Weather Records on 14 December 1945

415 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 December 1945. Highest significance: Thurlga, AU.

Key Facts for 14 December 1945

On 14 December 1945, 415 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
17 were record highs and 138 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 402 daily.
Thurlga set a daily record precipitation of 27.4 mm (1.1 in) on 14 December 1945.
Across 164 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 455 records.

Record Map

415 stations

415 station records on 14 December 1945 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 December 1945: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Thurlga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ranpur	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Riche	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Gunupur	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Eucla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ram/Udayagiri	India	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Khurda	India	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Purushottampur	India	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nebo	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Peppermint Grove	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Jankia	India	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lima Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Banpur	India	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Thomasville 7 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Artesia 6S	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Prairieview	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Freehold-Marlboro	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Aska	India	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Fe	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Brunswick	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Owen Sound	Canada	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Puri	India	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Owen Sound	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksonville Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Roswell Muni AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
White Well	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Aul	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
St Augustine	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lubbock 9N	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Raiford State Prison	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Alamogordo	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tuba City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Alapaha Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Jerome	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Federal Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeton 1 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bluewater 3 WSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-33.3 C (-27.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kindersley	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-28.3 C (-18.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Taganrog (Lighthouse)	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-26.1 C (-15.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Waycross 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hightstown 2 W	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kanab	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
La Sal	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Williston Sloulin Fld	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hopetoun	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Riverside Fire STN 3	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomington Indiana UNIV	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bayard 4W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Las Vegas 2 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Orogrande	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Brookings 2 NE	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Moab	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Florence	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Johns	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hightstown 2 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Elizabethtown	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-35.0 C (-31.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Jagatsingpur	India	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gajapathinagaram	India	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

415 records

Records set or tied on 14 December 1945 by type: Highest daily maximum 10, Lowest daily maximum 56, Highest daily minimum 7, Lowest daily minimum 82, Heaviest daily rainfall 198, Heaviest daily snowfall 40, Deepest snow cover 22.

Records on 14 December 1945 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	10
Lowest daily maximum	56
Highest daily minimum	7
Lowest daily minimum	82
Heaviest daily rainfall	198
Heaviest daily snowfall	40
Deepest snow cover	22

Records on 14 December 1945 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 13, daily 402.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

348 broken records

Margins by which the 348 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 140.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 December 1945

Top 20 records on 14 December 1945 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 December 1945	Thurlga, AU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	30 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 1945	Ranpur, IN	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	39 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 1945	Cape Riche, AU	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	38 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 1945	Gunupur, IN	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 1945	Eucla, AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 1945	Arnsberg, DE	monthly snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	6.0 cm (2.4 in)	57 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 1945	Ram/Udayagiri, IN	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 1945	Khurda, IN	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 1945	Purushottampur, IN	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 1945	Nebo, ZA	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	39 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 1945	Peppermint Grove, AU	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	2 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 1945	Jankia, IN	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 1945	Lima Wwtp, US	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	43 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 1945	Banpur, IN	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	27 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 1945	Thomasville 7 NE, US	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	47 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 1945	Artesia 6S, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	40 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 1945	Prairieview, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	34 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 1945	Freehold-Marlboro, US	daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	70 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 1945	Aska, IN	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
14 December 1945	Santa Fe, US	daily low min	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	66 years	34 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 415 records.

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

Records on 12-14 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1806	1
1808	4
1814	1
1825	2
1831	1
1835	1
1840	2
1846	2
1847	1
1848	1
1849	1
1852	1
1855	3
1863	1
1867	2
1868	1
1870	1
1871	1
1872	1
1878	4
1879	2
1880	3
1881	3
1882	1
1886	2
1887	1
1888	2
1889	2
1890	1
1891	4
1892	2
1893	4
1894	4
1895	1
1896	3
1897	7
1898	3
1899	11
1900	3
1901	20
1902	10
1903	11
1904	12
1905	2
1906	7
1907	22
1908	10
1909	14
1910	14
1911	13
1912	41
1913	9
1914	85
1915	99
1916	96
1917	55
1918	97
1919	29
1920	67
1921	52
1922	112
1923	255
1924	238
1925	319
1926	206
1927	384
1928	332
1929	410
1930	92
1931	418
1932	260
1933	571
1934	141
1935	158
1936	384
1937	325
1938	81
1939	182
1940	237
1941	433
1942	323
1943	331
1944	243
1945	415
1946	397
1947	490
1948	818
1949	139
1950	305
1951	724
1952	382
1953	370
1954	225
1955	388
1956	443
1957	244
1958	814
1959	294
1960	654
1961	823
1962	886
1963	663
1964	337
1965	610
1966	483
1967	959
1968	337
1969	498
1970	174
1971	864
1972	907
1973	628
1974	328
1975	2,092
1976	445
1977	1,023
1978	389
1979	709
1980	774
1981	1,031
1982	496
1983	1,197
1984	1,862
1985	1,400
1986	397
1987	1,317
1988	674
1989	2,058
1990	629
1991	1,098
1992	1,308
1993	954
1994	558
1995	1,331
1996	832
1997	1,401
1998	1,227
1999	793
2000	1,950
2001	1,391
2002	863
2003	978
2004	738
2005	845
2006	1,445
2007	636
2008	1,319
2009	848
2010	1,891
2011	867
2012	938
2013	565
2014	1,046
2015	2,200
2016	650
2017	563
2018	699
2019	588
2020	551
2021	763
2022	1,028
2023	619
2024	363
2025	1,772

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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	295
20 to 40	32
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	6
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	5