Weather Records on 13 December 1945

355 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 December 1945. Highest significance: Jankia, IN.

Key Facts for 13 December 1945

On 13 December 1945, 355 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
11 were record highs and 117 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 349 daily.
Jankia set a monthly record daily precipitation of 46.2 mm (1.8 in) on 13 December 1945.
Across 160 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 451 records.

Record Map

355 stations

355 station records on 13 December 1945 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 December 1945: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Jankia	India	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Tangi	India	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hendersonville 1 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mundrabilla Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Caroleen	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
El Dorado	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Elkader 6 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Iola	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Statesville 2 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Plymouth Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cottonwood Falls	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Racine Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Macomb	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Garnett 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Norwich	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Darlington Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Salisbury	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Port Washington	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rockford	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Salamonia	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wallaceburg	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gudauri	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	67.4 mm (2.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kanas	India	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Freeport	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Paw Paw 2S	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Mills Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Carroll	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Macon	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Albemarle	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Havana	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsdale	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Blagovescensk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-31.5 C (-24.7 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cedar Glade	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Rushville	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Represa	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Quincy	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Emporia 1 S	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington 3E	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cullowhee	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville Wtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Prairie du Chien	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Minonk	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Winterset 4N	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
El Dorado	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Adrian 2 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Louisiana Starks Nurse	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Newkirk 5NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Claresholm Meadow Creek	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Fairview	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Charlotte Wb City	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Williston Sloulin Fld	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Antigonish	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tg Jiu	Romania	Record low minimum temperature	-26.2 C (-15.2 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Blagovescensk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-40.3 C (-40.5 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus Junction	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Copper	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Brookings 2 NE	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Champaign 3S	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Nashua 2 NNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

355 records

Records set or tied on 13 December 1945 by type: Highest daily maximum 2, Lowest daily maximum 62, Highest daily minimum 9, Lowest daily minimum 55, Heaviest daily rainfall 94, Heaviest daily snowfall 111, Deepest snow cover 22.

Records on 13 December 1945 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	2
Lowest daily maximum	62
Highest daily minimum	9
Lowest daily minimum	55
Heaviest daily rainfall	94
Heaviest daily snowfall	111
Deepest snow cover	22

Records on 13 December 1945 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 349.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

283 broken records

Margins by which the 283 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

13 December 1945

Top 20 records on 13 December 1945 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 December 1945	Jankia, IN	monthly rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	19 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1945	Tangi, IN	monthly rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1945	Hendersonville 1 NE, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	45 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1945	Mundrabilla Station, AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1945	Caroleen, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	44 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1945	El Dorado, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	40 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1945	Elkader 6 SSW, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	8 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1945	Iola, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	40 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1945	Statesville 2 NNE, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	43 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1945	Plymouth Wwtp, US	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	24 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1945	Cottonwood Falls, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	24 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1945	Racine Wwtp, US	daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	28 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1945	Macomb, US	daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	43 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
13 December 1945	Garnett 1 E, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	24 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
13 December 1945	Norwich, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	40 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
13 December 1945	Darlington Wwtp, US	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	28 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
13 December 1945	Salisbury, US	daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	51 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
13 December 1945	Port Washington, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	36 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
13 December 1945	Rockford, US	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	36 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
13 December 1945	Salamonia, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	28 years	31 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 1945

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1945. 1945 had 355 records.

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

Records on 12-13 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1802	1
1808	2
1814	2
1825	2
1831	1
1835	2
1839	1
1846	2
1849	1
1852	2
1855	2
1862	1
1863	1
1864	1
1867	2
1870	2
1871	1
1873	1
1878	6
1879	1
1880	1
1881	3
1882	2
1885	1
1887	1
1890	1
1891	9
1892	1
1893	4
1894	3
1896	1
1897	2
1898	5
1899	9
1900	5
1901	4
1902	13
1903	13
1904	8
1905	3
1906	7
1907	11
1908	6
1909	23
1910	45
1911	72
1912	42
1913	23
1914	35
1915	51
1916	207
1917	144
1918	87
1919	52
1920	55
1921	65
1922	84
1923	206
1924	139
1925	160
1926	228
1927	566
1928	227
1929	303
1930	52
1931	525
1932	385
1933	422
1934	186
1935	168
1936	242
1937	375
1938	89
1939	159
1940	426
1941	324
1942	312
1943	244
1944	426
1945	355
1946	455
1947	306
1948	450
1949	321
1950	290
1951	226
1952	431
1953	222
1954	345
1955	479
1956	477
1957	566
1958	855
1959	297
1960	981
1961	898
1962	1,365
1963	442
1964	398
1965	811
1966	653
1967	743
1968	593
1969	545
1970	221
1971	567
1972	991
1973	625
1974	291
1975	1,038
1976	411
1977	685
1978	446
1979	1,072
1980	536
1981	912
1982	740
1983	1,121
1984	1,172
1985	1,642
1986	381
1987	675
1988	906
1989	1,355
1990	649
1991	1,734
1992	1,113
1993	960
1994	1,094
1995	1,634
1996	833
1997	1,126
1998	1,221
1999	964
2000	2,914
2001	1,092
2002	602
2003	1,131
2004	493
2005	589
2006	957
2007	720
2008	1,583
2009	1,016
2010	1,776
2011	833
2012	837
2013	451
2014	1,046
2015	2,363
2016	397
2017	749
2018	380
2019	520
2020	445
2021	420
2022	1,122
2023	485
2024	296
2025	1,344

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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	201
25 to 50	34
50 to 75	25
75 to 100	15
100 to 125	3
125 to 150	3
150 to 175	1
175 to 200	1