Weather Records on 12 December 1955

381 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 December 1955. Highest significance: Kindersley, CA.

Key Facts for 12 December 1955

On 12 December 1955, 381 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
42 were record highs and 145 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 24 monthly and 356 daily.
Kindersley set a monthly record daily snowfall of 20.3 cm (8.0 in) on 12 December 1955.
Across 153 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 469 records.

Record Map

381 stations

381 station records on 12 December 1955 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 December 1955: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kindersley	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Cumbalum (Fairview)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	146.1 mm (5.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Tomewin (Border Gate)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	225.8 mm (8.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Tallebudgera Guineas Creek Roa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	323.9 mm (12.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lost River	Canada	Record daily snowfall	27.2 cm (10.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lost River	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Lindsay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tartu	Estonia	Record low minimum temperature	-28.6 C (-19.5 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Melfort	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pense	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ernest Junction Rail STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Prince	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Claresholm Meadow Creek	Canada	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Prince	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dingo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Byron Bay (Jacaranda Drive)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	188.7 mm (7.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cudgen Plantation	Australia	Record daily precipitation	170.4 mm (6.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dundurn	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Saskatoon Diefenbaker Int'l A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Doornkom	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Norddal	Norway	Record snow depth	67.0 cm (26.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Waseca	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Parnu	Estonia	Record low minimum temperature	-22.7 C (-8.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	-10.8 C (12.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Parnu	Estonia	Record low maximum temperature	-16.9 C (1.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gavle	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cottonwood 2 E	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Highmore	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Springbrook Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	300.0 mm (11.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lismore (Centre Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Vytegra	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-31.3 C (-24.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Waterford	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Falun	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
St Albans	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Narva	Estonia	Record low minimum temperature	-23.2 C (-9.8 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tartu	Estonia	Record low maximum temperature	-20.1 C (-4.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Inverness 3 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Elk Point	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tartu-Toravere	Estonia	Record low maximum temperature	-20.1 C (-4.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pillar Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-25.4 C (-13.7 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
New Hazelton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Orebro	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-8.5 C (16.7 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Keechelus	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Tamborine Fern St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Condong Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Moorddrift	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Princeton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bluefield 2 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tabba Tabba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kirov	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-34.9 C (-30.8 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Atkinson 3SW	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lewisburg 3 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kendall	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Gracemere Russell St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Vilsandi	Estonia	Record low minimum temperature	-13.4 C (7.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Myklebust I Breim	Norway	Record snow depth	58.0 cm (22.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

381 records

Records set or tied on 12 December 1955 by type: Highest daily maximum 26, Lowest daily maximum 52, Highest daily minimum 16, Lowest daily minimum 93, Heaviest daily rainfall 124, Heaviest daily snowfall 37, Deepest snow cover 33.

Records on 12 December 1955 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	26
Lowest daily maximum	52
Highest daily minimum	16
Lowest daily minimum	93
Heaviest daily rainfall	124
Heaviest daily snowfall	37
Deepest snow cover	33

Records on 12 December 1955 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 24, daily 356.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

322 broken records

Margins by which the 322 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 310.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 December 1955

Top 20 records on 12 December 1955 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 December 1955	Kindersley, CA	monthly snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	45 years	67 of 100 (Major)
12 December 1955	Cumbalum (Fairview), AU	monthly rain	146.1 mm (5.8 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	60 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1955	Tomewin (Border Gate), AU	monthly rain	225.8 mm (8.9 in)	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	15 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1955	Tallebudgera Guineas Creek Roa, AU	daily rain	323.9 mm (12.8 in)	282.2 mm (11.1 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1955	Lost River, CA	monthly snowfall	27.2 cm (10.7 in)	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	27 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1955	Lost River, CA	monthly rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	27 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1955	Mount Lindsay, AU	daily rain	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	69.8 mm (2.7 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1955	Tartu, EE	daily low min	-28.6 C (-19.5 F)	12.2 C (22.0 F)	66 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1955	Melfort, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	33 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1955	Pense, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	57 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1955	Ernest Junction Rail STN, AU	daily rain	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	28 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1955	Prince, CA	all-time snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	7 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1955	Claresholm Meadow Creek, CA	daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	11.5 cm (4.5 in)	28 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1955	Prince, CA	monthly rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	5 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1955	Dingo Post Office, AU	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	29 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1955	Byron Bay (Jacaranda Drive), AU	monthly rain	188.7 mm (7.4 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	60 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1955	Cudgen Plantation, AU	monthly rain	170.4 mm (6.7 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	15 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1955	Dundurn, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	32 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1955	Saskatoon Diefenbaker Int'l A, CA	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	38 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1955	Doornkom, ZA	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	16 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

1796 to 1955

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1955. 1955 had 381 records.

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

Records on 12-12 in each year
Year	Records
1796	2
1798	1
1802	1
1808	2
1814	1
1825	2
1831	1
1835	2
1846	1
1855	2
1861	1
1863	3
1870	2
1871	5
1873	2
1879	2
1882	3
1887	1
1889	1
1891	2
1892	2
1893	8
1894	3
1895	1
1896	4
1897	3
1898	20
1899	11
1900	5
1901	4
1902	7
1903	18
1904	20
1905	10
1906	14
1907	8
1908	25
1909	20
1910	39
1911	104
1912	53
1913	20
1914	19
1915	46
1916	115
1917	246
1918	33
1919	23
1920	41
1921	63
1922	61
1923	91
1924	130
1925	75
1926	143
1927	335
1928	234
1929	405
1930	45
1931	522
1932	813
1933	358
1934	430
1935	266
1936	142
1937	468
1938	103
1939	418
1940	621
1941	260
1942	257
1943	165
1944	688
1945	212
1946	761
1947	295
1948	282
1949	789
1950	364
1951	175
1952	501
1953	288
1954	696
1955	381
1956	441
1957	1,118
1958	884
1959	464
1960	710
1961	1,481
1962	1,495
1963	439
1964	459
1965	1,045
1966	369
1967	565
1968	727
1969	499
1970	366
1971	585
1972	1,669
1973	397
1974	191
1975	492
1976	319
1977	907
1978	382
1979	1,016
1980	583
1981	734
1982	867
1983	816
1984	808
1985	1,384
1986	408
1987	468
1988	1,030
1989	930
1990	676
1991	1,980
1992	818
1993	887
1994	1,172
1995	2,030
1996	1,391
1997	869
1998	1,103
1999	952
2000	2,510
2001	700
2002	683
2003	537
2004	727
2005	769
2006	886
2007	1,315
2008	1,424
2009	818
2010	1,501
2011	621
2012	684
2013	646
2014	1,040
2015	1,496
2016	530
2017	808
2018	256
2019	418
2020	507
2021	441
2022	767
2023	544
2024	328
2025	1,485

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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 50	294
50 to 100	21
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	1