Weather Records on 24 March 1955

1,227 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 March 1955. Highest significance: Elaine (Larundel), AU.

Key Facts for 24 March 1955

On 24 March 1955, 1,227 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
54 were record highs and 681 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 1,211 daily.
Elaine (Larundel) set an all-time record daily precipitation of 131.3 mm (5.2 in) on 24 March 1955.
Across 169 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 456 records.

Record Map

1,227 stations

1,227 station records on 24 March 1955 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 March 1955: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Elaine (Larundel)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	131.3 mm (5.2 in)	85 of 100 (Exceptional)
Lovely Banks (Reservoir)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Queenscliff	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Portsea Quarantine Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Bannockburn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Waurn Ponds	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Frankston 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Scotsburn (Mount Boninyong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Werribee Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Werribee Research Farm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Darlington (Ware Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Shoreham	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Sringeri	India	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Underbool	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ventnor (Oaklands)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Barunah Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Linton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Smythesdale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Yealering	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Drung Drung	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Anakie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Portarlington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Longerenong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Schanck Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Westerfield (Frankston)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Caulfield (Racecourse)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Shelford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Beaufort (Wongan)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Pahala 21	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Broken Hill (Patton Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Durdidwarrah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Little River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Meredith (Darra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Benalla (Shadforth Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Smeaton Weir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Leongatha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Laverton Salines	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Jagdalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Port Germein (Baroota Reservoi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Blyth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bangerang North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Geelong Salines (Moolap)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Barnawartha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Murtoa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lara Lake	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Barkly	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Horsham Polkemmet Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Newgate	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Rupanyup (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Barwon Heads (Jirrahlinga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sunbury (Salesian College )	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Clunes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
St Petersburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Newcastle	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Canterbury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Officer (Jesmond Dene)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
French Island (McLeod Prison)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nelson	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fernie	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Banff	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-32.8 C (-27.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,227 records

Records set or tied on 24 March 1955 by type: Highest daily maximum 28, Lowest daily maximum 372, Highest daily minimum 26, Lowest daily minimum 309, Heaviest daily rainfall 410, Heaviest daily snowfall 63, Deepest snow cover 19.

Records on 24 March 1955 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	28
Lowest daily maximum	372
Highest daily minimum	26
Lowest daily minimum	309
Heaviest daily rainfall	410
Heaviest daily snowfall	63
Deepest snow cover	19

Records on 24 March 1955 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 15, daily 1,211.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,122 broken records

Margins by which the 1,122 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 450.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 March 1955

Top 20 records on 24 March 1955 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 March 1955	Elaine (Larundel), AU	all-time rain	131.3 mm (5.2 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	65 years	85 of 100 (Exceptional)
24 March 1955	Lovely Banks (Reservoir), AU	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	45 years	60 of 100 (Major)
24 March 1955	Queenscliff, AU	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	49 years	60 of 100 (Major)
24 March 1955	Portsea Quarantine Station, AU	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	49 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1955	Bannockburn, AU	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	45 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1955	Waurn Ponds, AU	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	45 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1955	Frankston 1, AU	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	41 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1955	Scotsburn (Mount Boninyong), AU	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	74 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1955	Werribee Post Office, AU	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	49 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1955	Werribee Research Farm, AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	41 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1955	Darlington (Ware Street), AU	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	25 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1955	Shoreham, AU	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	41 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1955	Sringeri, IN	monthly rain	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	16 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1955	Underbool, AU	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	36 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1955	Ventnor (Oaklands), AU	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1955	Barunah Plains, AU	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	20 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1955	Linton Post Office, AU	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	25 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1955	Smythesdale, AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	25 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1955	Yealering, AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	38 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1955	Drung Drung, AU	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	20 years	51 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

1794 to 1955

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1955. 1955 had 1,227 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 03-24 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1834	1
1836	1
1837	1
1847	1
1850	2
1853	1
1854	1
1857	1
1858	1
1859	2
1862	1
1863	1
1865	3
1866	1
1867	1
1868	1
1869	2
1870	1
1871	3
1872	1
1873	2
1874	2
1876	1
1877	3
1879	2
1882	2
1883	2
1884	2
1885	1
1886	4
1887	1
1888	3
1889	1
1890	3
1892	1
1893	2
1894	4
1895	20
1896	10
1897	7
1898	6
1899	5
1900	6
1901	5
1902	11
1903	33
1904	8
1905	13
1906	24
1907	31
1908	20
1909	25
1910	40
1911	4
1912	23
1913	83
1914	36
1915	24
1916	29
1917	27
1918	20
1919	22
1920	53
1921	41
1922	31
1923	94
1924	65
1925	76
1926	328
1927	129
1928	277
1929	554
1930	82
1931	102
1932	240
1933	206
1934	731
1935	219
1936	346
1937	336
1938	449
1939	554
1940	1,504
1941	258
1942	176
1943	210
1944	367
1945	699
1946	212
1947	394
1948	321
1949	324
1950	383
1951	373
1952	779
1953	955
1954	489
1955	1,227
1956	607
1957	533
1958	440
1959	171
1960	855
1961	359
1962	343
1963	499
1964	1,094
1965	1,994
1966	633
1967	893
1968	1,217
1969	1,057
1970	219
1971	638
1972	466
1973	728
1974	1,667
1975	926
1976	448
1977	454
1978	508
1979	1,058
1980	506
1981	900
1982	559
1983	1,118
1984	487
1985	418
1986	987
1987	962
1988	1,165
1989	1,072
1990	1,537
1991	919
1992	760
1993	1,210
1994	1,379
1995	1,287
1996	873
1997	779
1998	1,222
1999	522
2000	780
2001	921
2002	598
2003	693
2004	1,338
2005	864
2006	1,162
2007	1,963
2008	1,368
2009	920
2010	647
2011	888
2012	1,631
2013	1,670
2014	948
2015	597
2016	737
2017	651
2018	817
2019	361
2020	575
2021	1,018
2022	881
2023	1,538
2024	820
2025	1,207
2026	2,004

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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 100	1,113
100 to 200	6
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	1