Weather Records on 12 December 1964

459 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 December 1964. Highest significance: Norway House, CA.

Key Facts for 12 December 1964

On 12 December 1964, 459 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
195 were record highs and 48 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 448 daily.
Norway House set a daily record snowfall of 16.5 cm (6.5 in) on 12 December 1964.
Across 153 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 469 records.

Record Map

459 stations

459 station records on 12 December 1964 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 December 1964: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Norway House	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Husum	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Middlekop (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	148.0 mm (5.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
New Hazelton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
New Hazelton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Haenertsburg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Buxton	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Maysville Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Connellsville Lk 7	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cave Run Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria 4 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
De Hoek (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	195.0 mm (7.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Jackson	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dickinson Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Clearfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
The Downs	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ridgway	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Clarington Lock 14	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Honokane 181.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	123.4 mm (4.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kotkhai	India	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Creekside	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Darlington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mannington 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Te Kowai Exp STN	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Easton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cadiz	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
York 3 SSW Pump STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Camp Crook	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
White River	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Flemingsburg 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Emerald Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	13.1 C (55.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Steeunmekaar (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hogsett Rc Byrd Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Palestine	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Indian Mills 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Schelm	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Telluride 4WNW	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Chillicothe	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Beerlaagte	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Zomerkomst (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	154.5 mm (6.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Dushanbe	Tajikistan	Record low minimum temperature	-11.8 C (10.8 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Heidelberg	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Darrington Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Logan	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	14.3 C (57.7 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Biser	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-3.8 C (25.2 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tobolsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-4.3 C (24.3 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ravenshill	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Vevay	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
College Hill Lock 11	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Gaylord	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Montrose	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Parsons 3 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Eagle	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-48.3 C (-54.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Coloso	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Olivine	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	76.1 mm (3.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Doornbult	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

459 records

Records set or tied on 12 December 1964 by type: Highest daily maximum 24, Lowest daily maximum 19, Highest daily minimum 171, Lowest daily minimum 29, Heaviest daily rainfall 179, Heaviest daily snowfall 26, Deepest snow cover 11.

Records on 12 December 1964 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	24
Lowest daily maximum	19
Highest daily minimum	171
Lowest daily minimum	29
Heaviest daily rainfall	179
Heaviest daily snowfall	26
Deepest snow cover	11

Records on 12 December 1964 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 7, daily 448.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

368 broken records

Margins by which the 368 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 178.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 December 1964

Top 20 records on 12 December 1964 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 December 1964	Norway House, CA	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	66 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1964	Husum, DE	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	46 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1964	Middlekop (Bos), ZA	daily rain	148.0 mm (5.8 in)	110.7 mm (4.4 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1964	New Hazelton, CA	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	9 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1964	New Hazelton, CA	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	9 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1964	Haenertsburg (Pol), ZA	daily rain	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	2 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1964	Buxton, GB	all-time rain	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	6.7 mm (0.26 in)	18 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1964	Maysville Wwtp, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	62 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1964	Mc Connellsville Lk 7, US	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	53 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1964	Richmond, US	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	62 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1964	Cave Run Lake, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	37 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1964	Alexandria 4 WSW, US	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	69 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1964	De Hoek (Bos), ZA	monthly rain	195.0 mm (7.7 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
12 December 1964	Jackson, US	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	64 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
12 December 1964	Dickinson Exp STN, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	63 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
12 December 1964	Clearfield, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	4 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
12 December 1964	The Downs, ZA	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
12 December 1964	Ridgway, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	5 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
12 December 1964	Clarington Lock 14, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	4 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
12 December 1964	Honokane 181.1, US	daily rain	123.4 mm (4.9 in)	61.9 mm (2.4 in)	28 years	32 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 1964

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1964. 1964 had 459 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 25	347
25 to 50	9
50 to 75	6
75 to 100	3
100 to 125	2
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1