Weather Records on 24 December 2006

925 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 December 2006. Highest significance: Pearsall, US.

Key Facts for 24 December 2006

On 24 December 2006, 925 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
531 were record highs and 133 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 28 monthly and 894 daily.
Pearsall set a daily record precipitation of 38.1 mm (1.5 in) on 24 December 2006.
Across 152 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 531 records.

Record Map

925 stations

925 station records on 24 December 2006 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 December 2006: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Pearsall	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Dalton	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Boulder	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Stockdale 6N	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Rush 1N	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Floresville	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Falfurrias	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Fowlerton	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
McCook	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
La Grange	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Zapata 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Gonzales 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Whitsett	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Harlingen	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Bishop	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Dilley	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Falcon Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mathis 4 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Rugby (Carovale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgeport	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Burlington	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
McAllen	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
New Iberia AP - Acadiana Rgnl	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Raymondville	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Jourdanton	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Nerriga Composite	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Milan	Italy	Record high maximum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	10.2 C (50.4 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Holyoke	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Poteet	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Raleigh State UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	5.5 C (41.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Evergreen	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Collins	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Arltunga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Woodhouselee (Leeston)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Callaghan Creek Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Enyeje	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gove 4W	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Fischers Store	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gunning Rural Supplies	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Parnu	Estonia	Record high minimum temperature	2.5 C (36.5 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Boonton 1 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Skinner	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.2 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lamar	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Johnsbury	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Waren	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	4.6 C (40.3 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sedalia 4 SSE	United States	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Canyon Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Yuma	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sidney 6NNW	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Blanco	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Charlotte 5 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Runge	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Poatina (Billopp)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nerriga (Tolwong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Elgin 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tibooburra Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	21.9 C (71.4 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Goulburn (Springfield)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

925 records

Records set or tied on 24 December 2006 by type: Highest daily maximum 272, Lowest daily maximum 72, Highest daily minimum 259, Lowest daily minimum 61, Heaviest daily rainfall 205, Heaviest daily snowfall 5, Deepest snow cover 51.

Records on 24 December 2006 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	272
Lowest daily maximum	72
Highest daily minimum	259
Lowest daily minimum	61
Heaviest daily rainfall	205
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	51

Records on 24 December 2006 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 28, daily 894.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

769 broken records

Margins by which the 769 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 407.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 December 2006

Top 20 records on 24 December 2006 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 December 2006	Pearsall, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	96 years	69 of 100 (Major)
24 December 2006	Dalton, US	daily snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	40.7 cm (16.0 in)	57 years	66 of 100 (Major)
24 December 2006	Boulder, US	daily snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	81 years	64 of 100 (Major)
24 December 2006	Stockdale 6N, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	63 years	64 of 100 (Major)
24 December 2006	Rush 1N, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	53 years	63 of 100 (Major)
24 December 2006	Floresville, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	69 years	63 of 100 (Major)
24 December 2006	Falfurrias, US	monthly rain	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	88 years	60 of 100 (Major)
24 December 2006	Fowlerton, US	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	49.1 mm (1.9 in)	44 years	60 of 100 (Major)
24 December 2006	McCook, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	48 years	60 of 100 (Major)
24 December 2006	La Grange, US	daily snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	57 years	60 of 100 (Major)
24 December 2006	Zapata 1 S, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 2006	Gonzales 2S, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 2006	Whitsett, US	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	41 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 2006	Harlingen, US	daily rain	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	44 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 2006	Bishop, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	68 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 2006	Dilley, US	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 2006	Falcon Dam, US	monthly rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	41 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 2006	Mathis 4 SSW, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	31 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 2006	Rugby (Carovale), AU	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	100 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 2006	Bridgeport, US	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	84 years	52 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 2006

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2006. 2006 had 925 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 2006-12-24: 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 100	747
100 to 200	16
200 to 300	4
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	1