Weather Records on 17 December 1943

444 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 December 1943. Highest significance: Jimbour State School, AU.

Key Facts for 17 December 1943

On 17 December 1943, 444 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
59 were record highs and 229 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 435 daily.
Jimbour State School set a daily record precipitation of 77.5 mm (3.1 in) on 17 December 1943.
Across 160 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 463 records.

Record Map

444 stations

444 station records on 17 December 1943 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 December 1943: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Jimbour State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Rivertree (Myall)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Legume (New Koreelah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	115.3 mm (4.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Brisbane Regional Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Enoggera Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Odendaalsrus	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Quebrangulo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Coomandook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Old Koreelah (McPherson)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Portage la Prairie	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Palmas de Monte Alto	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	62.1 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Marburg - Warrego Highway	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Carawatha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dalhart Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rosewood Walloon Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Brisbane Botanical Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Goodna Ampol	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bonshaw (Campbell St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sloan 3 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sandgate Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Athens	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Beaufort	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Louisburg	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksonville Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Iffley Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Boonah Stark Ave	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksonville Wb City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Keyneton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Redbank Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Alderley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Nudgee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Oxley Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Toowong Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Zillmere Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Englesberg Village	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Crosby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mayne Junction	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Inglewood Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Top Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Moncure 3 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Summerville 4W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Margate Collins St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Graceville Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Vajda-Guba	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	0.4 C (32.7 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Conway	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Darlington	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Wooroolin Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Dalby Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Macalister Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Coolatai (Orana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Yetman (Warialda Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Camden 3 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Eutawville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown 2 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Columbia 2SSE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ranken River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ipswich	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Wolston Park Hospital	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

444 records

Records set or tied on 17 December 1943 by type: Highest daily maximum 41, Lowest daily maximum 51, Highest daily minimum 18, Lowest daily minimum 178, Heaviest daily rainfall 148, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 6.

Records on 17 December 1943 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	41
Lowest daily maximum	51
Highest daily minimum	18
Lowest daily minimum	178
Heaviest daily rainfall	148
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	6

Records on 17 December 1943 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 9, daily 435.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

379 broken records

Margins by which the 379 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 178.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 December 1943

Top 20 records on 17 December 1943 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 December 1943	Jimbour State School, AU	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	47 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1943	Rivertree (Myall), AU	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	48 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1943	Legume (New Koreelah), AU	monthly rain	115.3 mm (4.5 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	9 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1943	Brisbane Regional Office, AU	daily rain	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	48 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1943	Enoggera Reservoir, AU	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	48 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1943	Odendaalsrus, ZA	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	12 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1943	Quebrangulo, BR	daily rain	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1943	Coomandook, AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	40 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1943	Old Koreelah (McPherson), AU	monthly rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	21 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1943	Portage la Prairie, CA	daily high max	5.0 C (41.0 F)	21.7 C (39.1 F)	0 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1943	Palmas de Monte Alto, BR	daily rain	62.1 mm (2.4 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
17 December 1943	Marburg - Warrego Highway, AU	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	48 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
17 December 1943	Carawatha, AU	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	18 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
17 December 1943	Dalhart Exp STN, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	37 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
17 December 1943	Rosewood Walloon Rd, AU	daily rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
17 December 1943	Brisbane Botanical Gardens, AU	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	16 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
17 December 1943	Goodna Ampol, AU	daily rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	16 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
17 December 1943	Bonshaw (Campbell St), AU	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	40 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
17 December 1943	Sloan 3 S, US	monthly low max	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	48 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
17 December 1943	Sandgate Post Office, AU	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	48 years	28 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 1943

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1943. 1943 had 444 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 25	350
25 to 50	24
50 to 75	2
75 to 100	1
100 to 125	1
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1