Weather Records on 19 December 1955

906 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 December 1955. Highest significance: Yanco (Billinbah East), AU.

Key Facts for 19 December 1955

On 19 December 1955, 906 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
167 were record highs and 317 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 28 monthly and 875 daily.
Yanco (Billinbah East) set a daily record precipitation of 52.1 mm (2.1 in) on 19 December 1955.
Across 152 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 500 records.

Record Map

906 stations

906 station records on 19 December 1955 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 December 1955: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Yanco (Billinbah East)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Jondaryan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Portola	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Gogeldrie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	66.7 mm (2.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Davis 2 WSW Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Miles Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Grass Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	138.4 mm (5.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Spaulding	United States	Record daily precipitation	165.9 mm (6.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Helena	United States	Record daily precipitation	146.3 mm (5.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Susanville 2SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Coan Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Chatswood Water Supply	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Dobbins Colgate Foreba	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Moreton Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Berkeley	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mosman Water Supply	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Deer Creek Ph	United States	Record daily precipitation	166.1 mm (6.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Quincy	United States	Record daily precipitation	117.3 mm (4.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Walnut Creek 2 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Boree Creek (Richmond St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Las Plumas	United States	Record daily precipitation	189.2 mm (7.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sierraville Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Willows 6 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wollstonecraft	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Porthill	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Collingwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hankey (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Port Orford 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Crown St. Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Riverview Observatory	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Boggabilla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
McCloud	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Clara UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Vacaville	United States	Record daily precipitation	148.6 mm (5.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Downieville	United States	Record daily precipitation	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	118.6 mm (4.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Knights Landing	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sydney Botanic Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Canyon Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Brooks Farnham Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Uliman (Brentwood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Napa State Hospital	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kula Sanatorium 267	United States	Record daily precipitation	177.3 mm (7.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Brisbane Regional Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pemblegong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Matjesvlei	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lakeside	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Millaquin Sugar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Manildra (Hazeldale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pense	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Los Gatos	United States	Record daily precipitation	158.0 mm (6.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Nevada City	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ukiah	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Woodland 1 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Manly Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wondai Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Thargomindah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

906 records

Records set or tied on 19 December 1955 by type: Highest daily maximum 58, Lowest daily maximum 140, Highest daily minimum 109, Lowest daily minimum 177, Heaviest daily rainfall 337, Heaviest daily snowfall 56, Deepest snow cover 29.

Records on 19 December 1955 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	58
Lowest daily maximum	140
Highest daily minimum	109
Lowest daily minimum	177
Heaviest daily rainfall	337
Heaviest daily snowfall	56
Deepest snow cover	29

Records on 19 December 1955 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 28, daily 875.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

749 broken records

Margins by which the 749 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 460.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 December 1955

Top 20 records on 19 December 1955 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 December 1955	Yanco (Billinbah East), AU	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	65 years	63 of 100 (Major)
19 December 1955	Jondaryan Post Office, AU	daily rain	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	48 years	60 of 100 (Major)
19 December 1955	Portola, US	all-time rain	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	18 years	60 of 100 (Major)
19 December 1955	Gogeldrie, AU	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	52 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1955	Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij, RU	daily rain	66.7 mm (2.6 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1955	Aberdeen, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	60 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1955	Davis 2 WSW Exp Farm, US	daily rain	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	34 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1955	Miles Post Office, AU	daily rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	56 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1955	Grass Valley, US	daily rain	138.4 mm (5.4 in)	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	34 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1955	Lake Spaulding, US	daily rain	165.9 mm (6.5 in)	102.7 mm (4.0 in)	34 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1955	Saint Helena, US	daily rain	146.3 mm (5.8 in)	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	34 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1955	Susanville 2SW, US	daily rain	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	60 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1955	Coan Downs, AU	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	66 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1955	Chatswood Water Supply, AU	daily rain	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	44 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1955	Dobbins Colgate Foreba, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	34 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1955	Cape Moreton Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	48 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1955	Berkeley, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	60 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1955	Mosman Water Supply, AU	daily rain	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	44 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1955	Deer Creek Ph, US	daily rain	166.1 mm (6.5 in)	110.2 mm (4.3 in)	22 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1955	Quincy, US	daily rain	117.3 mm (4.6 in)	66.2 mm (2.6 in)	34 years	49 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

1793 to 1955

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1955. 1955 had 906 records.

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

Records on 12-19 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1795	1
1805	1
1835	1
1846	2
1849	1
1852	3
1855	3
1859	3
1860	1
1861	2
1869	2
1870	1
1875	2
1877	2
1880	1
1884	2
1885	1
1888	1
1889	3
1890	4
1892	4
1894	1
1895	4
1896	1
1898	3
1899	2
1900	1
1901	3
1902	16
1903	2
1904	19
1905	5
1906	9
1907	12
1908	12
1909	18
1910	22
1911	17
1912	41
1913	50
1914	23
1915	31
1916	38
1917	36
1918	24
1919	53
1920	30
1921	60
1922	155
1923	180
1924	492
1925	79
1926	152
1927	222
1928	45
1929	386
1930	76
1931	650
1932	239
1933	459
1934	455
1935	110
1936	689
1937	211
1938	237
1939	390
1940	392
1941	588
1942	654
1943	364
1944	241
1945	700
1946	182
1947	283
1948	397
1949	632
1950	545
1951	622
1952	469
1953	517
1954	443
1955	906
1956	287
1957	984
1958	386
1959	249
1960	432
1961	595
1962	670
1963	966
1964	753
1965	392
1966	851
1967	1,063
1968	900
1969	381
1970	485
1971	288
1972	325
1973	1,014
1974	252
1975	843
1976	398
1977	569
1978	1,191
1979	829
1980	456
1981	1,515
1982	768
1983	2,804
1984	1,066
1985	1,179
1986	609
1987	1,095
1988	1,001
1989	1,740
1990	1,463
1991	1,236
1992	1,176
1993	1,153
1994	692
1995	1,459
1996	2,108
1997	830
1998	855
1999	609
2000	1,154
2001	627
2002	1,467
2003	996
2004	664
2005	697
2006	1,061
2007	689
2008	1,545
2009	1,937
2010	1,610
2011	832
2012	774
2013	636
2014	537
2015	1,109
2016	1,080
2017	783
2018	397
2019	541
2020	327
2021	603
2022	494
2023	1,224
2024	864
2025	1,542

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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	732
100 to 200	12
200 to 300	3
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	1