Weather Records on 12 December 1949

789 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 December 1949. Highest significance: Bowling Green Warren Co AP, US.

Key Facts for 12 December 1949

On 12 December 1949, 789 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
478 were record highs and 128 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 38 monthly and 749 daily.
Bowling Green Warren Co AP set a daily record precipitation of 113.5 mm (4.5 in) on 12 December 1949.
Across 153 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 466 records.

Record Map

789 stations

789 station records on 12 December 1949 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 December 1949: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bowling Green Warren Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.5 mm (4.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Port Douglas - Warner St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	181.9 mm (7.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Toronto	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Brownsville Lock 6	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Woodbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Waverly	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dumas	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sierra Madre Henszey	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Golconda River	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tweespruit	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Middlesboro Fire Dept	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
St John Bethlehem Aca	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bolivar Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Yeeda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Jackson Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Johnsonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Manati 2 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Westminter Estate	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Williamsburg 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
New Martinsville 4 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mvenyane (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jeffersonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cheboygan	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Greeneville Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cramond, Albert Fall	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Livingston	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Springerville	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Amite	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Fe	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Fe	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Montpelier	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Weston 2 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Montgomery Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Carmel	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cata (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nelsdrift	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Senekal (Agr)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mexico	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hermiston 1 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnawarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record snow depth	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Flagstaff (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Natural Brg	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
American Falls 6 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.9 cm (2.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Collegeville St Joe AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Covington 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Traverse Cy Cherry Capital AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cooran Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ash Fork 6 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Pinedale	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-27.2 C (-17.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Redlands	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bluewater 3 WSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-27.2 C (-17.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hiram	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record snow depth	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Aurora Water	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Fairfield	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

789 records

Records set or tied on 12 December 1949 by type: Highest daily maximum 344, Lowest daily maximum 40, Highest daily minimum 134, Lowest daily minimum 88, Heaviest daily rainfall 148, Heaviest daily snowfall 24, Deepest snow cover 11.

Records on 12 December 1949 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	344
Lowest daily maximum	40
Highest daily minimum	134
Lowest daily minimum	88
Heaviest daily rainfall	148
Heaviest daily snowfall	24
Deepest snow cover	11

Records on 12 December 1949 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 38, daily 749.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

646 broken records

Margins by which the 646 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 159.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 December 1949

Top 20 records on 12 December 1949 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 December 1949	Bowling Green Warren Co AP, US	daily rain	113.5 mm (4.5 in)	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	47 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1949	Port Douglas - Warner St, AU	daily rain	181.9 mm (7.2 in)	159.3 mm (6.3 in)	24 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1949	Lexington Bluegrass AP, US	daily rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	47 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1949	Toronto, CA	daily high min	9.4 C (48.9 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	83 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1949	Brownsville Lock 6, US	daily rain	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	3 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1949	Woodbury, US	daily rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	3 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1949	Waverly, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	38 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1949	Dumas, US	daily rain	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	35 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1949	Sierra Madre Henszey, US	all-time low min	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	50 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1949	Golconda River, US	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	46 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1949	Tweespruit, ZA	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	16 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1949	Middlesboro Fire Dept, US	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	54 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1949	St John Bethlehem Aca, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	47 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1949	Bolivar Wtr Wks, US	daily rain	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	40 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1949	Yeeda, AU	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	32 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1949	Jackson Exp STN, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	38 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1949	Johnsonville, US	daily rain	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	38 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1949	Chicoutimi, CA	monthly high max	14.4 C (57.9 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	44 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
12 December 1949	Manati 2 E, PR	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	47 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
12 December 1949	Westminter Estate, ZA	monthly rain	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	13 years	33 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 1949

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1949. 1949 had 789 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 20	604
20 to 40	28
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	3
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1