Weather Records on 17 December 1949

296 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 December 1949. Highest significance: Wittstock-Rote Muhle, DE.

Key Facts for 17 December 1949

On 17 December 1949, 296 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
43 were record highs and 20 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 291 daily.
Wittstock-Rote Muhle set a daily record precipitation of 27.6 mm (1.1 in) on 17 December 1949.
Across 160 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 464 records.

Record Map

296 stations

296 station records on 17 December 1949 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 December 1949: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Wittstock-Rote Muhle	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Teterow	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Malboona	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Blikana	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Angleton 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Grove Farm 1021	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lowman	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.2 cm (10.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Danevang 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Palermo	Italy	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bulken	Norway	Record snow depth	68.0 cm (26.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Naalehu 14	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Buderim Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Maryborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hallettsville 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gayndah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Nash	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Laidley Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Cruz	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tewantin Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cedar Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Caboonbah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Forest Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Roper River Police	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Rossland City Yard	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.3 cm (6.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Grandchester Symes St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sooke Lake	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Wetaskiwin	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Oberstdorf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kent	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Longmire Rainier Nps	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Aakukui 1007	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lihue 1020	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Makaweli 965	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Coominya Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Warra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Newrybar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Shawnigan Lake	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver Mines	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsboro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Alpine	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Grass Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hebgen Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Chama	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Houston Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Charles Chenault	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Vaexjoe	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bad Muskau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wittenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem (Lfag)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lindenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bederkesa	Germany	Record daily precipitation	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wangerooge	Germany	Record daily precipitation	18.4 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record daily precipitation	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Schwerin	Germany	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Waren	Germany	Record daily precipitation	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

296 records

Records set or tied on 17 December 1949 by type: Highest daily maximum 19, Lowest daily maximum 16, Highest daily minimum 24, Lowest daily minimum 4, Heaviest daily rainfall 175, Heaviest daily snowfall 52, Deepest snow cover 6.

Records on 17 December 1949 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	19
Lowest daily maximum	16
Highest daily minimum	24
Lowest daily minimum	4
Heaviest daily rainfall	175
Heaviest daily snowfall	52
Deepest snow cover	6

Records on 17 December 1949 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 291.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

234 broken records

Margins by which the 234 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 180.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 December 1949

Top 20 records on 17 December 1949 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 December 1949	Wittstock-Rote Muhle, DE	daily rain	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	23 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1949	Teterow, DE	daily rain	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	16.1 mm (0.6 in)	14 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1949	Malboona, AU	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	42 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1949	Blikana, ZA	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	47 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1949	Angleton 2 W, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	16 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1949	Grove Farm 1021, US	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	42 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1949	Zugspitze, DE	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1949	Lowman, US	daily snowfall	26.2 cm (10.3 in)	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	34 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
17 December 1949	Danevang 1 W, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	51 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
17 December 1949	Palermo, IT	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	9.3 mm (0.37 in)	43 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
17 December 1949	Bulken, NO	daily snow depth	68.0 cm (26.8 in)	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	53 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
17 December 1949	Naalehu 14, US	daily rain	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	23 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
17 December 1949	Buderim Post Office, AU	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	54 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
17 December 1949	Maryborough, AU	daily rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
17 December 1949	Alexandria, US	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	43 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
17 December 1949	Hallettsville 2 N, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	15 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
17 December 1949	Gayndah Post Office, AU	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
17 December 1949	Lake Nash, AU	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	42 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
17 December 1949	Laidley Post Office, AU	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	54 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
17 December 1949	Santa Cruz, US	daily rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	54 years	28 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

1793 to 1949

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1949. 1949 had 296 records.

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

Records on 12-17 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1796	1
1806	2
1808	2
1814	1
1815	1
1839	1
1845	1
1846	4
1847	1
1848	1
1859	3
1866	1
1867	1
1868	1
1869	2
1873	2
1876	3
1877	2
1878	1
1879	2
1881	2
1885	1
1886	1
1888	2
1889	2
1890	4
1892	4
1893	2
1894	4
1895	3
1896	4
1897	4
1898	2
1899	1
1900	6
1901	5
1902	47
1903	2
1904	14
1905	2
1906	17
1907	9
1908	13
1909	5
1910	37
1911	12
1912	15
1913	21
1914	17
1915	31
1916	21
1917	21
1918	21
1919	109
1920	97
1921	94
1922	120
1923	170
1924	505
1925	79
1926	172
1927	143
1928	359
1929	221
1930	362
1931	217
1932	684
1933	710
1934	200
1935	87
1936	504
1937	379
1938	118
1939	1,126
1940	248
1941	261
1942	507
1943	444
1944	189
1945	621
1946	207
1947	258
1948	316
1949	296
1950	294
1951	773
1952	277
1953	283
1954	409
1955	419
1956	448
1957	686
1958	540
1959	548
1960	492
1961	911
1962	676
1963	531
1964	1,239
1965	482
1966	516
1967	1,121
1968	338
1969	238
1970	820
1971	781
1972	601
1973	1,016
1974	390
1975	474
1976	507
1977	1,024
1978	710
1979	951
1980	1,116
1981	1,354
1982	569
1983	1,264
1984	1,618
1985	1,210
1986	743
1987	1,191
1988	481
1989	2,905
1990	866
1991	577
1992	1,461
1993	761
1994	685
1995	956
1996	1,212
1997	1,279
1998	695
1999	901
2000	1,566
2001	1,262
2002	858
2003	751
2004	554
2005	806
2006	1,307
2007	1,100
2008	1,354
2009	926
2010	1,405
2011	430
2012	942
2013	718
2014	370
2015	1,378
2016	1,521
2017	408
2018	498
2019	917
2020	768
2021	908
2022	595
2023	931
2024	560
2025	1,198

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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	194
25 to 50	24
50 to 75	6
75 to 100	5
100 to 125	1
125 to 150	2
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	2