Weather Records on 14 December 1947

490 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 December 1947. Highest significance: Hatfield (Benilkie), AU.

Key Facts for 14 December 1947

On 14 December 1947, 490 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
34 were record highs and 41 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 471 daily.
Hatfield (Benilkie) set a monthly record daily precipitation of 86.4 mm (3.4 in) on 14 December 1947.
Across 164 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 454 records.

Record Map

490 stations

490 station records on 14 December 1947 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 December 1947: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hatfield (Benilkie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Pendraka	India	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Palakonda	India	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Yanco (Billinbah East)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Narsapur	India	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Tanuku	India	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Tadepalligudem	India	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Chipurupally	India	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Conargo (Hartwood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Palladam	India	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Muswellbrook (Lower Hill St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Murringo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Benalla (Shadforth Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Trangie Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Penugonda	India	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Katandra North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Razole(Rajole)	India	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Srikakulam	India	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gajapathinagaram	India	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wombat (Tumbleton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Goolgumbla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wingen (Murrulla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Steam Plains 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mooroopna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Manfred	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tarcutta (Wollumbi)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Narra Allen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dookie Agricultural College	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Jaipur	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gunning Rural Supplies	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kaikalur	India	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Riddells Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Vlakfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Heidelberg I	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jeir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kangiara (Laverstock)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bhimavaram	India	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bhimunipatnam	India	Record daily precipitation	117.6 mm (4.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Goulburn River @ Shepparton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Konda	India	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Miepoll South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Brungle (Rosemount)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Finley Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pyalong West (Cavan Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kothapeta	India	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Yellowin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Warrenbayne (Baddaginnie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Baddaginnie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Toorourrong Reservoir (Toorour	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Polavaram	India	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bottineau	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nymagee (Pyramid)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chodavaram	India	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chintalapudi	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Purushottampur	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Charlton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Port Said	Egypt	Record high minimum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Goulburn 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Moira Pastoral Co.	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

490 records

Records set or tied on 14 December 1947 by type: Highest daily maximum 13, Lowest daily maximum 7, Highest daily minimum 21, Lowest daily minimum 34, Heaviest daily rainfall 394, Heaviest daily snowfall 10, Deepest snow cover 11.

Records on 14 December 1947 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	13
Lowest daily maximum	7
Highest daily minimum	21
Lowest daily minimum	34
Heaviest daily rainfall	394
Heaviest daily snowfall	10
Deepest snow cover	11

Records on 14 December 1947 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 19, daily 471.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

454 broken records

Margins by which the 454 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

14 December 1947

Top 20 records on 14 December 1947 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 December 1947	Hatfield (Benilkie), AU	monthly rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	44 years	70 of 100 (Major)
14 December 1947	Pendraka, IN	monthly rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	42 years	66 of 100 (Major)
14 December 1947	Palakonda, IN	monthly rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	38 years	65 of 100 (Major)
14 December 1947	Yanco (Billinbah East), AU	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	52 years	62 of 100 (Major)
14 December 1947	Narsapur, IN	monthly rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	16 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 1947	Tanuku, IN	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	45 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 1947	Tadepalligudem, IN	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	45 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 1947	Chipurupally, IN	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	45 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 1947	Conargo (Hartwood), AU	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 1947	Palladam, IN	daily rain	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	56.7 mm (2.2 in)	40 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 1947	Muswellbrook (Lower Hill St), AU	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	50 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 1947	Murringo Post Office, AU	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	55.3 mm (2.2 in)	10 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 1947	Benalla (Shadforth Street), AU	monthly rain	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	25 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 1947	Trangie Post Office, AU	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	21 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 1947	Eureka, US	daily snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	20 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 1947	Penugonda, IN	monthly rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	13 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 1947	Katandra North, AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	52 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 1947	Razole(Rajole), IN	monthly rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	16 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 1947	Srikakulam, IN	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	1 year	42 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 1947	Gajapathinagaram, IN	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	1 year	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

1796 to 1947

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1947. 1947 had 490 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 25	412
25 to 50	29
50 to 75	10
75 to 100	1
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	1
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1