Weather Records on 17 December 1995

956 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 December 1995. Highest significance: Vanrhysdorp, ZA.

Key Facts for 17 December 1995

On 17 December 1995, 956 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
315 were record highs and 101 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 45 monthly and 908 daily.
Vanrhysdorp set an all-time record daily precipitation of 60.0 mm (2.4 in) on 17 December 1995.
Across 160 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 460 records.

Record Map

956 stations

956 station records on 17 December 1995 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 December 1995: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Vanrhysdorp	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Ellesmere	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	68.5 mm (2.7 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Nqadu Heights (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	99.0 mm (3.9 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Roodepoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Angleton 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	279.4 mm (11.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Amanzamnyama (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	91.1 mm (3.6 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Steynsrus (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Gertspan	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Venterstad	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Camperdown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Hardwick	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Doornrivier	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Clanwilliam (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Tulbagh (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Excelsior (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	92.0 mm (3.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Moirton	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Rawsonville (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Diepdrift	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Willowvale (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Klipfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	138.0 mm (5.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Giddings 5E	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Karnes City 2N	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Rouxville (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Devon (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	89.0 mm (3.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Pt Comfort	United States	Record daily precipitation	154.9 mm (6.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Galveston	United States	Record daily precipitation	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Apango (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Vrugbaar	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Worcester	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.3 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mosquero 1 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Orange	United States	Record daily precipitation	137.9 mm (5.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Daniels Hope	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Tabankulu (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	117.1 mm (4.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Blackburn	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Parys (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Haenertsburg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
College STN Easterwood Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Pretoria-Burgerspark	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Stockport (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Gonzales 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Somerville Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Wharton	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Dewetsdorp (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sweetwater	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mazelspoort Dam	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ventersburg (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Golden	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Coldspring 5 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sugar Land	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sterkstroom (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Etwa (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Edenville (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Marydale (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Palacios Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	168.9 mm (6.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lufkin Angelina Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Jamestown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kafferrivier (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tussenvier	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mahlabatini (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	148.0 mm (5.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Conroe	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

956 records

Records set or tied on 17 December 1995 by type: Highest daily maximum 134, Lowest daily maximum 45, Highest daily minimum 181, Lowest daily minimum 56, Heaviest daily rainfall 436, Heaviest daily snowfall 35, Deepest snow cover 69.

Records on 17 December 1995 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	134
Lowest daily maximum	45
Highest daily minimum	181
Lowest daily minimum	56
Heaviest daily rainfall	436
Heaviest daily snowfall	35
Deepest snow cover	69

Records on 17 December 1995 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 45, daily 908.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

768 broken records

Margins by which the 768 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 330.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 December 1995

Top 20 records on 17 December 1995 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 December 1995	Vanrhysdorp, ZA	all-time rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	46 years	74 of 100 (Major)
17 December 1995	Ellesmere, ZA	daily rain	68.5 mm (2.7 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	108 years	70 of 100 (Major)
17 December 1995	Nqadu Heights (Bos), ZA	daily rain	99.0 mm (3.9 in)	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	72 years	68 of 100 (Major)
17 December 1995	Roodepoort, ZA	monthly rain	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	36 years	68 of 100 (Major)
17 December 1995	Angleton 2 W, US	monthly rain	279.4 mm (11.0 in)	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	28 years	68 of 100 (Major)
17 December 1995	Amanzamnyama (Bos), ZA	daily rain	91.1 mm (3.6 in)	51.7 mm (2.0 in)	72 years	67 of 100 (Major)
17 December 1995	Steynsrus (Mun), ZA	monthly rain	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	34 years	67 of 100 (Major)
17 December 1995	Gertspan, ZA	daily rain	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	51.9 mm (2.0 in)	56 years	63 of 100 (Major)
17 December 1995	Venterstad, ZA	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	40 years	62 of 100 (Major)
17 December 1995	Camperdown, ZA	monthly rain	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	77 years	62 of 100 (Major)
17 December 1995	Hardwick, US	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	54 years	61 of 100 (Major)
17 December 1995	Doornrivier, ZA	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	38 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1995	Clanwilliam (Pol), ZA	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	15.9 mm (0.6 in)	74 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1995	Tulbagh (Pol), ZA	daily rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	74 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1995	Excelsior (Mun), ZA	daily rain	92.0 mm (3.6 in)	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	64 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1995	Moirton, ZA	daily rain	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	60 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1995	Rawsonville (Pol), ZA	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	57 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1995	Diepdrift, ZA	monthly rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	22 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1995	Willowvale (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	72 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1995	Klipfontein, ZA	all-time rain	138.0 mm (5.4 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	58 years	55 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 1995

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1995. 1995 had 956 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 50	704
50 to 100	43
100 to 150	11
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	2
250 to 300	4
300 to 350	2