Weather Records on 17 December 1935

87 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 December 1935. Highest significance: Chatillon-Sur-Seine, FR.

Key Facts for 17 December 1935

On 17 December 1935, 87 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
27 were record highs and 24 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 86 daily.
Chatillon-Sur-Seine set a daily record precipitation of 27.3 mm (1.1 in) on 17 December 1935.
Across 160 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 465 records.

Record Map

87 stations

87 station records on 17 December 1935 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 December 1935: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Chatillon-Sur-Seine	France	Record daily precipitation	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ulm	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Poortjie	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sion 2	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record low maximum temperature	25.4 C (77.7 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Gavle	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	15.4 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Deols Chateauroux Aerodrome de	France	Record daily precipitation	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hiasen I Sigdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	10.3 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Augsburg (Sankt Stephan)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bad Lauchstadt	Germany	Record daily precipitation	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nes Pa Hedmark	Norway	Record snow depth	8.0 cm (3.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Steveston	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Orskar_A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	3.5 mm (0.14 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenfels	Germany	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Sidi-Bel-Abbes	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	-4.0 C (24.8 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Postmyr I Drangedal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Bella Coola	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Escondido	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Willapa Harbor	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	26.6 C (79.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Teterow	Germany	Record daily precipitation	9.5 mm (0.37 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Manohar Thana	India	Record daily precipitation	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Cruz	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Avon Park 2 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Halle	Germany	Record daily precipitation	6.5 mm (0.26 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Weimar	Germany	Record daily precipitation	9.5 mm (0.37 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Le Grand	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Anacortes	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Fowlers Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Bederkesa	Germany	Record daily precipitation	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Dug (Dag)	India	Record daily precipitation	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Camp Hill 2NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Leo	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Jamestown State Hosp	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Stuttgart	Germany	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Sotchi	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	18.8 C (65.8 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Raquette Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Sugar Land	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide West Terrace	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	26.6 C (79.9 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Axel	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Montello 2NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Le Bourget	France	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Gysinge	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	12.3 mm (0.5 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Sycamore	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Blaine	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Grover 2 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Vancouver Pmo	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	31.8 C (89.2 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Schkeuditz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Verhojansk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-34.5 C (-30.1 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Mina	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Niulii 179	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Carrabelle 1 NNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Hailey 3 NNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Wolfville	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

87 records

Records set or tied on 17 December 1935 by type: Highest daily maximum 16, Lowest daily maximum 9, Highest daily minimum 11, Lowest daily minimum 15, Heaviest daily rainfall 30, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 17 December 1935 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	16
Lowest daily maximum	9
Highest daily minimum	11
Lowest daily minimum	15
Heaviest daily rainfall	30
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 17 December 1935 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 86.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

62 broken records

Margins by which the 62 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 80.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 December 1935

Top 20 records on 17 December 1935 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 December 1935	Chatillon-Sur-Seine, FR	daily rain	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1935	Ulm, DE	daily rain	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	24 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1935	Poortjie, ZA	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
17 December 1935	Sion 2, CH	daily rain	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
17 December 1935	Cape Otway Lighthouse, AU	daily high max	34.4 C (93.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	60 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
17 December 1935	Bathurst, CA	daily high min	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	47 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
17 December 1935	Hambantota, LK	daily low max	25.4 C (77.7 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	49 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
17 December 1935	Gavle, SE	daily rain	15.4 mm (0.6 in)	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	62 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
17 December 1935	Deols Chateauroux Aerodrome de, FR	daily rain	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
17 December 1935	Hiasen I Sigdal, NO	daily rain	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	24 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
17 December 1935	Leipzig-Holzhausen, DE	daily rain	10.3 mm (0.4 in)	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	62 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
17 December 1935	Augsburg (Sankt Stephan), DE	daily rain	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	24 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
17 December 1935	Bad Lauchstadt, DE	daily rain	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	8 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
17 December 1935	Nes Pa Hedmark, NO	daily snow depth	8.0 cm (3.1 in)	8.0 cm (3.1 in)	33 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
17 December 1935	Steveston, CA	daily high max	10.6 C (51.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	34 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
17 December 1935	Orskar_A, SE	daily rain	3.5 mm (0.14 in)	2.4 mm (0.09 in)	16 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
17 December 1935	Weissenfels, DE	daily rain	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	5 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
17 December 1935	Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt, US	daily low max	11.7 C (53.1 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	33 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
17 December 1935	Sidi-Bel-Abbes, DZ	daily low min	-4.0 C (24.8 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	22 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
17 December 1935	Postmyr I Drangedal, NO	daily rain	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	3.5 mm (0.14 in)	26 years	17 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 1935

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1935. 1935 had 87 records.

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

Records on 12-17 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1796	1
1806	2
1808	2
1814	1
1815	1
1839	1
1845	1
1846	4
1847	1
1848	1
1859	3
1866	1
1867	1
1868	1
1869	2
1873	2
1876	3
1877	2
1878	1
1879	2
1881	2
1885	1
1886	1
1888	2
1889	2
1890	4
1892	4
1893	2
1894	4
1895	3
1896	4
1897	4
1898	2
1899	1
1900	6
1901	5
1902	47
1903	2
1904	14
1905	2
1906	17
1907	9
1908	13
1909	5
1910	37
1911	12
1912	15
1913	21
1914	17
1915	31
1916	21
1917	21
1918	21
1919	109
1920	97
1921	94
1922	120
1923	170
1924	505
1925	79
1926	172
1927	143
1928	359
1929	221
1930	362
1931	217
1932	684
1933	710
1934	200
1935	87
1936	504
1937	379
1938	118
1939	1,126
1940	248
1941	261
1942	507
1943	444
1944	189
1945	621
1946	207
1947	258
1948	316
1949	296
1950	294
1951	773
1952	277
1953	283
1954	409
1955	419
1956	448
1957	686
1958	540
1959	548
1960	492
1961	911
1962	676
1963	531
1964	1,239
1965	482
1966	516
1967	1,121
1968	338
1969	238
1970	820
1971	781
1972	601
1973	1,016
1974	390
1975	474
1976	507
1977	1,024
1978	710
1979	951
1980	1,116
1981	1,354
1982	569
1983	1,264
1984	1,618
1985	1,210
1986	743
1987	1,191
1988	481
1989	2,905
1990	866
1991	577
1992	1,461
1993	761
1994	685
1995	956
1996	1,212
1997	1,279
1998	695
1999	901
2000	1,566
2001	1,262
2002	858
2003	751
2004	554
2005	806
2006	1,307
2007	1,100
2008	1,354
2009	926
2010	1,405
2011	430
2012	942
2013	718
2014	370
2015	1,378
2016	1,521
2017	408
2018	498
2019	917
2020	768
2021	908
2022	595
2023	931
2024	560
2025	1,198

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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 10	53
10 to 20	4
20 to 30	3
30 to 40	0
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	1