Weather Records on 15 December 2019

547 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 December 2019. Highest significance: Pipe Spring Nm, US.

Key Facts for 15 December 2019

On 15 December 2019, 547 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
333 were record highs and 32 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 529 daily.
Pipe Spring Nm set an all-time record daily precipitation of 76.2 mm (3.0 in) on 15 December 2019.
Across 168 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 455 records.

Record Map

547 stations

547 station records on 15 December 2019 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 December 2019: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Pipe Spring Nm	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Abilene	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Paradise	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Winter	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Salto	Uruguay	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Osawatomie	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Minden	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Phelps	United States	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Fulton	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Eagle Rvr	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Jornada Exp Range	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gardiner	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Fredericksburg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
O'Neill	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Falfurrias	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rochester	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Beeville 5 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wamsutter	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Park 3SSE	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Coleman	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Albany	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	31.4 C (88.5 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Roosevelt 1 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tonopah	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rocksprings	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Benghazi Benina	Libya	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Abilene	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
W Rockport 1 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Newell	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Junction 4SSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bijie	China	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	15.4 C (59.7 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Straubing	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	14.6 C (58.3 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Akita	Japan	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
McNary 2N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Frankfort Disposal	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville Muni AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Crivitz High Falls	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	13.2 C (55.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Weihenstephan-Durnast	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Charleston	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Harlingen	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Larnaca	Cyprus	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Taganrog (Lighthouse)	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	9.3 C (48.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kingsville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Miami Beach	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Torshavn	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nabouwalu	Fiji	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dresden-Strehlen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	12.9 C (55.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Newell	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Boerne	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Norfolk Karl Stefan Mem AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ciudad Victoria	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Juncos 1 SE	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Betatakin	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Del Norte 3ENE	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Trinidad	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Del Rio Intl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Springsure Comet St	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kr. Ravensburg Weingarten	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	12.4 C (54.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

547 records

Records set or tied on 15 December 2019 by type: Highest daily maximum 221, Lowest daily maximum 10, Highest daily minimum 112, Lowest daily minimum 22, Heaviest daily rainfall 108, Heaviest daily snowfall 41, Deepest snow cover 33.

Records on 15 December 2019 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	221
Lowest daily maximum	10
Highest daily minimum	112
Lowest daily minimum	22
Heaviest daily rainfall	108
Heaviest daily snowfall	41
Deepest snow cover	33

Records on 15 December 2019 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 17, daily 529.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

457 broken records

Margins by which the 457 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 254.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 December 2019

Top 20 records on 15 December 2019 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 December 2019	Pipe Spring Nm, US	all-time rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	2 years	63 of 100 (Major)
15 December 2019	Abilene, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	72 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 2019	Hillsboro, US	daily high min	9.4 C (48.9 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	122 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 2019	Paradise, US	daily high min	10.0 C (50.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	110 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 2019	Winter, US	monthly snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	91 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 2019	Salto, UY	daily rain	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	42 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 2019	Osawatomie, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	74 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 2019	Minden, US	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	85 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 2019	Phelps, US	daily snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	92 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 2019	Fulton, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	64 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 2019	Eagle Rvr, US	daily snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	46 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 2019	Jornada Exp Range, US	daily high min	6.1 C (43.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	94 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 2019	Gardiner, US	daily high max	13.9 C (57.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	117 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 2019	Fredericksburg, US	daily high max	28.3 C (82.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	110 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 2019	O'Neill, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	1.5 cm (0.6 in)	104 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 2019	Falfurrias, US	daily high max	33.3 C (91.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	104 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 2019	Rochester, US	daily high max	15.0 C (59.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	117 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 2019	Beeville 5 NE, US	daily high max	30.6 C (87.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	104 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 2019	Wamsutter, US	daily snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	5 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 2019	Lake Park 3SSE, US	daily snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	81 years	40 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 2019

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2019. 2019 had 547 records.

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

Records on 12-15 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1796	1
1798	1
1800	1
1808	3
1810	1
1814	3
1815	1
1825	1
1831	1
1840	2
1844	2
1846	3
1847	1
1854	3
1859	2
1863	1
1864	1
1866	1
1867	2
1868	1
1869	1
1870	1
1873	1
1874	1
1878	4
1879	2
1880	2
1881	3
1882	2
1883	1
1885	1
1886	1
1889	3
1890	1
1891	2
1892	4
1893	1
1894	4
1895	1
1896	5
1897	2
1899	12
1900	5
1901	21
1902	3
1903	7
1904	9
1905	6
1906	9
1907	10
1908	5
1909	5
1910	4
1911	23
1912	42
1913	13
1914	239
1915	180
1916	40
1917	40
1918	54
1919	28
1920	35
1921	26
1922	65
1923	132
1924	358
1925	187
1926	226
1927	235
1928	388
1929	500
1930	160
1931	284
1932	385
1933	796
1934	199
1935	140
1936	286
1937	310
1938	100
1939	637
1940	464
1941	373
1942	385
1943	486
1944	281
1945	420
1946	521
1947	634
1948	1,239
1949	135
1950	292
1951	962
1952	367
1953	270
1954	413
1955	371
1956	531
1957	304
1958	531
1959	560
1960	313
1961	883
1962	979
1963	670
1964	371
1965	759
1966	275
1967	948
1968	510
1969	352
1970	215
1971	1,739
1972	1,159
1973	615
1974	511
1975	1,230
1976	349
1977	963
1978	499
1979	560
1980	1,085
1981	1,243
1982	831
1983	1,229
1984	1,397
1985	1,077
1986	502
1987	1,740
1988	519
1989	2,753
1990	846
1991	636
1992	1,263
1993	734
1994	676
1995	848
1996	727
1997	1,521
1998	1,216
1999	621
2000	1,154
2001	1,026
2002	831
2003	846
2004	795
2005	953
2006	1,491
2007	973
2008	1,789
2009	930
2010	1,705
2011	780
2012	1,058
2013	701
2014	1,045
2015	1,398
2016	1,024
2017	332
2018	539
2019	547
2020	400
2021	1,182
2022	1,057
2023	794
2024	369
2025	2,115

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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	433
50 to 100	14
100 to 150	7
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	2