Weather Records on 15 December 1950

292 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 December 1950. Highest significance: Mochudi, BW.

Key Facts for 15 December 1950

On 15 December 1950, 292 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
139 were record highs and 14 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 286 daily.
Mochudi set a daily record precipitation of 73.7 mm (2.9 in) on 15 December 1950.
Across 168 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 457 records.

Record Map

292 stations

292 station records on 15 December 1950 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 December 1950: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mochudi	Botswana	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Derby	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mannington 1 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Napier Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Millport 4 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Nash	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge City 3 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pickens 1	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Canfield 1 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Leopold Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrenceville 2 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hermannsburg	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Holland Wtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fitzroy Crossing Comp.	Australia	Record daily precipitation	121.2 mm (4.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Alice Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fossil Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Barrow Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pana	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Quanbun Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville Wtp	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Philo 3 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Urandangi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Noonkanbah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Wooroolin Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tbilisi	Georgia	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Salamonia	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Maricopa 9 SSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Whitehead	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Aurora Water	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Marengo	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsdale	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Huntington	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Orogrande	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mannersley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Turnu Magurele	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	8.1 C (46.6 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	4.2 C (39.6 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Burrundie Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Haripad	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Pasadena	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Meeker	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kerkwerve	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	22.5 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lowestoft	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Arnhem	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Markovo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Eddington Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bluffton Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily snowfall	4.8 cm (1.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Howitt	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Napoklu	India	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Umatilla	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Liveringa Upper	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Headingly Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Carandotta Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kleve	Germany	Record daily precipitation	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lima Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Umatilla	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tempe Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Blackbutt Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

292 records

Records set or tied on 15 December 1950 by type: Highest daily maximum 69, Lowest daily maximum 6, Highest daily minimum 70, Lowest daily minimum 8, Heaviest daily rainfall 89, Heaviest daily snowfall 31, Deepest snow cover 19.

Records on 15 December 1950 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	69
Lowest daily maximum	6
Highest daily minimum	70
Lowest daily minimum	8
Heaviest daily rainfall	89
Heaviest daily snowfall	31
Deepest snow cover	19

Records on 15 December 1950 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 286.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

235 broken records

Margins by which the 235 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 153.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 December 1950

Top 20 records on 15 December 1950 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 December 1950	Mochudi, BW	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	31 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1950	Derby, ZA	daily rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	19 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1950	Mannington 1 N, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	48 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1950	Napier Downs, AU	monthly rain	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	29 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1950	Millport 4 NE, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	33 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1950	Lake Nash, AU	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	43 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1950	Cambridge City 3 N, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	48 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1950	Pickens 1, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	33 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1950	Canfield 1 S, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	53 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1950	Leopold Downs, AU	monthly rain	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	30 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1950	Lawrenceville 2 S, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	48 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1950	Hermannsburg, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	39 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1950	Holland Wtp, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	33 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1950	Fitzroy Crossing Comp., AU	monthly rain	121.2 mm (4.8 in)	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	34 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
15 December 1950	Alice Downs, AU	daily rain	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	12 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
15 December 1950	Fossil Downs, AU	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	7 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
15 December 1950	Barrow Creek, AU	monthly rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	29 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
15 December 1950	Dublin Phoenix Park, IE	daily low max	1.1 C (34.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	71 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
15 December 1950	Stornoway Airport, GB	daily low min	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	67 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
15 December 1950	Pana, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	40 years	30 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 1950

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1950. 1950 had 292 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 20	189
20 to 40	32
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	3
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1