Weather Records on 15 December 1976

349 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 December 1976. Highest significance: Tasiilaq, GL.

Key Facts for 15 December 1976

On 15 December 1976, 349 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
117 were record highs and 40 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 335 daily.
Tasiilaq set a daily record precipitation of 58.9 mm (2.3 in) on 15 December 1976.
Across 168 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 456 records.

Record Map

349 stations

349 station records on 15 December 1976 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 December 1976: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tasiilaq	Greenland [Denmark]	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Maceio (Aeroporto)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cathcart	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.5 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Wistaria	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ringarooma (Charles Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Federal Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Avoca (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bella Bella	Canada	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mittenwald-Buckelwiesen	Germany	Record snow depth	118.0 cm (46.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Exwell Park	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ilha Do Ouro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cangucu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	61.6 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wistaria	Canada	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record snow depth	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Brisbane Regional Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tottington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bella Coola	Canada	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dresden-Hosterwitz	Germany	Record snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record snow depth	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Navarre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tatlayoko Lake	Canada	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Mercer (Woodbank)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dimbulah Brickley St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Landsborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dresden-Klotzsche	Germany	Record snow depth	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nieu-Bethesda (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Coupeville 1 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Laura Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Low Head (Comparison)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Oenpelli	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.4 mm (2.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Barkly	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Girua	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sarelsrivier	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tavernier	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bull Harbour	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Half Moon Bay	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Garsebach Bei Meissen	Germany	Record snow depth	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Nossen	Germany	Record snow depth	24.0 cm (9.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Eureka	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Snoqualmie Falls	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Chilliwack	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Macleod	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Morgan City	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham Exp Fa	United States	Record snow depth	73.7 cm (29.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Puyallup 2 W Exp STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Chillicothe Radio Kchi	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Dippoldiswalde-Reinberg	Germany	Record snow depth	31.0 cm (12.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Iguala (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Berkeley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Palatka	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Winter	United States	Record high maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Maranboy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Greenwood	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Greiz-Dolau	Germany	Record snow depth	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record snow depth	26.0 cm (10.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksonville Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Plymouth-Kingston	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Darlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Nalcik	Russia	Record daily precipitation	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

349 records

Records set or tied on 15 December 1976 by type: Highest daily maximum 74, Lowest daily maximum 14, Highest daily minimum 43, Lowest daily minimum 26, Heaviest daily rainfall 160, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 29.

Records on 15 December 1976 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	74
Lowest daily maximum	14
Highest daily minimum	43
Lowest daily minimum	26
Heaviest daily rainfall	160
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	29

Records on 15 December 1976 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 14, daily 335.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

285 broken records

Margins by which the 285 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 430.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 December 1976

Top 20 records on 15 December 1976 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 December 1976	Tasiilaq, GL	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	69 years	68 of 100 (Major)
15 December 1976	Maceio (Aeroporto), BR	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	17 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1976	Cathcart, ZA	daily rain	57.5 mm (2.3 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	74 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1976	Wistaria, CA	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	50 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1976	Ringarooma (Charles Street), AU	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	43 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1976	Federal Pt, US	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	2 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1976	Avoca (Post Office), AU	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	81 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1976	Bella Bella, CA	daily rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	3 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1976	Mittenwald-Buckelwiesen, DE	daily snow depth	118.0 cm (46.5 in)	43.0 cm (16.9 in)	36 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1976	Exwell Park, ZA	daily rain	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	11.3 mm (0.4 in)	74 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1976	Ilha Do Ouro, BR	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	1 year	37 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1976	Cangucu, BR	daily rain	61.6 mm (2.4 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	29 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1976	Wistaria, CA	daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	6.9 cm (2.7 in)	50 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1976	Gorlitz, DE	daily snow depth	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	1.0 cm (0.4 in)	76 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
15 December 1976	Blue Hill Coop, US	daily low min	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	76 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
15 December 1976	Brisbane Regional Office, AU	daily high min	25.0 C (77.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	65 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
15 December 1976	Tottington, AU	daily rain	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
15 December 1976	Bella Coola, CA	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	3 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
15 December 1976	Dresden-Hosterwitz, DE	daily snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	13 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
15 December 1976	Lichtentanne, DE	daily snow depth	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	7 years	33 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 1976

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1976. 1976 had 349 records.

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

Records on 12-15 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1796	1
1798	1
1800	1
1808	3
1810	1
1814	3
1815	1
1825	1
1831	1
1840	2
1844	2
1846	3
1847	1
1854	3
1859	2
1863	1
1864	1
1866	1
1867	2
1868	1
1869	1
1870	1
1873	1
1874	1
1878	4
1879	2
1880	2
1881	3
1882	2
1883	1
1885	1
1886	1
1889	3
1890	1
1891	2
1892	4
1893	1
1894	4
1895	1
1896	5
1897	2
1899	12
1900	5
1901	21
1902	3
1903	7
1904	9
1905	6
1906	9
1907	10
1908	5
1909	5
1910	4
1911	23
1912	42
1913	13
1914	239
1915	180
1916	40
1917	40
1918	54
1919	28
1920	35
1921	26
1922	65
1923	132
1924	358
1925	187
1926	226
1927	235
1928	388
1929	500
1930	160
1931	284
1932	385
1933	796
1934	199
1935	140
1936	286
1937	310
1938	100
1939	637
1940	464
1941	373
1942	385
1943	486
1944	281
1945	420
1946	521
1947	634
1948	1,239
1949	135
1950	292
1951	962
1952	367
1953	270
1954	413
1955	371
1956	531
1957	304
1958	531
1959	560
1960	313
1961	883
1962	979
1963	670
1964	371
1965	759
1966	275
1967	948
1968	510
1969	352
1970	215
1971	1,739
1972	1,159
1973	615
1974	511
1975	1,230
1976	349
1977	963
1978	499
1979	560
1980	1,085
1981	1,243
1982	831
1983	1,229
1984	1,397
1985	1,077
1986	502
1987	1,740
1988	519
1989	2,753
1990	846
1991	636
1992	1,263
1993	734
1994	676
1995	848
1996	727
1997	1,521
1998	1,216
1999	621
2000	1,154
2001	1,026
2002	831
2003	846
2004	795
2005	953
2006	1,491
2007	973
2008	1,789
2009	930
2010	1,705
2011	780
2012	1,058
2013	701
2014	1,045
2015	1,398
2016	1,024
2017	332
2018	539
2019	547
2020	400
2021	1,182
2022	1,057
2023	794
2024	369
2025	2,115

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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	279
100 to 200	5
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1