Weather Records on 4 December 2015

428 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 December 2015. Highest significance: Royal Palm Rs, US.

Key Facts for 4 December 2015

On 4 December 2015, 428 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
189 were record highs and 13 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 28 monthly and 400 daily.
Royal Palm Rs set a daily record precipitation of 70.4 mm (2.8 in) on 4 December 2015.
Across 166 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 464 records.

Record Map

428 stations

428 station records on 4 December 2015 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 December 2015: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Royal Palm Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Risnes I Fjotland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Baise	China	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Kapan	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Zhijiang	China	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Guiyang	China	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Bakke	Norway	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Eskdalemuir	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	71.8 mm (2.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mengzi	China	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Moore Haven Lock 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Lampang	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Station Nord	Greenland [Denmark]	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Rock Valley	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Xichang	China	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Miami Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hechi	China	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Flamingo Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Xingren	China	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wewahitchka	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Guilin	China	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Lauderdale Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Krasnyj Chikoj	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kielder Castle	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bajramaly	Turkmenistan	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Archbold Bio STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Jerramungup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Albacete Los Llanos	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	18.4 C (65.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Faskally	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Vero Beach 4SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Arubiddy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Miami Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tezpur	India	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ardtalnaig	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kinlochewe	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	91.0 mm (3.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ballyshannon (Cathleens Fall)	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	44.1 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wakamatsu	Japan	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Phrae	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Santo Domingo	Dominican Republic	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Port-Gentil	Gabon	Record high maximum temperature	32.1 C (89.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Karaganda	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	-1.0 C (30.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Zharkent	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	13.5 C (56.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Zavitaja	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Drain	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Suldalsvatn	Norway	Record daily precipitation	74.6 mm (2.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Niceville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hancock Houghton Co AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nanning	China	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Liepaja	Latvia	Record high minimum temperature	7.4 C (45.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Eikemo	Norway	Record daily precipitation	117.8 mm (4.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mo I Rana III	Norway	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Zmeinogorsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Moron de la Frontera	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	23.2 C (73.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Chardzhev	Turkmenistan	Record high maximum temperature	26.6 C (79.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Melbourne WFO	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Narva	Estonia	Record high maximum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Shinjo	Japan	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kerki	Turkmenistan	Record high maximum temperature	27.4 C (81.3 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Wauchula	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Samarkand	Uzbekistan	Record high maximum temperature	27.5 C (81.5 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Longzhou	China	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

428 records

Records set or tied on 4 December 2015 by type: Highest daily maximum 116, Lowest daily maximum 8, Highest daily minimum 73, Lowest daily minimum 5, Heaviest daily rainfall 221, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 4 December 2015 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	116
Lowest daily maximum	8
Highest daily minimum	73
Lowest daily minimum	5
Heaviest daily rainfall	221
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 4 December 2015 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 28, daily 400.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

386 broken records

Margins by which the 386 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 153.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 December 2015

Top 20 records on 4 December 2015 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 December 2015	Royal Palm Rs, US	daily rain	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	64 years	65 of 100 (Major)
4 December 2015	Risnes I Fjotland, NO	daily rain	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	116 years	64 of 100 (Major)
4 December 2015	Baise, CN	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	44 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 2015	Kapan, AM	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	21.7 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 2015	Zhijiang, CN	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	38 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 2015	Guiyang, CN	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	38 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 2015	Bakke, NO	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	110 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 2015	Eskdalemuir, GB	daily rain	71.8 mm (2.8 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 2015	Mengzi, CN	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 2015	Moore Haven Lock 1, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	56 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 2015	Lampang, TH	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 2015	Station Nord, GL	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 2015	Rock Valley, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	22 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 2015	Xichang, CN	monthly rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	35 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 2015	Miami Beach, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	17 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 2015	Hechi, CN	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	0 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 2015	Flamingo Rs, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	5 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 2015	Xingren, CN	monthly rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	23 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 2015	Wewahitchka, US	daily low max	11.7 C (53.1 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	113 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 2015	Guilin, CN	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	40 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 2015

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 2015. 2015 had 428 records.

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

Records on 12-04 in each year
Year	Records
1796	2
1797	1
1810	2
1823	1
1829	2
1846	1
1847	1
1849	1
1850	1
1852	3
1854	1
1855	5
1856	2
1858	1
1859	1
1860	1
1861	1
1865	1
1866	1
1867	1
1868	2
1870	3
1872	1
1873	1
1875	2
1876	1
1878	1
1879	7
1882	3
1883	2
1885	1
1886	4
1887	1
1888	1
1889	1
1891	4
1892	9
1896	2
1897	5
1898	9
1899	3
1900	13
1901	7
1902	15
1903	7
1904	6
1905	16
1906	25
1907	5
1908	8
1909	45
1910	7
1911	27
1912	46
1913	59
1914	61
1915	61
1916	95
1917	31
1918	27
1919	94
1920	54
1921	60
1922	72
1923	142
1924	129
1925	266
1926	174
1927	184
1928	143
1929	432
1930	221
1931	411
1932	265
1933	524
1934	149
1935	330
1936	637
1937	148
1938	275
1939	443
1940	600
1941	1,326
1942	450
1943	259
1944	377
1945	332
1946	515
1947	577
1948	504
1949	120
1950	852
1951	583
1952	269
1953	738
1954	689
1955	811
1956	692
1957	350
1958	529
1959	212
1960	628
1961	570
1962	574
1963	285
1964	1,195
1965	590
1966	1,047
1967	428
1968	775
1969	366
1970	933
1971	768
1972	1,973
1973	1,124
1974	651
1975	757
1976	669
1977	654
1978	1,582
1979	943
1980	976
1981	638
1982	2,138
1983	1,284
1984	796
1985	1,239
1986	549
1987	624
1988	764
1989	1,541
1990	1,164
1991	1,178
1992	1,075
1993	708
1994	1,029
1995	972
1996	684
1997	654
1998	2,549
1999	930
2000	895
2001	974
2002	1,478
2003	595
2004	721
2005	1,075
2006	1,510
2007	1,005
2008	652
2009	1,114
2010	1,874
2011	1,252
2012	1,482
2013	1,227
2014	629
2015	428
2016	533
2017	607
2018	563
2019	522
2020	424
2021	942
2022	437
2023	736
2024	590
2025	535

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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 20	352
20 to 40	26
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1