Weather Records on 12 December 1944

688 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 December 1944. Highest significance: Dookie Agricultural College, AU.

Key Facts for 12 December 1944

On 12 December 1944, 688 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
59 were record highs and 74 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 7 were all-time records, 33 monthly and 648 daily.
Dookie Agricultural College set a daily record precipitation of 37.6 mm (1.5 in) on 12 December 1944.
Across 153 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 467 records.

Record Map

688 stations

688 station records on 12 December 1944 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 December 1944: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Dookie Agricultural College	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Alfred	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily snowfall	31.8 cm (12.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Glenville	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Naradhan (Uralba)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Addison	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Alfred	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.9 cm (10.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Angelica	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Grimsby Rock Chapel	Canada	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Claysville 3 W	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Huntington 1	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Westminster 2 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Norwalk Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Addison	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
State College	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.4 cm (8.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ryan	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Wellsburg Wtr Trmt Pl	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Port Dover	Canada	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mannington 1 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.3 cm (6.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Grimsby Rock Chapel	Canada	Record daily snowfall	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sorel	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
West Newton	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Welland	Canada	Record daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Emporium 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	23.4 cm (9.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Towanda 1 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.3 cm (8.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Morgantown 1	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Spencer	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Jamestown	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.5 cm (13.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Warren	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Charleston 1	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.4 cm (9.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Effingham 3SW	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Claysville 3 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Parkers Landing	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Saltsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Moorefield 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Simcoe	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Brockport	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Port Orford 2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lebanon 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lock Haven	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Harpers Ferry River	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pickens 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Weston	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Toronto Agincourt	Canada	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Emmitsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Keedysville	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Warren	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Farias Brito	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Derry 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville 2 NE	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bayard	United States	Record daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Point Pleasant	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Piree	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Jequie	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hamilton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	United States	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

688 records

Records set or tied on 12 December 1944 by type: Highest daily maximum 36, Lowest daily maximum 60, Highest daily minimum 23, Lowest daily minimum 14, Heaviest daily rainfall 411, Heaviest daily snowfall 77, Deepest snow cover 67.

Records on 12 December 1944 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	36
Lowest daily maximum	60
Highest daily minimum	23
Lowest daily minimum	14
Heaviest daily rainfall	411
Heaviest daily snowfall	77
Deepest snow cover	67

Records on 12 December 1944 by timescale: all-time 7, monthly 33, daily 648.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

631 broken records

Margins by which the 631 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 1524.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 December 1944

Top 20 records on 12 December 1944 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 December 1944	Dookie Agricultural College, AU	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	57 years	63 of 100 (Major)
12 December 1944	Alfred, US	daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	50 years	60 of 100 (Major)
12 December 1944	Fairmont, US	daily snowfall	31.8 cm (12.5 in)	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1944	Glenville, US	daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1944	Naradhan (Uralba), AU	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	49 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1944	Addison, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	22.8 cm (9.0 in)	45 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1944	Alfred, US	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	50 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1944	Ashland, US	daily snowfall	25.9 cm (10.2 in)	23.4 cm (9.2 in)	45 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1944	Angelica, US	daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	28.7 cm (11.3 in)	42 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1944	Grimsby Rock Chapel, CA	monthly rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	13 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1944	Claysville 3 W, US	monthly snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	22.8 cm (9.0 in)	8 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1944	Huntington 1, US	daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	16.6 cm (6.5 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1944	Westminster 2 SSE, US	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	45 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1944	Norwalk Wwtp, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	48 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1944	Georgetown, CA	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	14.5 cm (5.7 in)	41 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1944	Addison, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1944	State College, US	daily snowfall	22.4 cm (8.8 in)	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1944	Ryan, US	monthly snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	8.8 cm (3.5 in)	40 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1944	Wellsburg Wtr Trmt Pl, US	monthly snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	42 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1944	Port Dover, CA	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	49 years	51 of 100 (Notable)

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 1944

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1944. 1944 had 688 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 200	617
200 to 400	10
400 to 600	1
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	0
1000 to 1200	2
1200 to 1400	0
1400 to 1600	1