Weather Records on 19 December 1959

249 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 December 1959. Highest significance: Elizabethton, US.

Key Facts for 19 December 1959

On 19 December 1959, 249 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
47 were record highs and 24 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 246 daily.
Elizabethton set a daily record precipitation of 43.7 mm (1.7 in) on 19 December 1959.
Across 152 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 504 records.

Record Map

249 stations

249 station records on 19 December 1959 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 December 1959: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Elizabethton	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Loudon 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Conway	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Northampton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sewanee	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Whetstone Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Rock Island 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Entabeni (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	107.0 mm (4.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pontotoc	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabethtown	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bronkhorstspruit (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	56.5 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hot Springs 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sevierville	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lynton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Fulton 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Newcastle Waters	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Newport 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tazewell 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Clarksville	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Danville 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bega (Newtown Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Moorddrift	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jefferson 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Clinton	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Weldon	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Booby Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bluff City	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Werrina	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cobbity (Roseneath)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tshakhuma	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Branxton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Scotland Neck	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Banner Elk	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Reidsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Spring Creek Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Los Gatos	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dunlap	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bethlehem	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Henderson 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Ghee	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Randolph 5 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sedro-Woolley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bundanoon Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Klein Australie (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Belhaven 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Crossville Ed & Rsch STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Dandridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Minnville	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Agassiz Cda	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Palmaryville	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Albany 1 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Morpeth Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Marshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Conshohocken	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sumter	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cookeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Valencia Estates	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Driefontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

249 records

Records set or tied on 19 December 1959 by type: Highest daily maximum 29, Lowest daily maximum 15, Highest daily minimum 18, Lowest daily minimum 9, Heaviest daily rainfall 174, Heaviest daily snowfall 4.

Records on 19 December 1959 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	29
Lowest daily maximum	15
Highest daily minimum	18
Lowest daily minimum	9
Heaviest daily rainfall	174
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 19 December 1959 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 246.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

223 broken records

Margins by which the 223 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 80.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 December 1959

Top 20 records on 19 December 1959 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 December 1959	Elizabethton, US	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	56 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1959	Loudon 1 E, US	daily rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	22 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1959	Conway, US	daily rain	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	36 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1959	Northampton, AU	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	12 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1959	Sewanee, US	daily rain	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	59 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1959	Whetstone Post Office, AU	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	4 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1959	Rock Island 2 NW, US	daily rain	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	9 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1959	Entabeni (Bos), ZA	daily rain	107.0 mm (4.2 in)	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	28 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1959	Pontotoc, US	daily rain	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	56 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1959	Elizabethtown, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	13 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1959	Bronkhorstspruit (Mun), ZA	daily rain	56.5 mm (2.2 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1959	Hot Springs 2, US	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	14 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1959	Sevierville, US	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	33 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1959	Lynton, AU	monthly rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	42 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1959	Fulton 3 W, US	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	63 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1959	Newcastle Waters, AU	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	9 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1959	Kingston, US	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	59 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1959	Newport 1 NW, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	22 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1959	Tazewell 2 SE, US	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	59 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1959	Clarksville, US	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	66 years	37 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 249 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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Data for records on 1959-12-19: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 20	187
20 to 40	28
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1