Weather Records on 6 December 1965

420 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 December 1965. Highest significance: Coromandel Valley (Branden), AU.

Key Facts for 6 December 1965

On 6 December 1965, 420 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
140 were record highs and 33 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 409 daily.
Coromandel Valley (Branden) set a daily record precipitation of 59.7 mm (2.4 in) on 6 December 1965.
Across 164 earlier years (1804 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 485 records.

Record Map

420 stations

420 station records on 6 December 1965 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 December 1965: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Coromandel Valley (Branden)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Condamine Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Gunbower	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Hillgrove (Hillview)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Arthurville (Cramond)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Kookabookra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hahndorf	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Irving	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Quambone Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mestad I Oddernes	Norway	Record snow depth	97.0 cm (38.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cubbaroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Barraba (Mount Lindsay)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kurrowah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Emmaville (Strathbogie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bellbrook (East Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dalby Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Curlewis (Wandobah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Innes Ag Research STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hay (Mulberrygong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Woomera (Arcoona)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kelvin (Carellan)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Barraba (Neranghi)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgewater	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Collarenebri (Goondoobluie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Boolcarrol	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hickeys Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sherthala	India	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bamboo Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Deepwater Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bellingen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Irene	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Chula Vista	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Eagles Nest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Quambone (Sandy Camp)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dubbo (Mentone)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record snow depth	91.0 cm (35.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hendrikspan (Skl)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Balgownie West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Schierke	Germany	Record snow depth	80.0 cm (31.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pretoria-Fountains	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Uralla (Mihi)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Vernonia	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Back Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Greenmount Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Surat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Peak Hill Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tamworth Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Jeogla Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lawrence Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Invergordon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Muthupet	India	Record daily precipitation	141.3 mm (5.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Minicoy Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	89.8 mm (3.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sion 2	Switzerland	Record snow depth	35.0 cm (13.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Allora Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cheriton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ebor (Wongwibinda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cambooya Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Marnhull	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kodumudi	India	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sub-Nigel (Gm)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

420 records

Records set or tied on 6 December 1965 by type: Highest daily maximum 98, Lowest daily maximum 28, Highest daily minimum 42, Lowest daily minimum 5, Heaviest daily rainfall 237, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 6 December 1965 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	98
Lowest daily maximum	28
Highest daily minimum	42
Lowest daily minimum	5
Heaviest daily rainfall	237
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 6 December 1965 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 11, daily 409.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

344 broken records

Margins by which the 344 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 550.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 December 1965

Top 20 records on 6 December 1965 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 December 1965	Coromandel Valley (Branden), AU	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	74 years	69 of 100 (Major)
6 December 1965	Condamine Plains, AU	daily rain	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	34 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1965	Gunbower, AU	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	46 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1965	Hillgrove (Hillview), AU	daily rain	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	50 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1965	Arthurville (Cramond), AU	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	44 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1965	Kookabookra, AU	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	69 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1965	Hahndorf, AU	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	63 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1965	Mount Irving, AU	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	48 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1965	Quambone Station, AU	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	43 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1965	Mestad I Oddernes, NO	daily snow depth	97.0 cm (38.2 in)	55.0 cm (21.7 in)	56 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1965	Cubbaroo, AU	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	44 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1965	Barraba (Mount Lindsay), AU	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	78 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1965	Kurrowah, AU	daily rain	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	31 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1965	Emmaville (Strathbogie), AU	monthly rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	48 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1965	Bellbrook (East Street), AU	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	67 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1965	Dalby Post Office, AU	daily rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	34 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1965	Curlewis (Wandobah), AU	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1965	Glen Innes Ag Research STN, AU	daily rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	6 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1965	Hay (Mulberrygong), AU	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	43 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1965	Woomera (Arcoona), AU	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	12 years	42 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

1804 to 1965

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1804 to 1965. 1965 had 420 records.

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

Records on 12-06 in each year
Year	Records
1804	1
1822	1
1825	1
1827	1
1829	2
1832	1
1836	1
1839	1
1840	1
1841	1
1842	1
1844	2
1848	1
1856	2
1859	1
1860	2
1861	1
1862	1
1865	1
1866	1
1868	7
1871	1
1872	1
1875	3
1876	1
1879	5
1880	1
1884	2
1886	3
1888	2
1889	1
1890	1
1891	8
1893	2
1895	3
1896	2
1897	1
1898	4
1899	7
1900	6
1901	5
1902	19
1903	7
1904	13
1905	4
1906	23
1907	10
1908	18
1909	26
1910	35
1911	9
1912	109
1913	14
1914	11
1915	63
1916	25
1917	22
1918	34
1919	30
1920	259
1921	20
1922	150
1923	145
1924	159
1925	189
1926	308
1927	107
1928	98
1929	92
1930	481
1931	178
1932	363
1933	346
1934	185
1935	283
1936	524
1937	958
1938	267
1939	918
1940	264
1941	231
1942	509
1943	378
1944	203
1945	241
1946	657
1947	178
1948	396
1949	137
1950	1,419
1951	1,591
1952	229
1953	533
1954	455
1955	345
1956	1,633
1957	362
1958	640
1959	379
1960	707
1961	197
1962	916
1963	391
1964	597
1965	420
1966	1,013
1967	310
1968	356
1969	810
1970	558
1971	545
1972	2,565
1973	482
1974	549
1975	637
1976	643
1977	1,480
1978	969
1979	809
1980	1,108
1981	937
1982	1,277
1983	1,232
1984	1,245
1985	1,087
1986	695
1987	978
1988	660
1989	798
1990	800
1991	743
1992	1,622
1993	485
1994	1,467
1995	1,456
1996	1,093
1997	953
1998	2,750
1999	1,079
2000	1,230
2001	1,520
2002	1,576
2003	1,303
2004	699
2005	1,233
2006	1,097
2007	1,538
2008	913
2009	866
2010	1,364
2011	1,327
2012	848
2013	2,182
2014	615
2015	768
2016	575
2017	402
2018	469
2019	374
2020	549
2021	676
2022	432
2023	1,271
2024	620
2025	640

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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 100	338
100 to 200	2
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	2
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1