Weather Records on 15 December 2007

973 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 December 2007. Highest significance: Ellsworth, US.

Key Facts for 15 December 2007

On 15 December 2007, 973 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
235 were record highs and 190 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 44 monthly and 924 daily.
Ellsworth set a daily record snowfall of 29.5 cm (11.6 in) on 15 December 2007.
Across 168 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 453 records.

Record Map

973 stations

973 station records on 15 December 2007 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 December 2007: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ellsworth	United States	Record daily snowfall	29.5 cm (11.6 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Mt Ayr	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Cuetzalan del Progreso	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	208.5 mm (8.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Haddam	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Lebanon	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Brookville	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Great Bend 3WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.1 cm (9.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Larned	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Hoopeston	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Haigler	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield Abraham Lincoln Ca	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.6 cm (8.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Quilberry Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Loretta 1W	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Warburton Airfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Partoun	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Quilpie Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Natoma	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Calhoun 4ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Barnard	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
McCracken	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Goombie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Loretta 1W	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Beloit	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cawker City	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Great Bend 3WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kalvesta 1 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.3 cm (7.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kinsley 2E	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sterling	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Burns 5W	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lakin	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Salina	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Presa la Soledad (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Vernal	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Huahuaxtla (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Dover	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Dunlap 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Florence	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hardy	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Collyer 10 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ionia	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Princeton	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Jewell	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kanopolis Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Trousdale 1 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Friend 3E	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Real del Monte	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Westcliffe	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Beloit	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Coldwater	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hays 1 S	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Longford	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Natoma	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver City	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Duchesne	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
McCracken	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Minneapolis	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ewing	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Haigler	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Macon Middle Ga Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

973 records

Records set or tied on 15 December 2007 by type: Highest daily maximum 125, Lowest daily maximum 121, Highest daily minimum 110, Lowest daily minimum 69, Heaviest daily rainfall 209, Heaviest daily snowfall 189, Deepest snow cover 150.

Records on 15 December 2007 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	125
Lowest daily maximum	121
Highest daily minimum	110
Lowest daily minimum	69
Heaviest daily rainfall	209
Heaviest daily snowfall	189
Deepest snow cover	150

Records on 15 December 2007 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 44, daily 924.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

763 broken records

Margins by which the 763 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 254.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 December 2007

Top 20 records on 15 December 2007 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 December 2007	Ellsworth, US	daily snowfall	29.5 cm (11.6 in)	19.3 cm (7.6 in)	100 years	78 of 100 (Major)
15 December 2007	Mt Ayr, US	monthly rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	27 years	68 of 100 (Major)
15 December 2007	Cuetzalan del Progreso, MX	daily rain	208.5 mm (8.2 in)	158.7 mm (6.2 in)	52 years	62 of 100 (Major)
15 December 2007	Haddam, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	84 years	60 of 100 (Major)
15 December 2007	Lebanon, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	97 years	60 of 100 (Major)
15 December 2007	Brookville, US	daily snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	17.7 cm (7.0 in)	45 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 2007	Great Bend 3WNW, US	monthly snowfall	25.1 cm (9.9 in)	4.8 cm (1.9 in)	95 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 2007	Larned, US	monthly snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	86 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 2007	Hoopeston, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	60 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 2007	Haigler, US	daily snowfall	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	112 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 2007	Springfield Abraham Lincoln Ca, US	daily snowfall	20.6 cm (8.1 in)	18.1 cm (7.1 in)	24 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 2007	Quilberry Station, AU	daily rain	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	80 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 2007	Loretta 1W, US	monthly snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	47 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 2007	Warburton Airfield, AU	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	48 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 2007	Partoun, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	18 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 2007	Quilpie Airport, AU	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	80 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 2007	Natoma, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	17 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 2007	Calhoun 4ENE, US	monthly rain	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	29 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 2007	Barnard, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	41 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 2007	McCracken, US	monthly snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	95 years	52 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 2007

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2007. 2007 had 973 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 50	638
50 to 100	87
100 to 150	22
150 to 200	12
200 to 250	3
250 to 300	1