Weather Records on 11 December 2015

1,183 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 December 2015. Highest significance: Ishinomaki, JP.

Key Facts for 11 December 2015

On 11 December 2015, 1,183 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
945 were record highs and 11 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 50 monthly and 1,133 daily.
Ishinomaki set a daily record precipitation of 59.9 mm (2.4 in) on 11 December 2015.
Across 154 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 468 records.

Record Map

1,183 stations

1,183 station records on 11 December 2015 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 11 December 2015: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ishinomaki	Japan	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Reboly	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Uwajima	Japan	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Matsue	Japan	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Fish Springs Nwr	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Hatch	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Chengde	China	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Maizuru Reg Met HQ	Japan	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Shizuoka	Japan	Record daily precipitation	111.5 mm (4.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Yonago	Japan	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mountainair	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Saigo	Japan	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Yokohama	Japan	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Aikawa	Japan	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hatch	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Evanston 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Sakai	Japan	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Charlevoix	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Nikko	Japan	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hachinohe	Japan	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kyoto	Japan	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Miyazaki	Japan	Record daily precipitation	113.5 mm (4.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Takamatsu	Japan	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hikone	Japan	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Matsuyama	Japan	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Manistee 3SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ofunato	Japan	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Irako	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	23.4 C (74.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Osaka	Japan	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Boise Lucky Peak Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lifton Pumping STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Allerton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Houghton Lake 6 WSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Newberry-Luce Co Rd Commission	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Oshkosh	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Austral Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Takayama	Japan	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wallace	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gardiner	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hancock Exp Farm	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mather 3 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kagoshima	Japan	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Angola	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Burr Oak 4S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gaylord	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Iron Mtn-Kingsford Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Petoskey	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Neillsville 3ESE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Shawano 2SSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Stevens Pt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Waupaca	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tadotsu	Japan	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Paradise	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Big Rapids Wtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Charlevoix	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gaylord	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hale Loud Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Manistique Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver Is	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,183 records

Records set or tied on 11 December 2015 by type: Highest daily maximum 428, Lowest daily maximum 6, Highest daily minimum 517, Lowest daily minimum 5, Heaviest daily rainfall 177, Heaviest daily snowfall 43, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 11 December 2015 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	428
Lowest daily maximum	6
Highest daily minimum	517
Lowest daily minimum	5
Heaviest daily rainfall	177
Heaviest daily snowfall	43
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 11 December 2015 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 50, daily 1,133.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

954 broken records

Margins by which the 954 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

11 December 2015

Top 20 records on 11 December 2015 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 December 2015	Ishinomaki, JP	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	60 years	64 of 100 (Major)
11 December 2015	Reboly, RU	monthly rain	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	13.1 mm (0.5 in)	15 years	64 of 100 (Major)
11 December 2015	Uwajima, JP	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	60.8 mm (2.4 in)	54 years	62 of 100 (Major)
11 December 2015	Matsue, JP	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	48 years	60 of 100 (Major)
11 December 2015	Fish Springs Nwr, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	50 years	60 of 100 (Major)
11 December 2015	Hatch, US	daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	88 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 2015	Chengde, CN	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	34 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 2015	Maizuru Reg Met HQ, JP	daily rain	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	36 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 2015	Shizuoka, JP	daily rain	111.5 mm (4.4 in)	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	30 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 2015	Yonago, JP	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	30 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 2015	Mountainair, US	monthly high min	9.4 C (48.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	106 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 2015	Saigo, JP	monthly rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	55 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 2015	Yokohama, JP	daily rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	30 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 2015	Aikawa, JP	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 2015	Hatch, US	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	88 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 2015	Evanston 1 E, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	115 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 2015	Sakai, JP	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	12 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 2015	Charlevoix, US	daily high max	13.3 C (55.9 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	118 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 2015	Nikko, JP	daily rain	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	30 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 2015	Hachinohe, JP	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	47 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 1,183 records.

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

Records on 12-11 in each year
Year	Records
1796	2
1808	2
1815	2
1825	2
1841	1
1852	1
1855	2
1862	1
1868	1
1869	3
1871	4
1872	1
1876	2
1877	1
1878	2
1879	4
1880	2
1882	3
1886	1
1887	1
1889	1
1891	3
1892	2
1893	3
1894	1
1895	4
1897	2
1898	14
1899	5
1900	4
1901	5
1902	6
1903	2
1904	28
1905	15
1906	12
1907	30
1908	18
1909	7
1910	31
1911	49
1912	36
1913	8
1914	13
1915	93
1916	55
1917	103
1918	32
1919	40
1920	58
1921	49
1922	143
1923	88
1924	84
1925	81
1926	77
1927	232
1928	111
1929	345
1930	72
1931	762
1932	696
1933	260
1934	480
1935	290
1936	357
1937	839
1938	231
1939	626
1940	302
1941	353
1942	263
1943	196
1944	407
1945	234
1946	717
1947	342
1948	153
1949	1,201
1950	463
1951	261
1952	923
1953	157
1954	492
1955	312
1956	300
1957	517
1958	985
1959	322
1960	746
1961	1,300
1962	723
1963	604
1964	542
1965	1,216
1966	525
1967	945
1968	543
1969	587
1970	617
1971	900
1972	1,514
1973	334
1974	313
1975	454
1976	380
1977	1,182
1978	678
1979	847
1980	522
1981	949
1982	657
1983	971
1984	1,013
1985	1,471
1986	561
1987	639
1988	850
1989	584
1990	747
1991	1,102
1992	1,357
1993	749
1994	1,243
1995	1,837
1996	1,307
1997	1,203
1998	1,012
1999	769
2000	1,584
2001	626
2002	1,139
2003	646
2004	1,166
2005	816
2006	858
2007	1,613
2008	1,312
2009	1,091
2010	1,284
2011	416
2012	618
2013	737
2014	893
2015	1,183
2016	489
2017	670
2018	353
2019	442
2020	517
2021	1,175
2022	679
2023	814
2024	539
2025	1,691

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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	880
20 to 40	46
40 to 60	13
60 to 80	7
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	2
140 to 160	3