Weather Records on 17 December 1965

482 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 December 1965. Highest significance: Uniondale (Tnk), ZA.

Key Facts for 17 December 1965

On 17 December 1965, 482 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
46 were record highs and 143 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 470 daily.
Uniondale (Tnk) set a daily record precipitation of 28.5 mm (1.1 in) on 17 December 1965.
Across 160 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 463 records.

Record Map

482 stations

482 station records on 17 December 1965 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 December 1965: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Uniondale (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Harkerville (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Blue	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Johns	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Arnhem	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bhaisalotan	India	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record high maximum temperature	24.1 C (75.4 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Strijen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-13.5 C (7.7 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Palakonda	India	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Oksoey Fyr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rusel-Irlmoos	Germany	Record daily precipitation	52.7 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jonkoping	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-11.4 C (11.5 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jonkoping	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-19.5 C (-3.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Larned	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Haswell	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Remscheid-Lennep	Germany	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-19.6 C (-3.3 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Orebro	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-14.2 C (6.4 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ash Fork 6 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tabl.Mtn Molteno Rsv	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ely AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-26.1 C (-15.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Passau-Maierhof	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bergplaats (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-15.8 C (3.6 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Solingen-Hohenscheid	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bjuraker	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-28.2 C (-18.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Jewett Work Ctr	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Schierke	Germany	Record snow depth	100.0 cm (39.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-15.5 C (4.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Goudveld (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Millwood (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nogales	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pioche	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Augustine 2E	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pommelsbrunn	Germany	Record daily precipitation	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Karlstad	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-21.0 C (-5.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Eppingen-Elsenz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gossweinstein	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sompeta	India	Record daily precipitation	58.8 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mestad I Oddernes	Norway	Record snow depth	104.0 cm (40.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Buckeye	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Denair 3 NNE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hollister 1 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sonora	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gran Quivira Natl Mon	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Laura Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Table.Mtn Platteklip	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Buffelsnek (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Falun	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-28.5 C (-19.3 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Junsele	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-31.2 C (-24.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Los Gatos	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kaisersbach-Cronhutte	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sigmarszell-Zeisertsweiler	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mavelikara	India	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Olands Norra Udde	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-4.6 C (23.7 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Flahult	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-26.6 C (-15.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Modoc Orchard	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Eberbach/Neckar	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

482 records

Records set or tied on 17 December 1965 by type: Highest daily maximum 25, Lowest daily maximum 72, Highest daily minimum 21, Lowest daily minimum 71, Heaviest daily rainfall 235, Heaviest daily snowfall 39, Deepest snow cover 19.

Records on 17 December 1965 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	25
Lowest daily maximum	72
Highest daily minimum	21
Lowest daily minimum	71
Heaviest daily rainfall	235
Heaviest daily snowfall	39
Deepest snow cover	19

Records on 17 December 1965 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 12, daily 470.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

417 broken records

Margins by which the 417 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 440.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 December 1965

Top 20 records on 17 December 1965 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 December 1965	Uniondale (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	72 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1965	Harkerville (Bos), ZA	daily rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	73 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1965	Blue, US	daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	33.1 cm (13.0 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1965	Saint Johns, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	64 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1965	Arnhem, NL	daily rain	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	16 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1965	Bhaisalotan, IN	monthly rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	42 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1965	Nuwara Eliya, LK	daily high max	24.1 C (75.4 F)	2.4 C (4.3 F)	76 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1965	Strijen, NL	daily rain	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1965	Linkoeping-Malmslaett, SE	daily low max	-13.5 C (7.7 F)	6.0 C (10.8 F)	73 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1965	Palakonda, IN	daily rain	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	52.7 mm (2.1 in)	46 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1965	Oksoey Fyr, NO	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	12 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1965	Rusel-Irlmoos, DE	daily rain	52.7 mm (2.1 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	16 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1965	Jonkoping, SE	monthly low max	-11.4 C (11.5 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	64 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1965	Jonkoping, SE	daily low min	-19.5 C (-3.1 F)	6.5 C (11.7 F)	64 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1965	Larned, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	58 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1965	Haswell, US	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	43 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1965	Remscheid-Lennep, DE	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	16 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1965	Linkoeping-Malmslaett, SE	daily low min	-19.6 C (-3.3 F)	2.6 C (4.7 F)	82 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1965	Orebro, SE	daily low max	-14.2 C (6.4 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	82 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1965	Ash Fork 6 N, US	daily snowfall	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	55 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 1965

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1965. 1965 had 482 records.

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

Records on 12-17 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1796	1
1806	2
1808	2
1814	1
1815	1
1839	1
1845	1
1846	4
1847	1
1848	1
1859	3
1866	1
1867	1
1868	1
1869	2
1873	2
1876	3
1877	2
1878	1
1879	2
1881	2
1885	1
1886	1
1888	2
1889	2
1890	4
1892	4
1893	2
1894	4
1895	3
1896	4
1897	4
1898	2
1899	1
1900	6
1901	5
1902	47
1903	2
1904	14
1905	2
1906	17
1907	9
1908	13
1909	5
1910	37
1911	12
1912	15
1913	21
1914	17
1915	31
1916	21
1917	21
1918	21
1919	109
1920	97
1921	94
1922	120
1923	170
1924	505
1925	79
1926	172
1927	143
1928	359
1929	221
1930	362
1931	217
1932	684
1933	710
1934	200
1935	87
1936	504
1937	379
1938	118
1939	1,126
1940	248
1941	261
1942	507
1943	444
1944	189
1945	621
1946	207
1947	258
1948	316
1949	296
1950	294
1951	773
1952	277
1953	283
1954	409
1955	419
1956	448
1957	686
1958	540
1959	548
1960	492
1961	911
1962	676
1963	531
1964	1,239
1965	482
1966	516
1967	1,121
1968	338
1969	238
1970	820
1971	781
1972	601
1973	1,016
1974	390
1975	474
1976	507
1977	1,024
1978	710
1979	951
1980	1,116
1981	1,354
1982	569
1983	1,264
1984	1,618
1985	1,210
1986	743
1987	1,191
1988	481
1989	2,905
1990	866
1991	577
1992	1,461
1993	761
1994	685
1995	956
1996	1,212
1997	1,279
1998	695
1999	901
2000	1,566
2001	1,262
2002	858
2003	751
2004	554
2005	806
2006	1,307
2007	1,100
2008	1,354
2009	926
2010	1,405
2011	430
2012	942
2013	718
2014	370
2015	1,378
2016	1,521
2017	408
2018	498
2019	917
2020	768
2021	908
2022	595
2023	931
2024	560
2025	1,198

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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	406
100 to 200	7
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	2
400 to 500	1