesha, AU	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	52 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1975	Danevang 1 W, US	daily rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	12 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1975	Reedy Creek Station, AU	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	49.1 mm (1.9 in)	46 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1975	Dalveen, AU	daily rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	68 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1975	Hobart Muni AP, US	daily snowfall	18.5 cm (7.3 in)	13.4 cm (5.3 in)	60 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1975	Langmorn, AU	daily rain	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	60 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1975	Wylie Creek (Aloomba), AU	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	36 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1975	Pul'-I-Hatum, TM	daily rain	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1975	Pratten, AU	daily rain	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	52 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1975	Possession Creek, AU	daily rain	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	16 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1975	Carnegie 5 NE, US	daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	60 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1975	Allora Post Office, AU	daily rain	57.5 mm (2.3 in)	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	52 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1975	Braeside, AU	daily rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	57 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1975	St Andrews, CA	daily low max	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	90 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1975	Knapp 2 SW, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1975	Tashkent, UZ	daily rain	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	11.1 mm (0.4 in)	50 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 1975

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1975. 1975 had 695 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 50	565
50 to 100	22
100 to 150	6
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	1