Weather Records on 24 December 1995

1,285 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 December 1995. Highest significance: Ongerup, AU.

Key Facts for 24 December 1995

On 24 December 1995, 1,285 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
244 were record highs and 405 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 49 monthly and 1,232 daily.
Ongerup set a monthly record daily precipitation of 71.8 mm (2.8 in) on 24 December 1995.
Across 152 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 529 records.

Record Map

1,285 stations

1,285 station records on 24 December 1995 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 December 1995: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ongerup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.8 mm (2.8 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Hines Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
I Dunno	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Bosbokrand (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	217.4 mm (8.6 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Champagne (Naf)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	116.0 mm (4.6 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Millston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Kuraby Beenleigh Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Kendrew Estates	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Camperdown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	81.9 mm (3.2 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Arthur River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Nangeenan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Goedgevonden	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Berlin 5 S	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Flagstaff (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Cape Riche	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Back Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.8 mm (2.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Spring Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.4 mm (2.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Poitiers - Biard	France	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Muntadgin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Middletown 2 NW	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Moreton Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	151.2 mm (6.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Merredin Research Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Lerwick	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Rheinfelden	Germany	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Parys (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Waychinicup Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ponte Cordeiro de Farias	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	130.6 mm (5.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Basel-Mulhouse	France	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
The Towers	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Lourenco Do Sul	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	77.6 mm (3.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Dijon-Longvic	France	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Gardner	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Dardanup East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Pechey Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Malsburg-Marzell-Friedrichshei	Germany	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Vrugbaar	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	61.8 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ingwavuma (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	200.0 mm (7.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Rolla Missouri S&T	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Yarraman Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Rio Do Pouso	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	138.2 mm (5.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Deols Chateauroux Aerodrome de	France	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Doornrivier	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Barkhamsted	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Viewmount	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Toombul Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Victoria Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.5 mm (2.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Warriup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Friars Well	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lake King	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Yaamba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.4 mm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Passo Do Prata	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	79.1 mm (3.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bourges	France	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Haden Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.6 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wilgerivier (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Zuerich/Fluntern	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Split Rock Pond	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Boyanup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Eagle Farm Racecourse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Western Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,285 records

Records set or tied on 24 December 1995 by type: Highest daily maximum 120, Lowest daily maximum 217, Highest daily minimum 124, Lowest daily minimum 188, Heaviest daily rainfall 458, Heaviest daily snowfall 23, Deepest snow cover 155.

Records on 24 December 1995 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	120
Lowest daily maximum	217
Highest daily minimum	124
Lowest daily minimum	188
Heaviest daily rainfall	458
Heaviest daily snowfall	23
Deepest snow cover	155

Records on 24 December 1995 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 49, daily 1,232.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,135 broken records

Margins by which the 1,135 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 406.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 December 1995

Top 20 records on 24 December 1995 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 December 1995	Ongerup, AU	monthly rain	71.8 mm (2.8 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	62 years	76 of 100 (Major)
24 December 1995	Hines Hill, AU	monthly rain	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	72 years	69 of 100 (Major)
24 December 1995	I Dunno, AU	monthly rain	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	65 years	67 of 100 (Major)
24 December 1995	Bosbokrand (Pol), ZA	daily rain	217.4 mm (8.6 in)	159.0 mm (6.3 in)	57 years	66 of 100 (Major)
24 December 1995	Champagne (Naf), ZA	daily rain	116.0 mm (4.6 in)	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	64 years	66 of 100 (Major)
24 December 1995	Millston, AU	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	58 years	65 of 100 (Major)
24 December 1995	Kuraby Beenleigh Road, AU	daily rain	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	73 years	65 of 100 (Major)
24 December 1995	Kendrew Estates, ZA	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	73 years	65 of 100 (Major)
24 December 1995	Camperdown, ZA	daily rain	81.9 mm (3.2 in)	48.9 mm (1.9 in)	57 years	65 of 100 (Major)
24 December 1995	Arthur River, AU	daily rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	46 years	64 of 100 (Major)
24 December 1995	Nangeenan, AU	monthly rain	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	43 years	62 of 100 (Major)
24 December 1995	Goedgevonden, ZA	daily rain	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	62 years	61 of 100 (Major)
24 December 1995	Berlin 5 S, US	daily snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	52 years	61 of 100 (Major)
24 December 1995	Flagstaff (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	60 years	60 of 100 (Major)
24 December 1995	Cape Riche, AU	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	46 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1995	Back Plains, AU	daily rain	61.8 mm (2.4 in)	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	72 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1995	Spring Valley, AU	monthly rain	64.4 mm (2.5 in)	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	17 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1995	Poitiers - Biard, FR	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	49 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1995	Muntadgin, AU	monthly rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1995	Middletown 2 NW, US	daily snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	17.7 cm (7.0 in)	93 years	57 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 1995

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1995. 1995 had 1,285 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 1995-12-24: 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	1,091
100 to 200	29
200 to 300	8
300 to 400	6
400 to 500	1