Weather Records on 6 December 1959

379 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 December 1959. Highest significance: Emerald Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 6 December 1959

On 6 December 1959, 379 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
97 were record highs and 137 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 360 daily.
Emerald Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 87.4 mm (3.4 in) on 6 December 1959.
Across 164 earlier years (1804 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 485 records.

Record Map

379 stations

379 station records on 6 December 1959 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 December 1959: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Emerald Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-24.5 C (-12.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mantuan Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Coloso	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kursk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-25.5 C (-13.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rooiberg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Virden	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Vastrap	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Homestead Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Knoxville AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Uralsk	Kazakhstan	Record low maximum temperature	-25.5 C (-13.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Liepaja	Latvia	Record low maximum temperature	-13.7 C (7.3 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kon-Kolodez	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-26.6 C (-15.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-4.3 C (24.3 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Minsk	Belarus	Record low minimum temperature	-26.9 C (-16.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record low minimum temperature	-1.2 C (29.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kamennaja-Step	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-26.8 C (-16.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Minsk	Belarus	Record low maximum temperature	-23.0 C (-9.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
North Bay	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Barrage Temiscamingue	Canada	Record daily snowfall	19.6 cm (7.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dotswood Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Vilnius	Lithuania	Record low maximum temperature	-18.2 C (-0.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ufa	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-26.7 C (-16.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bogoroditskoye-Fenino	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-29.7 C (-21.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kamennaja-Step	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-32.2 C (-26.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nebo	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Brackettville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Maandagshoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rustplaats	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-20.2 C (-4.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Poltava	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	-15.1 C (4.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Crossville Ed & Rsch STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Balfes Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Virden	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Manati 2 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hoburg	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Voru	Estonia	Record low maximum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-28.7 C (-19.7 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bogoroditskoye-Fenino	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-24.0 C (-11.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Orenburg	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-37.3 C (-35.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Moorddrift	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hawthorne AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Liepaja	Latvia	Record low minimum temperature	-16.8 C (1.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hedal I Valdres	Norway	Record snow depth	119.0 cm (46.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kursk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-29.7 C (-21.5 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Naboomspruit (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mosdene	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gotska Sandon	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-4.8 C (23.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Surprise Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Attunga (Garthowen)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nundle Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ellerston (Hunters Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Vasilevici	Belarus	Record low minimum temperature	-24.8 C (-12.6 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Montreal River	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Driekoppies	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Derdekraal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Trafalgar Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kaunas	Lithuania	Record low maximum temperature	-16.2 C (2.8 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Vilnius	Lithuania	Record low minimum temperature	-23.0 C (-9.4 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Urjupinsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-26.0 C (-14.8 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

379 records

Records set or tied on 6 December 1959 by type: Highest daily maximum 38, Lowest daily maximum 59, Highest daily minimum 59, Lowest daily minimum 78, Heaviest daily rainfall 125, Heaviest daily snowfall 14, Deepest snow cover 6.

Records on 6 December 1959 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	38
Lowest daily maximum	59
Highest daily minimum	59
Lowest daily minimum	78
Heaviest daily rainfall	125
Heaviest daily snowfall	14
Deepest snow cover	6

Records on 6 December 1959 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 19, daily 360.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

318 broken records

Margins by which the 318 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 200.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 December 1959

Top 20 records on 6 December 1959 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 December 1959	Emerald Post Office, AU	daily rain	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	56 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1959	Velikie Luki, RU	daily low max	-24.5 C (-12.1 F)	14.2 C (25.6 F)	50 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1959	Mantuan Downs, AU	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	25 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1959	Coloso, PR	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1959	Kursk, RU	monthly low max	-25.5 C (-13.9 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	61 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1959	Rooiberg, ZA	daily rain	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	50 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1959	Virden, CA	daily high max	3.3 C (37.9 F)	11.6 C (20.9 F)	68 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1959	Vastrap, ZA	daily rain	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	32 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1959	Homestead Post Office, AU	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	41 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1959	Knoxville AP, US	daily snowfall	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	48 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1959	Uralsk, KZ	daily low max	-25.5 C (-13.9 F)	11.9 C (21.4 F)	52 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1959	Liepaja, LV	daily low max	-13.7 C (7.3 F)	9.5 C (17.1 F)	34 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1959	Kon-Kolodez, RU	monthly low max	-26.6 C (-15.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	63 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1959	Visby_Flygplats, SE	daily low max	-4.3 C (24.3 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	76 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1959	Minsk, BY	daily low min	-26.9 C (-16.4 F)	9.1 C (16.4 F)	48 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
6 December 1959	Dublin Phoenix Park, IE	daily low min	-1.2 C (29.8 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	79 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
6 December 1959	Kamennaja-Step, RU	monthly low max	-26.8 C (-16.2 F)	1.9 C (3.4 F)	50 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
6 December 1959	Minsk, BY	monthly low max	-23.0 C (-9.4 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	50 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
6 December 1959	North Bay, CA	daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	3.0 cm (1.2 in)	63 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
6 December 1959	Barrage Temiscamingue, CA	daily snowfall	19.6 cm (7.7 in)	8.7 cm (3.4 in)	34 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

1804 to 1959

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1804 to 1959. 1959 had 379 records.

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

Records on 12-06 in each year
Year	Records
1804	1
1822	1
1825	1
1827	1
1829	2
1832	1
1836	1
1839	1
1840	1
1841	1
1842	1
1844	2
1848	1
1856	2
1859	1
1860	2
1861	1
1862	1
1865	1
1866	1
1868	7
1871	1
1872	1
1875	3
1876	1
1879	5
1880	1
1884	2
1886	3
1888	2
1889	1
1890	1
1891	8
1893	2
1895	3
1896	2
1897	1
1898	4
1899	7
1900	6
1901	5
1902	19
1903	7
1904	13
1905	4
1906	23
1907	10
1908	18
1909	26
1910	35
1911	9
1912	109
1913	14
1914	11
1915	63
1916	25
1917	22
1918	34
1919	30
1920	259
1921	20
1922	150
1923	145
1924	159
1925	189
1926	308
1927	107
1928	98
1929	92
1930	481
1931	178
1932	363
1933	346
1934	185
1935	283
1936	524
1937	958
1938	267
1939	918
1940	264
1941	231
1942	509
1943	378
1944	203
1945	241
1946	657
1947	178
1948	396
1949	137
1950	1,419
1951	1,591
1952	229
1953	533
1954	455
1955	345
1956	1,633
1957	362
1958	640
1959	379
1960	707
1961	197
1962	916
1963	391
1964	597
1965	420
1966	1,013
1967	310
1968	356
1969	810
1970	558
1971	545
1972	2,565
1973	482
1974	549
1975	637
1976	643
1977	1,480
1978	969
1979	809
1980	1,108
1981	937
1982	1,277
1983	1,232
1984	1,245
1985	1,087
1986	695
1987	978
1988	660
1989	798
1990	800
1991	743
1992	1,622
1993	485
1994	1,467
1995	1,456
1996	1,093
1997	953
1998	2,750
1999	1,079
2000	1,230
2001	1,520
2002	1,576
2003	1,303
2004	699
2005	1,233
2006	1,097
2007	1,538
2008	913
2009	866
2010	1,364
2011	1,327
2012	848
2013	2,182
2014	615
2015	768
2016	575
2017	402
2018	469
2019	374
2020	549
2021	676
2022	432
2023	1,271
2024	620
2025	640

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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 25	297
25 to 50	10
50 to 75	5
75 to 100	4
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	1
175 to 200	1