Weather Records on 14 December 1951

724 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 December 1951. Highest significance: Leeupoort, ZA.

Key Facts for 14 December 1951

On 14 December 1951, 724 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
30 were record highs and 74 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 27 monthly and 691 daily.
Leeupoort set an all-time record daily precipitation of 134.6 mm (5.3 in) on 14 December 1951.
Across 164 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 453 records.

Record Map

724 stations

724 station records on 14 December 1951 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 December 1951: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Leeupoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Taipu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Indianola 1SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Tipton	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Joao Do Sabugi	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Southport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Toronto Agincourt	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Fairfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Harrison	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Quiteria	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	56.8 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Walnut	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Acude Bonito	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Monsenhor Tabosa	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Greenfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.3 cm (7.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Redig 11 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wellsburg Wtr Trmt Pl	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Shelbyville Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Trenton 2	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.3 cm (6.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Chambersburg 1 ESE	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tambe (Itambe)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
La Salle Peru	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.7 cm (5.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Newton 6 SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Greeley	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Piracuruca	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	97.4 mm (3.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Caracara	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Miguel	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ottawa 4SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.5 cm (6.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Clinton #1	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.5 cm (13.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Stoneville Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Eaglehawk Neck (Jetty Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Itatira	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Santana Do Matos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	106.0 mm (4.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
St Thomas	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Toronto Agincourt	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Perry	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield Abraham Lincoln Ca	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.2 cm (5.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tromso	Norway	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Aurora Water	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.2 cm (10.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Iowa City	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Keosauqua	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cadiz	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Morrison	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus Junction	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Grinnell 3 SW	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Canfield 1 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Guelph Oac	Canada	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Riksgransen	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Carroll	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Waterloo 6SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Moores Hill	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Oakland	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.1 cm (8.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Winterset 4N	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Philo	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.2 cm (4.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Faulkton	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hamilton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Havana	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Whitestown	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.9 cm (3.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hettinger	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

724 records

Records set or tied on 14 December 1951 by type: Highest daily maximum 13, Lowest daily maximum 47, Highest daily minimum 17, Lowest daily minimum 27, Heaviest daily rainfall 330, Heaviest daily snowfall 253, Deepest snow cover 37.

Records on 14 December 1951 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	13
Lowest daily maximum	47
Highest daily minimum	17
Lowest daily minimum	27
Heaviest daily rainfall	330
Heaviest daily snowfall	253
Deepest snow cover	37

Records on 14 December 1951 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 27, daily 691.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

631 broken records

Margins by which the 631 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 330.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 December 1951

Top 20 records on 14 December 1951 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 December 1951	Leeupoort, ZA	all-time rain	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	14 years	64 of 100 (Major)
14 December 1951	Taipu, BR	monthly rain	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	31 years	61 of 100 (Major)
14 December 1951	Indianola 1SW, US	daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	22.8 cm (9.0 in)	41 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 1951	Tipton, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	57 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 1951	Sao Joao Do Sabugi, BR	monthly rain	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	56.8 mm (2.2 in)	6 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 1951	Southport, AU	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	34 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 1951	Toronto Agincourt, CA	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	48 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 1951	Fairfield, US	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	15.5 cm (6.1 in)	41 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 1951	Harrison, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	36 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 1951	Santa Quiteria, BR	daily rain	56.8 mm (2.2 in)	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 1951	Walnut, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	44 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 1951	Acude Bonito, BR	daily rain	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	38 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 1951	Monsenhor Tabosa, BR	daily rain	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	45.3 mm (1.8 in)	38 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 1951	Greenfield, US	daily snowfall	18.3 cm (7.2 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	48 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 1951	Redig 11 NE, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	28 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 1951	Wellsburg Wtr Trmt Pl, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	36 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 1951	Shelbyville Sewage Plt, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	33 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 1951	Trenton 2, US	daily snowfall	16.3 cm (6.4 in)	9.9 cm (3.9 in)	83 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 1951	Chambersburg 1 ESE, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	13.9 cm (5.5 in)	36 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 1951	Tambe (Itambe), BR	daily rain	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	45 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

1796 to 1951

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1951. 1951 had 724 records.

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

Records on 12-14 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1806	1
1808	4
1814	1
1825	2
1831	1
1835	1
1840	2
1846	2
1847	1
1848	1
1849	1
1852	1
1855	3
1863	1
1867	2
1868	1
1870	1
1871	1
1872	1
1878	4
1879	2
1880	3
1881	3
1882	1
1886	2
1887	1
1888	2
1889	2
1890	1
1891	4
1892	2
1893	4
1894	4
1895	1
1896	3
1897	7
1898	3
1899	11
1900	3
1901	20
1902	10
1903	11
1904	12
1905	2
1906	7
1907	22
1908	10
1909	14
1910	14
1911	13
1912	41
1913	9
1914	85
1915	99
1916	96
1917	55
1918	97
1919	29
1920	67
1921	52
1922	112
1923	255
1924	238
1925	319
1926	206
1927	384
1928	332
1929	410
1930	92
1931	418
1932	260
1933	571
1934	141
1935	158
1936	384
1937	325
1938	81
1939	182
1940	237
1941	433
1942	323
1943	331
1944	243
1945	415
1946	397
1947	490
1948	818
1949	139
1950	305
1951	724
1952	382
1953	370
1954	225
1955	388
1956	443
1957	244
1958	814
1959	294
1960	654
1961	823
1962	886
1963	663
1964	337
1965	610
1966	483
1967	959
1968	337
1969	498
1970	174
1971	864
1972	907
1973	628
1974	328
1975	2,092
1976	445
1977	1,023
1978	389
1979	709
1980	774
1981	1,031
1982	496
1983	1,197
1984	1,862
1985	1,400
1986	397
1987	1,317
1988	674
1989	2,058
1990	629
1991	1,098
1992	1,308
1993	954
1994	558
1995	1,331
1996	832
1997	1,401
1998	1,227
1999	793
2000	1,950
2001	1,391
2002	863
2003	978
2004	738
2005	845
2006	1,445
2007	636
2008	1,319
2009	848
2010	1,891
2011	867
2012	938
2013	565
2014	1,046
2015	2,200
2016	650
2017	563
2018	699
2019	588
2020	551
2021	763
2022	1,028
2023	619
2024	363
2025	1,772

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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	509
50 to 100	83
100 to 150	31
150 to 200	4
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	3