Weather Records on 31 December 1950

310 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 31 December 1950. Highest significance: Lichtentanne, DE.

Key Facts for 31 December 1950

On 31 December 1950, 310 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
79 were record highs and 37 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 300 daily.
Lichtentanne set a daily record snow depth of 28.0 cm (11.0 in) on 31 December 1950.
Across 157 earlier years (1797 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 488 records.

Record Map

310 stations

310 station records on 31 December 1950 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 31 December 1950: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record snow depth	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Avon Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Adel	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Emmet Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bronkhorstfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	114.6 mm (4.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Uliman (Brentwood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mittagong (Beatrice Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Homestead Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gadarwara	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Blair	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Summerville 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Caldwell	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Caldwell	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Turtleford	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cascade 5 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Austral Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Angellala Downs Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mountain View	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mountain View	Canada	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cargo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Leliefontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hollowaysrust	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Delmas (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Premier Mine-Cullinan	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pincher Creek Town	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Val (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Burrendong (Pine Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-17.5 C (0.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Goldbutte 7 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tartu-Toravere	Estonia	Record low minimum temperature	-28.4 C (-19.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Greiz-Dolau	Germany	Record snow depth	34.0 cm (13.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Valier	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Seoni	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Springkell	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-27.0 C (-16.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Brady Aznoe	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-18.0 C (-0.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Poortjie	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Frankfurt/Main (Feldbergstr.)	Germany	Record snow depth	23.0 cm (9.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ust-Maja	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-59.4 C (-74.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Berrings	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Nooitgedacht	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gavle	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-26.1 C (-15.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Umea	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-19.2 C (-2.6 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Yerevan	Armenia	Record high minimum temperature	3.6 C (38.5 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Moorside	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Zoetveld	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Chardzhev	Turkmenistan	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bamboo Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ebor (Kotupna)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Nossen	Germany	Record snow depth	22.0 cm (8.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Borzja	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-45.7 C (-50.3 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Gyzylarbat	Turkmenistan	Record high maximum temperature	21.8 C (71.2 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lakin	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Babb 6 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Garsebach Bei Meissen	Germany	Record snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Walterboro 1 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Milwaukee Wb City	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Spooner Ag Rsch STN	United States	Record snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Turtleford	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

310 records

Records set or tied on 31 December 1950 by type: Highest daily maximum 40, Lowest daily maximum 18, Highest daily minimum 39, Lowest daily minimum 19, Heaviest daily rainfall 149, Heaviest daily snowfall 25, Deepest snow cover 20.

Records on 31 December 1950 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	40
Lowest daily maximum	18
Highest daily minimum	39
Lowest daily minimum	19
Heaviest daily rainfall	149
Heaviest daily snowfall	25
Deepest snow cover	20

Records on 31 December 1950 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 8, daily 300.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

266 broken records

Margins by which the 266 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 305.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

31 December 1950

Top 20 records on 31 December 1950 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 December 1950	Lichtentanne, DE	daily snow depth	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	86 years	62 of 100 (Major)
31 December 1950	Avon Downs, AU	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	39 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1950	Adel, US	daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1950	Emmet Downs, AU	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	21 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1950	Bronkhorstfontein, ZA	all-time rain	114.6 mm (4.5 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	30 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1950	Uliman (Brentwood), AU	daily rain	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	57 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1950	Mittagong (Beatrice Street), AU	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	11 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1950	Homestead Exp STN, US	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	45.9 mm (1.8 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1950	Gadarwara, IN	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	40 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1950	Blair, US	daily rain	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	44 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1950	Summerville 4W, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	37 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1950	Caldwell, CA	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	4 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1950	Caldwell, CA	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	4 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1950	Turtleford, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	19 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1950	Cascade 5 S, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	44 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1950	Austral Downs, AU	monthly rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	34 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1950	Angellala Downs Homestead, AU	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	4 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1950	Mountain View, CA	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1950	Mountain View, CA	daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	31 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1950	Cargo Post Office, AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	38 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

1797 to 1950

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1950. 1950 had 310 records.

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

Records on 12-31 in each year
Year	Records
1797	1
1799	2
1826	1
1836	1
1842	2
1850	3
1853	1
1854	1
1859	1
1860	1
1867	1
1870	2
1872	2
1874	4
1875	2
1876	2
1878	2
1879	2
1880	2
1882	1
1884	2
1885	1
1886	3
1887	1
1888	2
1890	2
1891	8
1892	4
1895	4
1897	6
1898	5
1899	4
1900	3
1901	16
1902	3
1903	3
1904	11
1905	9
1906	31
1907	11
1908	7
1909	5
1910	25
1911	14
1912	17
1913	46
1914	34
1915	32
1916	25
1917	239
1918	24
1919	38
1920	64
1921	130
1922	83
1923	280
1924	113
1925	183
1926	77
1927	491
1928	53
1929	224
1930	58
1931	543
1932	394
1933	409
1934	181
1935	309
1936	567
1937	500
1938	247
1939	298
1940	467
1941	159
1942	352
1943	159
1944	259
1945	210
1946	707
1947	461
1948	591
1949	384
1950	310
1951	1,421
1952	377
1953	410
1954	286
1955	429
1956	216
1957	724
1958	584
1959	414
1960	389
1961	309
1962	810
1963	1,015
1964	388
1965	1,371
1966	326
1967	1,023
1968	1,371
1969	825
1970	579
1971	568
1972	836
1973	1,370
1974	590
1975	791
1976	1,306
1977	641
1978	2,791
1979	448
1980	1,448
1981	786
1982	639
1983	2,220
1984	942
1985	593
1986	616
1987	845
1988	600
1989	506
1990	1,379
1991	703
1992	1,062
1993	718
1994	878
1995	1,151
1996	2,202
1997	988
1998	739
1999	524
2000	1,575
2001	748
2002	1,232
2003	523
2004	1,278
2005	959
2006	2,089
2007	652
2008	656
2009	867
2010	1,544
2011	739
2012	803
2013	606
2014	903
2015	748
2016	678
2017	1,589
2018	620
2019	593
2020	489
2021	1,739
2022	1,497
2023	474
2024	460
2025	760

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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	246
50 to 100	12
100 to 150	4
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	2
300 to 350	2