Weather Records on 15 December 1933

796 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 December 1933. Highest significance: Yan Yean, AU.

Key Facts for 15 December 1933

On 15 December 1933, 796 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
450 were record highs and 120 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 50 monthly and 746 daily.
Yan Yean set a daily record precipitation of 61.7 mm (2.4 in) on 15 December 1933.
Across 168 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 454 records.

Record Map

796 stations

796 station records on 15 December 1933 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 December 1933: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Yan Yean	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Neidavasal	India	Record daily precipitation	157.5 mm (6.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Narre Warren North (Narre Warr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Healesville (Nyora)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Gembrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
San Remo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kew	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Michelago (Soglio)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Clyde State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Keilor (Arundel)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Victoria Gonzales Hts	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dandenong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lilydale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cooma (Carlaminda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
St Albans	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Anthony Lagoon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cottbus	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-24.3 C (-11.7 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Karumba Pilot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Daly Waters	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cowes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ringwood 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-24.0 C (-11.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dalgety (Hamilton St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hawthorn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Durdidwarrah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Beaconsfield Upper	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Essendon 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Toorourrong Reservoir (Toorour	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kinglake West (Wallaby Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	108.2 mm (4.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Delegate River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Warburton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Noorinbee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Caulfield (Racecourse)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Poowong (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Somerville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Trentham (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Panruti	India	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Simcoe	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cheyyar	India	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Clearbrook	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Agnes River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Yarram	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Minsk	Belarus	Record low minimum temperature	-21.2 C (-6.2 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Vincennes 4 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Millinocket	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Flinders State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Stratford	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Parrsboro	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-20.7 C (-5.3 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Covelong	India	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Madurantakam	India	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Murchison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Officer (Jesmond Dene)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Laverton Explosives	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Parrsboro	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-27.8 C (-18.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hastings	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsdale	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Olga 2 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Port Albert	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

796 records

Records set or tied on 15 December 1933 by type: Highest daily maximum 330, Lowest daily maximum 55, Highest daily minimum 120, Lowest daily minimum 65, Heaviest daily rainfall 209, Heaviest daily snowfall 13, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 15 December 1933 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	330
Lowest daily maximum	55
Highest daily minimum	120
Lowest daily minimum	65
Heaviest daily rainfall	209
Heaviest daily snowfall	13
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 15 December 1933 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 50, daily 746.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

676 broken records

Margins by which the 676 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 134.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 December 1933

Top 20 records on 15 December 1933 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 December 1933	Yan Yean, AU	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	19 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1933	Neidavasal, IN	daily rain	157.5 mm (6.2 in)	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	26 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1933	Narre Warren North (Narre Warr, AU	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	19 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1933	Healesville (Nyora), AU	daily rain	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	19 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1933	Gembrook, AU	daily rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	52 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1933	San Remo, AU	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	19 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1933	Kew, AU	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	19 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1933	Michelago (Soglio), AU	monthly rain	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	44 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1933	Clyde State School, AU	monthly rain	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	25 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1933	Keilor (Arundel), AU	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	19 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1933	Victoria Gonzales Hts, CA	monthly snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	31 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1933	Dandenong Post Office, AU	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	19 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1933	Lilydale, AU	daily rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	19 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1933	Cooma (Carlaminda), AU	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	39 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1933	St Albans, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	6.8 cm (2.7 in)	18 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1933	Anthony Lagoon, AU	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	14 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
15 December 1933	Cottbus, DE	daily low min	-24.3 C (-11.7 F)	8.9 C (16.0 F)	42 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
15 December 1933	Karumba Pilot Station, AU	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	38 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
15 December 1933	Daly Waters, AU	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	27 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
15 December 1933	Cowes, AU	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	19 years	32 of 100 (Routine)

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 1933

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1933. 1933 had 796 records.

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

Records on 12-15 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1796	1
1798	1
1800	1
1808	3
1810	1
1814	3
1815	1
1825	1
1831	1
1840	2
1844	2
1846	3
1847	1
1854	3
1859	2
1863	1
1864	1
1866	1
1867	2
1868	1
1869	1
1870	1
1873	1
1874	1
1878	4
1879	2
1880	2
1881	3
1882	2
1883	1
1885	1
1886	1
1889	3
1890	1
1891	2
1892	4
1893	1
1894	4
1895	1
1896	5
1897	2
1899	12
1900	5
1901	21
1902	3
1903	7
1904	9
1905	6
1906	9
1907	10
1908	5
1909	5
1910	4
1911	23
1912	42
1913	13
1914	239
1915	180
1916	40
1917	40
1918	54
1919	28
1920	35
1921	26
1922	65
1923	132
1924	358
1925	187
1926	226
1927	235
1928	388
1929	500
1930	160
1931	284
1932	385
1933	796
1934	199
1935	140
1936	286
1937	310
1938	100
1939	637
1940	464
1941	373
1942	385
1943	486
1944	281
1945	420
1946	521
1947	634
1948	1,239
1949	135
1950	292
1951	962
1952	367
1953	270
1954	413
1955	371
1956	531
1957	304
1958	531
1959	560
1960	313
1961	883
1962	979
1963	670
1964	371
1965	759
1966	275
1967	948
1968	510
1969	352
1970	215
1971	1,739
1972	1,159
1973	615
1974	511
1975	1,230
1976	349
1977	963
1978	499
1979	560
1980	1,085
1981	1,243
1982	831
1983	1,229
1984	1,397
1985	1,077
1986	502
1987	1,740
1988	519
1989	2,753
1990	846
1991	636
1992	1,263
1993	734
1994	676
1995	848
1996	727
1997	1,521
1998	1,216
1999	621
2000	1,154
2001	1,026
2002	831
2003	846
2004	795
2005	953
2006	1,491
2007	973
2008	1,789
2009	930
2010	1,705
2011	780
2012	1,058
2013	701
2014	1,045
2015	1,398
2016	1,024
2017	332
2018	539
2019	547
2020	400
2021	1,182
2022	1,057
2023	794
2024	369
2025	2,115

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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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	635
20 to 40	28
40 to 60	9
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1