Weather Records on 13 December 1955

479 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 December 1955. Highest significance: Woodburn Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 13 December 1955

On 13 December 1955, 479 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
35 were record highs and 198 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 22 monthly and 457 daily.
Woodburn Post Office set a monthly record daily precipitation of 179.1 mm (7.1 in) on 13 December 1955.
Across 160 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 450 records.

Record Map

479 stations

479 station records on 13 December 1955 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 December 1955: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Woodburn Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	179.1 mm (7.1 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Coraki Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	194.6 mm (7.7 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Childers Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Wadena 3 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kilkivan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Semans	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Semans	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nimbin Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Casino Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Maclear (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	56.7 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nerang Gilston Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	122.4 mm (4.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pense	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Broadwater Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	181.4 mm (7.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Zamora	Spain	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-15.7 C (3.7 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Thornlea	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo Bill Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	-8.8 C (16.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tartu	Estonia	Record low minimum temperature	-21.2 C (-6.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-25.4 C (-13.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lismore (Centre Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	151.9 mm (6.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Polis	Cyprus	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cottonwood 2 E	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Berens River	Canada	Record daily snowfall	21.8 cm (8.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kakabeka Falls	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Parnu	Estonia	Record low minimum temperature	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Acude Santo Antonio de Russas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Harris	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Trondheim - Voll	Norway	Record snow depth	70.0 cm (27.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kilkivan State Forest 220	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-14.2 C (6.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Norddal	Norway	Record snow depth	76.0 cm (29.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Milaca	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Reedy Flat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Rvr Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Chapel Hill 2 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Buchan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	-1.9 C (28.6 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	-0.8 C (30.6 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	0.5 C (32.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Pilger	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Schreiber	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tartu-Toravere	Estonia	Record low minimum temperature	-21.2 C (-6.2 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tartu	Estonia	Record low maximum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Andenes	Norway	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Fredrikstad (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bjuraker	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-24.0 C (-11.2 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pitea	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-19.8 C (-3.6 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Alliance 1WNW	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Southern Pines 2 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kingaroy Prince Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Pogranichnyj	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-3.5 C (25.7 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Clinton Forestry HQ	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Parsons 3 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lisboa Geofisica	Portugal	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Vytegra	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-34.7 C (-30.5 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Markovo	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-9.5 C (14.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

479 records

Records set or tied on 13 December 1955 by type: Highest daily maximum 14, Lowest daily maximum 48, Highest daily minimum 21, Lowest daily minimum 150, Heaviest daily rainfall 159, Heaviest daily snowfall 60, Deepest snow cover 27.

Records on 13 December 1955 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	14
Lowest daily maximum	48
Highest daily minimum	21
Lowest daily minimum	150
Heaviest daily rainfall	159
Heaviest daily snowfall	60
Deepest snow cover	27

Records on 13 December 1955 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 22, daily 457.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

400 broken records

Margins by which the 400 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 360.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 December 1955

Top 20 records on 13 December 1955 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 December 1955	Woodburn Post Office, AU	monthly rain	179.1 mm (7.1 in)	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	60 years	75 of 100 (Major)
13 December 1955	Coraki Post Office, AU	monthly rain	194.6 mm (7.7 in)	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	28 years	64 of 100 (Major)
13 December 1955	Childers Post Office, AU	daily rain	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	60 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1955	Wadena 3 S, US	daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	36 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1955	Kilkivan Post Office, AU	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	37 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1955	Semans, CA	monthly rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	16 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1955	Semans, CA	monthly snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	19 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1955	Nimbin Post Office, AU	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	28 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1955	Casino Airport, AU	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	37 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1955	Maclear (Mag), ZA	daily rain	56.7 mm (2.2 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	59 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1955	Nerang Gilston Rd, AU	daily rain	122.4 mm (4.8 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	37 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1955	Pense, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	45 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1955	Broadwater Sugar Mill, AU	monthly rain	181.4 mm (7.1 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	15 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1955	Zamora, ES	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	1 year	36 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1955	Velikie Luki, RU	daily low max	-15.7 C (3.7 F)	4.8 C (8.6 F)	69 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1955	Thornlea, ZA	daily rain	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	21 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1955	Buffalo Bill Dam, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	29 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1955	Huron Rgnl AP, US	daily snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	58 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1955	Tranebjerg, DK	daily low min	-8.8 C (16.2 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	75 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
13 December 1955	Aberdeen, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	45 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

1796 to 1955

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1955. 1955 had 479 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	371
50 to 100	20
100 to 150	6
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1