Weather Records on 19 December 1965

392 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 December 1965. Highest significance: Fleming, US.

Key Facts for 19 December 1965

On 19 December 1965, 392 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
133 were record highs and 75 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 386 daily.
Fleming set a daily record precipitation of 61.5 mm (2.4 in) on 19 December 1965.
Across 152 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 503 records.

Record Map

392 stations

392 station records on 19 December 1965 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 December 1965: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Fleming	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Bella Coola	Canada	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Shubuta	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Pte de la Hague	France	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	11.9 C (53.4 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bainbridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record high minimum temperature	2.0 C (35.6 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Praha-Klementinum	Czech Republic	Record high minimum temperature	10.5 C (50.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Schierke	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Fitzgerald	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Twin Hills Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Liberty	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sugartown	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Praha-Klementinum	Czech Republic	Record high maximum temperature	12.3 C (54.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	13.8 C (56.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cairo 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Brookhaven City	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	15.5 C (59.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record high maximum temperature	4.7 C (40.5 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
River Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Houma	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pascagoula 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.6 C (47.5 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Highland Home	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Uniontown	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabeth	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cottbus	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	10.8 C (51.4 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	9.6 C (49.3 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Glennville 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lumpkin 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Donaldsonville 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Collins	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Anahuac	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Barkerville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Barkerville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.9 cm (10.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	13.2 C (55.8 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Augsburg (Sankt Stephan)	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	7.7 C (45.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	9.1 C (48.4 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Plauen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	9.8 C (49.6 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bernburg/Saale (Nord)	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.7 C (47.7 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lamar	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Melville	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesboro 3 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wien	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hawthorne AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	7.7 C (45.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Brocken	Germany	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	17.7 C (63.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Brantley	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Geneva	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Valdosta 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Merrill	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Melrose	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	11.3 C (52.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Regensburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	10.8 C (51.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Regensburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	6.8 C (44.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

392 records

Records set or tied on 19 December 1965 by type: Highest daily maximum 69, Lowest daily maximum 22, Highest daily minimum 64, Lowest daily minimum 53, Heaviest daily rainfall 153, Heaviest daily snowfall 10, Deepest snow cover 21.

Records on 19 December 1965 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	69
Lowest daily maximum	22
Highest daily minimum	64
Lowest daily minimum	53
Heaviest daily rainfall	153
Heaviest daily snowfall	10
Deepest snow cover	21

Records on 19 December 1965 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 386.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

337 broken records

Margins by which the 337 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 210.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 December 1965

Top 20 records on 19 December 1965 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 December 1965	Fleming, US	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	59 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1965	Bella Coola, CA	daily rain	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	68 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1965	Shubuta, US	daily rain	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	56 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1965	Pte de la Hague, FR	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	84 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1965	Jena Sternwarte, DE	daily high min	11.9 C (53.4 F)	5.3 C (9.5 F)	136 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1965	Bainbridge, US	daily rain	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	43 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1965	Col du Grand St-Bernard, CH	monthly high min	2.0 C (35.6 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	95 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1965	Praha-Klementinum, CZ	daily high min	10.5 C (50.9 F)	3.1 C (5.6 F)	186 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1965	Schierke, DE	daily rain	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	19.7 mm (0.8 in)	58 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1965	Fitzgerald, US	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	31 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1965	Monticello, US	daily rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	47 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1965	Twin Hills Post Office, AU	daily rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	20 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1965	Liberty, US	daily rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	51 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1965	Sugartown, US	daily rain	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	69 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1965	Praha-Klementinum, CZ	daily high max	12.3 C (54.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	95 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1965	Jena Sternwarte, DE	daily high max	13.8 C (56.8 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	95 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1965	Cairo 1SW, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	16 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1965	Franklin 3 NW, US	daily rain	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	66 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1965	Brookhaven City, US	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	69 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1965	Munchen-Nymphenburg, DE	daily high max	15.5 C (59.9 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	72 years	39 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 392 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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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	321
50 to 100	11
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	2