Weather Records on 20 December 2015

1,238 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 December 2015. Highest significance: Melville 4 W, US.

Key Facts for 20 December 2015

On 20 December 2015, 1,238 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
1,094 were record highs and 19 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 159 monthly and 1,076 daily.
Melville 4 W set a daily record snow depth of 38.1 cm (15.0 in) on 20 December 2015.
Across 163 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 462 records.

Record Map

1,238 stations

1,238 station records on 20 December 2015 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 December 2015: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Melville 4 W	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Skegness	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	10.2 C (50.4 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	9.3 C (48.7 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Highmarket 2W	United States	Record daily snowfall	65.8 cm (25.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Brunette Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	14.3 C (57.7 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wisley	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Coldwater	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Uccle	Belgium	Record high minimum temperature	10.7 C (51.3 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	11.6 C (52.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	11.6 C (52.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Charles 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	9.6 C (49.3 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
West Souburg	Netherlands	Record high minimum temperature	10.2 C (50.4 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Saentis	Switzerland	Record high maximum temperature	5.2 C (41.4 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	9.3 C (48.7 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Oksoey Fyr	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	8.7 C (47.7 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tabligbo	Togo	Record low minimum temperature	11.8 C (53.2 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	7.6 C (45.7 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mystic Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Cavenagh	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Vilsandi	Estonia	Record high maximum temperature	9.1 C (48.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Vilsandi	Estonia	Record high minimum temperature	7.6 C (45.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kuusiku	Estonia	Record high maximum temperature	10.1 C (50.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	12.5 C (54.5 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Falun	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	7.6 C (45.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	9.6 C (49.3 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wichita Falls Muni AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Falls City Brenner Fld	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Candelo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Yasawa-I-Rara	Fiji	Record daily precipitation	67.5 mm (2.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Maastricht	Netherlands	Record high minimum temperature	10.3 C (50.5 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	8.4 C (47.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	12.7 C (54.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Grant 5 SE	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sauda	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	7.5 C (45.5 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sauda	Norway	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Stavanger - Valand	Norway	Record high maximum temperature	11.5 C (52.7 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kaliningrad	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	8.2 C (46.8 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Malung	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	9.9 C (49.8 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Malung	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	7.4 C (45.3 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Falsterbo	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	8.2 C (46.8 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	8.8 C (47.8 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Olands Norra Udde	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	8.4 C (47.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Prastkulla	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	11.5 C (52.7 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Landsort	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	8.8 C (47.8 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Landsort	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	12.1 C (53.8 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	7.3 C (45.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Newton Rigg	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	8.4 C (47.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nutwood Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Botnen I Forde	Norway	Record daily precipitation	71.2 mm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hildre	Norway	Record daily precipitation	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Barkakra	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,238 records

Records set or tied on 20 December 2015 by type: Highest daily maximum 543, Lowest daily maximum 6, Highest daily minimum 551, Lowest daily minimum 13, Heaviest daily rainfall 94, Heaviest daily snowfall 15, Deepest snow cover 16.

Records on 20 December 2015 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	543
Lowest daily maximum	6
Highest daily minimum	551
Lowest daily minimum	13
Heaviest daily rainfall	94
Heaviest daily snowfall	15
Deepest snow cover	16

Records on 20 December 2015 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 159, daily 1,076.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,156 broken records

Margins by which the 1,156 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 346.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 December 2015

