Weather Records on 31 December 2014

903 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 31 December 2014. Highest significance: Dubois, US.

Key Facts for 31 December 2014

On 31 December 2014, 903 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
204 were record highs and 496 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 27 monthly and 871 daily.
Dubois set a daily record snowfall of 20.3 cm (8.0 in) on 31 December 2014.
Across 157 earlier years (1797 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 484 records.

Record Map

903 stations

903 station records on 31 December 2014 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 31 December 2014: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Dubois	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Ft Davis	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	63 of 100 (Major)
Palomar Mtn Obsy	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Fossil	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Auvergne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hakodate	Japan	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Leirfjord	Norway	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sulitjelma	Norway	Record daily precipitation	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bhubaneswar	India	Record low maximum temperature	19.9 C (67.8 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Holly	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Las Animas	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Yuma	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Haugan 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bjelasnica	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record low minimum temperature	-23.0 C (-9.4 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Liafoss	Norway	Record daily precipitation	46.1 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hayden	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Melville 4 W	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Boulder	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Beaumont City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bodoe VI	Norway	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Teberda	Russia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	13.6 C (56.5 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Curtis	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Levan	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Walden	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-37.8 C (-36.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Valmora	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bend	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Natural Brg	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sugarloaf Rsvr	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sugar City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Elkhart	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Austin #2	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Augustine 2E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Coalville 13 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lamar Rs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-27.8 C (-18.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cozzo Spadaro	Italy	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	13.4 C (56.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Buxton	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	11.4 C (52.5 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Eads	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lamar	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Meeker	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Walden	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Washta	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ulysses 3NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Eagle	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sortland-Kleiva	Norway	Record daily precipitation	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Eads	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cimarron	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sharon Springs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Minatare Dam (Usbr)	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-28.3 C (-18.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Park	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Leo 6 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-31.7 C (-25.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record snow depth	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Konstanz	Germany	Record snow depth	22.0 cm (8.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bailey	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kimball 2NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

903 records

Records set or tied on 31 December 2014 by type: Highest daily maximum 116, Lowest daily maximum 322, Highest daily minimum 88, Lowest daily minimum 174, Heaviest daily rainfall 83, Heaviest daily snowfall 35, Deepest snow cover 85.

Records on 31 December 2014 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	116
Lowest daily maximum	322
Highest daily minimum	88
Lowest daily minimum	174
Heaviest daily rainfall	83
Heaviest daily snowfall	35
Deepest snow cover	85

Records on 31 December 2014 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 27, daily 871.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

755 broken records

Margins by which the 755 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

31 December 2014

Top 20 records on 31 December 2014 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 December 2014	Dubois, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	84 years	75 of 100 (Major)
31 December 2014	Ft Davis, US	daily low max	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	12.2 C (22.0 F)	112 years	63 of 100 (Major)
31 December 2014	Palomar Mtn Obsy, US	daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	72 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 2014	Fossil, US	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	11 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 2014	Auvergne, AU	daily rain	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	72 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 2014	Hakodate, JP	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	4 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 2014	Leirfjord, NO	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 2014	Sulitjelma, NO	daily rain	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	43 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 2014	Bhubaneswar, IN	daily low max	19.9 C (67.8 F)	5.8 C (10.4 F)	31 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 2014	Georgetown, US	daily low min	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	115 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 2014	Holly, US	daily low max	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	113 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 2014	Las Animas, US	daily low max	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	115 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 2014	Yuma, US	daily low max	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	113 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 2014	Haugan 1 W, US	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	60 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 2014	Bjelasnica, BA	daily low min	-23.0 C (-9.4 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	108 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 2014	Liafoss, NO	daily rain	46.1 mm (1.8 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	100 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 2014	Hayden, US	daily low max	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	87 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 2014	Melville 4 W, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	53 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 2014	Boulder, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	60 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 2014	Beaumont City, US	daily low min	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	96 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

1797 to 2014

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 2014. 2014 had 903 records.

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

Records on 12-31 in each year
Year	Records
1797	1
1799	2
1826	1
1836	1
1842	2
1850	3
1853	1
1854	1
1859	1
1860	1
1867	1
1870	2
1872	2
1874	4
1875	2
1876	2
1878	2
1879	2
1880	2
1882	1
1884	2
1885	1
1886	3
1887	1
1888	2
1890	2
1891	8
1892	4
1895	4
1897	6
1898	5
1899	4
1900	3
1901	16
1902	3
1903	3
1904	11
1905	9
1906	31
1907	11
1908	7
1909	5
1910	25
1911	14
1912	17
1913	46
1914	34
1915	32
1916	25
1917	239
1918	24
1919	38
1920	64
1921	130
1922	83
1923	280
1924	113
1925	183
1926	77
1927	491
1928	53
1929	224
1930	58
1931	543
1932	394
1933	409
1934	181
1935	309
1936	567
1937	500
1938	247
1939	298
1940	467
1941	159
1942	352
1943	159
1944	259
1945	210
1946	707
1947	461
1948	591
1949	384
1950	310
1951	1,421
1952	377
1953	410
1954	286
1955	429
1956	216
1957	724
1958	584
1959	414
1960	389
1961	309
1962	810
1963	1,015
1964	388
1965	1,371
1966	326
1967	1,023
1968	1,371
1969	825
1970	579
1971	568
1972	836
1973	1,370
1974	590
1975	791
1976	1,306
1977	641
1978	2,791
1979	448
1980	1,448
1981	786
1982	639
1983	2,220
1984	942
1985	593
1986	616
1987	845
1988	600
1989	506
1990	1,379
1991	703
1992	1,062
1993	718
1994	878
1995	1,151
1996	2,202
1997	988
1998	739
1999	524
2000	1,575
2001	748
2002	1,232
2003	523
2004	1,278
2005	959
2006	2,089
2007	652
2008	656
2009	867
2010	1,544
2011	739
2012	803
2013	606
2014	903
2015	748
2016	678
2017	1,589
2018	620
2019	593
2020	489
2021	1,739
2022	1,497
2023	474
2024	460
2025	760

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Data for records on 2014-12-31: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	716
50 to 100	25
100 to 150	8
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	1