Weather Records on 31 December 1955

429 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 31 December 1955. Highest significance: Bysonder, ZA.

Key Facts for 31 December 1955

On 31 December 1955, 429 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
78 were record highs and 66 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 419 daily.
Bysonder set an all-time record daily precipitation of 215.2 mm (8.5 in) on 31 December 1955.
Across 157 earlier years (1797 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 487 records.

Record Map

429 stations

429 station records on 31 December 1955 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 31 December 1955: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bysonder	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	215.2 mm (8.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Geeveston Police Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Elandspoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	168.0 mm (6.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Sharpes Siding	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Currie Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Irishtown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Sorell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Queimadas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Rooikop	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Deniliquin (Wilkinson St)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Scotsburn (Mount Boninyong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Drevja	Norway	Record snow depth	95.0 cm (37.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Burwood East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Naracoopa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Victoria Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bowral Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Maatsuyker Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Petropavlovskij Majak	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-4.0 C (24.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Heidelberg I	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Inverloch	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hartebeespoort-Agrc.	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Edith Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Broadmarsh (Corleen)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mundo Novo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tupper Lake Sunmount	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
West Yellowstone	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Maryborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	0.2 C (32.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Chama	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Zeehan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Petropavlovskij Majak	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-0.5 C (31.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-5.1 C (22.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Timovskoe	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	-1.9 C (28.6 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cooran Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hermiston 1 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Moore Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Blagovescensk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Dillon 1 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Calhoun 2 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Matanuska Exp Farm	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Collbran	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Delta	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Fruitland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Spring Bluff Railway STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Greenmount Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sheffield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Smithton (Grant Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Astana	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	-37.4 C (-35.3 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Timovskoe	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-8.4 C (16.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Fruita	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Montrose #2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kia Ora Sandy Ridges	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Boolarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Marysville (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Waratah (Mount Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Spreckels Hwy Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

429 records

Records set or tied on 31 December 1955 by type: Highest daily maximum 38, Lowest daily maximum 38, Highest daily minimum 40, Lowest daily minimum 28, Heaviest daily rainfall 265, Heaviest daily snowfall 12, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 31 December 1955 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	38
Lowest daily maximum	38
Highest daily minimum	40
Lowest daily minimum	28
Heaviest daily rainfall	265
Heaviest daily snowfall	12
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 31 December 1955 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 6, daily 419.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

369 broken records

Margins by which the 369 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 390.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

31 December 1955

Top 20 records on 31 December 1955 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 December 1955	Bysonder, ZA	all-time rain	215.2 mm (8.5 in)	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	0 years	63 of 100 (Major)
31 December 1955	Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij, RU	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	44 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1955	Geeveston Police Station, AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1955	Elandspoort, ZA	all-time rain	168.0 mm (6.6 in)	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	6 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1955	Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	37 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1955	Sharpes Siding, AU	monthly rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	17 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1955	Currie Post Office, AU	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	14 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1955	Irishtown, AU	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1955	Cape Sorell, AU	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	8 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1955	Queimadas, BR	daily rain	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	34 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1955	Rooikop, ZA	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	24 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1955	Deniliquin (Wilkinson St), AU	daily low max	20.6 C (69.1 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	87 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1955	Scotsburn (Mount Boninyong), AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	66 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1955	Drevja, NO	daily snow depth	95.0 cm (37.4 in)	39.0 cm (15.4 in)	36 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1955	Burwood East, AU	monthly rain	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	25 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1955	Naracoopa, AU	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	14 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1955	Victoria Hill, AU	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	6 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
31 December 1955	Bowral Post Office, AU	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	44 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
31 December 1955	Maatsuyker Island Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	8 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
31 December 1955	Petropavlovskij Majak, RU	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	44 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

1797 to 1955

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1955. 1955 had 429 records.

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

Records on 12-31 in each year
Year	Records
1797	1
1799	2
1826	1
1836	1
1842	2
1850	3
1853	1
1854	1
1859	1
1860	1
1867	1
1870	2
1872	2
1874	4
1875	2
1876	2
1878	2
1879	2
1880	2
1882	1
1884	2
1885	1
1886	3
1887	1
1888	2
1890	2
1891	8
1892	4
1895	4
1897	6
1898	5
1899	4
1900	3
1901	16
1902	3
1903	3
1904	11
1905	9
1906	31
1907	11
1908	7
1909	5
1910	25
1911	14
1912	17
1913	46
1914	34
1915	32
1916	25
1917	239
1918	24
1919	38
1920	64
1921	130
1922	83
1923	280
1924	113
1925	183
1926	77
1927	491
1928	53
1929	224
1930	58
1931	543
1932	394
1933	409
1934	181
1935	309
1936	567
1937	500
1938	247
1939	298
1940	467
1941	159
1942	352
1943	159
1944	259
1945	210
1946	707
1947	461
1948	591
1949	384
1950	310
1951	1,421
1952	377
1953	410
1954	286
1955	429
1956	216
1957	724
1958	584
1959	414
1960	389
1961	309
1962	810
1963	1,015
1964	388
1965	1,371
1966	326
1967	1,023
1968	1,371
1969	825
1970	579
1971	568
1972	836
1973	1,370
1974	590
1975	791
1976	1,306
1977	641
1978	2,791
1979	448
1980	1,448
1981	786
1982	639
1983	2,220
1984	942
1985	593
1986	616
1987	845
1988	600
1989	506
1990	1,379
1991	703
1992	1,062
1993	718
1994	878
1995	1,151
1996	2,202
1997	988
1998	739
1999	524
2000	1,575
2001	748
2002	1,232
2003	523
2004	1,278
2005	959
2006	2,089
2007	652
2008	656
2009	867
2010	1,544
2011	739
2012	803
2013	606
2014	903
2015	748
2016	678
2017	1,589
2018	620
2019	593
2020	489
2021	1,739
2022	1,497
2023	474
2024	460
2025	760

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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	362
50 to 100	4
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1