Weather Records on 14 December 2005

845 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 December 2005. Highest significance: Farmington 3NW, US.

Key Facts for 14 December 2005

On 14 December 2005, 845 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
291 were record highs and 297 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 20 monthly and 824 daily.
Farmington 3NW set a daily record snowfall of 21.6 cm (8.5 in) on 14 December 2005.
Across 164 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 452 records.

Record Map

845 stations

845 station records on 14 December 2005 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 December 2005: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Farmington 3NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Hartford Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Duluth	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Luqa	Malta	Record daily precipitation	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Hobson	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Lindsay	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Houston Intercontinental AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	143.3 mm (5.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Duluth	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.5 cm (13.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Gabes	Tunisia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Sussex 1 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Iowa Falls	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Somerville 4 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sundance	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ola	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Liberty 1 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Te Kowai Exp STN	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Chambersburg 1 ESE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hancock Exp Farm	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tenango	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Delphi 2 N	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Elmira	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Port Jervis	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Oujda	Morocco	Record low minimum temperature	-1.5 C (29.3 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tupelo Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hamburg	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Washington	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.4 cm (4.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Flemington 5 NNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Addison	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
W Pt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Huntingdon	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Selinsgrove 2 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
York 3 SSW Pump STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wisconsin Rapids	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Jackson Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Moreton Lighthouse	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ola	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Louisville	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ridgeway 1 S	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Middletown 2 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bend	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
The Poplars	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hawley 1 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-23.9 C (-11.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Selinsgrove 2 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Columbia City	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Logansport Cicott St	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Winchester Airport 3 E	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Widgee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gabes	Tunisia	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Enka	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Breckenridge	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Manistique Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Montrose	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-26.1 C (-15.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cashton	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen Phillips Fld	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lafayette Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
La Crosse Muni AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.5 cm (6.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Har Kenaan	Israel	Record high minimum temperature	15.2 C (59.4 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Santiago Tlazala	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hamburg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

845 records

Records set or tied on 14 December 2005 by type: Highest daily maximum 178, Lowest daily maximum 134, Highest daily minimum 113, Lowest daily minimum 163, Heaviest daily rainfall 109, Heaviest daily snowfall 77, Deepest snow cover 71.

Records on 14 December 2005 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	178
Lowest daily maximum	134
Highest daily minimum	113
Lowest daily minimum	163
Heaviest daily rainfall	109
Heaviest daily snowfall	77
Deepest snow cover	71

Records on 14 December 2005 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 20, daily 824.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

614 broken records

Margins by which the 614 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

14 December 2005

Top 20 records on 14 December 2005 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 December 2005	Farmington 3NW, US	daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	108 years	68 of 100 (Major)
14 December 2005	Hartford Wwtp, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	107 years	61 of 100 (Major)
14 December 2005	Duluth, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 2005	Luqa, MT	daily rain	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	38 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 2005	Hobson, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	44 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 2005	Lindsay, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	90 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 2005	Houston Intercontinental AP, US	monthly rain	143.3 mm (5.6 in)	56.7 mm (2.2 in)	13 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 2005	Duluth, US	daily snowfall	33.5 cm (13.2 in)	17.2 cm (6.8 in)	48 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 2005	Gabes, TN	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	8 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 2005	Sussex 1 NW, US	daily low min	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	106 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 2005	Iowa Falls, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	84 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 2005	Somerville 4 NW, US	daily low min	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	106 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 2005	Sundance, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	88 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 2005	Ola, US	daily low max	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	100 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 2005	Liberty 1 NE, US	daily low min	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	104 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 2005	Te Kowai Exp STN, AU	daily high max	37.8 C (100.0 F)	2.1 C (3.8 F)	94 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 2005	Chambersburg 1 ESE, US	daily low max	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	106 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 2005	Hancock Exp Farm, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	83 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 2005	Tenango, MX	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	3 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 2005	Delphi 2 N, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	91 years	44 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 2005

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 2005. 2005 had 845 records.

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

Records on 12-14 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1806	1
1808	4
1814	1
1825	2
1831	1
1835	1
1840	2
1846	2
1847	1
1848	1
1849	1
1852	1
1855	3
1863	1
1867	2
1868	1
1870	1
1871	1
1872	1
1878	4
1879	2
1880	3
1881	3
1882	1
1886	2
1887	1
1888	2
1889	2
1890	1
1891	4
1892	2
1893	4
1894	4
1895	1
1896	3
1897	7
1898	3
1899	11
1900	3
1901	20
1902	10
1903	11
1904	12
1905	2
1906	7
1907	22
1908	10
1909	14
1910	14
1911	13
1912	41
1913	9
1914	85
1915	99
1916	96
1917	55
1918	97
1919	29
1920	67
1921	52
1922	112
1923	255
1924	238
1925	319
1926	206
1927	384
1928	332
1929	410
1930	92
1931	418
1932	260
1933	571
1934	141
1935	158
1936	384
1937	325
1938	81
1939	182
1940	237
1941	433
1942	323
1943	331
1944	243
1945	415
1946	397
1947	490
1948	818
1949	139
1950	305
1951	724
1952	382
1953	370
1954	225
1955	388
1956	443
1957	244
1958	814
1959	294
1960	654
1961	823
1962	886
1963	663
1964	337
1965	610
1966	483
1967	959
1968	337
1969	498
1970	174
1971	864
1972	907
1973	628
1974	328
1975	2,092
1976	445
1977	1,023
1978	389
1979	709
1980	774
1981	1,031
1982	496
1983	1,197
1984	1,862
1985	1,400
1986	397
1987	1,317
1988	674
1989	2,058
1990	629
1991	1,098
1992	1,308
1993	954
1994	558
1995	1,331
1996	832
1997	1,401
1998	1,227
1999	793
2000	1,950
2001	1,391
2002	863
2003	978
2004	738
2005	845
2006	1,445
2007	636
2008	1,319
2009	848
2010	1,891
2011	867
2012	938
2013	565
2014	1,046
2015	2,200
2016	650
2017	563
2018	699
2019	588
2020	551
2021	763
2022	1,028
2023	619
2024	363
2025	1,772

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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	562
50 to 100	39
100 to 150	9
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1