Weather Records on 15 December 2005

953 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 December 2005. Highest significance: Devils Lake Kdlr, US.

Key Facts for 15 December 2005

On 15 December 2005, 953 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
202 were record highs and 319 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 936 daily.
Devils Lake Kdlr set a daily record snowfall of 16.5 cm (6.5 in) on 15 December 2005.
Across 168 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 453 records.

Record Map

953 stations

953 station records on 15 December 2005 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 December 2005: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Devils Lake Kdlr	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Baldwin	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Oconto 4 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Tenango	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Findlay Wpcc	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
St Francisville	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ridgeway 1 S	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Houston Barker	United States	Record daily precipitation	119.1 mm (4.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Newcastle	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bhubaneswar	India	Record daily precipitation	296.4 mm (11.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Providence	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Stephan 2 NW	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Goshen Springs 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Selinsgrove 2 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Haverhill	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Somerville 4 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Millington 3 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.5 cm (5.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Rolling Fk	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Montrose	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sidney	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Petersburg 2 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Renovo	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kenai AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Vaiden 1 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pandora	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
The Poplars	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cavendish	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Farmville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Holcombe	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Streator 2SE	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Oberlin Fire Twr	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fulton 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Somerville 4 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gloversville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Waverly	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Medford	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Trang	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	157.2 mm (6.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ann Arbor U of Mich	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.8 cm (6.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Walnut Grove	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Durham	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Towanda 1 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Walhalla	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pensacola Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Seward AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bloserville 1 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Neshaminy Falls	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Clodine	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Houston Hts	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Russellville #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Calhoun 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Crowley 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Charleston	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kosciusko	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Liberty 1 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Statesville 2 NNE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Martin	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lewisburg Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pensacola Forest Sherman NAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Williamsburg 1E	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Jonesville Locks	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

953 records

Records set or tied on 15 December 2005 by type: Highest daily maximum 111, Lowest daily maximum 177, Highest daily minimum 91, Lowest daily minimum 142, Heaviest daily rainfall 251, Heaviest daily snowfall 107, Deepest snow cover 74.

Records on 15 December 2005 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	111
Lowest daily maximum	177
Highest daily minimum	91
Lowest daily minimum	142
Heaviest daily rainfall	251
Heaviest daily snowfall	107
Deepest snow cover	74

Records on 15 December 2005 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 16, daily 936.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

747 broken records

Margins by which the 747 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 406.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 December 2005

Top 20 records on 15 December 2005 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 December 2005	Devils Lake Kdlr, US	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	56 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 2005	Baldwin, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	34 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 2005	Oconto 4 W, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	111 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 2005	Tenango, MX	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 2005	Findlay Wpcc, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	94 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 2005	St Francisville, US	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	88 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 2005	Ridgeway 1 S, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	52 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 2005	Houston Barker, US	daily rain	119.1 mm (4.7 in)	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	19 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 2005	Newcastle, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	31 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 2005	Bhubaneswar, IN	daily rain	296.4 mm (11.7 in)	285.5 mm (11.2 in)	8 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 2005	Lake Providence, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	103 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 2005	Stephan 2 NW, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	96 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 2005	Goshen Springs 3 NW, US	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	58 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 2005	Selinsgrove 2 S, US	daily low max	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	102 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 2005	Haverhill, US	daily low min	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	100 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 2005	Somerville 4 NW, US	daily low min	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	100 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 2005	Millington 3 SE, US	daily snowfall	14.5 cm (5.7 in)	1.8 cm (0.7 in)	98 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 2005	Rolling Fk, US	daily rain	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	58 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 2005	Montrose, US	daily low min	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	91 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 2005	Sidney, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	84 years	43 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 2005

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2005. 2005 had 953 records.

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

Records on 12-15 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1796	1
1798	1
1800	1
1808	3
1810	1
1814	3
1815	1
1825	1
1831	1
1840	2
1844	2
1846	3
1847	1
1854	3
1859	2
1863	1
1864	1
1866	1
1867	2
1868	1
1869	1
1870	1
1873	1
1874	1
1878	4
1879	2
1880	2
1881	3
1882	2
1883	1
1885	1
1886	1
1889	3
1890	1
1891	2
1892	4
1893	1
1894	4
1895	1
1896	5
1897	2
1899	12
1900	5
1901	21
1902	3
1903	7
1904	9
1905	6
1906	9
1907	10
1908	5
1909	5
1910	4
1911	23
1912	42
1913	13
1914	239
1915	180
1916	40
1917	40
1918	54
1919	28
1920	35
1921	26
1922	65
1923	132
1924	358
1925	187
1926	226
1927	235
1928	388
1929	500
1930	160
1931	284
1932	385
1933	796
1934	199
1935	140
1936	286
1937	310
1938	100
1939	637
1940	464
1941	373
1942	385
1943	486
1944	281
1945	420
1946	521
1947	634
1948	1,239
1949	135
1950	292
1951	962
1952	367
1953	270
1954	413
1955	371
1956	531
1957	304
1958	531
1959	560
1960	313
1961	883
1962	979
1963	670
1964	371
1965	759
1966	275
1967	948
1968	510
1969	352
1970	215
1971	1,739
1972	1,159
1973	615
1974	511
1975	1,230
1976	349
1977	963
1978	499
1979	560
1980	1,085
1981	1,243
1982	831
1983	1,229
1984	1,397
1985	1,077
1986	502
1987	1,740
1988	519
1989	2,753
1990	846
1991	636
1992	1,263
1993	734
1994	676
1995	848
1996	727
1997	1,521
1998	1,216
1999	621
2000	1,154
2001	1,026
2002	831
2003	846
2004	795
2005	953
2006	1,491
2007	973
2008	1,789
2009	930
2010	1,705
2011	780
2012	1,058
2013	701
2014	1,045
2015	1,398
2016	1,024
2017	332
2018	539
2019	547
2020	400
2021	1,182
2022	1,057
2023	794
2024	369
2025	2,115

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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	735
100 to 200	9
200 to 300	2
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1