Weather Records on 24 December 1976

581 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 December 1976. Highest significance: Uplands (Gibbo River Park), AU.

Key Facts for 24 December 1976

On 24 December 1976, 581 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
45 were record highs and 170 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 576 daily.
Uplands (Gibbo River Park) set a daily record precipitation of 80.2 mm (3.2 in) on 24 December 1976.
Across 152 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 533 records.

Record Map

581 stations

581 station records on 24 December 1976 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 December 1976: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Uplands (Gibbo River Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.2 mm (3.2 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Childers Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	186.6 mm (7.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Fairymead Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	150.4 mm (5.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Isis Junction Railway STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	203.0 mm (8.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Burnett Heads Niell St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	153.2 mm (6.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
The Cedars	Australia	Record daily precipitation	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Yelarbon Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Deer Lake	Canada	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Gillespie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bannister Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Banana Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bundaberg Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mascota (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Colton Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mullaley (Goolhi)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wales	United States	Record snow depth	86.4 cm (34.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tullibigeal Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bunnan (Milhaven)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.6 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Deer Lake	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
San Pedro	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gubbata Cooma St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Inglewood Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Maclean (McLachlan Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bearbung (Aller)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wahroonga Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dandaloo (Tyrie Homestead)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dellicknora (Tellicura)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Avon	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ungowa Forest Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	152.0 mm (6.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Brushgrove Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tubbut	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
North Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Margate Collins St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Glenelg	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bulsfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Alta 1 NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Inskip Point Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Vevay	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Barfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Warrumbungle (Cheddington)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Theodore Dpi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nyngan (Canonbar)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Falls	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Southport 5 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Boonah Stark Ave	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.4 mm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bongaree Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nevertire (Clyde St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tombong (Hillcrest)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Donaldsonville 4 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mulga Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dandaloo (Skye)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Belvedere	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.4 mm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Trangie Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mullaley Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Cargelligo Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Carrollton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Texas Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wondalli	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tulloona (Coolanga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.2 mm (2.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gilgandra (Wallumburrawang)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

581 records

Records set or tied on 24 December 1976 by type: Highest daily maximum 10, Lowest daily maximum 75, Highest daily minimum 35, Lowest daily minimum 95, Heaviest daily rainfall 337, Heaviest daily snowfall 26, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 24 December 1976 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	10
Lowest daily maximum	75
Highest daily minimum	35
Lowest daily minimum	95
Heaviest daily rainfall	337
Heaviest daily snowfall	26
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 24 December 1976 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 576.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

503 broken records

Margins by which the 503 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 381.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 December 1976

Top 20 records on 24 December 1976 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 December 1976	Uplands (Gibbo River Park), AU	daily rain	80.2 mm (3.2 in)	61.9 mm (2.4 in)	63 years	65 of 100 (Major)
24 December 1976	Childers Post Office, AU	daily rain	186.6 mm (7.3 in)	141.6 mm (5.6 in)	48 years	62 of 100 (Major)
24 December 1976	Fairymead Sugar Mill, AU	daily rain	150.4 mm (5.9 in)	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	24 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1976	Isis Junction Railway STN, AU	monthly rain	203.0 mm (8.0 in)	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	50 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1976	Burnett Heads Niell St, AU	daily rain	153.2 mm (6.0 in)	109.3 mm (4.3 in)	14 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1976	The Cedars, AU	daily rain	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	17 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1976	Yelarbon Post Office, AU	daily rain	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	25 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1976	Deer Lake, CA	daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	22 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1976	Gillespie, AU	daily rain	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	25 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1976	Bannister Station, AU	daily rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	30 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1976	Banana Post Office, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	88 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1976	Bundaberg Post Office, AU	daily rain	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	73.1 mm (2.9 in)	24 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1976	Mascota (Smn), MX	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	50 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1976	Colton Railway Station, AU	daily rain	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	7 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1976	Mullaley (Goolhi), AU	daily rain	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	6.5 mm (0.26 in)	97 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1976	Wales, US	daily snow depth	86.4 cm (34.0 in)	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	11 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1976	Tullibigeal Post Office, AU	daily rain	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	52 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1976	Bunnan (Milhaven), AU	daily rain	64.6 mm (2.5 in)	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	67 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1976	Deer Lake, CA	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	9 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1976	San Pedro, MX	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	3 years	41 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 1976

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1976. 1976 had 581 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	483
50 to 100	15
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1