Weather Records on 15 December 1934

199 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 December 1934. Highest significance: Manati 2 E, PR.

Key Facts for 15 December 1934

On 15 December 1934, 199 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
118 were record highs and 16 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 196 daily.
Manati 2 E set a daily record precipitation of 111.8 mm (4.4 in) on 15 December 1934.
Across 168 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 457 records.

Record Map

199 stations

199 station records on 15 December 1934 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 December 1934: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Manati 2 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lifjell	Norway	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mestad I Oddernes	Norway	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pointe Riche	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mykland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Genoa	Italy	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tewantin Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	8.6 C (47.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Aseral	Norway	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hedrum	Norway	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Waterloo	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Nelson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Oksoey Fyr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Herefoss	Norway	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Wellington (the Springs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Gjerstad I Aust-Agder	Norway	Record daily precipitation	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lugano	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hedal I Valdres	Norway	Record daily precipitation	22.5 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tuddal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge (Milford)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rjukan	Norway	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Parker	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Simcoe	Canada	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ulm	Germany	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Salekhard	Russia	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sion 2	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Postmyr I Drangedal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	1.9 C (35.4 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
American Falls 6 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Kimball 2NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Socorro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Marshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bagdad	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Wolfville	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	5.8 C (42.4 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Rothenburg Ob der Tauber	Germany	Record daily precipitation	6.2 mm (0.24 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Badgam	India	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Beito	Norway	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Calarasi	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	9.1 C (48.4 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Ljubljana Bezigrad	Slovenia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	8.5 C (47.3 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Delaware 3 WSW	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Poplar 2 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Chama	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Bothwell (Ratho)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Vang I Valdres	Norway	Record daily precipitation	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Paso Robles	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Ashton 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Eastport	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Bosque del Apache	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Hot Springs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Heber	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Border 3 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Lusk 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Hobart (Waterworks Reserve)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	4.8 C (40.6 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Zuerich/Fluntern	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

199 records

Records set or tied on 15 December 1934 by type: Highest daily maximum 19, Lowest daily maximum 3, Highest daily minimum 99, Lowest daily minimum 13, Heaviest daily rainfall 59, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 15 December 1934 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	19
Lowest daily maximum	3
Highest daily minimum	99
Lowest daily minimum	13
Heaviest daily rainfall	59
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 15 December 1934 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 196.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

159 broken records

Margins by which the 159 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 762.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 December 1934

Top 20 records on 15 December 1934 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 December 1934	Manati 2 E, PR	daily rain	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	93.3 mm (3.7 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1934	Lifjell, NO	daily rain	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	16.1 mm (0.6 in)	36 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1934	Mestad I Oddernes, NO	monthly rain	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	25 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1934	Pointe Riche, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	48 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1934	Uppsala_Aut, SE	daily high min	3.3 C (37.9 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	81 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1934	Mykland, NO	daily rain	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
15 December 1934	Genoa, IT	daily rain	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	69 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
15 December 1934	Tewantin Post Office, AU	daily low min	8.6 C (47.5 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	28 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
15 December 1934	Aseral, NO	daily rain	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	36 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
15 December 1934	Hedrum, NO	daily rain	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	25 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
15 December 1934	Waterloo, US	daily snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	15 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
15 December 1934	Mount Nelson, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	5 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
15 December 1934	Oksoey Fyr, NO	daily rain	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	24 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
15 December 1934	Innsbruck, AT	daily high max	13.0 C (55.4 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	47 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
15 December 1934	Herefoss, NO	monthly rain	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	5.7 mm (0.22 in)	10 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
15 December 1934	Mount Wellington (the Springs), AU	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	32 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
15 December 1934	Gjerstad I Aust-Agder, NO	daily rain	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	24 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
15 December 1934	Lugano, CH	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	17 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
15 December 1934	Hedal I Valdres, NO	daily rain	22.5 mm (0.9 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	25 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
15 December 1934	Tuddal, NO	daily rain	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	36 years	20 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 1934

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1934. 1934 had 199 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 100	156
100 to 200	2
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	0
700 to 800	1