Weather Records on 31 December 1951

1,421 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 31 December 1951. Highest significance: Trout Lake, US.

Key Facts for 31 December 1951

On 31 December 1951, 1,421 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
1,000 were record highs and 131 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 184 monthly and 1,234 daily.
Trout Lake set an all-time record daily snowfall of 68.6 cm (27.0 in) on 31 December 1951.
Across 157 earlier years (1797 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 481 records.

Record Map

1,421 stations

1,421 station records on 31 December 1951 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 31 December 1951: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Trout Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Luakaha Lower 782	United States	Record daily precipitation	175.3 mm (6.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mana 1026	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kekaha 944	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lihue 1020	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.7 mm (4.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Fairfax	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Duchesne	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hornepayne	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kipahulu 258	United States	Record daily precipitation	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hornepayne	Canada	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kahuku 912	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sucesso	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
New Westminster	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Golconda River	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Makapuu Point 724	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Steamboat Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Olaa 92	United States	Record daily precipitation	137.4 mm (5.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hot Springs 1 NNE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rifle	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Moscow U of I	United States	Record snow depth	73.7 cm (29.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Aurora Water	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Sumner	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Powell	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Russellville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hartsel	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Houston	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lima	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pickens 1	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Stony River Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Broome Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	43.3 C (109.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Armstrong	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-38.9 C (-38.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Whiteriver 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hood Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Vicosa Do Ceara	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	78.3 mm (3.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Clayton 1 SSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Du Quoin 4 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Golconda River	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lebanon 2W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Waynesville 1 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Skagit Pwr Plt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Vernon Coldstream Ranch	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-32.8 C (-27.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Fayetteville Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mtn Home 1 NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Birch Tree	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Seymour 1 NNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Steffenville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Agricultural College	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kenton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cloud Chief 2 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cascadia	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville Dwtn AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Snake Creek Powerhouse	United States	Record snow depth	109.2 cm (43.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Taua	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Race (Aut)	Canada	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Malvern	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gray	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Rosedale	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Geary	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Meeker 5 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,421 records

Records set or tied on 31 December 1951 by type: Highest daily maximum 572, Lowest daily maximum 53, Highest daily minimum 428, Lowest daily minimum 78, Heaviest daily rainfall 209, Heaviest daily snowfall 46, Deepest snow cover 35.

Records on 31 December 1951 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	572
Lowest daily maximum	53
Highest daily minimum	428
Lowest daily minimum	78
Heaviest daily rainfall	209
Heaviest daily snowfall	46
Deepest snow cover	35

Records on 31 December 1951 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 184, daily 1,234.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,191 broken records

Margins by which the 1,191 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 331.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

31 December 1951

Top 20 records on 31 December 1951 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 December 1951	Trout Lake, US	all-time snowfall	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	15 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1951	Luakaha Lower 782, US	daily rain	175.3 mm (6.9 in)	114.1 mm (4.5 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1951	Mana 1026, US	daily rain	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	74.6 mm (2.9 in)	33 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1951	Kekaha 944, US	daily rain	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	44 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1951	Lihue 1020, US	daily rain	110.7 mm (4.4 in)	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	18 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1951	Fairfax, US	daily snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	26 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1951	Duchesne, US	daily snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	33.1 cm (13.0 in)	14 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1951	Hornepayne, CA	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	17 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1951	Kipahulu 258, US	daily rain	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	105.6 mm (4.2 in)	10 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1951	Hornepayne, CA	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	17.7 cm (7.0 in)	17 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1951	Kahuku 912, US	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	14 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1951	Sucesso, BR	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	25 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1951	New Westminster, CA	monthly low min	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	72 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1951	Lexington Bluegrass AP, US	monthly high max	22.2 C (72.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	75 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1951	Golconda River, US	daily high min	14.4 C (57.9 F)	10.5 C (18.9 F)	54 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1951	Makapuu Point 724, US	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	0 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1951	Steamboat Springs, US	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	17 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1951	Olaa 92, US	daily rain	137.4 mm (5.4 in)	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	14 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1951	Hot Springs 1 NNE, US	daily high max	26.1 C (79.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	61 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
31 December 1951	Rifle, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	36 years	34 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

1797 to 1951

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1951. 1951 had 1,421 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	1,148
50 to 100	22
100 to 150	14
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	2