Weather Records on 15 December 1945

420 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 December 1945. Highest significance: Kondoolka, AU.

Key Facts for 15 December 1945

On 15 December 1945, 420 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
23 were record highs and 185 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 25 monthly and 395 daily.
Kondoolka set a monthly record daily precipitation of 52.8 mm (2.1 in) on 15 December 1945.
Across 168 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 456 records.

Record Map

420 stations

420 station records on 15 December 1945 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 December 1945: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kondoolka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Emsdale	Canada	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Eucla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Salur	India	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Parvatipur	India	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Huntsville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Moonaree	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Thurlga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ceduna (Goode)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Tumby Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bobbili	India	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ceduna Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Huntsville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ram/Udayagiri	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Penong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Gunupur	India	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ceduna (Koonibba Reserve)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Yeelana (Brooker)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Streaky Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Courela (Challner)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Wedge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Yeelanna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ungarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wirrulla (Petina)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Unley (Reed)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lock (Terre)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Wudinna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Second Valley (Spring Grove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Deniliquin (Wilkinson St)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Emsdale	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Yardea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Fe	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
St Petersburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bourke Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Deniliquin (Wilkinson St)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	44.3 C (111.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ilulissat (Jakobshavn)	Greenland [Denmark]	Record high maximum temperature	4.3 C (39.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Represa	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Albemarle	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Polavaram	India	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
St Augustine	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tarcoola	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gainesville UNIV of Fl	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Myklebust I Breim	Norway	Record snow depth	60.0 cm (23.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Johns	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-26.7 C (-16.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gothenburg	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Port Kenny (Yandra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bosque del Apache	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Coober Pedy (McDouall Peak)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lien I Selbu	Norway	Record snow depth	75.0 cm (29.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Vernon 3 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bell Ranch	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Statesville 2 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Southern Cross	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	4.9 C (40.8 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Smoky Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Springerville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ocala	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Raton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Red Rvr	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-29.4 C (-20.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hendersonville 1 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Low Head (Comparison)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

420 records

Records set or tied on 15 December 1945 by type: Highest daily maximum 12, Lowest daily maximum 93, Highest daily minimum 11, Lowest daily minimum 92, Heaviest daily rainfall 162, Heaviest daily snowfall 26, Deepest snow cover 24.

Records on 15 December 1945 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	12
Lowest daily maximum	93
Highest daily minimum	11
Lowest daily minimum	92
Heaviest daily rainfall	162
Heaviest daily snowfall	26
Deepest snow cover	24

Records on 15 December 1945 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 25, daily 395.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

360 broken records

Margins by which the 360 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 203.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 December 1945

Top 20 records on 15 December 1945 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 December 1945	Kondoolka, AU	monthly rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	21 years	60 of 100 (Major)
15 December 1945	Emsdale, CA	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	17.7 cm (7.0 in)	47 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1945	Eucla, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1945	Salur, IN	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1945	Parvatipur, IN	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	44 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1945	Huntsville, CA	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	53 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1945	Moonaree, AU	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	35 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1945	Thurlga, AU	monthly rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	0 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1945	Ceduna (Goode), AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	35 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1945	Tumby Bay, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1945	Bobbili, IN	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	44 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1945	Ceduna Post Office, AU	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	22 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1945	Huntsville, CA	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	53 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1945	Ram/Udayagiri, IN	monthly rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1945	Penong, AU	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	12 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1945	Gunupur, IN	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	44 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1945	Ceduna (Koonibba Reserve), AU	monthly rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	22 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1945	Yeelana (Brooker), AU	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1945	Streaky Bay, AU	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	22 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1945	Courela (Challner), AU	monthly rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	25 years	42 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

1793 to 1945

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1945. 1945 had 420 records.

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

Records on 12-15 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1796	1
1798	1
1800	1
1808	3
1810	1
1814	3
1815	1
1825	1
1831	1
1840	2
1844	2
1846	3
1847	1
1854	3
1859	2
1863	1
1864	1
1866	1
1867	2
1868	1
1869	1
1870	1
1873	1
1874	1
1878	4
1879	2
1880	2
1881	3
1882	2
1883	1
1885	1
1886	1
1889	3
1890	1
1891	2
1892	4
1893	1
1894	4
1895	1
1896	5
1897	2
1899	12
1900	5
1901	21
1902	3
1903	7
1904	9
1905	6
1906	9
1907	10
1908	5
1909	5
1910	4
1911	23
1912	42
1913	13
1914	239
1915	180
1916	40
1917	40
1918	54
1919	28
1920	35
1921	26
1922	65
1923	132
1924	358
1925	187
1926	226
1927	235
1928	388
1929	500
1930	160
1931	284
1932	385
1933	796
1934	199
1935	140
1936	286
1937	310
1938	100
1939	637
1940	464
1941	373
1942	385
1943	486
1944	281
1945	420
1946	521
1947	634
1948	1,239
1949	135
1950	292
1951	962
1952	367
1953	270
1954	413
1955	371
1956	531
1957	304
1958	531
1959	560
1960	313
1961	883
1962	979
1963	670
1964	371
1965	759
1966	275
1967	948
1968	510
1969	352
1970	215
1971	1,739
1972	1,159
1973	615
1974	511
1975	1,230
1976	349
1977	963
1978	499
1979	560
1980	1,085
1981	1,243
1982	831
1983	1,229
1984	1,397
1985	1,077
1986	502
1987	1,740
1988	519
1989	2,753
1990	846
1991	636
1992	1,263
1993	734
1994	676
1995	848
1996	727
1997	1,521
1998	1,216
1999	621
2000	1,154
2001	1,026
2002	831
2003	846
2004	795
2005	953
2006	1,491
2007	973
2008	1,789
2009	930
2010	1,705
2011	780
2012	1,058
2013	701
2014	1,045
2015	1,398
2016	1,024
2017	332
2018	539
2019	547
2020	400
2021	1,182
2022	1,057
2023	794
2024	369
2025	2,115

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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 50	346
50 to 100	7
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	1