Weather Records on 19 December 1995

1,459 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 December 1995. Highest significance: Hobart (Ellerslie Road), AU.

Key Facts for 19 December 1995

On 19 December 1995, 1,459 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
194 were record highs and 125 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 47 monthly and 1,409 daily.
Hobart (Ellerslie Road) set a daily record precipitation of 72.0 mm (2.8 in) on 19 December 1995.
Across 152 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 496 records.

Record Map

1,459 stations

1,459 station records on 19 December 1995 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 December 1995: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Grenola 1 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Maria Island (Darlington)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	142.0 mm (5.6 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Madison Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Eldorado Springs	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Bicheno (Council Depot)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	116.0 mm (4.6 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Mangalore (Mangalore Farm)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.4 mm (2.6 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Purcell 2 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Hobart Botanical Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.8 mm (2.8 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Ormley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.4 mm (2.6 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Apslawn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.0 mm (3.4 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Lenah Valley (Augusta Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.2 mm (3.9 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Levendale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Swansea Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Smiths Basin	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Wisley	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Swansea (Kelvedon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Killora (Grasmere)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Waddamana Field Study Centre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Purcell 2 SW	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
St Marys (Cullenswood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Opossum Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Runnymede (Whitemarsh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.6 mm (3.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Stanley Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Hennessey 4 ESE	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Buckland (Brockley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	124.0 mm (4.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Kellevie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Bucklin 1SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Grover Hill	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
York Plains (Handroyd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Oatlands Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Glenorchy (Glenorchy Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Clanton	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Canadian	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Snug Primary School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.4 mm (2.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Gardner	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Guthrie 5S	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Bream Creek (Stroud)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	105.0 mm (4.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Premaydena Hatchery	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.4 mm (2.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond (Brookbank)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Bellerive (Fort Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Montezuma 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Newkirk 5NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Apsley (Parki)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bagdad Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Sorell (Whitlea)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Siloam Springs 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Longton	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ridgley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Fingal (Legge Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.8 mm (3.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Park Beach	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.8 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Seven Mile Beach (Royal Hobart	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Taroona (Taroona Crescent)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.2 mm (2.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Claiborne L&D	United States	Record daily precipitation	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Swan Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Union City 3 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mansfield Lahm Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.9 cm (10.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cranbrook (Cranbrook House)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,459 records

Records set or tied on 19 December 1995 by type: Highest daily maximum 79, Lowest daily maximum 66, Highest daily minimum 115, Lowest daily minimum 59, Heaviest daily rainfall 824, Heaviest daily snowfall 177, Deepest snow cover 139.

Records on 19 December 1995 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	79
Lowest daily maximum	66
Highest daily minimum	115
Lowest daily minimum	59
Heaviest daily rainfall	824
Heaviest daily snowfall	177
Deepest snow cover	139

Records on 19 December 1995 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 47, daily 1,409.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,283 broken records

Margins by which the 1,283 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 381.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 December 1995

Top 20 records on 19 December 1995 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 December 1995	Hobart (Ellerslie Road), AU	daily rain	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	92 years	77 of 100 (Major)
19 December 1995	Oxford, GB	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	16.9 mm (0.7 in)	155 years	77 of 100 (Major)
19 December 1995	Grenola 1 N, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	101 years	75 of 100 (Major)
19 December 1995	Maria Island (Darlington), AU	monthly rain	142.0 mm (5.6 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	54 years	74 of 100 (Major)
19 December 1995	Madison Sewage Plt, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	92 years	74 of 100 (Major)
19 December 1995	Eldorado Springs, US	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	89 years	71 of 100 (Major)
19 December 1995	Bicheno (Council Depot), AU	daily rain	116.0 mm (4.6 in)	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	77 years	70 of 100 (Major)
19 December 1995	Mangalore (Mangalore Farm), AU	daily rain	65.4 mm (2.6 in)	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	68 years	69 of 100 (Major)
19 December 1995	Purcell 2 SW, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	101 years	68 of 100 (Major)
19 December 1995	Hobart Botanical Gardens, AU	daily rain	70.8 mm (2.8 in)	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	58 years	67 of 100 (Major)
19 December 1995	Ormley, AU	daily rain	66.4 mm (2.6 in)	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	56 years	66 of 100 (Major)
19 December 1995	Apslawn, AU	daily rain	87.0 mm (3.4 in)	60.6 mm (2.4 in)	68 years	65 of 100 (Major)
19 December 1995	Lenah Valley (Augusta Road), AU	daily rain	100.2 mm (3.9 in)	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	48 years	64 of 100 (Major)
19 December 1995	Levendale, AU	all-time rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	78 years	64 of 100 (Major)
19 December 1995	Swansea Post Office, AU	monthly rain	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	59 years	63 of 100 (Major)
19 December 1995	Smiths Basin, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	57 years	63 of 100 (Major)
19 December 1995	Wisley, GB	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	72 years	62 of 100 (Major)
19 December 1995	Swansea (Kelvedon), AU	monthly rain	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	78 years	61 of 100 (Major)
19 December 1995	Killora (Grasmere), AU	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	45 years	61 of 100 (Major)
19 December 1995	Waddamana Field Study Centre, AU	daily rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	68 years	61 of 100 (Major)

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 1,459 records.

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

Records on 12-19 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1795	1
1805	1
1835	1
1846	2
1849	1
1852	3
1855	3
1859	3
1860	1
1861	2
1869	2
1870	1
1875	2
1877	2
1880	1
1884	2
1885	1
1888	1
1889	3
1890	4
1892	4
1894	1
1895	4
1896	1
1898	3
1899	2
1900	1
1901	3
1902	16
1903	2
1904	19
1905	5
1906	9
1907	12
1908	12
1909	18
1910	22
1911	17
1912	41
1913	50
1914	23
1915	31
1916	38
1917	36
1918	24
1919	53
1920	30
1921	60
1922	155
1923	180
1924	492
1925	79
1926	152
1927	222
1928	45
1929	386
1930	76
1931	650
1932	239
1933	459
1934	455
1935	110
1936	689
1937	211
1938	237
1939	390
1940	392
1941	588
1942	654
1943	364
1944	241
1945	700
1946	182
1947	283
1948	397
1949	632
1950	545
1951	622
1952	469
1953	517
1954	443
1955	906
1956	287
1957	984
1958	386
1959	249
1960	432
1961	595
1962	670
1963	966
1964	753
1965	392
1966	851
1967	1,063
1968	900
1969	381
1970	485
1971	288
1972	325
1973	1,014
1974	252
1975	843
1976	398
1977	569
1978	1,191
1979	829
1980	456
1981	1,515
1982	768
1983	2,804
1984	1,066
1985	1,179
1986	609
1987	1,095
1988	1,001
1989	1,740
1990	1,463
1991	1,236
1992	1,176
1993	1,153
1994	692
1995	1,459
1996	2,108
1997	830
1998	855
1999	609
2000	1,154
2001	627
2002	1,467
2003	996
2004	664
2005	697
2006	1,061
2007	689
2008	1,545
2009	1,937
2010	1,610
2011	832
2012	774
2013	636
2014	537
2015	1,109
2016	1,080
2017	783
2018	397
2019	541
2020	327
2021	603
2022	494
2023	1,224
2024	864
2025	1,542

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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	1,112
50 to 100	128
100 to 150	30
150 to 200	7
200 to 250	2
250 to 300	3
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1