Weather Records on 17 December 1975

474 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 December 1975. Highest significance: Tempe Downs, AU.

Key Facts for 17 December 1975

On 17 December 1975, 474 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
36 were record highs and 114 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 454 daily.
Tempe Downs set a monthly record daily precipitation of 112.0 mm (4.4 in) on 17 December 1975.
Across 160 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 463 records.

Record Map

474 stations

474 station records on 17 December 1975 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 December 1975: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tempe Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Alice Springs Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	135.8 mm (5.3 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Ernabella	Australia	Record daily precipitation	121.0 mm (4.8 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Lekkervlei	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Alice Springs Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Karratha Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Kalamare	Botswana	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Pedirka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Finke Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Warambie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Cluny	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Oranjeoord	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Broken Hill (Patton Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Thomasgat	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hopkins	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	56.5 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Idracowra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Doornkom	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tarkastad (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Britstown (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.9 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wolmada	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Scheurfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Smythe	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tsolo	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sterling	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Colwana (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cheboygan	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Beresford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	27.0 C (80.6 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kareekloof	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Erldunda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Edwards Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Petrusville (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Collins	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cody	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mzimba	Malawi	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Yellow Grass	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-41.1 C (-42.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Assiniboia	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-33.3 C (-27.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Minnedosa	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-38.9 C (-38.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Noupoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Olifantshoek (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Indlunkulu (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Oufontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wolhaarkop	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Indee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.5 mm (2.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
White Cliffs (Monolon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
De Rust	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Elliot	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Stratton	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kimball 2NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Abminga Railway Siding	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ilbunga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Keble	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Steynsrus (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Merced	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ida	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Donald (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kestell (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Don Muang	Thailand	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Flagler 1S	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

474 records

Records set or tied on 17 December 1975 by type: Highest daily maximum 11, Lowest daily maximum 62, Highest daily minimum 25, Lowest daily minimum 52, Heaviest daily rainfall 277, Heaviest daily snowfall 33, Deepest snow cover 14.

Records on 17 December 1975 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	11
Lowest daily maximum	62
Highest daily minimum	25
Lowest daily minimum	52
Heaviest daily rainfall	277
Heaviest daily snowfall	33
Deepest snow cover	14

Records on 17 December 1975 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 19, daily 454.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

394 broken records

Margins by which the 394 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 December 1975

Top 20 records on 17 December 1975 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 December 1975	Tempe Downs, AU	monthly rain	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	54 years	65 of 100 (Major)
17 December 1975	Alice Springs Airport, AU	all-time rain	135.8 mm (5.3 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	3 years	64 of 100 (Major)
17 December 1975	Ernabella, AU	monthly rain	121.0 mm (4.8 in)	64.1 mm (2.5 in)	33 years	63 of 100 (Major)
17 December 1975	Lekkervlei, ZA	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	58 years	62 of 100 (Major)
17 December 1975	Alice Springs Post Office, AU	daily rain	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	61 years	60 of 100 (Major)
17 December 1975	Karratha Station, AU	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	42 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1975	Kalamare, BW	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	58.5 mm (2.3 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1975	Pedirka, AU	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1975	Zagreb-Gric, HR	daily rain	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	58 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1975	Finke Post Office, AU	monthly rain	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	9 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1975	Warambie, AU	daily rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	37 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1975	Cluny, AU	monthly rain	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1975	Oranjeoord, ZA	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1975	Broken Hill (Patton Street), AU	daily rain	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	72 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1975	Thomasgat, ZA	daily rain	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1975	Hopkins, ZA	daily rain	56.5 mm (2.2 in)	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1975	Idracowra, AU	monthly rain	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	54 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1975	Doornkom, ZA	daily rain	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	37 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1975	Tarkastad (Pol), ZA	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	85 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1975	Britstown (Pol), ZA	daily rain	48.9 mm (1.9 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	0 years	44 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 1975

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1975. 1975 had 474 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 20	327
20 to 40	40
40 to 60	13
60 to 80	11
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	1