Weather Records on 15 December 1959

560 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 December 1959. Highest significance: Chillicothe, US.

Key Facts for 15 December 1959

On 15 December 1959, 560 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
276 were record highs and 27 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 544 daily.
Chillicothe set a daily record precipitation of 45.2 mm (1.8 in) on 15 December 1959.
Across 168 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 455 records.

Record Map

560 stations

560 station records on 15 December 1959 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 December 1959: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Chillicothe	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.7 mm (4.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Huntingdon	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Miami	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Elk City 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Plainview	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Goedemoed	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Crosbyton	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Wenatchee	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Canyon	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Kachess	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Shamrock	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Holly	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Stanton	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Startup 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wichita Falls Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mescalero	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Erick	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Elida	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Crowell	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Post	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bremerton	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lubbock 9N	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Faerder Fyr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Spur	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tahoka	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Snoqualmie Pass	United States	Record daily precipitation	134.1 mm (5.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bowie	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Quanah 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Vega 2NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Alamogordo	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Claude	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Panhandle	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Brooklyn	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Diablo Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Keechelus	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Palmer 3 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
San Jon	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Burnet	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Socorro	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Cle Elum	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ancho	United States	Record daily snowfall	34.3 cm (13.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Magdalena	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tajique 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Canadian	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mestad I Oddernes	Norway	Record snow depth	84.0 cm (33.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dimmitt 6 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cedar Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Stehekin 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Obar	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hammon 3 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Stockdill Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tucumcari 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Whiteriver 1 SW	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Temple	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Snoqualmie Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Virden	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Echo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Leavenworth 3 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

560 records

Records set or tied on 15 December 1959 by type: Highest daily maximum 126, Lowest daily maximum 18, Highest daily minimum 150, Lowest daily minimum 9, Heaviest daily rainfall 212, Heaviest daily snowfall 39, Deepest snow cover 6.

Records on 15 December 1959 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	126
Lowest daily maximum	18
Highest daily minimum	150
Lowest daily minimum	9
Heaviest daily rainfall	212
Heaviest daily snowfall	39
Deepest snow cover	6

Records on 15 December 1959 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 16, daily 544.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

464 broken records

Margins by which the 464 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 270.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 December 1959

Top 20 records on 15 December 1959 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 December 1959	Chillicothe, US	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	48 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1959	Aberdeen, US	daily rain	110.7 mm (4.4 in)	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	58 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1959	Huntingdon, CA	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	79 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1959	Miami, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	26 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1959	Elk City 4 W, US	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	26 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1959	Plainview, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	26 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1959	Goedemoed, ZA	monthly rain	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	9 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1959	Crosbyton, US	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	18 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1959	Lake Wenatchee, US	daily rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	34 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1959	Canyon, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	18 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1959	Lake Kachess, US	daily rain	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	12 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1959	Shamrock, US	monthly rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1959	Holly, US	daily snowfall	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	64 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1959	Ft Stanton, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	13.9 cm (5.5 in)	52 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1959	Startup 1 E, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	34 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1959	Wichita Falls Muni AP, US	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1959	Mescalero, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1959	Erick, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	26 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1959	Elida, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	44 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1959	Crowell, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	42 years	43 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 1959

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1959. 1959 had 560 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	443
50 to 100	15
100 to 150	5
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1