Weather Records on 14 December 2015

2,200 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 December 2015. Highest significance: Newton, US.

Key Facts for 14 December 2015

On 14 December 2015, 2,200 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
1,306 were record highs and 37 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 173 monthly and 2,026 daily.
Newton set a monthly record daily precipitation of 58.2 mm (2.3 in) on 14 December 2015.
Across 164 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 444 records.

Record Map

2,000 stations, highest significance shown

2,000 station records on 14 December 2015 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 December 2015: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Newton	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	90 of 100 (Exceptional)
Prairie du Chien	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	89 of 100 (Exceptional)
Creston 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	82 of 100 (Exceptional)
Frankfort 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Minden	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Oconto 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Waupaca	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Montezuma 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Lancaster 4 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Denison	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Belle Plaine	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Cascade 5 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Norris Madison Pwr House	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Allison	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Watertown Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Sac City	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Covert	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Ft Dodge 5NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Indianola 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Marshalltown	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Webster City	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Fremont	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Columbus	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Audubon	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Toledo 3N	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Bedford	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Wellston Tippy Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Gilman	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Greenfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Spencer 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Hart 3 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Levan	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Sparta	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Ankeny	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Burr Oak 4S	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
W Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Great Falls 16St	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.5 cm (7.3 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Virginia City	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
New London	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Pellston Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Sault Ste Marie Sanderson Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Harlan	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Mason City	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Big Timber	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Ames 5 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Clay Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Charlevoix	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Bennington 3WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Phelps	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Viroqua	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Hatch	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Portage Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Chippewa Valley Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Guttenberg L&D 10	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Zearing	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Bozeman Montana State UNIV	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.4 cm (9.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Baraboo Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Galena	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Castana Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Grundy Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

2,200 records

Records set or tied on 14 December 2015 by type: Highest daily maximum 650, Lowest daily maximum 21, Highest daily minimum 656, Lowest daily minimum 16, Heaviest daily rainfall 721, Heaviest daily snowfall 109, Deepest snow cover 27.

Records on 14 December 2015 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	650
Lowest daily maximum	21
Highest daily minimum	656
Lowest daily minimum	16
Heaviest daily rainfall	721
Heaviest daily snowfall	109
Deepest snow cover	27

Records on 14 December 2015 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 173, daily 2,026.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,907 broken records

Margins by which the 1,907 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 310.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 December 2015

Top 20 records on 14 December 2015 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 December 2015	Newton, US	monthly rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	118 years	90 of 100 (Exceptional)
14 December 2015	Prairie du Chien, US	monthly rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	119 years	89 of 100 (Exceptional)
14 December 2015	Creston 2 SW, US	monthly rain	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	73 years	82 of 100 (Exceptional)
14 December 2015	Frankfort 2NE, US	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	100 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
14 December 2015	Minden, US	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	112 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
14 December 2015	Oconto 4 W, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	108 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
14 December 2015	Waupaca, US	monthly rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	94 years	79 of 100 (Major)
14 December 2015	Montezuma 1 W, US	monthly rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	62 years	78 of 100 (Major)
14 December 2015	Lancaster 4 WSW, US	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	92 years	77 of 100 (Major)
14 December 2015	Denison, US	monthly rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	55 years	76 of 100 (Major)
14 December 2015	Belle Plaine, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	80 years	74 of 100 (Major)
14 December 2015	Cascade 5 S, US	daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	100 years	74 of 100 (Major)
14 December 2015	Norris Madison Pwr House, US	monthly rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	106 years	74 of 100 (Major)
14 December 2015	Allison, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	80 years	73 of 100 (Major)
14 December 2015	Watertown Wwtp, US	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	77 years	73 of 100 (Major)
14 December 2015	Sac City, US	monthly rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	104 years	72 of 100 (Major)
14 December 2015	Covert, US	monthly rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	62 years	70 of 100 (Major)
14 December 2015	Ft Dodge 5NNW, US	monthly rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	69 of 100 (Major)
14 December 2015	Cascade 5 S, US	daily rain	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	100 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
14 December 2015	Sugar City, US	daily rain	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	100 years	20 of 100 (Routine)

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 2,200 records.

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

Records on 12-14 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1806	1
1808	4
1814	1
1825	2
1831	1
1835	1
1840	2
1846	2
1847	1
1848	1
1849	1
1852	1
1855	3
1863	1
1867	2
1868	1
1870	1
1871	1
1872	1
1878	4
1879	2
1880	3
1881	3
1882	1
1886	2
1887	1
1888	2
1889	2
1890	1
1891	4
1892	2
1893	4
1894	4
1895	1
1896	3
1897	7
1898	3
1899	11
1900	3
1901	20
1902	10
1903	11
1904	12
1905	2
1906	7
1907	22
1908	10
1909	14
1910	14
1911	13
1912	41
1913	9
1914	85
1915	99
1916	96
1917	55
1918	97
1919	29
1920	67
1921	52
1922	112
1923	255
1924	238
1925	319
1926	206
1927	384
1928	332
1929	410
1930	92
1931	418
1932	260
1933	571
1934	141
1935	158
1936	384
1937	325
1938	81
1939	182
1940	237
1941	433
1942	323
1943	331
1944	243
1945	415
1946	397
1947	490
1948	818
1949	139
1950	305
1951	724
1952	382
1953	370
1954	225
1955	388
1956	443
1957	244
1958	814
1959	294
1960	654
1961	823
1962	886
1963	663
1964	337
1965	610
1966	483
1967	959
1968	337
1969	498
1970	174
1971	864
1972	907
1973	628
1974	328
1975	2,092
1976	445
1977	1,023
1978	389
1979	709
1980	774
1981	1,031
1982	496
1983	1,197
1984	1,862
1985	1,400
1986	397
1987	1,317
1988	674
1989	2,058
1990	629
1991	1,098
1992	1,308
1993	954
1994	558
1995	1,331
1996	832
1997	1,401
1998	1,227
1999	793
2000	1,950
2001	1,391
2002	863
2003	978
2004	738
2005	845
2006	1,445
2007	636
2008	1,319
2009	848
2010	1,891
2011	867
2012	938
2013	565
2014	1,046
2015	2,200
2016	650
2017	563
2018	699
2019	588
2020	551
2021	763
2022	1,028
2023	619
2024	363
2025	1,772

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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	1,837
50 to 100	43
100 to 150	12
150 to 200	11
200 to 250	2
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	1