Weather Records on 21 December 1965

247 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 December 1965. Highest significance: Atil, MX.

Key Facts for 21 December 1965

On 21 December 1965, 247 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
41 were record highs and 92 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 237 daily.
Atil set a daily record precipitation of 54.9 mm (2.2 in) on 21 December 1965.
Across 158 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 491 records.

Record Map

247 stations

247 station records on 21 December 1965 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 December 1965: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Atil	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Stonehenge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Gilliat Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mestad I Oddernes	Norway	Record snow depth	124.0 cm (48.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Berkeley	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kulasekarapatnam	India	Record daily precipitation	68.2 mm (2.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Globe Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Oombulgurri	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Aramboly	India	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mallow	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lamar	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Manfred Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Orange Cove	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Jakutsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-52.6 C (-62.7 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Roodekuil	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Denair 3 NNE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lodi	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Wasco	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Radhapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Humacao 2 SSE	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Rooikop	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Elandspoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Helena	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Wendover AP AWOS	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kingfisher	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Arasadi	India	Record daily precipitation	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tiruchendur	India	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Chico UNIV Farm	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Las Plumas	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Oakridge Fish Hatchery	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Three Lynx	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Te Kowai Exp STN	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	26.4 C (79.5 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Nanguneri	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record snow depth	57.0 cm (22.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Brooks Farnham Rch	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Happy Camp Rs	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lamoille Ph	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Elko Rgnl AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Dunbar Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Pamban	India	Record daily precipitation	116.6 mm (4.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bronkhorstspruit (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Weaverville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Oakridge Fish Hatchery	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Ridge	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
White Gums	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Yajlju	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-19.6 C (-3.3 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Warm Springs Rsvr	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hanksville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Wirrappa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cocanarup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Grants Pass	United States	Record daily snowfall	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bagaha	India	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Rosalia (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nizhneangarsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Watson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rietbron (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Wudinna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kayatnur	India	Record daily precipitation	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolskoye/Beringa Ostrov	Russia	Record daily precipitation	10.3 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

247 records

Records set or tied on 21 December 1965 by type: Highest daily maximum 13, Lowest daily maximum 45, Highest daily minimum 28, Lowest daily minimum 47, Heaviest daily rainfall 89, Heaviest daily snowfall 14, Deepest snow cover 11.

Records on 21 December 1965 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	13
Lowest daily maximum	45
Highest daily minimum	28
Lowest daily minimum	47
Heaviest daily rainfall	89
Heaviest daily snowfall	14
Deepest snow cover	11

Records on 21 December 1965 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 9, daily 237.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

196 broken records

Margins by which the 196 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 540.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 December 1965

Top 20 records on 21 December 1965 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 December 1965	Atil, MX	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 1965	Stonehenge, AU	daily rain	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 1965	Gilliat Post Office, AU	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	8 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 1965	Mestad I Oddernes, NO	daily snow depth	124.0 cm (48.8 in)	54.0 cm (21.3 in)	12 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 1965	Berkeley, US	daily low min	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	56 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
21 December 1965	Kulasekarapatnam, IN	daily rain	68.2 mm (2.7 in)	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	58 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
21 December 1965	Globe Rs, US	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	47 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
21 December 1965	Oombulgurri, AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
21 December 1965	Aramboly, IN	daily rain	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	59 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
21 December 1965	Mallow, ZA	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	44 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
21 December 1965	Lamar, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	47 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
21 December 1965	Manfred Downs Station, AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	66 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
21 December 1965	Orange Cove, US	all-time low max	1.1 C (34.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	18 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
21 December 1965	Jakutsk, RU	daily low max	-52.6 C (-62.7 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	69 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
21 December 1965	Roodekuil, ZA	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	19 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
21 December 1965	Denair 3 NNE, US	daily low max	1.7 C (35.1 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	56 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
21 December 1965	Lodi, US	monthly low max	1.1 C (34.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	33 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
21 December 1965	Wasco, US	monthly low max	2.2 C (36.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	35 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
21 December 1965	Radhapuram, IN	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	59 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
21 December 1965	Humacao 2 SSE, PR	daily high max	31.1 C (88.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	34 years	26 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

1793 to 1965

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1965. 1965 had 247 records.

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

Records on 12-21 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1794	1
1799	1
1801	2
1808	3
1825	1
1828	1
1839	1
1846	1
1850	1
1855	7
1859	1
1860	1
1868	1
1870	1
1871	2
1874	2
1875	3
1876	1
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1880	1
1884	1
1886	3
1889	1
1890	4
1893	4
1894	1
1895	5
1896	3
1897	3
1898	1
1900	8
1901	15
1902	5
1903	25
1904	3
1905	15
1906	15
1907	17
1908	19
1909	20
1910	29
1911	36
1912	23
1913	11
1914	107
1915	43
1916	40
1917	18
1918	41
1919	57
1920	30
1921	104
1922	34
1923	323
1924	377
1925	120
1926	178
1927	147
1928	70
1929	156
1930	66
1931	556
1932	150
1933	581
1934	230
1935	398
1936	323
1937	189
1938	145
1939	140
1940	622
1941	651
1942	968
1943	148
1944	762
1945	396
1946	495
1947	700
1948	297
1949	1,281
1950	504
1951	1,061
1952	197
1953	256
1954	444
1955	888
1956	672
1957	846
1958	516
1959	272
1960	585
1961	254
1962	563
1963	1,137
1964	613
1965	247
1966	400
1967	1,923
1968	818
1969	828
1970	547
1971	680
1972	651
1973	1,292
1974	374
1975	548
1976	446
1977	470
1978	517
1979	558
1980	726
1981	1,476
1982	702
1983	3,324
1984	1,012
1985	979
1986	404
1987	775
1988	717
1989	3,203
1990	2,701
1991	1,125
1992	751
1993	967
1994	793
1995	878
1996	1,114
1997	810
1998	1,142
1999	851
2000	944
2001	650
2002	579
2003	1,103
2004	675
2005	606
2006	1,443
2007	946
2008	1,062
2009	1,097
2010	2,039
2011	653
2012	759
2013	1,029
2014	878
2015	1,173
2016	543
2017	459
2018	742
2019	755
2020	965
2021	323
2022	528
2023	1,170
2024	778
2025	1,099

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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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Margin	Records
0 to 100	193
100 to 200	2
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1