Weather Records on 10 December 1985

1,421 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 10 December 1985. Highest significance: Prahran (Como House), AU.

Key Facts for 10 December 1985

On 10 December 1985, 1,421 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
151 were record highs and 269 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 11 were all-time records, 56 monthly and 1,354 daily.
Prahran (Como House) set a daily record precipitation of 71.0 mm (2.8 in) on 10 December 1985.
Across 161 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 442 records.

Record Map

1,421 stations

1,421 station records on 10 December 1985 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 10 December 1985: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Prahran (Como House)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Ormley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Bute	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Stanwell Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Paxton	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Caulfield (Racecourse)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Preston Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Sydenham	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Bliss 4 NW	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Canary Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Sunbury (Salesian College )	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Hickman	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
De Smet	United States	Record snow depth	96.5 cm (38.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Mattoon	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Boulder	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ida Grove 5NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Wessington Springs	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Jump Rvr 3E	United States	Record snow depth	81.3 cm (32.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Rockley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bingara Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Windsor	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lyons	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Milesville 5 NE	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mobridge 2NNW	United States	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Stanley Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Woorarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Isis Junction Railway STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.6 mm (3.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Shannon River (Hermitage)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.2 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Salgado	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ericson 8 WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hankinson	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria Chandler Fld	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Denison	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Dandongadale (Mountain View)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Brusett 3 E	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Gettysburg	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sturgeon Bay Exp Farm	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Westwood Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Colac (Shire Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Epping Forest (Forton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
York Plains (Handroyd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-13.8 C (7.2 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sterling	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cascade 5 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Torrington Exp Farm	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wowan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Coominya Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Montpelier Rs	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mitchell 2 N	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Onida 4 NW	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dubois	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Spring Creek Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mundubbera	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.0 mm (3.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Caledonia	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pollock	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Linton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Westmere (Montreux)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
La Rumorosa	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Longmont 2 ESE	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,421 records

Records set or tied on 10 December 1985 by type: Highest daily maximum 67, Lowest daily maximum 173, Highest daily minimum 84, Lowest daily minimum 96, Heaviest daily rainfall 448, Heaviest daily snowfall 187, Deepest snow cover 366.

Records on 10 December 1985 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	67
Lowest daily maximum	173
Highest daily minimum	84
Lowest daily minimum	96
Heaviest daily rainfall	448
Heaviest daily snowfall	187
Deepest snow cover	366

Records on 10 December 1985 by timescale: all-time 11, monthly 56, daily 1,354.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,154 broken records

Margins by which the 1,154 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 660.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

10 December 1985

Top 20 records on 10 December 1985 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
10 December 1985	Prahran (Como House), AU	daily rain	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	50.7 mm (2.0 in)	75 years	71 of 100 (Major)
10 December 1985	Ormley, AU	daily rain	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	62 years	67 of 100 (Major)
10 December 1985	Huron Rgnl AP, US	daily snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	88 years	62 of 100 (Major)
10 December 1985	Bute, AU	daily rain	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	15.1 mm (0.6 in)	89 years	61 of 100 (Major)
10 December 1985	Stanwell Post Office, AU	daily rain	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	87 years	61 of 100 (Major)
10 December 1985	Paxton, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	40 years	60 of 100 (Major)
10 December 1985	Caulfield (Racecourse), AU	daily rain	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	34 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1985	Preston Reservoir, AU	daily rain	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	75 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1985	Sydenham, AU	daily rain	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1985	Bliss 4 NW, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	66 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1985	Canary Island, AU	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	92 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1985	Sunbury (Salesian College ), AU	daily rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	75 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1985	Hickman, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	43 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1985	De Smet, US	daily snow depth	96.5 cm (38.0 in)	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	32 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1985	Mattoon, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	85 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1985	Boulder, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	86 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1985	Ida Grove 5NW, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	80 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1985	Wessington Springs, US	daily snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	30 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1985	Jump Rvr 3E, US	daily snow depth	81.3 cm (32.0 in)	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	30 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1985	Rockley, AU	daily rain	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	77.8 mm (3.1 in)	36 years	51 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

1796 to 1985

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1985. 1985 had 1,421 records.

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

Records on 12-10 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1812	2
1815	1
1816	1
1825	2
1841	1
1844	1
1848	1
1849	1
1852	2
1855	1
1856	1
1860	1
1867	2
1869	1
1870	1
1871	1
1872	1
1873	2
1875	1
1876	4
1877	1
1878	3
1879	10
1880	2
1882	2
1884	1
1886	1
1889	1
1891	17
1893	2
1894	2
1895	4
1897	1
1898	4
1899	4
1900	1
1901	5
1902	8
1903	7
1904	15
1905	18
1906	15
1907	29
1908	11
1909	16
1910	47
1911	35
1912	23
1913	21
1914	35
1915	123
1916	89
1917	76
1918	30
1919	80
1920	186
1921	52
1922	157
1923	121
1924	64
1925	83
1926	106
1927	202
1928	131
1929	250
1930	141
1931	318
1932	511
1933	265
1934	331
1935	194
1936	178
1937	449
1938	272
1939	924
1940	163
1941	249
1942	282
1943	504
1944	431
1945	193
1946	1,073
1947	378
1948	174
1949	536
1950	336
1951	582
1952	633
1953	408
1954	336
1955	385
1956	455
1957	449
1958	751
1959	205
1960	390
1961	878
1962	405
1963	511
1964	447
1965	843
1966	991
1967	829
1968	576
1969	423
1970	1,338
1971	1,646
1972	1,858
1973	453
1974	372
1975	688
1976	376
1977	1,370
1978	1,299
1979	1,378
1980	531
1981	1,035
1982	748
1983	685
1984	605
1985	1,421
1986	601
1987	803
1988	599
1989	787
1990	935
1991	940
1992	795
1993	754
1994	940
1995	1,758
1996	1,193
1997	1,198
1998	709
1999	568
2000	882
2001	460
2002	1,030
2003	1,086
2004	1,247
2005	833
2006	998
2007	1,202
2008	1,083
2009	1,354
2010	1,424
2011	362
2012	825
2013	1,010
2014	602
2015	1,166
2016	858
2017	719
2018	500
2019	572
2020	567
2021	934
2022	570
2023	926
2024	477
2025	1,969

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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	1,015
100 to 200	99
200 to 300	31
300 to 400	7
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1
600 to 700	1