Weather Records on 12 December 1959

464 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 December 1959. Highest significance: Saint John, CA.

Key Facts for 12 December 1959

On 12 December 1959, 464 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
111 were record highs and 9 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 457 daily.
Saint John set a monthly record daily precipitation of 79.5 mm (3.1 in) on 12 December 1959.
Across 153 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 469 records.

Record Map

464 stations

464 station records on 12 December 1959 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 December 1959: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Saint John	Canada	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Annapolis Royal	Canada	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Coimbatore	India	Record daily precipitation	60.8 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Musquash	Canada	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Port Dover	Canada	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lewisburg 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hartford Brainard Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Forest Grove	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Virden	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Williamstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Loretto	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Storrs	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge Water Trmt P	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Farmington	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lexington	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rokeby (the Mall)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ottawa Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Elba	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lynnville 4 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Neshaminy Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sussex	Canada	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Altoona Horseshoe Curv	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Vancouver 4 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mestad I Oddernes	Norway	Record snow depth	76.0 cm (29.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Setauket Strong	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Reading Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lewisburg Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Jefferson	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Virden	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Digby	Canada	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Moultrie 2 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Chestertown	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Little Falls City Rsch	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kellevie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lumpkin 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sparta 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Princess Anne	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cutchogue	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Yakutat AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.4 cm (9.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Riverside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Risdon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomington Indiana UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Easton	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
W Branch 3SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
McAdam	Canada	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Union Springs 9 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nashville 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Washington 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Elkader 6 SSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Salisbury	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ephrata	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Palmerton	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gunbower	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Geneva	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Turners Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

464 records

Records set or tied on 12 December 1959 by type: Highest daily maximum 17, Lowest daily maximum 3, Highest daily minimum 94, Lowest daily minimum 6, Heaviest daily rainfall 304, Heaviest daily snowfall 32, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 12 December 1959 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	17
Lowest daily maximum	3
Highest daily minimum	94
Lowest daily minimum	6
Heaviest daily rainfall	304
Heaviest daily snowfall	32
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 12 December 1959 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 7, daily 457.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

384 broken records

Margins by which the 384 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 250.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 December 1959

Top 20 records on 12 December 1959 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 December 1959	Saint John, CA	monthly rain	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	46 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1959	Annapolis Royal, CA	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	42 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1959	Coimbatore, IN	daily rain	60.8 mm (2.4 in)	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	18 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1959	Musquash, CA	monthly rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	25 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1959	Port Dover, CA	monthly rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	49 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1959	Lewisburg 3 N, US	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	5 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1959	Hartford Brainard Fld, US	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	14 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1959	Forest Grove, US	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	61 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1959	Virden, CA	daily high min	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	8.3 C (14.9 F)	68 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1959	Williamstown, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	56 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1959	Loretto, US	daily rain	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	48 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1959	Storrs, US	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	22 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1959	Cambridge Water Trmt P, US	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	42 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1959	Farmington, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1959	Lexington, US	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	59 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1959	Rokeby (the Mall), AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	7.7 mm (0.30 in)	67 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1959	Ottawa Cda, CA	daily snowfall	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	4.8 cm (1.9 in)	65 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1959	Elba, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	60 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1959	Lynnville 4 SSW, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1959	Neshaminy Falls, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	40 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 1959

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1959. 1959 had 464 records.

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

Records on 12-12 in each year
Year	Records
1796	2
1798	1
1802	1
1808	2
1814	1
1825	2
1831	1
1835	2
1846	1
1855	2
1861	1
1863	3
1870	2
1871	5
1873	2
1879	2
1882	3
1887	1
1889	1
1891	2
1892	2
1893	8
1894	3
1895	1
1896	4
1897	3
1898	20
1899	11
1900	5
1901	4
1902	7
1903	18
1904	20
1905	10
1906	14
1907	8
1908	25
1909	20
1910	39
1911	104
1912	53
1913	20
1914	19
1915	46
1916	115
1917	246
1918	33
1919	23
1920	41
1921	63
1922	61
1923	91
1924	130
1925	75
1926	143
1927	335
1928	234
1929	405
1930	45
1931	522
1932	813
1933	358
1934	430
1935	266
1936	142
1937	468
1938	103
1939	418
1940	621
1941	260
1942	257
1943	165
1944	688
1945	212
1946	761
1947	295
1948	282
1949	789
1950	364
1951	175
1952	501
1953	288
1954	696
1955	381
1956	441
1957	1,118
1958	884
1959	464
1960	710
1961	1,481
1962	1,495
1963	439
1964	459
1965	1,045
1966	369
1967	565
1968	727
1969	499
1970	366
1971	585
1972	1,669
1973	397
1974	191
1975	492
1976	319
1977	907
1978	382
1979	1,016
1980	583
1981	734
1982	867
1983	816
1984	808
1985	1,384
1986	408
1987	468
1988	1,030
1989	930
1990	676
1991	1,980
1992	818
1993	887
1994	1,172
1995	2,030
1996	1,391
1997	869
1998	1,103
1999	952
2000	2,510
2001	700
2002	683
2003	537
2004	727
2005	769
2006	886
2007	1,315
2008	1,424
2009	818
2010	1,501
2011	621
2012	684
2013	646
2014	1,040
2015	1,496
2016	530
2017	808
2018	256
2019	418
2020	507
2021	441
2022	767
2023	544
2024	328
2025	1,485

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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	376
50 to 100	4
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1