Top 20 records on 20 December 2015 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 December 2015	Melville 4 W, US	daily snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
20 December 2015	Skegness, GB	daily high min	10.2 C (50.4 F)	3.5 C (6.3 F)	108 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
20 December 2015	Linkoeping-Malmslaett, SE	monthly high min	10.0 C (50.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	117 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
20 December 2015	Vanersborg, SE	monthly high min	9.3 C (48.7 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	117 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
20 December 2015	Highmarket 2W, US	daily snowfall	65.8 cm (25.9 in)	34.6 cm (13.6 in)	9 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
20 December 2015	Brunette Downs, AU	daily rain	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	65 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
20 December 2015	Lichtentanne, DE	daily high max	14.3 C (57.7 F)	3.5 C (6.3 F)	145 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
20 December 2015	Wisley, GB	daily high min	11.7 C (53.1 F)	2.9 C (5.2 F)	104 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
20 December 2015	Coldwater, US	daily high min	7.2 C (45.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	96 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
20 December 2015	Uccle, BE	daily high min	10.7 C (51.3 F)	2.5 C (4.5 F)	104 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
20 December 2015	Kristianstad, SE	daily high max	11.6 C (52.9 F)	3.1 C (5.6 F)	90 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
20 December 2015	Karlshamn, SE	daily high max	11.6 C (52.9 F)	2.6 C (4.7 F)	90 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
20 December 2015	Lake Charles 2 N, US	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	41 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
20 December 2015	Bremen-Seefahrtschule, DE	daily high min	9.6 C (49.3 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	108 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
20 December 2015	West Souburg, NL	daily high min	10.2 C (50.4 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	93 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
20 December 2015	Saentis, CH	daily high max	5.2 C (41.4 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	129 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
20 December 2015	Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1, DK	daily high min	9.3 C (48.7 F)	3.1 C (5.6 F)	80 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
20 December 2015	Oksoey Fyr, NO	daily high min	9.4 C (48.9 F)	2.4 C (4.3 F)	90 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
20 December 2015	St. Petersburg, RU	daily high max	8.7 C (47.7 F)	3.1 C (5.6 F)	90 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
20 December 2015	Tabligbo, TG	monthly low min	11.8 C (53.2 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	59 years	42 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 2015

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2015. 2015 had 1,238 records.

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

Records on 12-20 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1795	1
1804	1
1805	2
1808	1
1815	1
1828	1
1837	1
1846	1
1855	8
1858	1
1860	1
1866	1
1867	1
1868	1
1869	1
1871	2
1874	3
1875	1
1877	2
1878	1
1879	1
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1884	4
1885	1
1886	4
1889	4
1890	2
1891	2
1892	1
1894	2
1895	8
1896	1
1897	4
1898	2
1899	1
1900	7
1901	8
1902	14
1903	17
1904	9
1905	5
1906	5
1907	11
1908	5
1909	22
1910	17
1911	24
1912	27
1913	7
1914	43
1915	18
1916	45
1917	33
1918	18
1919	25
1920	22
1921	101
1922	88
1923	215
1924	332
1925	96
1926	163
1927	200
1928	93
1929	256
1930	67
1931	536
1932	170
1933	492
1934	265
1935	152
1936	416
1937	181
1938	240
1939	308
1940	965
1941	633
1942	817
1943	193
1944	340
1945	430
1946	327
1947	385
1948	345
1949	1,141
1950	758
1951	926
1952	394
1953	385
1954	416
1955	726
1956	471
1957	1,354
1958	382
1959	142
1960	354
1961	369
1962	475
1963	875
1964	499
1965	353
1966	555
1967	1,370
1968	482
1969	514
1970	518
1971	441
1972	448
1973	1,184
1974	328
1975	610
1976	382
1977	484
1978	910
1979	600
1980	667
1981	1,681
1982	712
1983	2,995
1984	1,411
1985	1,035
1986	321
1987	1,179
1988	760
1989	1,812
1990	1,885
1991	1,172
1992	1,134
1993	1,266
1994	813
1995	1,128
1996	1,448
1997	651
1998	1,110
1999	938
2000	1,150
2001	523
2002	943
2003	1,315
2004	836
2005	515
2006	1,387
2007	986
2008	1,356
2009	1,502
2010	2,055
2011	846
2012	1,131
2013	584
2014	524
2015	1,238
2016	603
2017	688
2018	592
2019	731
2020	554
2021	442
2022	567
2023	1,242
2024	897
2025	1,166

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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	1,144
50 to 100	8
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	1