Weather Records on 12 December 1935

266 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 December 1935. Highest significance: Port Arthur, AU.

Key Facts for 12 December 1935

On 12 December 1935, 266 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
36 were record highs and 16 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 250 daily.
Port Arthur set a daily record precipitation of 42.7 mm (1.7 in) on 12 December 1935.
Across 153 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 470 records.

Record Map

266 stations

266 station records on 12 December 1935 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 December 1935: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Port Arthur	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Akbarpur	India	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Baghpat Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Abbeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Garotha	India	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pawayan	India	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dhandaus	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bareilly Sadar	India	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Domeriaganj Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Arcadia	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Baton Rouge	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	-4.0 C (24.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ballabgarh	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jaipur Obsy Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bhognipur	India	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Leakesville 6 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hathras	India	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Avon Park 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nagla	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chattanooga Wb City	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Shubuta	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pelee Island	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lachmangarh	India	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mahwa (Mahwar)	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Thomasville	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Merrill	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sidi-Bel-Abbes	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	-4.0 C (24.8 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	28.6 C (83.5 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sanehighat	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Montgomery Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Firozabad	India	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Unnao	India	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tikamgarh	India	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Haidargarh	India	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jalesar	India	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Etawah	India	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Balanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jhansi	India	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lucknow	India	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nawabganj	India	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chhibramau	India	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Baroda	India	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dayanathpur	India	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Auraiya	India	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bisauli	India	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pachwara	India	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sampla	India	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bharatpur	India	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bidhuna	India	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chhata	India	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Atrauli	India	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rath	India	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Basaunti	India	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Shahjahanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Purwa	India	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Safipur	India	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sarila	India	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sonepat	India	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

266 records

Records set or tied on 12 December 1935 by type: Highest daily maximum 9, Lowest daily maximum 7, Highest daily minimum 27, Lowest daily minimum 9, Heaviest daily rainfall 205, Heaviest daily snowfall 9.

Records on 12 December 1935 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	9
Lowest daily maximum	7
Highest daily minimum	27
Lowest daily minimum	9
Heaviest daily rainfall	205
Heaviest daily snowfall	9
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 12 December 1935 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 16, daily 250.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

237 broken records

Margins by which the 237 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 112.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 December 1935

Top 20 records on 12 December 1935 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 December 1935	Port Arthur, AU	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	35 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1935	Akbarpur, IN	monthly rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	25 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1935	Baghpat Sr, IN	monthly rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	12 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1935	Abbeville, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	12 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1935	Garotha, IN	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	33 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1935	Pawayan, IN	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	21 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1935	Dhandaus, IN	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1935	Bareilly Sadar, IN	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	21 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1935	Domeriaganj Sr, IN	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	21 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1935	Arcadia, US	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1935	Baton Rouge, US	daily rain	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	25 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1935	Kanpur, IN	monthly rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	25 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
12 December 1935	Tizi Ouzou, DZ	monthly low min	-4.0 C (24.8 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	47 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
12 December 1935	Ballabgarh, IN	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
12 December 1935	Jaipur Obsy Sr, IN	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
12 December 1935	Bhognipur, IN	monthly rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	7 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
12 December 1935	Leakesville 6 WSW, US	daily rain	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	25 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
12 December 1935	Hathras, IN	monthly rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	12 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
12 December 1935	Avon Park 2 W, US	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
12 December 1935	Nagla, IN	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	5 years	29 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

1796 to 1935

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1935. 1935 had 266 records.

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

Records on 12-12 in each year
Year	Records
1796	2
1798	1
1802	1
1808	2
1814	1
1825	2
1831	1
1835	2
1846	1
1855	2
1861	1
1863	3
1870	2
1871	5
1873	2
1879	2
1882	3
1887	1
1889	1
1891	2
1892	2
1893	8
1894	3
1895	1
1896	4
1897	3
1898	20
1899	11
1900	5
1901	4
1902	7
1903	18
1904	20
1905	10
1906	14
1907	8
1908	25
1909	20
1910	39
1911	104
1912	53
1913	20
1914	19
1915	46
1916	115
1917	246
1918	33
1919	23
1920	41
1921	63
1922	61
1923	91
1924	130
1925	75
1926	143
1927	335
1928	234
1929	405
1930	45
1931	522
1932	813
1933	358
1934	430
1935	266
1936	142
1937	468
1938	103
1939	418
1940	621
1941	260
1942	257
1943	165
1944	688
1945	212
1946	761
1947	295
1948	282
1949	789
1950	364
1951	175
1952	501
1953	288
1954	696
1955	381
1956	441
1957	1,118
1958	884
1959	464
1960	710
1961	1,481
1962	1,495
1963	439
1964	459
1965	1,045
1966	369
1967	565
1968	727
1969	499
1970	366
1971	585
1972	1,669
1973	397
1974	191
1975	492
1976	319
1977	907
1978	382
1979	1,016
1980	583
1981	734
1982	867
1983	816
1984	808
1985	1,384
1986	408
1987	468
1988	1,030
1989	930
1990	676
1991	1,980
1992	818
1993	887
1994	1,172
1995	2,030
1996	1,391
1997	869
1998	1,103
1999	952
2000	2,510
2001	700
2002	683
2003	537
2004	727
2005	769
2006	886
2007	1,315
2008	1,424
2009	818
2010	1,501
2011	621
2012	684
2013	646
2014	1,040
2015	1,496
2016	530
2017	808
2018	256
2019	418
2020	507
2021	441
2022	767
2023	544
2024	328
2025	1,485

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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	213
20 to 40	19
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1