Weather Records on 4 December 1995

972 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 December 1995. Highest significance: Clover Valley, US.

Key Facts for 4 December 1995

On 4 December 1995, 972 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
615 were record highs and 182 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 68 monthly and 902 daily.
Clover Valley set a daily record precipitation of 35.3 mm (1.4 in) on 4 December 1995.
Across 166 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 460 records.

Record Map

972 stations

972 station records on 4 December 1995 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 December 1995: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Clover Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
New Meadows Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Kareekloof	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Doornpoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Moab	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Arthur 4NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Snoqualmie Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Juneau AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.8 cm (13.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Keflavik	Iceland	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-1.4 C (29.5 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hanksville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Crockett	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Huntsville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Little Port Walter	United States	Record daily snowfall	28.4 cm (11.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin 3 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ruston la Tech	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fallon Exp STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Thermopolis	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Schanck Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Eston	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Calhoun 2 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Arthur 7 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Raymondville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bondurant	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Baradine Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Port Campbell Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
San Baltazar Tetela	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ajo	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Elkhorn	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Livermore	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gage	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Castle Dale	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Duchesne	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Inchanga (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Downieville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Five Points 5 SSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Plain Dealing	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lahontan Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Weslaco	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Crossett 2 SSE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Woodville 4 ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Chapala	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Merced	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Danevang 1 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gustavus	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Birregurra (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tahara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Five Points 5 SSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Black Rock	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Vernal	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Intricate Bay	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pennyroyal Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Insizwa (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	91.8 mm (3.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Harlingen	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Liberty	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gellibrand River West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Presa Plutarco Elias Calles	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Presa Golondrinas	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
La Piedad de Cabadas (Dge)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

972 records

Records set or tied on 4 December 1995 by type: Highest daily maximum 381, Lowest daily maximum 125, Highest daily minimum 234, Lowest daily minimum 57, Heaviest daily rainfall 156, Heaviest daily snowfall 5, Deepest snow cover 14.

Records on 4 December 1995 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	381
Lowest daily maximum	125
Highest daily minimum	234
Lowest daily minimum	57
Heaviest daily rainfall	156
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	14

Records on 4 December 1995 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 68, daily 902.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

717 broken records

Margins by which the 717 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 201.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 December 1995

Top 20 records on 4 December 1995 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 December 1995	Clover Valley, US	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	92 years	70 of 100 (Major)
4 December 1995	New Meadows Rs, US	all-time rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	0 years	69 of 100 (Major)
4 December 1995	Cape Otway Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	10.8 mm (0.4 in)	119 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1995	Kareekloof, ZA	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	94 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1995	Doornpoort, ZA	daily rain	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1995	Moab, US	monthly high max	20.6 C (69.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	93 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1995	Arthur 4NW, US	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	41 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1995	Snoqualmie Falls, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	96 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1995	Juneau AP, US	daily snowfall	33.8 cm (13.3 in)	20.1 cm (7.9 in)	26 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1995	Keflavik, IS	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1995	Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij, RU	daily high min	-1.4 C (29.5 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	94 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1995	Hanksville, US	monthly high max	21.1 C (70.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	69 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1995	Crockett, US	daily high max	28.9 C (84.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	88 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1995	Huntsville, US	daily high max	28.3 C (82.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	88 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1995	Little Port Walter, US	daily snowfall	28.4 cm (11.2 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	33 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1995	Franklin 3 NW, US	daily high min	18.9 C (66.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	82 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1995	Ruston la Tech, US	daily high max	28.3 C (82.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	88 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1995	Fallon Exp STN, US	daily high max	18.9 C (66.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	88 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1995	Thermopolis, US	daily high max	14.4 C (57.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	88 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1995	Cape Schanck Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	40 years	35 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 1995

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1995. 1995 had 972 records.

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

Records on 12-04 in each year
Year	Records
1796	2
1797	1
1810	2
1823	1
1829	2
1846	1
1847	1
1849	1
1850	1
1852	3
1854	1
1855	5
1856	2
1858	1
1859	1
1860	1
1861	1
1865	1
1866	1
1867	1
1868	2
1870	3
1872	1
1873	1
1875	2
1876	1
1878	1
1879	7
1882	3
1883	2
1885	1
1886	4
1887	1
1888	1
1889	1
1891	4
1892	9
1896	2
1897	5
1898	9
1899	3
1900	13
1901	7
1902	15
1903	7
1904	6
1905	16
1906	25
1907	5
1908	8
1909	45
1910	7
1911	27
1912	46
1913	59
1914	61
1915	61
1916	95
1917	31
1918	27
1919	94
1920	54
1921	60
1922	72
1923	142
1924	129
1925	266
1926	174
1927	184
1928	143
1929	432
1930	221
1931	411
1932	265
1933	524
1934	149
1935	330
1936	637
1937	148
1938	275
1939	443
1940	600
1941	1,326
1942	450
1943	259
1944	377
1945	332
1946	515
1947	577
1948	504
1949	120
1950	852
1951	583
1952	269
1953	738
1954	689
1955	811
1956	692
1957	350
1958	529
1959	212
1960	628
1961	570
1962	574
1963	285
1964	1,195
1965	590
1966	1,047
1967	428
1968	775
1969	366
1970	933
1971	768
1972	1,973
1973	1,124
1974	651
1975	757
1976	669
1977	654
1978	1,582
1979	943
1980	976
1981	638
1982	2,138
1983	1,284
1984	796
1985	1,239
1986	549
1987	624
1988	764
1989	1,541
1990	1,164
1991	1,178
1992	1,075
1993	708
1994	1,029
1995	972
1996	684
1997	654
1998	2,549
1999	930
2000	895
2001	974
2002	1,478
2003	595
2004	721
2005	1,075
2006	1,510
2007	1,005
2008	652
2009	1,114
2010	1,874
2011	1,252
2012	1,482
2013	1,227
2014	629
2015	428
2016	533
2017	607
2018	563
2019	522
2020	424
2021	942
2022	437
2023	736
2024	590
2025	535

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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	708
50 to 100	5
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1