Weather Records on 13 December 1951

226 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 December 1951. Highest significance: Joao Pessoa, BR.

Key Facts for 13 December 1951

On 13 December 1951, 226 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
24 were record highs and 28 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 216 daily.
Joao Pessoa set a daily record precipitation of 46.2 mm (1.8 in) on 13 December 1951.
Across 160 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 452 records.

Record Map

226 stations

226 station records on 13 December 1951 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 December 1951: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Joao Pessoa	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Ubaira (Areia)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	182.4 mm (7.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Liafoss	Norway	Record daily precipitation	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tekamah	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Irara	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	98.7 mm (3.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sovetskaja Gavan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ainsworth	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Chambers	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tekamah	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Melstone	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hettinger	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mundo Novo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mountain View	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sotchi	Russia	Record daily precipitation	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Genoa 2 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mountain View	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Babb 6 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Harrison	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Castelo Do Piaui (Marvao)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Atkinson 3SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ravenna	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Namdalseid	Norway	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
East Anaconda	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Red Lodge	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Fairfax	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sulitjelma	Norway	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Storlien	Sweden	Record snow depth	76.0 cm (29.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Meeker	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Missoula 6 NW WFO	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Faulkton	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Brumado	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	54.5 mm (2.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Purdum	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Carinhanha	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	69.4 mm (2.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Caetite	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	102.0 mm (4.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Marmarth	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bowdle	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ituacu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	120.0 mm (4.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Comet Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Rio de Contas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hanty-Mansijsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Flatwillow 4 ENE	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Butte	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Cottonwood 2 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Mahukona 159	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kjobli I Snaasa	Norway	Record daily precipitation	24.5 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bikin	Russia	Record daily precipitation	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pierre Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ravenna	United States	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Paul	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Deloraine (Athol)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Paardekopplaas	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Genoa 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pommelsbrunn	Germany	Record snow depth	8.0 cm (3.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bowman	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Itatira	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moscow U of I	United States	Record snow depth	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wood	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Acude Tucunduba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

226 records

Records set or tied on 13 December 1951 by type: Highest daily maximum 6, Lowest daily maximum 16, Highest daily minimum 18, Lowest daily minimum 12, Heaviest daily rainfall 101, Heaviest daily snowfall 52, Deepest snow cover 21.

Records on 13 December 1951 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	6
Lowest daily maximum	16
Highest daily minimum	18
Lowest daily minimum	12
Heaviest daily rainfall	101
Heaviest daily snowfall	52
Deepest snow cover	21

Records on 13 December 1951 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 10, daily 216.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

176 broken records

Margins by which the 176 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 215.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 December 1951

Top 20 records on 13 December 1951 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 December 1951	Joao Pessoa, BR	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	37 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1951	Ubaira (Areia), BR	monthly rain	182.4 mm (7.2 in)	77.4 mm (3.0 in)	2 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1951	Liafoss, NO	daily rain	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1951	Tekamah, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	21.5 cm (8.5 in)	5 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1951	Irara, BR	daily rain	98.7 mm (3.9 in)	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	12 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1951	Sovetskaja Gavan, RU	daily rain	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	10 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1951	Ainsworth, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	41 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1951	Chambers, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	24 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1951	Tekamah, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	5 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1951	Melstone, US	monthly snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	29 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1951	Hettinger, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	18 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1951	Mundo Novo, BR	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	29 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1951	Mountain View, CA	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	34 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
13 December 1951	Sotchi, RU	daily rain	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	10.8 mm (0.4 in)	63 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
13 December 1951	Genoa 2 W, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	53 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
13 December 1951	Mountain View, CA	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	34 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
13 December 1951	Babb 6 NE, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	34 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
13 December 1951	Harrison, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	28 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
13 December 1951	Castelo Do Piaui (Marvao), BR	daily rain	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	20 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
13 December 1951	Atkinson 3SW, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	24 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

1796 to 1951

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1951. 1951 had 226 records.

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

Records on 12-13 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1802	1
1808	2
1814	2
1825	2
1831	1
1835	2
1839	1
1846	2
1849	1
1852	2
1855	2
1862	1
1863	1
1864	1
1867	2
1870	2
1871	1
1873	1
1878	6
1879	1
1880	1
1881	3
1882	2
1885	1
1887	1
1890	1
1891	9
1892	1
1893	4
1894	3
1896	1
1897	2
1898	5
1899	9
1900	5
1901	4
1902	13
1903	13
1904	8
1905	3
1906	7
1907	11
1908	6
1909	23
1910	45
1911	72
1912	42
1913	23
1914	35
1915	51
1916	207
1917	144
1918	87
1919	52
1920	55
1921	65
1922	84
1923	206
1924	139
1925	160
1926	228
1927	566
1928	227
1929	303
1930	52
1931	525
1932	385
1933	422
1934	186
1935	168
1936	242
1937	375
1938	89
1939	159
1940	426
1941	324
1942	312
1943	244
1944	426
1945	355
1946	455
1947	306
1948	450
1949	321
1950	290
1951	226
1952	431
1953	222
1954	345
1955	479
1956	477
1957	566
1958	855
1959	297
1960	981
1961	898
1962	1,365
1963	442
1964	398
1965	811
1966	653
1967	743
1968	593
1969	545
1970	221
1971	567
1972	991
1973	625
1974	291
1975	1,038
1976	411
1977	685
1978	446
1979	1,072
1980	536
1981	912
1982	740
1983	1,121
1984	1,172
1985	1,642
1986	381
1987	675
1988	906
1989	1,355
1990	649
1991	1,734
1992	1,113
1993	960
1994	1,094
1995	1,634
1996	833
1997	1,126
1998	1,221
1999	964
2000	2,914
2001	1,092
2002	602
2003	1,131
2004	493
2005	589
2006	957
2007	720
2008	1,583
2009	1,016
2010	1,776
2011	833
2012	837
2013	451
2014	1,046
2015	2,363
2016	397
2017	749
2018	380
2019	520
2020	445
2021	420
2022	1,122
2023	485
2024	296
2025	1,344

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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	148
50 to 100	18
100 to 150	5
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	2