Weather Records on 7 December 1955

195 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 December 1955. Highest significance: Alliance 1WNW, US.

Key Facts for 7 December 1955

On 7 December 1955, 195 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
59 were record highs and 43 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 190 daily.
Alliance 1WNW set a daily record snow depth of 22.9 cm (9.0 in) on 7 December 1955.
Across 157 earlier years (1801 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 496 records.

Record Map

195 stations

195 station records on 7 December 1955 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 December 1955: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Alliance 1WNW	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tarnaby	Sweden	Record snow depth	114.0 cm (44.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chapleau 2	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Norddal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Leslie (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mitchell 5E	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Quatsino	Canada	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	7.7 C (45.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Atbasar	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	-1.0 C (30.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gordon 6N	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	-4.2 C (24.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cascavel	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tot-Ma	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-36.7 C (-34.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	9.2 C (48.6 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Viljujsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-53.5 C (-64.3 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kent	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Greifswald	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	10.2 C (50.4 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tunnsjo	Norway	Record snow depth	112.0 cm (44.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Buzau	Romania	Record high maximum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Jakutsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-53.6 C (-64.5 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Snoqualmie Pass	United States	Record snow depth	233.7 cm (92.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Piripiri	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bull Harbour	Canada	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Potsdam	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	7.4 C (45.3 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Newton Rigg	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Heron 2 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Buique	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	5.7 C (42.3 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Zerbst	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	7.4 C (45.3 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ueckermunde	Germany	Record daily precipitation	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Anklam	Germany	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Altentreptow	Germany	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chapleau 2	Canada	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	United States	Record snow depth	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tartu	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	13.1 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bezeck	Russia	Record daily precipitation	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Santana Do Cariri	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
El-Ton	Russia	Record daily precipitation	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Conceicao	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Beawar Nayanagar	India	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mundau	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Antenor Navarro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Itaporanga (Misericordia)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pakri	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lindenberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	6.4 C (43.5 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Turgaj	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	-0.1 C (31.8 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Susendal	Norway	Record snow depth	79.0 cm (31.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Shenkursk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-28.4 C (-19.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Achinsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-1.6 C (29.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gaddede	Sweden	Record snow depth	65.0 cm (25.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mountainair	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cortland	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fortaleza	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Angermunde	Germany	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

195 records

Records set or tied on 7 December 1955 by type: Highest daily maximum 14, Lowest daily maximum 19, Highest daily minimum 45, Lowest daily minimum 24, Heaviest daily rainfall 47, Heaviest daily snowfall 11, Deepest snow cover 35.

Records on 7 December 1955 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	14
Lowest daily maximum	19
Highest daily minimum	45
Lowest daily minimum	24
Heaviest daily rainfall	47
Heaviest daily snowfall	11
Deepest snow cover	35

Records on 7 December 1955 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 190.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

159 broken records

Margins by which the 159 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 457.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 December 1955

Top 20 records on 7 December 1955 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 December 1955	Alliance 1WNW, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	57 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1955	Tarnaby, SE	monthly snow depth	114.0 cm (44.9 in)	1.0 cm (0.4 in)	60 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
7 December 1955	Chapleau 2, CA	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	41 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
7 December 1955	Norddal, NO	daily rain	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	6 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
7 December 1955	Leslie (Mun), ZA	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	17 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
7 December 1955	Mitchell 5E, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	45 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
7 December 1955	Quatsino, CA	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	53 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
7 December 1955	Berlin-Dahlem, DE	daily high min	7.7 C (45.9 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	78 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
7 December 1955	Atbasar, KZ	monthly high min	-1.0 C (30.2 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	51 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
7 December 1955	Gordon 6N, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	37 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
7 December 1955	Sonnblick, AT	daily high min	-4.2 C (24.4 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	63 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
7 December 1955	Dublin Phoenix Park, IE	daily high max	13.3 C (55.9 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	66 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
7 December 1955	Cascavel, BR	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
7 December 1955	Tot-Ma, RU	daily low min	-36.7 C (-34.1 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	61 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
7 December 1955	Tranebjerg, DK	daily high max	9.2 C (48.6 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	56 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
7 December 1955	Wrixum/Fohr, DE	daily high max	10.0 C (50.0 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	56 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
7 December 1955	Ponce 4 E, PR	daily low max	25.0 C (77.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	5 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
7 December 1955	Hobart (Ellerslie Road), AU	daily high max	29.4 C (84.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	54 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
7 December 1955	Viljujsk, RU	daily low min	-53.5 C (-64.3 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	56 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
7 December 1955	Kent, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	6 years	24 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

1801 to 1955

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1801 to 1955. 1955 had 195 records.

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

Records on 12-07 in each year
Year	Records
1801	1
1805	1
1812	2
1815	1
1825	2
1832	1
1836	1
1839	1
1844	4
1848	3
1852	1
1856	3
1863	1
1866	1
1868	5
1871	5
1875	6
1879	5
1881	1
1884	2
1885	1
1889	1
1890	2
1891	3
1892	1
1893	5
1894	1
1895	1
1896	8
1897	4
1898	10
1899	3
1900	2
1901	9
1902	16
1903	9
1904	7
1905	3
1906	21
1907	4
1908	24
1909	21
1910	26
1911	7
1912	21
1913	19
1914	32
1915	53
1916	36
1917	52
1918	30
1919	38
1920	81
1921	39
1922	272
1923	128
1924	374
1925	119
1926	372
1927	404
1928	105
1929	146
1930	534
1931	180
1932	555
1933	130
1934	274
1935	270
1936	602
1937	890
1938	279
1939	780
1940	145
1941	139
1942	526
1943	199
1944	357
1945	240
1946	855
1947	240
1948	320
1949	187
1950	1,472
1951	1,751
1952	447
1953	673
1954	445
1955	195
1956	1,358
1957	589
1958	831
1959	539
1960	561
1961	206
1962	642
1963	436
1964	467
1965	476
1966	1,047
1967	386
1968	461
1969	952
1970	724
1971	854
1972	2,239
1973	448
1974	508
1975	404
1976	1,037
1977	1,369
1978	1,882
1979	827
1980	1,314
1981	896
1982	542
1983	957
1984	957
1985	922
1986	1,126
1987	866
1988	582
1989	675
1990	744
1991	698
1992	906
1993	544
1994	1,772
1995	912
1996	1,152
1997	818
1998	2,384
1999	674
2000	1,085
2001	743
2002	917
2003	1,184
2004	1,096
2005	1,433
2006	1,246
2007	1,402
2008	833
2009	972
2010	1,405
2011	1,507
2012	643
2013	2,119
2014	479
2015	1,079
2016	389
2017	508
2018	558
2019	447
2020	597
2021	547
2022	579
2023	952
2024	712
2025	665

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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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 100	150
100 to 200	8
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1