Weather Records on 24 December 1991

663 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 December 1991. Highest significance: Walebing, AU.

Key Facts for 24 December 1991

On 24 December 1991, 663 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
206 were record highs and 60 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 25 monthly and 638 daily.
Walebing set a daily record precipitation of 38.0 mm (1.5 in) on 24 December 1991.
Across 152 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 533 records.

Record Map

663 stations

663 station records on 24 December 1991 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 December 1991: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Walebing	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Watheroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Three Springs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Yathroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Konnongorring	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Bengbu	China	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Carey Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Calcutta/Dum Dum	India	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Carnamah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Coorow	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Canna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Yandanooka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Salmon Gums Res.STN.	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.8 mm (2.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Badgingarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Winderie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Nanjing	China	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Koobabbie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Maysboro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Berkshire Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Highfields	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Merredin Research Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Toodyay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Green Grove	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Moora	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hefei	China	Record daily precipitation	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Chelsea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bodallin South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Balgerbine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Circle Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rocky Mt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Moree	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Aquismon	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hawthornden	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Salmon Gums	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mindalla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kestell (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Piawaning	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mtn Park	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gorya Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Huoshan	China	Record daily precipitation	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bergland Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tambrey	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ixcatepec	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Corozal Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	41.9 C (107.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hacker Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mimigarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bundaleer	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Valentine	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Camden on Gauley 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wannamal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ponte Alta Do Norte	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Fullerton 1 ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Buntine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Meekatharra Airport	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	24.9 C (76.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Doodarding Well	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ballaying	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Dongtai	China	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Quitupan	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gum Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

663 records

Records set or tied on 24 December 1991 by type: Highest daily maximum 95, Lowest daily maximum 44, Highest daily minimum 111, Lowest daily minimum 16, Heaviest daily rainfall 384, Heaviest daily snowfall 4, Deepest snow cover 9.

Records on 24 December 1991 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	95
Lowest daily maximum	44
Highest daily minimum	111
Lowest daily minimum	16
Heaviest daily rainfall	384
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	9

Records on 24 December 1991 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 25, daily 638.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

575 broken records

Margins by which the 575 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 102.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 December 1991

Top 20 records on 24 December 1991 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 December 1991	Walebing, AU	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	64 years	69 of 100 (Major)
24 December 1991	Watheroo, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	64 years	68 of 100 (Major)
24 December 1991	Three Springs, AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	64 years	67 of 100 (Major)
24 December 1991	Yathroo, AU	daily rain	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	54 years	66 of 100 (Major)
24 December 1991	Konnongorring, AU	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	77 years	65 of 100 (Major)
24 December 1991	Bengbu, CN	monthly rain	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	34 years	62 of 100 (Major)
24 December 1991	Carey Downs, AU	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	80 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1991	Calcutta/Dum Dum, IN	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1991	Carnamah, AU	daily rain	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	64 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1991	Coorow, AU	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	54 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1991	Canna, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1991	Yandanooka, AU	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	64 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1991	Salmon Gums Res.STN., AU	monthly rain	56.8 mm (2.2 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	55 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1991	Badgingarra, AU	monthly rain	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	18.4 mm (0.7 in)	13 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1991	Winderie, AU	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	65 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1991	Nanjing, CN	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1991	Koobabbie, AU	daily rain	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	4 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1991	Maysboro, AU	monthly rain	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	39 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1991	Berkshire Valley, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	4 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1991	Highfields, AU	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	47 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 1991

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1991. 1991 had 663 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 1991-12-24: 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 20	529
20 to 40	36
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1