Weather Records on 4 December 1964

1,195 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 December 1964. Highest significance: Quincy Exp STN, US.

Key Facts for 4 December 1964

On 4 December 1964, 1,195 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
134 were record highs and 498 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 22 monthly and 1,170 daily.
Quincy Exp STN set a monthly record daily precipitation of 235.5 mm (9.3 in) on 4 December 1964.
Across 166 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 459 records.

Record Map

1,195 stations

1,195 station records on 4 December 1964 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 December 1964: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Quincy Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	235.5 mm (9.3 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Alapaha Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	198.1 mm (7.8 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Eureka 1E	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
El Dorado	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Roper River Police	Australia	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Brooklet 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Winfield 3NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Moultrie 2 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	163.8 mm (6.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Fairfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Winfield 3NE	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Warrensburg 4NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Mataranka Homestead Resort	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Grootfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Galva	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Quincy	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Aurora Water	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ellsworth	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomingdale	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Shelbyville	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Gull Lake Biological STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Euclides da Cunha (Cumbe)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	81.7 mm (3.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Warrensburg 4NW	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Maranboy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	190.5 mm (7.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello 5 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
McPherson	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Edina	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Canton L&D 20	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cairo 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	235.2 mm (9.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Walnut	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Woodward	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Alice Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bonito (Ibiapora)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Virden	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-37.2 C (-35.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Antioch	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hastings	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Huntingdon	Canada	Record daily snowfall	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Vanceburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Batesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Medicine Lake 3 SE	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Warren 2 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Rochelle 6 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Enterprise	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Herington	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lebo	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Manhattan	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Thomasville 7 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	228.3 mm (9.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Marengo	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
El Dorado	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ottawa	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rushville	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Linneus	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Louisiana Starks Nurse	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Palmyra	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Talladega	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ottawa 4SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Pleasant 1 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lebo	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Norwich	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Osage City	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,195 records

Records set or tied on 4 December 1964 by type: Highest daily maximum 47, Lowest daily maximum 372, Highest daily minimum 87, Lowest daily minimum 126, Heaviest daily rainfall 262, Heaviest daily snowfall 209, Deepest snow cover 92.

Records on 4 December 1964 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	47
Lowest daily maximum	372
Highest daily minimum	87
Lowest daily minimum	126
Heaviest daily rainfall	262
Heaviest daily snowfall	209
Deepest snow cover	92

Records on 4 December 1964 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 22, daily 1,170.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,015 broken records

Margins by which the 1,015 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 203.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 December 1964

Top 20 records on 4 December 1964 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 December 1964	Quincy Exp STN, US	monthly rain	235.5 mm (9.3 in)	121.2 mm (4.8 in)	43 years	69 of 100 (Major)
4 December 1964	Alapaha Exp STN, US	monthly rain	198.1 mm (7.8 in)	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	38 years	68 of 100 (Major)
4 December 1964	Eureka 1E, US	daily snowfall	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	65 years	65 of 100 (Major)
4 December 1964	El Dorado, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	60 years	64 of 100 (Major)
4 December 1964	Roper River Police, AU	daily rain	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	124.7 mm (4.9 in)	55 years	63 of 100 (Major)
4 December 1964	Brooklet 1 W, US	monthly rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	38 years	61 of 100 (Major)
4 December 1964	Winfield 3NE, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	69 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1964	Moultrie 2 ESE, US	monthly rain	163.8 mm (6.4 in)	79.7 mm (3.1 in)	4 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1964	Fairfield, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	68 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1964	Winfield 3NE, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	64 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1964	Warrensburg 4NW, US	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	69 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1964	Mataranka Homestead Resort, AU	daily rain	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	65.2 mm (2.6 in)	46 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1964	Grootfontein, ZA	monthly rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1964	Galva, US	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	12.9 cm (5.1 in)	36 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1964	Quincy, US	daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	56 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1964	Aurora Water, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	64 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1964	Ellsworth, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	20 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1964	Bloomingdale, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	59 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1964	Shelbyville, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1964	Gull Lake Biological STN, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	28 years	51 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

1796 to 1964

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1964. 1964 had 1,195 records.

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

Records on 12-04 in each year
Year	Records
1796	2
1797	1
1810	2
1823	1
1829	2
1846	1
1847	1
1849	1
1850	1
1852	3
1854	1
1855	5
1856	2
1858	1
1859	1
1860	1
1861	1
1865	1
1866	1
1867	1
1868	2
1870	3
1872	1
1873	1
1875	2
1876	1
1878	1
1879	7
1882	3
1883	2
1885	1
1886	4
1887	1
1888	1
1889	1
1891	4
1892	9
1896	2
1897	5
1898	9
1899	3
1900	13
1901	7
1902	15
1903	7
1904	6
1905	16
1906	25
1907	5
1908	8
1909	45
1910	7
1911	27
1912	46
1913	59
1914	61
1915	61
1916	95
1917	31
1918	27
1919	94
1920	54
1921	60
1922	72
1923	142
1924	129
1925	266
1926	174
1927	184
1928	143
1929	432
1930	221
1931	411
1932	265
1933	524
1934	149
1935	330
1936	637
1937	148
1938	275
1939	443
1940	600
1941	1,326
1942	450
1943	259
1944	377
1945	332
1946	515
1947	577
1948	504
1949	120
1950	852
1951	583
1952	269
1953	738
1954	689
1955	811
1956	692
1957	350
1958	529
1959	212
1960	628
1961	570
1962	574
1963	285
1964	1,195
1965	590
1966	1,047
1967	428
1968	775
1969	366
1970	933
1971	768
1972	1,973
1973	1,124
1974	651
1975	757
1976	669
1977	654
1978	1,582
1979	943
1980	976
1981	638
1982	2,138
1983	1,284
1984	796
1985	1,239
1986	549
1987	624
1988	764
1989	1,541
1990	1,164
1991	1,178
1992	1,075
1993	708
1994	1,029
1995	972
1996	684
1997	654
1998	2,549
1999	930
2000	895
2001	974
2002	1,478
2003	595
2004	721
2005	1,075
2006	1,510
2007	1,005
2008	652
2009	1,114
2010	1,874
2011	1,252
2012	1,482
2013	1,227
2014	629
2015	428
2016	533
2017	607
2018	563
2019	522
2020	424
2021	942
2022	437
2023	736
2024	590
2025	535

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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	846
50 to 100	105
100 to 150	46
150 to 200	16
200 to 250	2