Weather Records on 15 December 1955

371 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 December 1955. Highest significance: Machadodorp, ZA.

Key Facts for 15 December 1955

On 15 December 1955, 371 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
41 were record highs and 106 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 361 daily.
Machadodorp set a daily record precipitation of 83.0 mm (3.3 in) on 15 December 1955.
Across 168 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 456 records.

Record Map

371 stations

371 station records on 15 December 1955 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 December 1955: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Machadodorp	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Pecs Pogany	Hungary	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Brisbane	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Nambucca Heads Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Toledo Lorenzana	Spain	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Macksville Country Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Oakey Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Moore Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Houghton Lake 6 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Back Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Leeukop	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Brisbane Show Grounds	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jimbour State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gladysvale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Caboolture Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ebor (Wongwibinda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Barrie	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Moro	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Coorparoo Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Doctors Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-21.2 C (-6.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Brisbane Botanical Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Condamine Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-24.6 C (-12.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Esk Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Greenmount Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Drevja	Norway	Record snow depth	90.0 cm (35.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Englesberg Village	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Rathdowney Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tannymorel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Walkerton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Narva	Estonia	Record low maximum temperature	-16.6 C (2.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tallinn	Estonia	Record low minimum temperature	-25.7 C (-14.3 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-29.8 C (-21.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Virginia City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mundubbera	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Goombungee Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	12.6 C (54.7 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Northam	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Coolon Hotel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Yuleba Garden St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bowraville Recreation Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pemberton Meadows	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Junsele	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-39.2 C (-38.6 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Umea	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Goldendale	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gayndah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-26.0 C (-14.8 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Clermont Sirius St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Yangan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Dorrigo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Parnu	Estonia	Record low minimum temperature	-20.4 C (-4.7 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
S Bend AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.9 cm (3.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mount McConnell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Toowoomba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tartu	Estonia	Record low maximum temperature	-18.7 C (-1.7 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Jakutsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-53.2 C (-63.8 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-23.5 C (-10.3 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Morokweng (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

371 records

Records set or tied on 15 December 1955 by type: Highest daily maximum 20, Lowest daily maximum 51, Highest daily minimum 21, Lowest daily minimum 55, Heaviest daily rainfall 175, Heaviest daily snowfall 28, Deepest snow cover 21.

Records on 15 December 1955 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	20
Lowest daily maximum	51
Highest daily minimum	21
Lowest daily minimum	55
Heaviest daily rainfall	175
Heaviest daily snowfall	28
Deepest snow cover	21

Records on 15 December 1955 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 10, daily 361.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

319 broken records

Margins by which the 319 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 220.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 December 1955

Top 20 records on 15 December 1955 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 December 1955	Machadodorp, ZA	daily rain	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1955	Pecs Pogany, HU	daily rain	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	34 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1955	Mt Brisbane, AU	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	33 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1955	Nambucca Heads Bowling Club, AU	daily rain	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	18 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1955	Toledo Lorenzana, ES	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	18 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1955	Macksville Country Club, AU	daily rain	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	64 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1955	Oakey Post Office, AU	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1955	Moore Post Office, AU	daily rain	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	28 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1955	Houghton Lake 6 WSW, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	9.6 cm (3.8 in)	20 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1955	Back Plains, AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1955	Leeukop, ZA	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	25 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1955	Brisbane Show Grounds, AU	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	64 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1955	Jimbour State School, AU	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	66 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1955	Gladysvale, AU	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	40 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
15 December 1955	Caboolture Post Office, AU	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	64 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
15 December 1955	Ebor (Wongwibinda), AU	monthly rain	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	39 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
15 December 1955	Barrie, CA	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	70 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
15 December 1955	Moro, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	57 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
15 December 1955	Coorparoo Bowls Club, AU	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
15 December 1955	Doctors Creek, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	48 years	33 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

1793 to 1955

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1955. 1955 had 371 records.

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

Records on 12-15 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1796	1
1798	1
1800	1
1808	3
1810	1
1814	3
1815	1
1825	1
1831	1
1840	2
1844	2
1846	3
1847	1
1854	3
1859	2
1863	1
1864	1
1866	1
1867	2
1868	1
1869	1
1870	1
1873	1
1874	1
1878	4
1879	2
1880	2
1881	3
1882	2
1883	1
1885	1
1886	1
1889	3
1890	1
1891	2
1892	4
1893	1
1894	4
1895	1
1896	5
1897	2
1899	12
1900	5
1901	21
1902	3
1903	7
1904	9
1905	6
1906	9
1907	10
1908	5
1909	5
1910	4
1911	23
1912	42
1913	13
1914	239
1915	180
1916	40
1917	40
1918	54
1919	28
1920	35
1921	26
1922	65
1923	132
1924	358
1925	187
1926	226
1927	235
1928	388
1929	500
1930	160
1931	284
1932	385
1933	796
1934	199
1935	140
1936	286
1937	310
1938	100
1939	637
1940	464
1941	373
1942	385
1943	486
1944	281
1945	420
1946	521
1947	634
1948	1,239
1949	135
1950	292
1951	962
1952	367
1953	270
1954	413
1955	371
1956	531
1957	304
1958	531
1959	560
1960	313
1961	883
1962	979
1963	670
1964	371
1965	759
1966	275
1967	948
1968	510
1969	352
1970	215
1971	1,739
1972	1,159
1973	615
1974	511
1975	1,230
1976	349
1977	963
1978	499
1979	560
1980	1,085
1981	1,243
1982	831
1983	1,229
1984	1,397
1985	1,077
1986	502
1987	1,740
1988	519
1989	2,753
1990	846
1991	636
1992	1,263
1993	734
1994	676
1995	848
1996	727
1997	1,521
1998	1,216
1999	621
2000	1,154
2001	1,026
2002	831
2003	846
2004	795
2005	953
2006	1,491
2007	973
2008	1,789
2009	930
2010	1,705
2011	780
2012	1,058
2013	701
2014	1,045
2015	1,398
2016	1,024
2017	332
2018	539
2019	547
2020	400
2021	1,182
2022	1,057
2023	794
2024	369
2025	2,115

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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	302
50 to 100	13
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1